The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee in Rivers, Chief Tony Okocha, has blamed the protracted political crisis in the state on struggle for political structures by some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) big wigs. Okocha, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in...
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By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Kogi state has cleared the 21 chairmanship positions and the 239 Councillorship seats in the Saturday Local Government elections in the state. Announcing the final results, late Saturday night, the chairman of the Kogi State Independent Electoral...
B IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission, (KOSIEC), on Saturday conducted a peaceful Local Government elections across the 21 Councils in the state. Polling units visited across the three Senatorial districts of the state were opened as early as 9;00am as earlier announced by the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has debunked reports that the party was boycotting Saturday’s local government elections in the state. Mr Edward Marsha, the state PDP Chairman, gave the hint while speaking with newsmen in Kafanchan, headquarters of Jema’a Local Government Area. “It is not true...
Chairman of the All Progressive Congress(APC), in Rivers, Dr Tony Okocha, has said that FCT minister Nyesom Wike is not a member of the APC. He told newsmen on Thursday in Abuja that the 27 Rivers lawmakers currently in a bitter political struggle with Gov. Siminalayi Fubara were also...
Acting Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in Rivers, Dr Tony Okocha, has described the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the burning of local government offices as “an attempt to witch hunt”. “The Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the bombing of Local Government...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State on Wednesday said it has unbeatable structures across the state to defeat other political parties in any election. The party’s Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr Alex Kalejaiye, stated this in a statement issue in Akure. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The National Vice Chairman Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-West Zone, Chief Kamorudeen Ajisafe, has said the crisis rocking the national leadership of the party will not stop its victory in the November governorship election in Ondo. Ajisafe, who made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has implored the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a free, fair and credible governorship election in Ondo State. Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, who is also the Leader of the party in the South-West Zone, made the appeal on Tuesday in...
The Coalition of Opposition Lawmakers in the House of Representatives has pledged their support for the factional acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr Mohamed Yayari. The coalition made the pledge in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, by its spokesperson, Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere (PDP-Imo)...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Commissioner of Environment and Natural Resources, Dr Yakubu Kwanta, has received the secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and over 600 members of opposition parties, who decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ningo Bohar ward of Akwanga LGA...
A former governor of Ekiti State and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ayo Fayose, has expressed regret over the crisis rocking the former leading party in Nigeria. He said that the suspension and counter-suspension within the party has brought the party too low to the level...
A former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose has advised the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to move on from contesting elections in the country. Atiku unsuccessfully ran for the highest office in the land in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023, with three losses...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the Benue State Congress and election of the executive committee members of the party held on October 3, 2024 in Makurdi which produced Rt. Hon. Ezekiel Adaji as State Chairman....
A former presidential spokesman, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said the political crisis bedevilling Rivers has got to a point where it could seriously harm the nation’s democracy . Okupe, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, said that the crisis had the potential to...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Board of Trustees (BoT) have condole with the former Governor of Kaduna State, Sen. Mohammad Makarfi, over the death of his son, Dr Faisal Makarfi. This is contained in separate statements by the party’s acting National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Manga, and the...
A support group of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the Nigeria Youth For Atiku (NYFA), has called on President Bola Tinubu to take steps towards reversing the recent hike in the pump price of petrol. The Director of Public Relations of NYFA, Mr Dare Dada, made this call in...
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of Peoples Democratic Party has called on the two factions within the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to sheath their swords and revert to status quo. The board made the call in a statement issued by its Chairman, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, on Friday in...
The crisis rocking Peoples Democratic (PDP) has worsened, with the emergence of two factions of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that both factions have issued separate statements suspending key officers of the NWC. NAN also reports that a faction of the...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressive Congress (APC) have disagreed over the modalities and timing for the inspection of election materials used in the just concluded Edo governorship election. The election petition tribunal had ordered INEC to release all electoral materials used in the election to...