The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the Court of Appeal over its judgment affirming the eligibility of Dr Asue Ighodalo, the party’s candidate for the Sept. 21 Edo governorship election. The PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja on Friday, described the...
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed an appeal seeking to disqualify Asue Ighodalo as governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo. A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Justice Hamma Barka, dismissed the appeal marked CA/ABJ/CV/863/2024. The appeal was filed by...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rejects the new increase in the pump price of petrol to about N1,000 per liter in various parts of the country. Abuja, Sept. 5, 2024 (NAN)The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rejects the new increase in the pump price of petrol to about N1,000 per...
Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, has been criticized for allegedly paying out N50 million of tax-payers money to some women to demonstrate against former Governor, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, over the latter’s reactions to the outburst of the First Lady of Edo state, Betsy Obaseki. Expressing his displeasure today,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its candidate, Dr Asue Ighodalo, will win not less than 65 per cent of the expected votes in the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, said this at a news conference in Abuja on the...
The Edo Governorship Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says its candidate, Mr Asue Ighodalo will record landslide victory in Sept. 21 election in Oredo Local Government. Crusoe Osagie, Chairman of the Publicity Committee of the council in Oredo stated this during a news conference on Monday...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) in Ondo State, Mr Babatunde Faro, has said the party will salvage the state from underdevelopment, if won the November governorship election. Faro, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Akure, said that the party...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says he has no regret in joining the Tinubu government. According to him, anyone who is angry he is working in the Tinubu-led administration should go and ‘hug a transformer’. Wike a PDP member worked against his party during the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of plotting to violently subvert the will of the people in the Sept. 21 governorship election. Media Director of the APC Governorship Campaign Council, Mr Kassim Afegbua, on Thursday in Benin, alleged that the State...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the Appeal Court judgment which on Monday, re-affirmed the nomination of Dr Asue Ighodalo as its candidate for the Sept. 21, Edo Governorship election. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja, described the judgment...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A group under the auspices of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Wing Mobilisation Vanguard has urged the People Democratic Party (PDP) elders in the North West to rather focus on solving their internal political crisis rather than the futile attempt to drag the...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday affirmed the nomination of Asue Ighodalo as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo. A three-member panel of the appellate court affirmed Ighodalo’s nomination shortly after dismissing the appeal file by an aspirant,...
A storm is brewing within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Senator Dino Melaye faces criticism from party members for accusing the leadership of “bad leadership” and “commercialisation and privatization” of the party. Melaye made the accusations on social media, sparking a response from the PDP Frontliners, an intra-party...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has vowed not to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the internal crisis in the party. He spoke on Wednesday in Abuja during a media briefing to mark his first year in office as the FCT Minister. Despite...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi– Determined to make peace, heal the wounds and strengthen the party for future elections in Benue State, the stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have called on all party’s members to work as a family to close rank and place the interest of...
A support group of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the Nigerian Youths for Atiku (NYFA), says only God can stop him from contesting and winning the 2027 presidential election. The Director of Publicity of NYFA, Mr Dare Dada, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Dada said that...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Chairmanship seat in last Saturday’s local government elections in Shira in Bauchi State, Bello Mu’azu Shira, has described the polls as a sham. Shira accused the Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission, of deceiving the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – There was serious voter apathy in many polling units visited during the local government elections held across Bauchi State. Journalists while monitoring the local government elections observed that in most villages, there were no sign of elections going on. However, in few of the...
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has berated Governor Godwin Obaseki for failing to recognise him following his reinstatement to office by the court, boasting that he made Obaseki governor. Shaibu, who was a guest on Friday’s edition of Channels Television’s political programme, Politics Today, said that...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is to inaugurate two committees – one for reconciliation and another for discipline – on August 21, its Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said on Friday in Abuja. The 25-member reconciliation committee is chaired by Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former Governor of Osun, while Sen....