The former Governor of Anambra State and Presidential hopeful, Peter Obi, has said he is not “desperate” to become Nigeria’s president. The former PDP stalwart said this on Friday during an interview with Channels Television. The former governor had, on Thursday, resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Friday, Obi announced his decision to join the Labour Party, saying the party is a route to make Nigeria a production country. Reacting to...

Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi has officially joined the Labour Party (LP), a platform he hopes to actualise his presidential ambition, two days after announcing his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “I thank all Nigerians, especially our youths who have joined me in the mission of taking back and reuniting Nigeria,” Obi tweeted, announcing his new part on Friday. “This project is yours and for the future of your children. I am...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Abdullahi Adamu has said that the party would take a decision on zoning after screening its 2023 presidential aspirants. The party’s electoral guidelines provide three methods of choosing its candidates for an election, which include: direct, indirect, and consensus. Adamu said this in an interview with selected Hausa service media organizations late Wednesday night, adding that the presidential aspirants would be scrutinized in accordance with...

LAGOS — Days after it was announced that he had clinched the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) House of Representatives ticket for Eti-Osa federal constituency, Lagos, doubts have trailed Banky W’s candidacy. Olubankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, had contested for PDP’s Eti-Osa constituency House of Representatives ticket for the 2023 general elections against a legal practitioner, Mr. Sam Aiboni. The singer turned politician won by polling 28 out of 31 votes cast by delegates...

LAGOS — Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has chided Peter Obi, a former presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), for chickening out of the party three days to the party’s presidential primary. Obi, who was considered one of the top contenders for PDP’s presidential ticket, had on Wednesday announced his resignation from the party as well as withdrawal from its presidential primaries. Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels TV political show on...

Prophet Godfrey Gbujie, the Ministerial Leader of the World Zionist Union in the South-East, has expressed shock over Peter Obi’s sudden resignation from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and his withdrawal from the party’s presidential primaries. Recall that Gbujie had on Wednesday, May 18 announced that God revealed to him, during an intercessory prayer session for the PDP primaries, that Obi would emerge as the party’s presidential candidate. He also warned that any attempt to...

ABUJA — The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu has raised an alarm about money politics threatening Nigeria’s democracy ahead of the 2023 general elections. He spoke at an event organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in collaboration with the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) in Abuja on Wednesday. Yakubu said that money politics is becoming more present, adding that the risk is that Nigeria’s democracy...

ENUGU — Barrister Peter Mbah has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Enugu state gubernatorial Candidate for 2023 General elections in the PDP Primary elections held on Wednesday. Mbah, a legal practitioner, businessman, and former Commissioner for Finance hails from Nkanu East in Enugu East District where the party zoned the 2023 governorship ticket. Barr. Mbah in his speech after his emergence as PDP Governorship flag bearer promised to build on the achievements of...