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...
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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...
Sen. Sandy Onor, Cross River State Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has promised to transform Ikom to reflect its true status as the commercial hub of the state, if elected. Onor made the promise, when he met with stakeholders during his campaign tour of the central...
An FCT high court, Apo on Tuesday fixed Jan. 23 to hear a motion filled by Alhaji Jibrin Tatabe of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) challenging alleged substitution of his name for the Borno central senatorial district. Tatabe filed a motion before Justice Bello Kawu alleging that an affidavit...
Mr Linus Odey, Paramount Ruler of Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River, says his Akwarinyin- Abu community and 15 others drink water from the same stream with cows. He stated this when the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Sandy Onor campaign team met with...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo have disagreed over Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s scorecard within three years in office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Uzodimma assumed office on Jan. 14, 2020, following a judgment of the Supreme Court...
The Osun Election Petitions Tribunal on Friday adjourned for judgment, the petition filed by former Gov Gboyega Oyetola, challenging the victory of Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 16 governorship election. The Chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Tertsea Kume, reserved the judgment...
The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked online medium reports that some Special Advisers to Gov. Bello Matawalle have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Friday by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris....
A leadership tussle in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo between former Gov. Emeka Ihedioha and the state’s chapter of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) is tearing the party apart in the state. While the state’s Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Greg Egu is blaming...
The Court of Appeal has declared a lawmaker, Mr Francis Agbo as the validly nominated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency of Benue. Delivering judgment on Thursday in Abuja, a three-member panel of the appellate court held that Ms Aida Ogwuche who was...
A former Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River, Mrs Hellen Boco, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Boco, who deputised Usani Usani, a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs in the 2019 general elections, disclosed this at an interactive session with...
The Former Speaker, Kogi House of Assembly, Alfa Imam, on Thursday led scores of supporters of the ruling APC to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former speaker described their defection as “decisive” and “a step in the right...
A former All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in the 2023 primary election in Sokoto State, Amb. Faruk Yabo, has joined the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the general elections. Yabo, the immediate past Ambassador of Nigeria to Jordan and the APC running mate in the 2019 governorship...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says no amount of fake news can save Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from defeat in the 2023 general elections. Its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, said in a statement on Tuesday in Ibadan, that PDP was allegedly...
Hundreds of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Accord members have defected to All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defectors were received into APC at the open ground of Methodist Primary School, Apaara in Oyo town....
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Oyo State chapter has called on the police to investigate the killing of Hakeem Mudashiru, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member in Oyo town. The call came, even as PDP in the state accused APC of sponsoring a ‘killer squad’ to assassinate its member....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) inaugurated its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in Ekiti on Tuesday, with a call for massive votes for the party’s candidates all over the country in the 2023 general elections. Inaugurating the council in Ado-Ekiti, Mr Eddy Olafeso, the Former Zonal chairman, South West PDP,...
The death toll in the Cholera outbreak in Ekureku community in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River has risen from Saturday’s figure of 20 to 51 on Monday. The clan head of the community, Chief Bernard Egbe, stated this when he received the candidate of the Peoples Democratic...
Sen. Sandy Onor, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate in Cross River, said that the poor performance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration in the state had made the campaign easier for his party. Onor, who currently represents Cross River Central in the Senate, stated this on Saturday...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, has congratulated Sen. Ademola Adeleke on his swearing-in as the governor of Osun. The PDP Publicity Secretary in Lagos, Mr Hakeem Amode, said in a statement on Sunday that Adeleke’s swearing-in bestowed on him, greater responsibilities...