By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- Presidential aide, Daniel Bwala has fired back at Nasir El-Rufai, former Kaduna governor, over his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In a post on his official X handle @BwalaDaniel, Bwala questioned El-Rufai’s motive for joining the SDP,...
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Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate in 2023, Adewole Adebayo, has described former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai’s defection to the party as a welcome development, saying it is time for good politics. Adebayo, while reacting to el-Rufai’s defection from All Progressives Congress (APC) on his X handle,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai, resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP). El-rufai announced this in his resignation letter posted on his X handle on Monday. He said. “As a founding member of the...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship candidate in Saturday’s governorship poll in Ondo State, Chief Bamidele Akingboye, have rejected the outcome of the election. The state chairman of the SDP, Mr Gbenga Akinbuli, who spoke at a press briefing on Monday in Akure, called for immediate cancellation...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Commissioner of Environment and Natural Resources, Dr Yakubu Kwanta, has received the secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and over 600 members of opposition parties, who decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ningo Bohar ward of Akwanga LGA...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) Nasarawa State chapter, says it has released timetable for the Nov.2 local government election in the state. This is contained in a statement by Mr Mohammed Audu, Chairman of the Electoral Committee of SDP in Lafia on Sunday. Audu said the party’s primary election...
Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo has called on security operatives to fish out the hoodlums that attacked Alhaji Yakubu Ajaka, the SDP candidate in the 2023 governorship election, at the Supreme Court premises on Friday. Ododo made the call in Lokoja on Sunday through the State Commissioner for Information,...
The Kogi chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has claimed that its supporters were attacked and their vehicles damaged at the Supreme Court premises on Friday. Director of Media and Publicity for the Kogi APC Campaign Council, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made the allegation in a statement in Lokoja....
The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed the victory of Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11, 2023 governorship election held in Kogi. A five-member panel of the apex court, in a judgment, held that the appeal by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its...
The Supreme Court on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed against the tribunal and Appeal Court judgements by Murtala Ajaka, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Kogi governorship election. Earlier, the apex court declined a request by Ajaka’s counsel for the constitution of a full...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Governorship Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the last election in Kogi State, Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka on Friday urged Nigerian Youths to stop the ongoing protest against economic hardship in the country, saying that the Youths have spoken and...
Barely 72 hours to the nationwide mass protest against economic hardship in the country, the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Governorship Candidate in the last election in Kogi State, Alhaji Muritala Yakubu Ajaka has urged citizens to exercise restraint and patience to allow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to address...
CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has called on the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) to reduce the cost of nomination forms for candidates wishing to participate in the October 9th, 2024 Local Government elections in Plateau State. In a statement issued by the...
The leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) on Thursday kicked against the removal of Senator Alii Ndume as the Chief Whip of the Senate, describing it as as a threat to the nation’s growing democracy. Addressing news men in Abuja, the National Chairman of the Party,...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The Social Democratic Party (SDP), has hailed the landmark ruling of the Supreme Court in favor of financial autonomy for local governments in Nigeria. In a statement signed on Friday, the media assistant to the national chairman of the party, Olugbenga George, said the statesman was...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has welcomed the judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja that upheld the decision of the governorship election petition tribunal affirming his return as the duly elected Governor of Kogi State. In his reaction to...
The Kogi State Government has described Governor Usman Ododo’s electoral victory at the Court of Appeal as a huge leap forward. Information commissioner Kingsley Fanwo told newsmen on Thursday in Lokoja that the victory had affirmed Ododo as the people’s choice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports...
…Urges supporters to remain calm as he Heads to Supreme Court The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi state, Alh Murtala Yakubu Ajaka on Thursday alleged that some irregularities and manipulations influenced the outcome of the petition he...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja on Thursday, affirmed Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the validly elected governor of Kogi. A three-member panel of the court, in a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Onyekachi Otisi, held that the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship...
The Governorship Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP in Kogi State, Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka has lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the appointment of Alhaji Mohammed Sheidu as the Executive. Secretary of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund, saying that his choice would reinforce the integrity and...