PATRICK ABANG Calabar The Cross River State Government has described as false an allegations by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that it is planning to use the military to disrupt the state byelections. Reacting to the allegation in a statement on Thursday in Calabar, The Deputy Chief Press Secretary...
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By EJIROGHENE BARRETT – As the race for the governorship seat in Delta state gets heated, there have been several predictions about the possible outcome of the elections. As usual, there are projections of potential upsets and triumphs that may emerge. Regardless of the forecasts, many are hoping for...
The PDP National Working Committee (NWC) has constituted a National Campaign Council and Election Management Team for by-elections in Cross River, Imo, Plateau and Ondo state. This is contained in a statement issued by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba in Abuja on Tuesday. The PDP said that...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, has urged party women leaders to reconnect with women and young people at the grassroots. Ayu, while speaking at the PDP zonal and State Women Leaders meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, said that without women and youths...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Barely few days to the Cross River State byelections in Ogoja Yala Federal Constituency and Akpabuyo State Constituency, the State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Alphonsus Ogar has declared the River State Governor, Nyesom Wike as a security risk to the state. Mr....
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its outstanding State Congress for the purpose of electing new State Executive Committee in Lagos State. National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr Debo Ologunagba revealed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday. Mr. Ologunagba noted...
Delta Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, has said that the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has no written agreement on zoning for the governorship election, come 2023. Aniagwu disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Asaba. He noted that there were capable men...
Mr Fabian Onah, Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State, said the party is ready for the Feb. 23, Local Government polls in the state. Onah said this in Nsukka on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the suit seeking to challenge former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s eligibility to vie for the office of the president. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, dismissed the suit on the grounds that the plaintiff that instituted the case lacked the locus standi...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has blamed the governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the controversial Electoral Act into law. Governor Wike alleged that “the APC governors are afraid of the idea of electronic transmission...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Tension is building up in Calabar, the Cross River State capital as armed security operatives on Saturday sealed off the Calabar Sport Club which is the venue of PDP flag off campaign rally in the state. The barricades by the police operatives have disrupted the...
Mr Kenneth Imansuagbon, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, has labelled those calling for the zoning of the 2023 Presidential ticket as enemies of the country. Imasuangbon made this assertion in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Benin. He said the country...
The Police in Akwa Ibom have confirmed the killing of Chief Bassey Emah, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. “We received report that gunmen killed Emah,’’ SP Odiko Macdon, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
A former Chairman and National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has said that the party constitution allow zoning of political offices. Baraje, the new ‘Tafida of Ilorin’, made this known on Wednesday while addressing journalists in his residence in Ilorin preparatory to his...
Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, says All Progressives Congress (APC) will takeover Delta in 2023, going by recent developments. Omo-Agege said this on Wednesday in Asaba, at the inauguration of the state APC executives, at the party secretariat in Asaba. “Let me start by saying that am full of...
The Zamfara Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) says Gov. Bello Matawalle, would not resign his position as the state governor, as demanded by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The PDP had urged the governor to resign following his defection from PDP to APC, as well as his inability to...
The Zamfara House of Assembly declared in Gusau on Tuesday that no court order could stop its impeachment of the state’s Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu-Gusau. “No court can stop the impeachment,’’ Chairman, House Committee on Information, Alhaji Shamsudeen Bosko, told a news conference. He argued that the process...
A group, Coalition of Saraki Advocates (COSA), Kaduna State Chapter, has supported the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on its plan not to zone the 2023 presidential election to any of the six geo-political zones. The State Coordinator of COSA, Yasir Kamal, in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described its return to power in the Abuja Municipal Council (AMAC) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as a sign of victory for the 2023 general elections. The PDP National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, in a statement he issued on Sunday, in Abuja,...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Ahead of the February 26th byelection in the Akpabuyo State Constituency, the Chairman of Akpabuyo LGA of Cross River State, Emmanuel Bassey has raised an alarm over plans by the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to bring machineries to Akpabuyo to disrupt the polls. Hon....