By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the deadline for the sale of forms for its 2024 congresses from June 17 to June 28. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on...
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The leadership of Edo chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday announced the expulsion of former deputy governor, Mr Philip Shaibu, from the party. Also expelled was the National Vice Chairman (South-South) of the party, Chief Dan Orbih. Shaibu and Orbih were expelled for anti-party activities, according...
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State has said the party has not suspended Assemblyman Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, a former House of Representatives member. The party said on Wednesday in Benin that the purported suspension was false and misleading. The...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has said there is no provision for tenure elongation for elected Local Government Chairmen in the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as Amended). Governor Fubara made this known while addressing newsmen at the end of a security council meeting with heads of security agencies in...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has directed Heads of Administration in the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs), to assume leadership of the councils. Fubara gave the directive in a state-wide broadcast in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, following the expiration of the tenure of the 23 LG chairmen at...
June 17, 2024, may seem like any other day to many, but it carries significant weight in Rivers State. This date marks the end of the three-year tenure for elected local government chairmen, a milestone documented in the state’s Local Government Law. The day has become a flashpoint...
The Lagos State chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have congratulated Muslim faithful on this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The political parties in separate goodwill messages on Saturday implored Nigerians and residents of the state to remember the sacrifice made by Prophet Ibrahim....
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has called on Nigerians to use the occasion of this year Eid-el-Kabir to demonstrate sacrifice, love and peace. Abubakar in a statement by his media office on Saturday in Abuja, congratulated fellow Muslim faithful on the celebration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir festival. He...
A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain and former Chairman of the party in Lagos State, Chief Segun Adewale, has said he is dumping his party to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adewale, popularly known as Aeroland, said this at a news conference on Saturday in Lagos. The News...
No fewer than 1,300 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faithful in Anambra have formally defected to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The defectors, who came from across the state, were received by the Gov. Chukwuma Soludo at a welcome ceremony in Awka Soludo urged the new...
Ahead of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suffered a setback as a top member of the party from Edo Central, Chief Francis Inegbeneki, resigned his party membership. In a letter of resignation dated June 8, 2024, Inegbeneki, who is...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Reno Omokri, a political activist and former presidential aide, has citizens the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi for allegedly de-marketing Nigeria. Omokri accused Obi of spreading falsehoods about the country’s electrical infrastructure and election process, praising other African nations instead....
The People Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, to expiate efforts towards the arrest of and prosecution of Malam Hudu Yunusa -Ari, the suspended INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa. The opposition party said arresting and prosecting Yunusa-Yari would...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has categorically dismissed rumors of potential merger talks with other political parties, reaffirming its commitment to independence and strength. According to National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba, the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) has declared that PDP...
A High Court in Port Harcourt on Thursday ordered that the seats of the 25 lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), vacant, pending the determination of a suit. Justice Charles Wali gave the order in Suit No PHC/1512/CS/2024, filed...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday released the updated list of its members on the Edo Governorship Election National Campaign Council. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba in Abuja said the updated list by the...
Bayelsa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, affirmed the election victory of Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Adekunle Adeleye-led, dismissed the petition by All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, as lacking in merit. The...
The Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Conscience Party (NCP) in 2015 General Elections, Chief Martin Onovo, has said only President Bola Tinubu can end the political crisis in Rivers. Onovo, an activist and Head of Policy Positions, Movement for Fundamental Change (MFC), said this in an interview...
A Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Mr George Okoye, has urged stakeholders not to allow the party go into extinction in the country’s politics. Okoye, also a former member of the State Assembly, told journalists in Awka on Monday, that the leadership of PDP...
The Lagos State PDP Chairman, Mr Philip Aivoji, has described former President Goodluck Jonathan’s call for truce to end the political crisis in Rivers as commendable. Aivoji commended Jonathan in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. NAN reports that Jonathan had...