Chief Ifeanyichukwuma Odii, the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi in the upcoming governorship election has promised to prioritise the welfare of workers if elected. The PDP standard-bearer made the promise when he met recently with the workers at the party’s governorship campaign office in Abakaliki. The...
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The Abia chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has formally reacted to the outcomes of the Presidential and National Assembly elections, describing them as unacceptable to the party. The party made the disclosure in a statement issued by the Vice Chairman/Acting State Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief...
Eight days to the conduct of Governorship and House of Assembly elections, the Igbo Communities in Lagos State on Saturday officially endorsed the PDP’s Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran and his running mate, Ms Funke Akindele. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that leaders of Ndigbo declared their...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has appealed to religious leaders and Delta residents to support the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr Sheriff Oborevwori in the March 11 Governorship election. Okowa made the appeal on Friday at a meeting with members of the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers has released winners of the National Assembly election conducted on Feb. 25 in Rivers. INEC announced the results in a statement issued to newsmen by the commission’s Public Affairs Officer, Mrs Geraldine Ekelemu, in Port Harcourt on Saturday. The commission announced...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit seeking the removal of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Bello Matawalle, from the Zamfara governorship election. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the case of the plaintiffs lacked merit. The News Agency of Nigeria...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Friday alleged that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele introduced the naira redesign policy to help the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) win the 2023 general elections. “Emefiele was appointed Central Bank Governor by the PDP originally. So, let’s...
The governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has blamed those he referred to as inherited Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the All Progressives Congress (APC) for ‘misleading’ President Muhammadu Buhari on the naira redesign policy. The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it plans to challenge its defeat in Benue in the Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly Elections. Mr Isaac Mffo, the state acting PDP chairman said this when he addressed a news conference on Friday in Makurdi. “We have mandated our legal department...
The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says there is no law making it mandatory for INEC to transmit electoral results electronically. Mr Dele Alake, Special Adviser on Media and Communications at the PCC made the declaration in Abuja on Friday when he spoke at...
The Court of Appeal on Friday granted leave to Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, to inspect documents used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the Feb. 25 Presidential election. The permission was sequel to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared PDP candidates – Mr Benson Agadaga, Sen. Seriake Dickson and Mr Benson Kombowei, the winners of Saturday’s senatorial election in Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dickson is a serving lawmaker, Agadaga is a former Chief of Staff...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Senator Lawal Yahaya Gumau, representing Bauchi South Senatorial District under the New Nigerian People’s Party, has dumped the party and joined the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Gumau, a former Member of the House of Representatives representing Toro Federal Constituency, contested...
The Cross River chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) failed in its bid to retain two Senate and six House of Representatives seats in the recently concluded National Assembly (NASS) elections. The opposition party in the state lost the Cross River Central and Cross River South to the...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) says it plans to challenge its defeat in Cross River North Senatorial and House of Representatives election. Mr Alphonsus Eba, the state APC Chairman said this when he addressed a news conference on Thursday in Calabar. Eba who alleged that the election was marred...
Senator Gershom Bassey while reacting to the outcome of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in an interview with PATRICK ABANG spoke on the chances of the opposition People’s Democratic Party PDP in Cross River State. Except: What is your reaction on the poor performance of PDP...
The President-Elect, Bola Tinubu has set up committees to meet aggrieved presidential candidates to start the “healing process”. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and a member of the committees disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde. He said a Committee of...
Dr Kayode Ajulo, a constitutional lawyer, has advised the Labour Party (LP) not to partner the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in seeking legal redress in the just-concluded presidential election. Ajulo said this on Thursday in Abuja during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The LP and...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Ahead of the March 11 governorship election, the Sokoto State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), Hon Bello Aliyu Goronyo has appealed to supporters of the party to ensure that they come out en mass to protect their votes against manipulations. Goronyo,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi on Thursday rejected the Kebbi Central senatorial district result on the Feb. 25 election, insisting that it would institute a legal action to retrieve the mandate. INEC on Tuesday declared Sen. Adamu Aliero of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner...