The Julius Abure-led Labour Party has cancelled the automatic ticket it previously reserved for the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi and Abia State governor, Alex Otti, for the 2027 election. This was made known in the resolution of the Abure faction of the part after its National Executive Council meeting held on Monday in Abuja. […]
In preparation for the Ondo state off-cycle governorship election, the International Press Centre (IPC) and the Centre for Media and Society (CEMESO) will from tomorrow Tuesday September 10, 2024, host series of dialogue and stakeholders’ engagement with the objective of ensuring fair, ethical, and inclusive coverage of the electoral processes by the media and peaceful […]
The Kaduna state chapter of the Labour Party has rejected the emergence of a former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenai Usman as the party’s National Caretaker chairman. The Usman-led National Caretaker Committee was inaugurated at a stakeholders meeting at Umuahia Abia state some days ago. However, like the party’s National Working Committee led by Barrister […]
A leader of the Ijaw nation, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over his threat to set fire to states governed by governors from the Peoples Democratic Party. Recall that Wike, while speaking at the PDP secretariat in […]
By Pascal Ibe The ex minister of finance , Nenadi Usman who was prosecuted for money laundering in 2016 and 2022, emerged chairman of the Labour Party’s 29-man caretaker committee on Wednesday. Nenadi Esther Usman was appointed Nigeria’s minister of state for finance and later the minister of finance by the Obasanjo administration, from 2006—2007. […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he supported Kamala Harris in the upcoming US presidential election, an apparent wry remark a day after Washington accused Moscow of seeking to influence the vote. Putin often comments on political and social issues in the United States, often with sarcasm. He said last year that the US political […]
Kenneth Okonkwo, a former presidential campaign spokesperson of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, says Nigeria needs new political leaders in 2027. Okonkwo spoke on Tuesday in an interview on Arise Television. He said the ruling and opposition parties have failed Nigerians, adding that President Bola Tinubu, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, and Peter […]
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has lambasted the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike over his recent threat to instigate crises in their states if they interfere in the political problems in Rivers State. The forum under the chairmanship the governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, in its reaction on […]
The Peoples Democratic Party has summoned the former Governor of Rivers State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over alleged anti-party activities. The PDP Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, made this known on Monday during an appearance on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily. Abdullahi stated that Wike had been summoned […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says discussions are ongoing to bring back some prominent politicians to the party.Ibrahim Abdullahi, deputy national publicity secretary of the PDP, spoke on Monday when he featured on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television. Abdullahi said if Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 […]
