A former Senate President and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential hopeful, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim opens up on critical national issues, making a strong case on why he is in the best position to be the next president. He speaks to WAPS Editorial Board member, Dr. Anthony Ogbo about significant issues surrounding the upcoming election.
YOLA — Adamawa State House of Assembly on Wednesday declared the seat of the member representing Michika state constituency, Mr. Joseph Ayuba Kwada vacant for defecting from the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). The declaration of the seat followed a constitutional matter raised on the floor of the house by the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Pwamwakeno Mackondo (PDP-Numan) citing section 109 sub-section 1 ‘G’ of the...
The APGA Idemili North local government executive and ward executive played host to Uzuegbuna Okagbue, APGA frontline contender for Anambra Central Senatorial seat in the upcoming national elections. The meeting originally intended exclusively for Idemili North APGA leaders, surprisingly extended to a meeting of APGA members and non-party members in Idemili North, as all converged at the local government secretariat; the venue of the meeting, to show solidarity to Uzuegbuna Okagbue’s aspiration to the 10th...
ABUJA — A cleric, Felix Aluko, has called on former President Goodluck Jonathan to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in order to return to Aso Rock as the president in 2023. Aluko, the senior pastor of the Resurrected Assembly (GROM), made the prophetic declaration on Tuesday in Abuja. He stated that according to God’s revelation, Jonathan will return to Aso Rock as president if he defects to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The...
ABAKALIKI — Chief Elias Mbam, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi, says the imposition of governorship candidate on the party will not work. Mbam, who is the chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) stated this at a news conference on Sunday in Abakaliki. Mbam was reacting to a statement credited to Gov. Dave Umahi, endorsing Mr. Francis Nwifuru, Speaker of Ebonyi House of...
ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha Buhari, has urged political parties to always consider women as running mates to candidates contesting elections for various positions across the country. Mrs. Buhari was speaking on Saturday night when she hosted 2023 presidential aspirants from various political parties to a Ramadan (Iftar) dinner at the Old Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja. The First Lady had invited the presidential hopefuls across political parties to the dinner on Thursday,...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said he possesses the qualities needed to win the presidency in the 2023 general election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku said this on Thursday, during a meeting with the South-West PDP leaders. He noted that he stands a chance to win owing to his performance as the PDP presidential candidate in the 2019 general election. “If I had garnered nearly 12 million votes in the...
To understand how Nigerian politics works, one has to fairly appreciate the cost of the exercise called ‘consultation’ before the primary election, which public office seekers engage in. Politics all over the world is an expensive venture. In Nigeria, it is no different except that every aspect of our politics is excessively monetized to the point that anyone who does not have enough money to oil these processes is traditionally regarded as unserious. Now that...
Currently, he is merely romancing party cliques and showcasing his self-canonized sainthood. All over his campaign literature and everywhere on social media, a Nigerian upcoming presidential aspirant, Peter Obi, has been touting his moderate lifestyle and honest decision-making aptitude as qualifications for his candidacy. Most Nigerians, especially his supporters, are very excited and are beginning to these values as a devotional creed. The first promotional story to showcase Obi’s moderate lifestyle came in 2017, shortly...
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, and some Senior Advocates of Nigeria, faulted the call by a legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), for the suspension of the 2023 General Elections and the installation of an interim government in 2023. The legal luminary had, at a press conference on Monday, asked that election be suspended until a new constitution was put in place. He also advocated for an interim...
