A presidential aspirant on the platform of the PDP, Mr Peter Obi, has released his bio-data, showcasing a copious profile that casts him as standing tall among PDP presidential aspirants. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the upcoming presidential contest looks set to parade a crowded field...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general elections and governorship primaries of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Musa Adede has warned party stakeholders that Cross River State is already a failed state and does not need to sacrifice competent for zoning. “In my view this...
Ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s national convention holding on Saturday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja, to declare the planned exercise unconstitutional and illegal. The PDP, In a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/389 2022, also sought a court order deregistering the APC as...
Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, says the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration has been delivering infrastructural projects in spite of meagre resources. He said this at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Pre-Convention Policy Conference on Friday in Abuja. According to him, the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the immediate resignation and investigation of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, following his appearance in certain All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign posters suggesting that he has partisan affiliation and entanglement with the APC. The PDP in...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has shifted the judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River to April 6. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had, on March 22, reported that Justice Taiwo Taiwo fixed today, Friday, for the...
Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi on Thursday declared his intention to run for President in 2023. He made the declaration in Awka at a gathering of traditional rulers in Anambra State. Mr Obi was running mate to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 presidential election. On...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As the coast gradually gets set for the 2023 political race, Sagir Dalhatu Bafarawa, son of former governor of Sokoto State has indicated interested in succeeding Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Bafarawa, who resigned his appointment recently as the Sokoto State Commissioner of Environment, said...
Founding member of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has expressed regrets that the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demonstrated monumental lack of foresight even in opposition. Okechukwu said as a major opposition party PDP has continued to entertain Nigerians with tales by moonlight as if...
Mrs Susan Waya, wife of Benue billionaire, Terry, has joined the 2023 governorship race in the state, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Susan, who spoke with newsmen shortly after obtaining her nomination and expression of interest forms at the PDP secretariat in Abuja, said she...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are running from their shadows and haunted by their failures in governance. PDP’s position is predicated on a statement by the Presidency on Tuesday, suggesting that the PDP is predicting a...
The PDP Governors’ Forum has urged Nigerians to reject the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying it is impossible for a party so “disorganised” to offer good governance to the people of Nigeria. The governors’ appeal was disclosed in a communique after their meeting in Abia State on Wednesday. Among...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says his enduring persistence in contesting for the office of the president of Nigeria is borne out of his passion to rekindle the Nigerian dream. Abubakar stated this while making his official declaration for the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples...
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Bode George, has given more insight into why he is against Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, becoming President in 2023. According to Chief George, Tinubu has been in power for so long, has...
Ahead of the 2023 general election, a group of indigenes of Zamfara on Tuesday purchased the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship nomination and expression of interest forms for Malam Abubakar Gusau. The group, “Zamfara Rescue Initiative,” comprised people of diverse backgrounds cutting across party lines, including top business leaders,...
No fewer than 17 members of the Imo State House of Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress are at the risk of losing their seats. The recent development comes after a court sacked Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi and some lawmakers who defected with him from the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, will on Friday, deliver judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River. The PDP, through its counsel Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, had filed the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021 before Justice Taiwo Taiwo to seek for an...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Following the Federal High Court judgement in Abuja, which sacked 20 lawmakers from Cross River State who defected from PDP to APC, the Cross River State House Of Assembly has been sealed, early this morning and taken over by combined security forces. NATIONAL ACCORD...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to the judgement of The Federal High Court Abuja, which sacked about 20 lawmakers on Monday who defected with Governor Ben Ayade from PDP to APC. This is according to a statement...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The immediate past Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won the 2015 and 2019 general elections by mistake. According to him, the party wasn’t prepared for governance at the time it won the election which was evident...