Eko Hot Blog reports that former Minister of Aviation, Fidelia Njeze, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, and other party stakeholders have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Other prominent members of the PDP who defected to APC are Davidson Nnamani, Princess Juliet Oloto, Chika Idoko, Jonathan Eze, Umunna Ugwu and … Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has opened up on why he was not vocal in supporting the Labor Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi despite clamor for an Igbo Presidency. According to Mr. Wike, this was because the idea was not brought to him by any party or Peter Obi. He made this known in a … Read more
APC has slammed Atiku over his comment on Igbo Presidency. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential council in the southeast, Dr. Josef Onoh, has knocked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, over a recent promise to be the stepping stone to an … Read more
Atiku has stated that he is the stepping stone to Igbo Presidency. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday urged the people of the southeast region to vote for him to pave the way for the Igbo presidency. The former Vice President described himself … Read more
Ohanaeze has demanded apology from atiku over statement on igbo presidency. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ohanaeze Ndigbo has requested an apology from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over the allegedly divisive statement he made in Kaduna on Saturday. The sociocultural group asked Atiku to retract the statement and also apologise … Read more
Jonathan Tells Nigerians Candidate To Vote In 2023 EKO HOT BLOG reports that former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, speaking as a guest of honour on Saturday on the topic ‘Igbo Quest for Nigeria’, admonished Nigerians to vote for the candidate of their choice who has the interest of the country at heart. This Online … Read more
Okowa Speaks On Igbo Presidency, Says He Is A Part Of Southeast Recall that some groups had condemned Okowa for accepting to run as Atiku’s running mate despite the call for power to shift to the South-East EDITOR’S PICK: 2023: Things To Know As APC Presidential Primary Begins Today (FULL UPDATE) Adamu Behind Plot To … Read more
The PDP’s National Publicity Secretary said every part of Nigeria has the quality of personnel who can genuinely rule Nigeria in 2023 “…the moment we begin to talk to ourselves and reconcile, all those tendencies will start to subsume into the common goal…” EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has opened … Read more
Muslim elders have backed Igbo presidency for 2023 general elections. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the leadership of South-East Muslims Elders Council, on Sunday, threw their weight behind Nigeria Presidency of Igbo extraction, come 2023. The group, which insisted that Igbo Presidency in 2023 was non-negotiable, equally observed that the North, South-West and South-South geopolitical … Read more
Why Jonathan must support Igbo presidency in 2023 – Ohanaeze EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has said that the Igbo spirit will be against former President Goodluck Jonathan if he fails to support the realisation of a president of Igbo extraction in 2023. Chief Alex Ogbonnia, the Ohanaeze … Read more
Primate Ayodele sends warning to Uzor Kalu on Igbo presidency Ekohotblog reports that Nigerian cleric, Primate Ayodele, the leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, issued a warning to former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu on the Igbo presidency in 2023 on Sunday. Primate Ayodele has cautioned that Uzor Kalu is one of the … Read more
Yakasai also said the Southeast governors and elites lacked unity to push for the presidency Former Special Adviser to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, has revealed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket will not be handed to a candidate from the Southeast. Yakasai said there are no indications that the … Read more
“I want to state without sounding immodest that the entire security challenges bedevilling this country from the southeast will disappear within a twinkle of an eye, if and only if, all sections of this great country can come together to pave the way for the emergence of a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in the … Read more
Ibe States the advantages of an Igbo President Igbo region has suffered marginalisation, he added YOU MAY ALSO LIKE President Biden Effects First Sack, Forces Top Official To Resign Breaking: Troops Kill Boko Haram, ISWAP Terrorists After Attack On Civilians In Borno Ebonyi leaders instigating crisis, APC about God, people – Umahi Ex-Speaker of Imo … Read more
Igbo Presidency The call for Presidency of Igbo extraction by the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has taken another dimension, with both Anglican and Catholic Bishops joining forces with the group. The Anglican Archbishop on the Niger and Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev Dr Alexander Ibezim, says the Igbo Presidency in 2023 is … Read more
Igbo, Presidency Conference of Igbo Professionals Worldwide (COIPOW) has joined in the clamour for Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023, saying it is time for it. However, it condemned the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, asking governors of the South East region, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and well-meaning … Read more
Isa Yuguda, former governor of Bauchi, says Igbo should be allowed to manage the affairs of the country. Speaking during in an interview with THE Sun newspaper, Yaguda said Igbo presidency would strengthen the nation. Yaguda added that, though politics is a game of number, the south-east deserves a shot at the presidency. “I strongly … Read more
Rochas Okorocha, Igbo presidency A former Imo State governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, says since other zones of Nigeria have produced presidents, the South-East zone too should be allowed to produce a president in 2023. He, however, said irrespective of the ethnicity of the country’s next president, what was more important was to have someone who … Read more
By Fredrick Nwabufo How much progress has Nigeria made with its ethnic-motility politics? Since 1999, we have had presidents of different ethnic extractions – Yoruba, Fulani, and Ijaw – who were largely elected on the portfolio of ethnicity and religion rather than on the content of their minds? But how have we fared? The Obasanjo … Read more