THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) HAS SET UP A COMMITTEE AND FIXED THURSDAY TO SCREEN ITS VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE 2023 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
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2023: NIGERIANS WILL COLLAPSE APC, SAME WAY PARTY COLLAPSED COUNTRY -ATIKU
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY PDP, ATIKU ABUBAKAR HAS SAID HE IS OPTIMISTIC NIGERIANS WILL OUST THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS THROUGH THEIR VOTES AT THE POLLS AT THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS.
ATIKU SAID THIS IN A SERIES OF TWEETS WHILE REACTING TO THE COLLAPSE OF NATIONAL ELECTRICITY GRID WHICH HAS LEFT A SECTION OF THE COUNTRY IN BLACKOUT SAYING THE COLLAPSE OF THE NATIONAL GRID IS A METAPHOR FOR THE COLLAPSING STATE OF THE NATION, POINTING TO A COLLAPSING UNITY, COLLAPSING SECURITY, COLLAPSING ECONOMY, COLLAPSING EDUCATION, AMONG OTHERS.
REPORTS EMERGED THE NATIONAL ELECTRICITY GRID BROKEN DOWN AGAIN ON SUNDAY EVENING MAKING IT THE FIFTH TIME THE COUNTRY WOULD EXPERIENCE A TOTAL BLACKOUT IN 2022.
STATES AFFECTED INCLUDED KADUNA, LAGOS, ABUJA AND THE ENTIRE SOUTHEAST REGION STATES OF IMO, ANAMBRA, ENUGU, EBONYI AND ABIA.
Nigerians’ll vote out APC in 2023 for destroying nation – Atiku
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said that with virtually all sectors of the Nigerian economy collapsing under the All Progressives Congress, he is expecting Nigerians to also repay the ruling party in kind by voting APC out in 2023.
APC MAY UNVEIL TINUBU’S RUNNING MATE WEDNESDAY, PARTY FOCUSES ON NORTH-EAST
THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, BOLA TINUBU, MAY UNVEIL HIS RUNNING MATE THIS WEDNESDAY AS HE IS LIKELY TO CONCLUDE CONSULTATIONS WITH THE PARTY’S STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING GOVERNORS ON TUESDAY AND WOULD ANNOUNCE HIS RUNNING MATE WEDNESDAY.
REPORTS SAY APC GOVERNORS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS HAD AGREED THE NORTH-EAST SHOULD PRODUCE THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE PARTY WHO MIGHT BE A MUSLIM AS TINUBU’S RUNNING MATE.
PARTY SOURCES SAY THOSE WHO ARE BEING TIPPED FOR THE SLOT INCLUDE THE KEBBI STATE GOVERNOR, ATIKU BAGUDU; A FORMER GOVERNOR OF BORNO STATE, KASHIM SHETTIMA; THE KANO STATE GOVERNOR, ABDULLAHI GANDUJE AND THE PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR, SIMON LALONG.
ALSO THERE IS LIKELYHOO THE POSITION OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT WOULD GO TO THE SOUTH-EAST AND NORTH-WEST WOULD PRODUCE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
2023: WOMEN FOR PEACE WANTS FEMALE VP, DEPUTY GOVS
AS CONSULTATIONS HEIGHTEN OVER THE SEARCH FOR RUNNING MATES FOR THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS, THE WOMEN FOR PEACE IN NIGERIA (WOPIN), AN NGO, HAS ADVOCATED FOR CREDIBLE AND PASSIONATE MOTHERS IN NIGERIA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT AND DEPUTY GOVERNORS IN THE COUNTRY.
WOPIN PRESIDENT MARYAM ABDULLAHI WHO SAID THIS IN HER DEMOCRACY DAY ANNIVERSARY SPEECH SAYS ALTHOUGH WOMEN CAN BE GOOD CANDIDATES FOR TOP POSITIONS THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO BEEN SIDELINED FOR DECADES.
ABDULLAHI THEREFORE CALLED ON WOMEN TO TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE OF GETTING INTO MAINSTREAM GOVERNANCE SAYING SHE BELIEVES AS EXCELLENT BACKBONES OF STRONG AND SUCCESSFUL FAMILIES, IT IS TIME TO CHANGE THE NARRATION OF GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA.
SHE SAYS THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE CITIZENS SHOULD BE HEIGHTENED TO INCLUDE MEN AND WOMEN FOR A BALANCED NIGERIA AS THERE HAS BEEN NEAR TOTAL EXCLUSION OF WOMEN IN GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTRY WHICH HAS HAD GRAVE CONSEQUENCES.”
ABDULLAHI HAS THEREFORE ASKED WOMEN TO SIEZE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO RIGHT THE WRONGS OF PAST DECADES OF BEING SIDELINED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AS THEY ARE STRONG, INTELLIGENT AND CAPABLE ADVOCATES OF PEACE NOT JUST IN THE HOMES BUT THE COUNTRY AT LARGE.
Akpabio clinches Akwa Ibom North West APC Senatorial ticket
THE IMMEDIATE PAST MINISTER OF NIGER DELTA AFFAIRS, SENATOR GODSWILL AKPABIO HAS EMERGED THE SENATORIAL CANDIDATE FOR AKWA IBOM NORTH WEST, UNDER THE PLATFORM OF THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, APC, FOR THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS.
INEC says Tinubu, Atiku, others must submit names of running mates by June 17
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has insisted on the June 17 deadline for the submission of names of presidential candidates by political parties.
Court rules in favour of Odii, nullifies Ebonyi PDP gov primary …
EBONYI STATE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE, IFEANYI ODII HAS RE-EMPHASIZED THAT THE PRIMARY ELECTION OF THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), OF 29TH MAY 2022 WHICH HE PARTICIPATED IN AND SUBSEQUENTLY WON TO EMERGE HER GUBER CANDIDATE, DOES NOT HAVE ANY BACKLASH TO WARRANT AN APPEAL COMMITTEE
IN A LETTER HE SIGNED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO JOURNALISTS, ODII WANTED TO KNOW WHICH PRIMARIES THE PANEL WANTS TO RECONCILE.
HE REVEALED THAT HIS EMERGENCE WHICH IS LEGITIMATE ACCORDING TO A JUDGMENT FROM A FEDERAL HIGH COURT SITTING IN ABAKALIKI THAT DECLARED HIM AS THE DULY ELECTED CANDIDATE OF THE PARTY, IS TOTAL IN THE MATTER. SAYING THE PARTY HAS NO REASON TO TOIL WITH THE ORDER OF A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
OUR CORRESPONDENT IN EBONYI STATE, EMMANUEL NNAJI REPORTES THAT ODII CALLED ON PDP NATIONAL WORKING COMMITTEE TO STOP TAKING SIDES, AND ENSURE THAT THE RIGHT THING IS DONE TO HALT THE DANGER OF THE PARTY NOT HAVING A CANDIDATE IN THE STATE.
2023: EBONYI PDP GUBER CANDIDATE, DR. IFEANYI CHUKWUMA ODII WRITES PARTY’S GUBERNATORIAL APPEAL PANEL.
AN EBONYI STATE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE CONTESTING ON THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC PARTY PDP PLATFORM IFEANYI ODII HAS RE-STATED THE PRIMARY ELECTION OF THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), OF 29TH MAY 2022 WHICH HE PARTICIPATED IN AND SUBSEQUENTLY WON TO EMERGE ITS GUBER CANDIDATE DOES NOT HAVE ANY BACKLASH TO WARRANT AN APPEAL COMMITTEE.
APC Shortlists Five Presidential Aspirants
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has shortlisted five presidential aspirants, from which its 2023 Presidential candidate would emerge, ahead of its presidential primary election slated for this Tuesday night,
Recall that a meeting between members of Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) and the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) at the party’s national secretariat on Monday night.