The Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted claims by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s achievements in his first term in office was characterised by an increase in poverty and unemployment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that PDP’s Publicity Secretary , Alhaji Hakeem Amode, in...
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By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Sen. Mathew Urhoghide, representing Edo South Senatorial District in the Senate announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday. This is contained in a letter to the Acting National Chairman of PDP, Mr Umar Damagum and a copy made available to newsmen...
) A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, told former Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the right to suspend or expel him if the action is done in accordance with the law. Justice James Omotosho stated this in a judgment he delivered...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday mourned the Founder of Daar Communications and African Independent Television (AIT), Chief Raymond Dokpesi, also known as Ezomo of Weppa-Wanno Kingdom. PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, in a statement in Abuja, described Dokpesi as an...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A PDP Senator has thrown his weight behind the candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC for the position of Senate President ahead of the June 8 Inauguration. Gershom Bassey Senator representing Cross River South in the senate and Chairman Cross River Caucus in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday described the death of one of its chieftains, Jude Obiekwe, as untimely, sad and shocking. Obiekwe, who reportedly died on Friday, was the candidate of the party to the House of Representatives...
The supreme court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A five-member panel of the supreme court held on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has rebutted allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu–led government had grounded the economy of the state In a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday in Akure, the Publicity Secretary of APC in Ondo State, Mr Alex...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has received a group of former members of the PDP from Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area of the state into the ruling APC. The governor received the defectors on Monday at the Government House Lokoja. He expressed appreciation to the defectors for recognising the achievements...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidenrial Candidate in the Feb. 25 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, said that the dismissal of their application for a live broadcast by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) was not a setback to their petition against Sen. Bola Tinubu, the President-elect....
The Supreme Court has adjourned until May 26 to deliver judgment in a case by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu and Kassim Shettima, the vice-president-elect. The PDP had urged the apex court to reverse the Court of Appeal judgment, led by Justice...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) on Monday in Abuja, dismissed the application by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and the Labour Party, for live broadcast of court proceedings. In a unanimous decision, the five-member panel held that the order sought by the petitioners lacked merit and was outside...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has indicated plans to call “no more than 100 witnesses” to the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT). Both parties are challenging the declaration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the February 25...
The Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) on Saturday directed parties that filed the three surviving petitions before it to consult on their possible consolidation. In one of the petitions marked CA/PEPC/05/2023, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate are challenging the outcome of the...
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Thursday resumed for continuation of hearing in the suit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The court is presently hearing the application for live coverage of proceedings. Counsel for Atiku and PDP, Chris Uche, said the motion dated...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved to constitute a committee to review cases of indiscipline and suspected anti-party activities by its members. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba said this in a statement on Wednesday...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called for the revamping of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to regain its eminent and dominant leadership role in Nigeria and Africa. The party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general election gave the advice at a programme “welcome/reception of PDP governors-elect and send forth...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC), has adjourned pre-hearing in the petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’ and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) until May 18. The five-member panel, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani adjourned after listening to the agreement by all the counsel in the petitions....
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has mourned the death of the South-West Zonal Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Soji Adagunodo, describing his demise as a huge loss to the party. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the late Adagunodo died on Monday in the...
The PDP has restated its confidence in the ability of the judiciary to discharge its duty dispassionately based on the evidence at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on the 2023 general elections. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, said this at a news conference on Tuesday...