The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has charged the Speaker of Plateau House of Assembly, Gabriel Dawang, to swear in the party’s 16 house members affirmed by the Court of Appeal as duly elected. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, made the call...
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The Labour Party (LP), on Tuesday said it has the capacity to dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the coming Edo governorship election. The Party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, made this known in Abuja while addressing newsmen on some of the...
A democracy without opposition is like making an omelet without breaking eggs; or, a bird flying with one wing or one clapping with one hand. Yet, the fact is there is no opposition in the nation’s so-called democracy. Opposition political parties simply exist as platforms for power grabbers...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP as promised to ensure that the Edo governorship primary election is free, fair and credible. Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang and the chairman of the screening committee for the primaries, stated this when he addressed PDP aspirants at the National Headquarters, Wadata House...
The Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday, fixed Feb. 8 to hear a suit challenging the Peoples Democratic Party , (PDP) for failure to convene a National Executive Counsel, (NEC) meeting within the constitutionally stipulated period. A PDP governorship aspirant in Ogun during the 2023 general elections, Mr...
The Supreme Court reserved judgment in the appeal by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Aisha Dahiru, popularly called Binani, against the governor of Adamawa state, Ahmadu Fintiri. The tribunal and Court of Appeal had dismissed Binani’s petition challenging the victory of Fintiri in the governorship...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has called on opposition parties in the state to join hands with him towards developing the state. “‘We have no state other than Sokoto. It is all our collective responsibility to make Sokoto better. Hence I am calling on all...
Some leaders and members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in Edo South Senatorial District have again drummed support for Dr Asue Ighodalo to emerge the party’s candidate in the forthcoming primaries. The leaders and members who cut across Uhumwode, Orhionmwon and Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Areas of the...
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have endorse Earl Osaro Onaiwu’s bid for the governorship of Edo State. Onaiwu disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Onaiwu said the former governors’ endorsement was indicative of the party’s admirable show of support...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain in Lagos and former member, Atiku Abubakar 2023 presidential campaign council, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, has said the party does not need any merger ahead of the 2027 general elections. Pearse who said this on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of...
Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, says he cannot be intimidated out of the Sept.21 governorship election, because he has all its takes to win. Shaibu, stated this when he returned his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination form for the governorship election, at the party national secretariat in Abuja...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Gov. Similanayi Fubara of Rivers and his Taraba counterpart, Kefas Agbu, over the Supreme Court judgments affirming their victories in the 2023 governorship election. The party gave the congratulations in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Former lawmaker, representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Senator Boluwaji Kunlere, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on whose platform he went to the National Assembly. Kunlere’s resignation is contained in a letter he personally signed and addressed to the party’s chairman in his...
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the election of Gov. Simi Fubara of Rivers. Justice Ibrahim Saulawa dismissed the appeal by the APC and its governorship candidate, Tonye Colo. Details shortly….
A Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) governorship aspirant in Ogun during the 2023 general elections, Segun Sowunmi has dragged the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to court for failing to convene a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. Sowumi filed the suit marked (FHC/ABJ/CS/T024) at the Federal High...
The Speaker, Plateau State House of Assembly, Gabriel Dewan, says that he is in possession of a court injunction to recognise only eight members of the assembly. Dewan stated that the 16 sacked lawmakers, and the other 16 with certificates of return, were all laying claim...
Dr Latimore Oghenesivbe, Executive Assistant on Communications and Orientation to Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, says the governor’s survival of 38 lawsuits is a divine intervention. Dr Oghenesivbe stated this while addressing newsmen at a happy hour he organised to fete members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists...
Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested 38 protesters in Lafia for alleged public disturbance over the recent Supreme Court judgment which upheld the election of Gov. Abdullahi Sule of the state. The suspects were immediately charged to court and remanded at the Lafia Custodial Centre. They were charged...
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the election of Mohammed Yahaya as the duly elected governor of Gombe State. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun Who affirmed Yahaya as governor dismissed the appeal against his victory brought to it by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and it’s candidate. The Court of...
The Supreme Court in a unanimous judgment on Friday Sheriff Oborevwori as the duly elected governor of Delta. The Apex court dismissed the appeal brought before it by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Ovie- Omo-Agege, against the election of the governor The court in...