No fewer than 1,000 card-carrying women members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have defected to the All progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by Mr Jamilu Iliyasu, Press Secretary to Gov. Bello Matawalle. The decampees who announced their...
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Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, one of the prominent elders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state, Alhaji Sahabi Bojo-Bodinga, had defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bojo-Bodinga, a PDP stalwart from Sokoto South Senatorial District was received by the APC leader in the state,...
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Mr David Edevbie, challenging Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori’s nomination as candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election in Delta. The apex court on Friday dismissed the appeal for lacking in merit. Edevbie, a former Delta State Commissioner for...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Oborevwori Sheriff Francis Orohwedor, as the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election in Delta State. The Apex Court upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal delivered...
The Kano State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Muhammad Sadiq-Wali says his main target is to restore the lost glory of the state, known as the centre for commerce. Sadiq-Wali said this when he spoke with newsmen in Kano on Monday. He said: “Why I decided...
Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), presidential candidate, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot beat the party in 2023 election. Kachikwu said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. He said that the two major parties stood no...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council says with the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the latest bid by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to become Nigeria’s president in 2023 has hit the rocks. Mr Bayo Onanuga Director, Media and Publicity of the council said this in...
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, declared Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii as the validly elected candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 Ebonyi governorship election. Justice Lawal Garba, in a lead judgment of a five-member panel, held that Sen. Joseph Obinna Ogba, who represents Ebonyi Central Senatorial Zone,...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja on Friday dismissed a suit challenging the candidature of Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan Natasha of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Natasha had on May 25, won the party’s primary election monitored by INEC, as PDP Senatorial Candidate for Kogi Central District for the 2023 general...
Sen. Ibrahim Shakarau representing Kano Central district, crossed from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Monday and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Shekarau joined the NNPP in May 2022 after defecting from the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the platform of which he won the senatorial seat....
Rep. Eta Mbora (PDP – Cross River) said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remained the better option to reset the nation’s “bleeding economy”. Mbora, who represents Odukpani/Calabar Municipal, said this while speaking with newsmen in Calabar on Tuesday. The lawmaker, who expressed concern over the poverty level, the...
No fewer than 616 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Dukku Local Government Area of Gombe State on Saturday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). An ex-chieftain of PDP, Alhaji Kwairanga Dukku, led the new entrants, including women and youths leaders from different wards within the...
The Tinubu Campaign Organisation (TCO) has said that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate is not prepared for the job. Mr Bayo Onanuga, TCO Director, Media and Communications, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja while reacting to comments made by Atiku in...
Sen. Ademola Adeleke, the Governorship Candidate, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has cast his vote at exactly 8.50 a.m at Ward 2 polling Unit 9 in Ede North Local Government area of Osun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the BVAS initially rejected the thumb print of Adeleke....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Chairman of The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, has expressed confidence that the party would win Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. Dr. Ayu stated this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by the party’s National Publicity Secretary,...
The State Working Committee (SWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi has suspended its Chairman, Mr Tochukwu Okorie, over alleged gross misconduct. The party’s Deputy State Chairman, Mr Emmanuel Nworie, told newsmen after the committee’s emergency meeting on Monday in Abakaliki that the suspension was for a...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately recall the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Ambassador to the Benin Republic, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd), to face investigations and clear his name over an alleged connection with the N1.8bn recovered in a...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has faulted the proposed increase in the fare for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) across various routes in the state, urging reversal of the plan.. The Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Hakeem Amode, in a statement on Saturday in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked a mischievous social media publications alleging the suspension of its National Chairman, Senator Iorchia Ayu, The Senior Adviser to the National Chairman on Communication and Strategy, Simon Imobo-Tswam, who debunked the report in a statement issued in...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – A governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general elections for Nasarawa State, Dr. David Ombugadu has pledged to run an inclusive government if elected as governor of the state come 2023. Dr. Ombugadu disclosed this yesterday while answering questions...