A Rivers High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Friday restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) from gathering or holding any congress in the state. The high court also restrained their agents from gathering anywhere in the 319 wards of the...
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By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The State Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has announced the conduct of its ward congresses in the 276 council wards of the state on Saturday, July 27, 2024. A statement by the state publicity secretary of...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday received former Senate President, Pius Anyim, who recently defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking to State House correspondents after his presentation to Tinubu by Gov. Hope Uzodinma, Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF),...
The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo, Philip Shaibu, has warned against violence and anti-democratic activities ahead of the September 21 Governorship poll in the state. The News Agency of (NAN) reports that Shaibu, who was impeached on March 18, got reinstated by the Court on July 17. He...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi has expressed dismay over the party’s non-participation in the state Saturday Local Government elections, blaming the development to its leadership crisis. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the elections held in the 171 wards of the 13 councils of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday organised a one-day orientation and capacity building training for 55 independent observers to monitor its forthcoming congresses in 24 states. One of the training facilitators, Daboikiabo Warmate, said the workshop demonstrated the Umar Damagum led-National Working Committee’s (NWC) commitment to ensure...
The Deputy Governor of Edo, Philip Shaibu on Saturday officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shaibu alongside other members of the PDP legacy coalition group announced his defection in Benin at the inauguration of the National Campaign Council of the...
Edo State Government has called on the Federal Government to set up a panel to unravel the cause of the shooting that claimed the life of a police officer at Benin Airport gate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that a police officer attached to the governorship...
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo on Friday called on the reinstated deputy governor of Edo, Philips Shaibu to join the APC following the Thursday attack on his convoy at the Benin Airport. Mr Jarrett Tenebe made the call in Benin during a solidarity visit...
Edo governorship candidate of APC for Sept. 21 off-cycle election, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, has said he would not rest until the killers of his security aide, Insp. Onu Akon, are brought to book. The Commissioner of Police in Edo, Funsho Adegboye on Friday during a news conference confirmed...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, on Friday in Benin said that the party had no hand in the attack that led to the death of a police officer attached to the APC Governorship Candidate, Sen. Monday Okpebholo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the re-election victory of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa in the Nov. 11, 2023 governorship poll. The three-member panel of justices led by Justice James Abundaga, in a unanimous judgment, held that the appeal filed by the appellants; Mr...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, nullified the impeachment of Phillip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, ordered his reinstatement to the office on the grounds that the Edo State House of Assembly failed to comply with due...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, dismissed a suit by impeached Deputy Governor of Edo, Phillip Shuaibu and others seeking to invalidate Asue Ighodaloo’s nomination as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election in Edo. The off-cycle elections are to hold on Sept....
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Ahead of the upcoming local government congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State, Concerned PDP Members (CPM) are urging the party leadership to prioritize transparency and fairness in the electoral processes. The group’s concerns stem from fears that previous court...
The Coalition for National Vanguard for Rule of Law (NVRL) has dismissed the resolution of the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers Assembly to shut down state expenditures. Mr Johnson Babatunde, the leader of the coalition in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, describing the move as illegal. NAN reports that...
The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal for Sokoto/Zamfara states sitting in Sokoto on Monday sacked a member of the National Assembly representing Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency, Umar Yusuf Yabo, popularly called Danmaje. The three-judge Tribunal, in a unanimous ruling, further ordered the sacked lawmaker to...
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri on Monday in Yola sworn-in 21 newly elected council chairmen with a charge, to be transparent and accountable in the discharge of their duties. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the election , which was conducted on Saturday, saw the People’s...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has charged newly elected local government chairmen and vice chairmen in the state to hit the ground running and avoid wasteful spending. The governor gave the charge while swearing in the newly elected LG chairmen and vice chairmen on Monday in Asaba. The...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has distanced itself from an appeal filed at the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, made the clarification in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Ologunagba said that party’s attention was drawn to s SUIT No: PHC/2177/CS/2024...