One of the aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the 2024 Ondo governorship poll, Otunba Bamidele Akingboye, has tasked the party to zone its ticket to Ondo South. Akingboye stated this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja, after the PDP National Working Committee met with...
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has tasked stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to unite and collectively work to ensure the party wins the Nov. 21 governorship election in Ondo. Governor Makinde said this during a meeting between members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) and...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Timipre Sylva, the governorship candidate in the Nov. 11, 2023 Bayelsa governorship election, on Monday, seek the disbandment of the state’s election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja over alleged undue bias. The APC and Sylva alleged that the tribunal, headed by Justice...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned until March 18, the suit filed by a chieftain of the PDP, Mr Segun Sowunmi against the party for not convening a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting within constitutionally stipulated period. Sowunmi is before the court praying for an order compelling...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted Edo Post-Primary Election Reconciliation Committee, to reconcile all aggrieved members to work for party’s victory in the Sept. 21 governorship election in the state. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, who disclosed this in a...
The crisis in PDP took a dramatic twist on Wednesday as Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, stormed the party secretariat demanding issued the of certificate of return for winning Edo PDP gubernatorial primary election. Shaibu, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports, had emerged the standard bearer for...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday issued a certificate of return to Dr Asue Ighodalo, as its candidate for the Sept.21 Edo governorship election. The PDP acting National Chairman, Malam Umar Damagum, presented the certificate at a ceremony at the National Secretariat of the party in Wadata...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Benue State chapter has risen from an expanded caucus meeting with the readiness to reclaim power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Speaking during the meeting, the immediate past Governor of the state, Samuel Ortom said...
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has accused Governor Siminialayi Fubara of delaying the implementation of the eight-point resolution toward ending political crisis in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that political tension enveloped the state in October...
Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr Philip Shaibu, has said intimidation and harassment will not change his resolve in the pursuit of his political ambition. Shaibu said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Shaibu emerged the party’s candidate in...
Renowned businessman Asue Ighodalo has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary for Edo State, beating other aspirants including Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu in the election held in Benin City on Thursday. In the exercise held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in the Edo State capital, Ighodalo...
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...
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...