Category: POLITICS - Page 2 - FAMOUS REPORTERS

Aug

08

2025

Ex-Abia Deputy Governor, dumps PDP after endorsing Otti for second term

POLITICS#Abiaformerdeputygovernordumpspdp, #AbiaState, #DrAlexOtti, #UdeOkoChukwu, #UdeOkoChukwuEmdorseAlexOtti, #UdeOkoChukwuresignsfrompdp

Ex-Abia Deputy Governor, dumps PDP after endorsing Otti for second term By Charity Uwakwe The immediate past deputy Governor, Sir Ude Oko Chukwu has resigned from the People's Democratic Party (PDP). This formal resignation of the former deputy Governor comes ten (10) days after endorsing the Governor, Dr. Alex Chioma Otti of Abia State for a second term in the forthcoming 2027 gubernatorial race. It will be recalled that the former deputy Governor who served under the administration of Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu had on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, shortly after a closed-door meeting with Otti, publicly affirmed that Governor…

Aug

05

2025

By Famous Reporters

2027: You can’t produce president now but someday, Umahi tells Southeast

POLITICS#2027PresidentialElection, #BolaAhmedTinubu, #DavidUmahi, #DrPeterObi, #SoutheastForPresidency

2027: You can't produce president now but someday, Umahi tells Southeast The Minister of Works and immediate past Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi has unequivocally, described as insurmountable, the extant quest for the south-east geopolitical zone of the country to produce the next president of the federation. According to the former Governor, the region which is predominantly Igbo will produce Nigeria’s president someday, but not in the forthcoming 2027 general elections. Umahi, in a statement which he issued yesterday, Monday, as he urged Southeasterners to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid. He explained that President Bola Tinubu had…

Aug

04

2025

By Famous Reporters

2027: Why Obi will lose his support fanbase – Keyamo

POLITICS#ADCCoalition, #Coalition, #DrPeterObi, #FestusKeyamo, #TheObidientMovement

2027: Why Obi will lose his support fanbase - Keyamo Festus Keyamo, the honourable Minister of Aviation has asserted that the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Dr. Peter Obi will, drastically lose his teaming fan base should he eventually end up becoming a running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the forthcoming 2027 general elections. It would be recalled that former Vice President, Abubakar and Obi contested the 2023 presidential election on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) platforms, respectively, however, both lost to Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tinubu won with 8,794,726…

Aug

03

2025

By Famous Reporters

No Room For Xenophobia, Nigerians Safe In Ghana, – President Mahama

POLITICS#BiancaOdumegwu-Ojukwu, #ECOWAS, #JohnMahama, #NigeriaMustGoProtestInGhana

No Room For Xenophobia, Nigerians Safe In Ghana, – President Mahama John Mahama, Ghanaian President has stated that there is no place for xenophobia in the country, assuring that Nigerians residing in Ghana are safe. Mahama gave this assurance while receiving President Bola Tinubu’s special envoy led by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu at the Presidential Palace, Accra, Ghana. A statement on Friday by the Special Assistant on Communication and New Media to the minister, Magnus Eze, reiterated the Ghanian’s President commitment to advancing the ECOWAS protocols, especially pertaining to the free movement of persons…

Jul

31

2025

By Famous Reporters

2027 PRESIDENCY: Atiku bags ‎Dr. Kalu’s Endorsement

POLITICS#AlhajiAtikuAbubakar, #Atiku'sTenureAsVicePresident, #Dr.EmekaKalu, #Dr.KaluEndorsesAtiku, #ECKFoundation, #GlobalInitiativeForGoodGovernance

2027 PRESIDENCY: Atiku bags ‎Dr. Kalu's Endorsement 2027 PRESIDENCY: Atiku bags ‎Dr. Kalu's Endorsement‎‎Chief Dr. Emeka Kalu, President of the E.C.K Foundation, and convener of Global Initiative For Good Governance (GIGG), has thrown his support behind Atiku Abubakar's 2027 presidential bid. He cited Atiku's experience and tenacity as key factors that make him a strong candidate to defeat President Tinubu. According to Dr. Kalu, Atiku's leadership would bring significant economic transformation and revitalization to Nigeria.‎According to him, ‎Atiku's tenure as Vice President revealed his ability to drive economic liberalization, trade investments, as well as job creation, thus making him an…

Jul

31

2025

By Famous Reporters

BREAKING NEWS: Tension Rocks Edo State As Okpebholo Resigns

POLITICS#Democracy, #EdoStateGovernment, #Okpeboloresigns

BREAKING NEWS: Tension Rocks Edo State As Okpebholo Resigns Political tension is seething silently in Edo State consequent on the resignation of Deacon Darlington Okpebholo Ray, the Lead Spokesman of the Team Asue Media Organization (TAMO), from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In citing the hijack of the party by undemocratic forces. In a letter dated July 17, 2025, and addressed to the PDP Chairman of Ward 5 in Esan North East Local Government Area, Okpebholo Ray, amidst a feeling of disappointment, bemoaned the subsisting hijack of the party by perceived undemocratic forces. He also announced his immediate withdrawal from…

Jul

30

2025

By Famous Reporters

Breaking! Labour Party gets presidential aspirant

POLITICS#2027PresidentialElections, #Anti-PartyActivitiesInLabourparty, #KenedyAhanotu, #LabourParty

Breaking! Labour Party gets presidential aspirant The National Youth Leader of the Labour Party (LP), Kennedy Ahanotu, has declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election. Ahanotu, 41, becomes the first member of the party to publicly announce interest in the race. Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, the LP youth leader said Nigeria needs a generational shift and institutional reform. “I am contesting for the highest office in the land to offer Nigeria and Nigerians a fresh start rooted in institutional transformations and overhauling, so that together we can rise again. “At the point where we are today,…

Jul

30

2025

By Famous Reporters

David Mark speaks on imposition of candidates, anti-party activities in ADC

POLITICS#ADC, #Anti-PartyActivitiesInLabourparty, #DavidMark, #Impositionofcandidatesinadc

David Mark speaks on imposition of candidates, anti-party activities in ADC The interim national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC),David Mark, says under his leadership the party will not put up with the imposition of candidates, anti-party activities, or any form of indiscipline. Speaking during the party’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting held in Abuja, Mark pledged to lead the ADC with integrity, transparency, courage, and vision. The former senate president commended the immediate past national chairman of the party, Ralph Nwosu and his team for their role in building the party and for stepping down in the nation’s…

Jul

28

2025

By Famous Reporters

Breaking news: Former Kaduna Governor, El-Rufai banned for 30 years

POLITICS#ADCCoalition, #NasirEl-Rufai, #SDP, #SDPbansNasirEl-rufai

Breaking news: Former Kaduna Governor, El-Rufai banned for 30 years Nasir El-Rufai, former Governor of Kaduna State has been expelled from the Social Democratic Party, SDP. SDP, did not only announce El-Rufai's expulsion from the party, but also imposed a 30-year ban on him SDP’s National Working Committee, NWC, said the action was in line with the party’s constitution, ideology, manifesto, principles, and practices, as well as in consonance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electoral Act pertaining to the exclusive right of a political party to determine its membership. A statement by the party’s…

Jul

27

2025

By Famous Reporters

Why Northerners won’t support Atiku, Obi’s presidential bids-Ex-ACF Scribe Sani

POLITICS#AlhajiAtikuAbubakar, #AnthonySani, #BolaAhmedTinubu, #DrPeterObi, #MohammaduBuhari

Why Northerners won't support Atiku, Obi's presidential bids-Ex-ACF Scribe Sani Chief Anthony N.Z. Sani, a former Secretary General of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), says the North would rather allow President Bola Tinubu complete a second term in 2027 and wait till 2031 to have one of its own installed as the next president, other than support either Alhaji Atiku Abubakar or Dr. Peter Obi. According to Sani, this will enable the North to have the presidency for two terms of eight years. The ex-ACF scribe disclosed this to The Nation during an exclusive interview in Kaduna, stressing that this…