Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Saturday welcomed hundreds of defectors from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party. Those at the event in Port Harcourt, the state capital, include PDP Chairman in Rivers, Desmond Akawor; former Board of Trustees’ member of the APC, Sam-Sam Jaja;...
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The Presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has pledged that he would meet the expectations of the party and Nigerians when elected president in 2023. Abubakar made the promise during his remarks at the PDP 97 National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Thursday....
Alhaji Ibrahim Bilal, the embattled Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa, says he is still a card carrying member of the party. Bilal gave the clarification on Thursday in Yola while reacting to online reports over his alleged defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on Thursday insisted that Iyorchia Ayu must step down as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. Wike said the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, told him in person when he won the May primary that Ayu must vacate his position as...
The All Progressive Congress in Lagos State has replied the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate’s call for the resignation of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Olajide ‘Jandor’ Adediran, the PDP candidate, had called for Mr Sanwo-Olu’s resignation following the building collapse incident in which six persons died. The party’s spokesperson in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is alarmed by the disturbing video of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State allegedly inciting his supporters, threatening to burn and unleash maximum violence on Nigerians during the 2023 general elections. In the video, Governor Bello was reportedly heard issuing terrorism threats...
Mr Charles Aniagwu, Spokesman for the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar’s Campaign Organisation, has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo would support Atiku in 2023 election. Aniagwu, who doubles as Delta’s Commissioner for Information, stated this while fielding questions from newsmen on Wednesday in...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday said the recent visit of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, its 2023 Presidential Candidate to former President Goodluck Jonathan was a strategic move for national unity and cohesion. Mr Felix Morka, APC National Publicity Secretary gave the explanation in a statement on Monday in...
From all indications, 2023 promises to be a major turning point for Nigeria and its 220+ million people. It is a year that should decide so many issues in this crudely welded entity of so unlike minds. 2023 will prove beyond a doubt if the British in fact made...
By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District at the 2023 election, Alhaji Bashir Machina, has denied stepping down for Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan. Alhaji Machina, who debunked the report in a statement issued on Sunday in Damaturu, said it...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, Alhaji Dodo Oroji says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has antidote to Nigeria’s myriad of challenges. Oroji, who spoke to newsmen in Sokoto on Sunday said, ”the PDP presidential candidate would take Nigeria out of its current situation, if...
As Nigerians reflect on the polity, barely 24 days to the takeoff of campaigns for the 2023 general elections, Osita Okechukwu, Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) says Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has boxed itself into irretrievable tight corner. Okechukwu, also a chieftain of the APC, said this when...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has appointed a former gubernatorial aspirant in the last primary election of the All Progressive Congress in the state, Farouk Mustapha as the Director General of his campaign organization. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Mustapha contested the APC primary but...
A group of candidates and aspirants in the 2023 general elections on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has pledged to work for the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The group, under the aegis, Atikulated Global Movement (AGM), made the pledge during the official unveiling of its national office on...
The Dingyadi-Badawa ward leaders, Bodinga Local Government in Sokoto State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A statement from Hassan Sanyinnawal, the spokesman of the party, on Friday in Sokoto said the defectors include ward Secretary, Ummarun Hassan and Assistant Treasurer, Manu Abubakar. Others are Barno Akamawa,...
Former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau on Thursday defended his decision to resign from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 elections. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Shekarau faulted those who criticised his movement from the All Progressives...
Delta Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, says contrary to claims in some quarters, Sen Ovie Omo-Agege, of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has no hold in the state. Aniagwu said on Thursday, in Asaba that it would take a miracle for the deputy senate president, Omo-Agege to win...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has criticized the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, for showing “ingratitude” and “arrogance” after he was assisted to get the seat of the national chairmanship of the party. “These children you said we are, brought you from nothing,” the...
The PDP on Thursday prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to make an order disqualifying Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara from participating in the state’s 2023 governorship election over alleged certificate forgery. The PDP, in an originating summons filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo, also prayed for an order disqualifying...
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, says the utterances of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, show he is “immature”. George spoke alongside Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, during the commissioning of Omerelu Internal roads in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of...