The Labour Party, one of Nigeria’s political parties, is standing tall in the face of current adversities rocking the party. What adversities? Yesterday, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High court sitting in Abuja sentenced Doyin Okupe, the Director-General of LP’s Presidential Campaign Council to two years imprisonment (with the option of fines) on charges…
Barely three months to the general elections in February and March of next year, the political ambition of some prominent politicians in both the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, and the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP are already being threatened by the judiciary. Who are the politicians Involved? Following the conclusion of primary elections by…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will not be featured in the 2023 gubernatorial election in Zamfara state. In a ruling by a Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, the PDP’s gubernatorial candidate, Dauda Lawan-Dare, saw his election as the party’s candidate nullified, and the party disqualified from the 2023 governorship race….
Disquiet looms in the South-South zone of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC as stakeholders in the Rivers State chapter, including candidates for the 2023 elections express their displeasure over the party’s recent hobnobbing with Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike. The stakeholders comprising National Assembly and State House of Assembly candidates and other party stalwarts…
As campaigns toward the 2023 general elections officially begin, the house of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is far from being in harmony. What’s happening there? An official of the party has said that the letter said to have been written by the party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu reflects the true position of…
In a twist of fate for Senate President Ahmad Lawan, a federal high court sitting in Damaturu, the Yobe state capital has ordered the All Progressive Congress to submit the name of Bashir Machina as the authentic APC candidate for the Yobe North Senatorial District. The presiding Judge, Justice Fadimatu Murtala while upholding the May…
Rivers State governor Nyisome Wike’s engine appears to be losing steam as one of his main allies exits the faction. Which of the allies? The governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday distanced himself from the call for the removal of Iyorchia Ayu as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is the…
Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere says its endorsement of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is based on the principle of equity and federal character as enshrined in the constitution of Nigeria. The leader of the group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo disclosed this in a statement issued yesterday. What did he say? Ayo Adebanjo said supporting…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has tasked Nigerians to deliberate on the choice of leaders they will elect in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, describing Nigeria’s current entitlement politics and politicians promoting religious and ethnic sentiments as the cause of the country’s underdevelopment. Obi stated this yesterday in an interview with Zain…
A group called Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP says it has unearthed a secret court case seeking to stop the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS in the 2023 general elections. The coalition Spokesperson, Ikenga Ugochinyere, in a press conference in Abuja said he is in possession of evidence to back up…
