The People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Screening Committee has cleared 15 aspirants and disqualified two others on Friday in Abuja. Chairman of the committee and former Senate President, Sen. David Mark, who spoke with newsmen at the end of the exercise did not name those disqualified, but said they...
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Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said that it was not easy aspiring to be president while serving as a state governor at the same time. Mohammed said this while hosting leadership of the Nigerian Labour Union (NLC), media chiefs, and Traders Artisans Association to a Ramadan fast break...
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says he will appoint a “Minister of Stomach Infrastructure” if he emerges president of Nigeria. Fayose stated this while speaking with newsmen, shortly after his appearance before the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Screening Committee in Abuja, on Friday. The former governor...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Front-line presidential aspirant of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Governor Nyesom Wike has just concluded his screening at the Legacy House of the PDP campaign office. Governor Wike had arrived the Legacy House few minutes to 11a.m to undergo the screening of his particulars....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday began the screening of its 17 aspirants for the 2023 presidential election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the screening, under the Chairmanship of former President of the Senate, David Mark, is being held at the Legacy House, PDP presidential...
A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday wooed members of the party’s National Working Committee, saying he already has 11 million votes. Addressing the PDP NWC in Abuja, the former vice president said he is the best candidate to win the 2023 presidential...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – It was unusual sight and experience for many within Sokoto metropolis on Wednesday as motorists have to feel the pains of gridlock following crowd that enveloped the town in support of Sokoto Deputy Governor, Hon Muhammad Dan ‘Iya. Hon. Dan’Iya stormed the party’s secretariat...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared Mr Farah Dagogo wanted for alleged hiring of cultists to attack the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Port Harcourt. Wike disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant to Governor...
Sen. Bukola Saraki, a presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has warned that Nigerians must not allow emotion and sentiments becloud their choice of a leader come 2023. Saraki said this in Calabar during a consultancy visit to party delegates ahead of the PDP primaries scheduled for...
As politicians jostle for political parties’ tickets to contest the 2023 general elections, the Plateau chapter of the PDP has said that it would not force aspirants into any consensus arrangement. The PDP Vice Chairman, Mr. Simon Domle, stated this in Jos shortly after meeting with the party’s stakeholders...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi state, has described the judgement which declared the seat of the immediate Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, vacant for defecting from the party, as victory for democracy. The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, declared...
Former Gov. Peter Obi, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says he has the capacity to fix the political and socioeconomic challenges of Nigeria. Obi made the declaration at a meeting with the PDP stakeholders in Oyo State, on Tuesday at the party...
A clergyman, Felix Aluko, says former President Goodluck Jonathan will be returned to Aso Rock, Abuja if he decides to vie for the 2023 Presidential Election. Aluko, the senior pastor of the Resurrected Assembly (GROM), made the prophetic declaration on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that Jonathan would return...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu says he may withdraw from contesting to be the president of Nigeria if major political parties don’t zone their tickets to the South-East. Kalu in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Abuja, however, said that it was his desire...
The former Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki, has described himself as a man with intellectual capacity and boldness to rescue Nigeria from its current challenges if voted into power. Saraki, a presidential aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated this during his visit to Akure to canvass for...
Within the receding months, certain groups – political and socio-cultural groups including professional bodies – have been mounting pressure on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta to throw his hat into the ring for the 2023 presidential election. Aside these groups, certain noteworthy individuals from Delta and across the length...
A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, on Sunday, predicted the outcome of the 2023 presidential election and the chances of both ruling All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the exercise. He said that should the APC zoned its presidential ticket to South...
In 2008, when it became clear to analysts of the United States presidential election that Senator Barack Obama could surpass their expectations and beat favorite Hillary Clinton to the ticket of the Democratic Party, Hillary’s team decided to float a kite aimed at halting the rapid disintegration of her...
It’s indeed difficult supressing a yawn of boredom when observant analysts note various efforts at diverting, diminishing or smearing Rivers State Governor, His Excellency Ezenwo Nyesom Wike’s resolute and articulate trajectory since he declared his presidential aspiration recently. This legitimate quest for higher political responsibility beyond the Brick House,...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has ascribed his endorsement as northern pressidential consensus candidate of the PDP alongside former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, as the work of God. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Northern PDP Elders Forum led by Prof. Ango Abdullahi, on...