POLITICS

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday came under fire for faulting the call on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its presidential ticket to a particular region of the country, and insisting that the Nigerian constitution does not recognise zoning. The 17…

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected a proposal from two All Progressives Congress (APC) state governors to adopt a certain aspirant as the next national chairman of the party during the February 26 convention. Buhari, The Nation gathered yesterday, asked the two governors to…

The Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has promised to purchase the nomination form of the party for a former governor of the state, Dr Peter Obi. The party in a statement on their resolutions at the expanded State Executive…

The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has proposed some amendments to the party’s constitution. Senator John Akpanudodehe, the spokesman for the Governor Mai Mala Buni led committee, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. “In accordance with Article…

Former Aviation Minister and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osita Chidoka, says the main opposition party is in a dilemma over the zoning of presidency to any region. Chidoka, who spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today,…

Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu yesterday warned that any political party that fields a northern candidate in the 2023 Presidential election will lose. Akeredolu said that governors in the Southern part of the country under…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has dispelled insinuations about him being the running mate to presidential hopeful, Atiku Abubakar, in the Peoples Democratic Party. According to the governor, no such agreement has been reached between him and any politician. Governor Wike said this…

Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has urged northern aspirants to reconsider their presidential ambition ahead of the 2023 general elections. Clark asked aspirants such as former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; former Senate President, Bukola Saraki; and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, to…

A row has broken out over the reworked Electoral Bill, it was learnt yesterday. The Bill is due to be delivered to President Muhammadu Buhari today for his assent. But, governors, especially those of the All Progressives Congress (APC), are leading the opposition to…

The former Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Moh. Lukman, has said the governing party has departed from ideals it stood for during its formative stage between 2013 to 2015. He…