It has become common these days, especially as campaigns for the 2023 general elections peak, for supporters of the various candidates to use all sorts of tactics to win support for their preferred choices. No place are the attacks more frequent than on social media, which is now the fastest means of information dissemination. On different WhatsApp platforms, news and …

By Segun Ayobolu Given the strong feelings evoked in the South East by the perceived imperative of a President of Igbo extraction succeeding President Muhmmadu Buhari in 2023, it is understandable that the presidential aspiration of Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) has gained considerable traction, particularly among youths in the region. But then, the demand in some …

A group of youths from Delta State has inaugurated a political initiative tagged Atikowa Movement to mobilise grassroots support for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the 2023 general election. Led by Oke Umurhohwo, the group met in Abuja with the former Vice President Abubakar on Friday shortly after the formal unveiling of …

The crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a new turn as the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has dragged the party to court over its presidential party held on 28 and 29 May in Abuja. Also listed as respondents are the presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Governor of Sokoto State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Since …

While Sam Omatseye is taking a forceful vacation from the backlash he incurred from his recent baseless attack on the person and aspiration of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, it became the turn of one Jesutega Onokpasa to take the increasingly toxic platform of The Nation newspaper to impugn the claims the Anambra State-born business king and politician …

The differences between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike might not have been resolved afterall. This is in spite of the assurances given last Friday by former Information and National Orientation Minister, Professor Jerry Gana that the two politicians agreed to set a committee within 48 hours …

Seven weeks after the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar announced Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate, the man not chosen remains the talk of the town. I’m not sure Abubakar (fondly called Atiku) expected this amount of pushback when he chose Okowa over Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike. But just as it is with …

Peter Obi is guilty by association. He is Igbo. So we must hang him until the life leaves his miserable useless body. It is a crime to be Igbo in Nigeria. The Oba of Lagos wants them to go jump into the lagoon. The daughter of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu sees them as an ungrateful lot; a people who should be …

By Seth Akintoye I think Tinubu campaigners should separate campaign from propaganda! I have said this before on the Facebook platform. I cherish Tinubu: his political sagacity and tenacity of purpose, though I am not necessarily his fan. Gutter language, name calling and vituperation by his supporters will not help their principal’s cause. Political campaign is about selling your candidate …

Last week as I re-arranged books and old newspapers in my library, I stumbled on a piece of historical evidence that I consider germane to the ongoing discussion on the direction towards 2023. The find was fortuitous because I did not set out to look for it. In fact, I never knew it existed or was there. It was the …