Politics

The 9th Assembly has amended the Electoral Act 2022, to allow statutory delegates, all those elected to participate and vote in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties.

Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has announced decision to withdraw from the 2023 presidential race. The Lawmaker who was an aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC,explained in a personally signed statement that his decision followed inability of the two major political parties to zone their ticket to the South East for justice and fairness. The former governor of Abia State said he has picked ticket […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected the presidential form of the All Progressives Congress APC purchased for him yesterday by a coalition of northern groups at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. Jonathan Media Adviser, IKechukwu Eze, in a statement hours after the news broke explained that his principal did not authorize the purchase and considered the move by the group an insult, stressing that if hewanted to contest an […]

A former Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Geoffrey Dikeocha has said that the All Progressives Congress APC in the State is likely to lose Owerri zone in the forthcoming elections going by its handling of the party’s affairs, lamenting that the party led by MacDonald Ebere, has not done enough to stimulate members of the party, especially the aspirants for various positions. Dikeocha who stated this during the […]

The statutory and ad hoc delegates to the forthcoming primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Enugu State have unanimously assured the Governor of the State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, of their 100 percent loyalty and support in respect of his political decisions regarding the choice of candidates that will fly PDP flags in the 2023 general elections. The delegates Led by the Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, […]

The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovations, Ognonnaya Onu has declared his interest to join the long list of presidential aspirants under the All Progressives Congress, APC. The minister, who announced his interest at an event in Abuja this morning, said he deliberately delayed his announcement to allow Nigerians return from the festivities considering the importance of his ambition. Meanwhile the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has obtained his All […]

A Gubernatorial aspirant under the platform of All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA in Enugu State, Onyedika Agbo has called on the youths of Enugu State not to feel intimidated by the state of affairs in the country, where ethnic hostilities, religious intolerance and political marginalization has become the order of the day. He instead stated that the situation is a wake-up call for the youths and Nigerians in general to […]

The leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra MASSOB, yesterday warned the Governor of Abia State Okezie Ikpeazu and a few other politicians in the southeast region for allegedly working against the pursuit of Igbo Presidency. The group in a statement signed by its National Director of Information, Edeson Samuel and made available to newsmen in Abakiliki, Ebonyi State, threatened that they will not […]

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan is reportedly in a meeting with some stakeholders, following calls for him to run for the 2023 presidential election. There has been speculation that the former president is nursing an ambition to return to power but Jonathan who has kept mum on the speculation, may clear the air after the meeting.Some of his supporters had earlier stormed his Abuja residence in protest, asking him to declare […]