The Northern Elders Forum on Wednesday made a U-turn on its earlier position on northern presidency in 2023 with a promise that the North would work with other ethnic groups in Nigeria to produce a competent leader that would restore confidence in the system. The organisation also noted that the ongoing debate about labelling bandits as terrorists is a waste of energy, adding that it would only support such if it would lead to improved...

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has called  Uche Secondus, the suspended PDP chairman an enemy trying to sabotage the efforts of the party. According to the governor, no one can derail the party’s mission to rescue Nigeria from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). His statement is a reaction to an appeal court ruling which rejected  Secondus’ request to stop the national convention of the PDP. In a statement on Friday by Kelvin Ebiri, special...

LAGOS — The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has revealed that the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; Governors of Bauchi and Sokoto States, Bala Mohammed and Aminu Tambuwal, have shown interest in the 2023 Presidency. According to the Oyo state governor, the trios were among the “eminently qualified” personalities in the Peoples Democratic Party and are capable of leading the country successfully. The governor made this known while featuring on “Politics Today”, a current affairs...

ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the All Progressives Congress (APC) over its state congresses. According to the opposition party, the APC congresses were crisis-ridden in 20 state chapters of the ruling party where parallel congresses were held. Several APC state chapters held parallel congresses to elect two sets of executives on Saturday. The opposition in a statement on Sunday described the APC congresses as a harvest of confusion. PDP said the...