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A former Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka has explained why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had 12 candidates from the North fighting for its presidential ticket in 2019. Speaking on Channels Television on Sunday, Chidoka revealed that it was because PDP had agreed it was the region’s turn to rule for eight years. Former vice-president, Atiku…
Senator Smart Adeyemi is a three time senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, Adeyemi who is seen as an ardent supporter of Governor Yahaya Bello presidential ambition, in this interview he granted to Journalists at his Iyara country home, spoke on many issues, among them his relationship with Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello, why he wants…
How many views and expression of interest in the presidency will the TSG shut down? The Tinubu Support Group does Tinubu great disservice. This is a leader who made great sacrifice to promote democracy in Nigeria. He invested a lot in building a generation of leaders. He earned a reputation as a master political strategist….
Prof. Attahiru Jega, a former Chairman, Independent National Election Commission, says the electoral transmission of results will reduce the rate of election fraud in Nigeria, He spoke with newsmen on the sideline of the ongoing ECOWAS Parliament’s High-level Seminar on Thursday in Ghana. The Seminar, at Winneba, themed: “Two Decades of Democratic Elections in ECOWAS…
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says Nigerians are more attracted to President Muhammadu Buhari than first republic leaders like Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo. In an article on Thursday entitled, ‘The Essential Buhari: VP Osinbajo got it!’, Adesina said he has not seen any Nigerian leader that has a popular appeal like Buhari. The spokesman said…
On Wednesday in far away Abuja, the news of the defection of the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr Nkem Okeke filtered into the state. This did not come to many as a surprise because it has been long rumoured. With the eventual movement to APC, the new argument has shifted to what political value…
By Babafemi Ojudu “We were at the FEC Retreat yesterday when the news came in that the Senate has passed an amended electoral law. With this a6ction it is now mandatory for all the political parties to do DIRECT PRIMARIES . Members of the National Assembly have been threatening to do this since the Ward…
The aspiration of the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to run for the 2023 presidential election may have crashed with the zoning arrangement of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on National Chairmanship. PDP had agreed to zone its National Chairmanship to the Northern part of the country. The National Working Committee (NEC) of the PDP…
In less than one month, eligible voters in Anambra State will file out to elect a new Governor for the State. There have, however, been controversies over the election as many believe that the election is already threatened. This is because of the spate of violence in the state, which has for months remained sustained….
•Stakeholders raise concerns over Bala Mohammed committee report •Zoning of party’s chairmanship to North final, says Fintiri By ‘Dare Odufowokan, Assistant Editor ; Gbade Ogunwale, Abuja And AbdulGafar Alabelewe, A fresh crisis is brewing within the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following the decision of the leadership of the party to zone the National Chairman position…
