The governorship aspirant of the Labour Party(LP) in Ogun State, Modupe Sanyaolu, has dumped the party. Sanyaolu officially joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun, saying there is nothing in the Labour Party. Speaking at the PDP secretariat in Abeokuta on Friday, the former guber aspirant said she led her followers from the LP
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Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Tuesday, filed its reply to the petition by the All Progressives Congress candidate in the July 16 governorship poll, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, before the Election Petition Tribunal, challenging Senator Ademola Adeleke’s victory. The lawyer representing the PDP, Mr Hasim Abioye, said the party had also brought
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The Chairman of the Elders Advisory Council of the Abia State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Geoffrey Onyemaobi, has dumped the party for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. His defection to PDP came as the opposition APC in the state is enduring a leadership crisis necessitated by the outcome
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The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, on Monday said no Nigerian will ever accept the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its chief drivers after it has inflicted the country with hardship. The opposition party scribe alleged that the APC and its leadership are using maximum force on Nigerians in
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT Chairman, Walid Jibrin, has said that it was unfair to have a presidential candidate and National Chairman of the party from the north. But the BoT Chairman suggested that the party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorcha Ayu, would only step aside after Atiku Abubakar has been declared
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Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2021 Anambra governorship election, Valentine Ozigbo has announced his decision to dump the party and throw his weight behind Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. In an appearance on the evening programme ‘The Arise Interview’ programme anchored by Charles Aniagolu on Thursday, August
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…Says zoning is by Senatorial districts not by clans …Accuses Governor of narrowing Abia Charter of Equity to clannish politics By: Toby Chuks A People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Abia State for the 2023 general elections, Mr Ndubuisi Etugo Ogah has opposed the decision of the incumbent Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is experiencing anxiety over the planned defection of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike who was defeated at the primaries by the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Trouble allegedly began when the presidential candidate of the PDP overlooked Wike and chose Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate.
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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, says the six-year performance of the ruling All Progressives Congress government of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), surpasses the combined 16-year achievements of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. Bello spoke on Tuesday while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme. The APC took over the wheels of governance
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Arewa Consultative Forum, the Pan- Niger Delta Forum and the Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, on Tuesday took a swipe at the Presidency over an allegation that some leaders were plotting to overthrow the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The groups, in separate interviews with newsmen, cautioned the Presidency against
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday inaugurated the new member representing Aba-North/South Federal Constituency in Abia State, Mr Chimaobi Ebisike. Ebisike of the Peoples Democratic Party replaced Ossy Prestige, a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, who died in Germany on February 8, 2021. After the inauguration, Gbajabiamila said
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The Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday struck out the case filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede in the October 10, 2020 governorship poll in the state. Jegede had challenged the election victory of the incumbent governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) last
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The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, yesterday, affirmed the victory of Godwin Obaseki in the September 19 governorship poll as it dismissed all petitions filed against him and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Five political parties had filed petitions against his declaration as winner of the election. But the Justice Yunusa Musa-led three-man tribunal
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Ninety-four days to the June 26, 2021 primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, the possibility of producing consensus candidate is being opposed and discouraged by many aspirants as well as top leaders of the party. This emerged just as zoning arrangement has suffered setbacks. Four governorship aspirants who have so
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The Deputy National Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-South, Chief Dan Orbih, on Saturday, described the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as a celebrated institution of fraud and scandals. Orbih stated this at a reception organized in his honour by the Edo State government in Benin City, the state capital. The event was
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