The Atiku Grassroot Movement (AGM), a support group, has denied allegations that former Vice-Presidential Atiku Abubakar was responsible for the disruption of Gov. Samuel Ortom’s Senatorial campaign launch in Gboko. Mr Joseph Asawa, the state AGM Publicity Coordinator, said this at a news conference on Thursday in Makurdi. “This...
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Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, member, PDP Presidential Campaign Committee (PCC) has called for the expulsion of former Deputy National Chairman, Chief Olabode George, for alleged anti-party activities. Pearse, also the Lagos State Coordinator of Support Groups for Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign, made this call at a news conference on Wednesday at...
Five governors of the PDP and some aggrieved party stalwarts have reiterated calls for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, before peace could return to the former ruling party. Rising from a closed-door strategic meeting on Sunday in Lagos State, hosted by its former Deputy...
Five governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some aggrieved party stalwarts, on Sunday, announced the formation of the Integrity Group within the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the G5 Governors led by Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers have been...
Former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for demonstrating genuine support and the desired goodwill for the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Oshiomhole made the commendation while addressing State House correspondents after a closed door meeting...
Governor Nyesom Wike of River State on Wednesday apologised to former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, for supporting the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State in September 2020. Wike tendered the apology to Oshiomhole at the inauguration of the Rumuepirikom Flyover in...
A former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, says disagreement between the PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers/ the G-5 governors will soon be resolved. Saraki stated this in llorin on Monday while speaking with newsmen at the 10th remembrance prayer for his...
The Peoples Democratic Party Coalition for Professional Groups and Peaceful Co-existence (PDPCUP) has expressed confidence that Dr Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of the PDP would lead the party to victory in 2023. The National Coordinator, Alhaji Muhammad Dan’auta, made this known during the pressure group’s meeting in Kaduna...
A former Governor of Cross River, Sen. Liyel Imoke, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains the only party that will make Nigerians smile again. He spoke in Calabar on Sunday.at the inauguration of the state’s Presidential Campaign Council for the Atiku-Okowa ticket. While urging the council...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has debunked a purported media report that the aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors were loyal to him. Mr Ikechukwu Eze, the Media Adviser to Jonathan, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the office’s attention had been drawn to media reports linking his...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organization said the Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima, ran away from national debates for fear of facing probing questions from Nigerians. Spokesperson for the Atiku/Abubakar Campaign Organization,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) says Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, has no major health challenge, as being speculated in the media. Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, Director Special Media Projects and New Media of the Council said this in a statement on Sunday in...
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), is collaborating with Arise Television to host series of presidential Town hall meetings, ahead of the 2023 General Elections. Director of CDD, Idayat Hassan, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the first of these sessions would hold on Sunday, and...
All lovers of democracy should take more than a passing interest in the drama playing out in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) involving Nyesom Wike, Rivers Governor and other top guns in the party. Ahead of the PDP presidential primary, Wike was vocal, even boastful, that he was the...
A Chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Alhaji Ahmed Tijjani, says the presidential candidate of the party, Sen, Rabi’u Kwankwaso will beat other candidates to win the 2023 general election. Tijjani said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kaduna....
The FAME Foundation has called on Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential candidate, and other presidential candidates, contesting in the 2023 election, to address the challenges of climate change in their manifestoes. Its Executive Director, Mrs Aderonke Ogunleye-Bello, made the call on Saturday at the “Green Ball Walk for...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, did not consult him before he picked members of his campaign council from the state. The governor, who spoke at the inauguration of the Rivers State PDP Campaign Council in Port Harcourt,...
The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on his counterparts in other parties to suspend their campaigns and join him to help victims of floods across states of the federation. Obi made the call while addressing journalists after his visit to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi’s emergence as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party has been described as a rare chance for Nigeria. In an article published on Monday, The Economist recalled that some polls had tipped Obi as ahead of the candidates representing the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and 36 state governors to “publicly instruct the Nigeria police and state security outfits to respect, protect, and facilitate the rights of everyone to freedom of expression, assembly, association, and equal participation during...