The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared Gov. Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State to contest the party’s primary election for the Nov. 11 state governorship polls. The Chairman, PDP Bayelsa State Gubernatorial Screening Committee, Mr Philip Shuaibu, disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing newsmen after the screening exercise at...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Chief Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Delta. The State INEC Collation Officer, Prof. Onuwari Georgewill, the Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt, made the declaration on Monday in...
Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani, representing Enugu-East Senatorial District has withdrawn his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Nnamani, a former Gov. of Enugu State who announced his exit from the PDP in a statement in Abuja on Monday, expressed appreciation to his constituents for the unalloyed support over the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Umo Eno of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of the governorship election held on March 18. The Returning Officer, Prof. Emmanuel Adigio, Vice Chancellor, Nigerian Maritime University, Delta, announced the results at on Sunday in Uyo. Adigio...
Yakubu Sanda, speaker of the Plateau House of Assembly, has lost his Pengana constituency seat to Happiness Akawu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Akawu scored 9,926 votes in Saturday’s States Houses of Assembly election to defeat Sanda of the All Progressives Congress candidate (APC), who polled 7,936 votes....
Labour Party’s Governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has lost his polling unit. Rhodes-Vivour lost to incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu after the results from his polling unit were counted. According to the Punch report, Labour Party got 18 votes while Governor Sanwo-Olu polled a total of 29 votes...
Dr Boniface Aniebonam, pioneer National Chairman and founder, New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has declared that the party is not in alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun. Aniebonam in a statement in Lagos said that people should disregard all rumours that the party’s Governorship Candidate in...
The Supreme Court has affirmed Marama Abba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the validly elected candidate for the Borno House of Assembly representing Hawul State Constituency in the Saturday’s election. The five-member panel headed by Justice John Okoro, in a judgment, held that Abba’s appeal was meritorious...
Taraba State Chapter of the Labour Party (LP) on Friday denied the purported endorsement of governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Col. Kefas Agbu, for March 18 governorship election. Mrs Esther Gulmu, state chairman of the party, issued the denial at a news conference in Jalingo. The...
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has threatened to chase away from the party those who made the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lose the recent presidential election. Wike said this at the launch of a road project in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the State. He attributed the PDP’s...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says it has no alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State for the March 11 governorship and state assembly elections. Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmed, the state Legal Adviser of the party, confirmed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria...
Accord Party (AP) in Ogun on Monday in Abeokuta adopted Mr Ladi Adebutu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its candidate for the March 11 governorship election. AP Chairman in Ogun, Alhaji Tajudeen Olayokun, announced the adoption at a meeting he held with representatives of the party from...
Labour Party (LP) in Oyo State on Sunday in Ibadan adopted Gov. Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its candidate for the March 11 governorship election. LP chairman, Mr Sadiq Atayese, told a news conference that the state’s Working Committee of the party believed in the...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has alleged plans by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to compromise the Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and disrupt the governorship and State Assembly elections in Enugu. But the PDP responded by saying the allegation is “the crying of a drowning man”. The APGA...
President Muhammadu Buhari has affirmed that Saturday’s presidential election, in which former Governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu emerged as the winner, was flawed. Present Buhari, however, charged Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), to challenge the outcome of...
The Coordinator, Benue Voters in Diaspora (BVD), Mr Bright Ogaji says the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, would emerge victorious at the Feb. 25 Presidential election in spite of stiff opposition. To this end, he said that the people of Benue would deliver over...
Senator Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP-Enugu) says his suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the National working committee (NWC) is null and void. Senator Nnamani, who represents Enugu-East at the National Assembly, said this in a statement in Abuja. “The PDP suspension without hearing is incurably messy and will...
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed Mr Agbu Kefas as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba . Justice Emmanuel Agim dismissed the appeal brought before it by Prof. Jerome Nyameh challenging the May 25, 2022 Taraba governorship primary election that produced Kefas as its...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Abia state, Prof Uchenna Ikonne has reportedly died. Prof. Ikonne, who is the former former Vice Chancellor of the Abia State University, Uturu died on Wednesday morning at National Hospital Abuja. The death of the Abia...
The defection of executives of All Progressives Party (APC) in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will not affect APC’s chances at the coming elections. The assurance was given in Abuja on Sunday by Chief Tony Ndanenu, a chieftain of the...