At the last count, the number of aspirants for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was over 20, and this has made predictions of who would clinche the party ticket seem mostly based on calculations that are more intuitive than certain. The justle for the party...
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Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday visited Ogun State to seek the support of delegates ahead of the May 28 Presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Saraki met with PDP leaders, including governorship aspirant, Ladi Adebutu, and the state party vice- chairman, Mr Leye Odunjo, at...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Professor Stephen Ochang, a lecturer at Cross River State University of Technology and leader of Peter Obi Candidacy Movement has urged Nigerians and PDP delegates to ensure that he emerge the candidate of the party. Addressing journalists at the Ernest Etime Bassey Press Centre...
Ahead of the primary elections of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the statutory and ad hoc delegates from Enugu West Senatorial District on Sunday assured Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State of maximum support. They said they were solidly behind him, and would vote according to his direction in...
Atiku Abubakar, former Vice-President, said he would recruit more men and women into the security agencies as part of efforts at fighting insecurity in the country if elected as president in 2023. Atiku, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated this on Sunday...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday canvassed for votes from delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo and Osun, ahead of the party’s presidential primary slated for May 28. Abubakar, who identified himself as a son of Osun, due to his marriage to Titi, one of his...
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State says he remains the most credible aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 presidential election. Mohammed made the declaration at the Oyo State PDP secretariat in Ibadan on Sunday. The governor called on delegates to support him at the forthcoming...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed May 9 for the conduct of the party’s North West Zonal Congress to elect Zonal Executive Officers and National Ex-Officio members of the party in the North West Zone. The National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, stated...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ebonyi chapter, said it had held its ward delegates congresses across the 171 wards in the state. Mr Chika Nwoba, PDP’s Public Relations Officer in Ebonyi, who briefed newsmen in Abakaliki, said the exercise was held in all the wards of the 13 local...
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has called on the Federal Government to effect the resignation of the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Tambuwal, a Presidential aspirant on the platform of PDP, made the call on Saturday, in Jalingo, shortly after interacting with the party delegates ahead of PDP presidential...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called for the immediate arrest and investigation of the Governor of the Central Bank, Dr Godwin Emefiele, for violating public service rules by way of his alleged involvement in the race for the 2023 presidency in the All Progressives Congress. The PDP’s National Publicity...
Former Vice-president Atiku Abubakar on Saturday visited Abeokuta to seek the support of Ogun delegates ahead of the May 28 presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku met with PDP leaders, including governorship aspirant, Mr Ladi Adebutu and the state party chairman, Mr Sikirullahi Ogundele, at the...
…Says God forbid that such legacy would continue By EMEKA CHIKWE, Yenegoa – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said it is bewildering that most presidential aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress are pledging to continue the “good works” of President Muhammadu Buhari. Wike queried, “The good...
By THOMAS AKASE, Markudi – Ahead of the next years’ general elections, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has urged presidential aspirants on the platform of the PDP to maintain peace and harmony among them as they carry on with their campaigns. Governor Ortom made the appeal on Friday...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has explained that he did not at any point promised to anoint his former Chief of Staff, Hon. Terwase Orbunde or any other aspirant as his successor. The Governor made the clarification on Wednesday when stakeholders from the Kwande...
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka on Thursday fixed the hearing on a suit seeking the sack of Mrs Stella Oduah, representing Anambra North Senatorial District in the National Assembly. Chief Kingsley Nnalue, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Suit No. FHC/AWK/CS/38/2022 is asking the...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed May 10, for a hearing in a suit seeking to stop the planned May 28, Presidential Primary Election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that a presidential aspirant, Mr Cosmas Ndukwe, filed an ex-parte application...
The National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorcha Ayu, has returned N405 million, which he was accused of fraudulently receiving from the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, sources familiar with the matter have told PREMIUM TIMES. Mr Ayu, a former university lecturer and Third Republic senate...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Critical stakeholders from the Kwande intermediate area have dissociated themselves from the decision of the former Chief of Staff to the Benue State Governor, Hon. Terwase Orbunde to leave the PDP and join APC. The former Chief of Staff was one among the many...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has updated the party’s timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Mr. Ologunagba...