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Oct

25

2022

PDP Presidential Campaign releases timetable for remaining events

News2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Council has released a timetable for its remaining campaign activities leading up to the 2023 general elections. In the document which was made public, in Abuja, on Tuesday, the PDP standard bearer Atiku Abubakar would on Thursday, October 27, be addressing the Commonwealth of Nations in the United Kingdom. On Tuesday, November 1, 2022, it would be the turn of Ekiti State, while the campaign rally in Ondo State would hold on Wednesday, November 2. The rally train will be moving to Katsina State on Saturday, November 5, while Borno State will play…

Oct

25

2022

By Freeman

Wike: Nobody else can campaign in Rivers, I’m proud of APC, Buhari award

Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has expressed his delight with the award bestowed on him by President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Wike stated this during a dinner/reception in his honour to celebrate the ‘Distinguished Award in Infrastructure Delivery’ in Port Harcourt on Monday. The Rivers governor dedicated the award to God, saying the successes his administration recorded in infrastructural development were made possible by the support and encouragement he received from the state. He said, “So I thank all of you, and I dedicate this award to God Almighty and to all of you…

Oct

21

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

2023: PDP chieftain supporting Peter Obi as better candidate than Atiku

Opinion, Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Obi, Politics

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who was also the governorship aspirant of the party in Abia State, Sampson Orji, has declared his support for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP. Orji revealed this in a statement he made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Thursday. He said that his preference for Obi against PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was premised on Obi’s competence. He further stated that he would mobilize support for Obi’s candidature because of his antecedent and not because he is his a fellow Igbo man. “I’m a…

Oct

19

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

PDP crisis: You matched soldier ant, take anything you see, Wike tells Ayu’s followers

Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

As the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, deepens, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said those backing the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, have not seen anything. Wike said Ayu’s followers have witnessed nothing compared to what’s next to come from him. Speaking at the birthday celebration of his Abia State counterpart, Okezie Ikpeazu, Wike said: “You go and march soldier ant, anything you see, you take. “All these things they are talking, we are just peaceful, they came to march us, then the soldier ant has entered everywhere, and now they are crying, they have not…

Oct

14

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

2023: Jonathan calls Okowa incoming VP, endorses Atiku Abubakar

Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, Goodluck Jonathan, Next Level, Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

With less than five months to the 2023 presidential election, former President Goodluck Jonathan has endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa. Jonathan described Governor Okowa of Delta State as the “incoming Vice President” of Nigeria. He spoke yesterday while hosting the Delta State governor. Pulling Okowa from his seat, Jonathan, who was seen holding a plate of kola nuts and praying for his guests, asked God to grant his visitor “acceptability.” “We pray that this kola nut being presented to all of us will give us more energy, more acceptability,…