WORKS and housing minister Babatunde Fashola has urged his party the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to honour its zoning formula when picking its presidential candidate for the 2023 elections.
Although not constitutional, Nigeria's component parts have a gentleman's agreement that the presidency will rotate between...
MEMBERS of the Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development (NEPD) have asked Nigeria's two leading political parties the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to both zone the 2023 presidential ticket to the southeast.
Although not constitutional, Nigeria's component parts have a...
PAN-Igbo socio-political organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) has warned that as many as three governors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the southeast geo-political zone will defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) soon.
According to OYC, they are likely to do this because the PDP is nor...
NIGERIA's presidency has welcomed the planned defection of the Ebonyi State governor Dave Umahi to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in what is seen as the first step in his bid to run for president in 2023.
Currently the chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum, Governor Umahi, 57, was first elected in 2015 on...
NIGERIA is stepping up plans to end the purchase of military memorabilia from abroad with the federal government approving local manufacturing firm Erojim Investments as a contractor to supply the country's security forces with garments and footwear.
Recent security challenges have shown how ill-equipped the Nigerian...
MEMBERS of the Hausa community in Cross River State have promised Ohaneze Ndigbo that they will be backing the southeast geo-political zone in its quest to produce Nigeria's next president come 2023.
Although not constitutional, Nigeria's component parts have a gentleman's agreement that the presidency will rotate between...
OHANEZE Ndigbo leader Chief Nnia Nwodo has predicted that Nigeria would witness a dramatic turnaround in her fortunes should a president of Igbo extraction emerge at the next elections in 2023.
Although not constitutional, Nigeria's component parts have a gentleman's agreement that the presidency will rotate between the...
FORMER Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo has warned that Ndigbo may join forces with Nnamdi Kanu and fight for the creation of an independent Biafran republic if Nigeria does not elect an Igbo president come 2023.
Although not constitutional, Nigeria's component parts have a gentleman's agreement...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari his distanced himself from the views of his nephew Mallam Mamman Daura who recently stated that the principle of zoning should be abandoned when it comes to electing a Nigerian president.
Last week, Mallam Daura, a relative of the president who works in State House, said he was not in favour of the...
