Politics

Former Chief Judge of Anambra State, Retired Justice Peter Umeadi, has emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA. Justice Umeadi who is the sole presidential aspirant of APGA was yesterday declared winner of the primary election of the party. His candidacy was affirmed by 150 delegates who voted at a special convention of the party held in Abuja. The former chief judge, in his acceptance […]

A Public Affairs Analyst, Abuchi Anueyiagu yesterday said there are huge chances that a southeasterner would emerge president especially in major political parties in the 2023 presidential election. Anueyiagu, who made this known while speaking on Urban Radio breakfast show, The Parliament , further stated that the increased number of persons from the southeast declaring their interest to run for the presidential seat is a clear indication that power is […]

Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has withdrawn from contesting for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP and announced his resignation from the party. He announced his withdrawal from the party’s primary in a letter dated May 24 and addressed to the National Chairman of the main opposition party Iyorchia Ayu. He explained that he took the decision to leave the party because of his firm […]

The All Progressives Congress APC, has issued a revised timetable of activities for its governorship, State House of Assembly, Senate and House of Representatives primary elections. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka yesterday in a signed statement said the governorship primary election would hold on Thursday, 26th of May 2022, alongside the State House of Assembly for local government delegates. Senate would hold on Friday, 27th of May,House of […]

The Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC has called on the British government to remind President Muhammadu Buhari to focus on equitable distribution of resources and political positions, stressing that the idea of setting up Henry Willink’s commission in 1958 was to include all parts of the country in the affairs of the nation. While describing the forthcoming 2023 presidential election as an avoidable trap, the group said if the Southeast is […]

A non-governmental organization, Legal Aid and Self Development Initiative LASEDI, has thrown its weight behind the zoning of the governorship position in Enugu State to the Enugu East Senatorial District. LASEDI made its position known todaythrough its Executive Secretary, Onyinye Isiani, and said all aspirants with pending corruption cases should quit the race. He lauded the efforts of the administration of the Governor of Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, in sustaining […]

The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, today announced her withdrawal from the senatorial race ahead of the general elections in 2023. Tallen, who initially announced to contest for the Plateau South senatorial seat in the National Assembly, had picked the expression of interest and nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress APC.

President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemned the resort to self-help by the mob in Sokoto, which resulted in violence, destruction and killing of a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel. Deborah, was accused of making a social media post that blasphemed the Holy Prophet Muhammad, a crime for which a mob, mostly made up of fellow students, killed her. Reacting to the incident, Buhari said the […]