The Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, venue of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Edo governorship primary election, on Thursday witnessed heavy presence of police operatives . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that motorists were not allowed to access the stadium road as men of the state’s traffic...
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A displeased Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Edo, Adizetu Umoru, has asked a Federal High Court, Abuja to set aside the ongoing process to choose party’s candidate in the state. Umoru, in court papers sighted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), cited a technical gaffe...
L A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to show cause why 381 delegates elected on Feb. 4 at its ward congress should not participate in the primary scheduled for Thursday. Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order in a ruling on the ex-parte...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said with the alliances his political camp has formed, the 2027 elections will be a walk in the park for them. The minister spoke of his readiness for the 2027 elections during a thanksgiving service by Senator...
The Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo Chapter, Mr Hilary Otsu, has said Governor Godwin Obaseki should be blamed in the absence of a PDP candidate in the upcoming Edo gubernatorial election. Otsu said in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The former Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleiman, who was sacked from his position as the Member representing Ningi Central Constituency, has been sworn-in. His deputy, Jamilu Dahiru, who was also sacked from his position as member representing Bauchi Central...
A Magistrate’s Court in Abakaliki has remanded Chika Nwoba, a former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party ((PDP) in Ebonyi, in the Correctional centre for alleged defamation. Nwoba, a social media handler, who appeared in court on Tuesday, is facing a three count charge of conspiracy, false publication and...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BOT) on Tuesday in Abuja charged the party members to works towards the consolidation of the nation’s democracy. The PDP BoT Chairman, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, said this during the Board’s meeting, even as he warned against the dangers of the...
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant for the upcoming Edo election, Chief Anselm Ojezua, has said that the party risked not producing a candidate for the election over irregularities. Ojezua, a lawyer said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in...
The Sen. Seriake Dickson-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Appeal Panel into the ward congresses election in Edo has called for a political solution to the crisis in the party. The panel, however, shelved calls for the cancellation of the controversial election. This is contained in the report of...
The Edo chapter of the PDP governorship primary on Saturday conducted Local Government Delegates Election ahead of its Feb. 22 governorship primary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the delegates congress took place simultaneously across the 18 local government areas of the state, except in Etsako Central....
A federal High Court, in Abuja has granted an order permitting a former governorship aspirant of the PDP in Ogun, Mr Segun Sowunmi to serve the National Chairman of the party, Mr Illiya Damagum court processes through substituted means. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon gave the order on Thursday while ruling...
Ladi Adebutu, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the 2023 general election in Ogun, was, on Tuesday, arraigned before a state High Court sitting in Abeokuta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adebutu was arraigned, alongside nine others, even as the Federal Government amended the...
Retired Major-General Charles Airhiavbere, one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants for Edo governorship poll, says he has capacity to beat the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Sept. 21 poll. Airhiavbere said this on Tuesday, when he spoke with newsmen shortly after submitting his Expression...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has assured the party’s nine protesting governorship aspirants in Edo that their protests would not go in vain. This is contained in a statement signed by Chief Dan Orbih, the National Vice Chairman, PDP, South-South, a copy of which was made available to...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has cancelled Etsako Central ward delegates election in Edo over alleged kidnap of nine electoral officers. The Edo State PDP chairman, Mr Tony Aziegbemi, said this when he spoke with newsmen in Benin on Monday. Aziegbemi said that the decision was taken by...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The former Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleiman, has described his victory at the rerun as a vindication that he initially won during the March 18 election. Speaking with our correspondent in a telephone interview, Suleiman said he was...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has swept the rerun elections held on Saturday in 42 polling units in four Constituencies across three Local Government Areas of Bauchi State. The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja had declared the March 18, 2023 state assembly election inconclusive...
The presidency has urged Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, to provide better alternatives to challenges of the country. It said these alternatives solutions will be a better option to the current position of merely mouthing the problems and attributing it to President Bola...