The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said on Saturday he would support the zoning of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket to the Northern part of the country if such decision would guarantee the party’s success in 2023 election. The governor, according to a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri,
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Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the 2019 presidential election. The Bauchi state Governor in an interview on Channels Television, claimed that fraud on the part of either INEC or security operatives cost his party the election. Bala also added that the general impression within the
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The apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Thursday rejected the report of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) committee on the 2023 general election. The PDP committee led by the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has recommended that the party’s 2023 presidential ticket be thrown open to all the six geopolitical zones in the country.
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the January 9, 2021 judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja affirming the authenticity of the academic certificates presented by Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki. In a judgment on Thursday, a three-man panel of the court, led by
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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and 2019 senatorial candidate of the party for Ogun East, Engr Adeola Sosanwo, has left the PDP for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Sosanwo who in the 2019 Senatorial poll lost to the APC candidate, Senator Lekan Mustapha by a small margin, said
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One person was shot dead Saturday evening at the end of a meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu South Local Government Area. This is even as the Councillor representing Nenwe Ward 1 in Aninri Local Government was reportedly attacked and beaten to a pulp at a similar meeting in the Council Area. Details
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday cautioned the Federal Government against a further increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol. The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) had on Thursday night announced the increase in the pump price of petrol from N162 per litre to N212 per
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum on Thursday promised to support the Federal Government to address insecurity and restore peace in troubled areas of the country. The Chairman of the Forum, Aminu Tambuwal, disclosed this to journalists at the end of the Forum’s meeting in Abuja. The meeting was attended by governors Okezie Ikpeazu
Read moreThe Councillor of DSIEC Ward 6, Issele-Azagba in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr Samson Uwandulu, has alleged that his mandate was stolen. Uwandulu who led a protest to the DSIEC, said, “The result counted at the ward level, announced where I scored 418 and why PDP scored 318. “Before we could
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Former Governor of Imo State and the lawmaker representing Imo West in the senate, Rochas Okorocha, may be planning to dump the All Progressives Congress as he visits the Rivers State Governor for the second time in one month. Okorocha in his first visit to the Rivers State to commission a project which was put
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed March 6, 2021 for the party’s zonal congresses across the six geo-political zones. A statement on Wednesday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, said aspirants for the various offices are expected to submit their nomination forms by February 25, 2021.
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded for the immediate sack of the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd) for asking unarmed Nigerians to defend themselves against aggression by armed bandits and terrorists. The party described the Minister’s call as reckless, irresponsible and an indication that the Buhari administration has abdicated its statutory
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As preparations for the 2023 general elections gather momentum, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Reconciliation Committee, yesterday, met with former president, Goodluck Jonathan, in his Abuja residence.Chairman of the Committee, Bukola Saraki, told journalists, at the end of the meeting that the former president remained committed to the PDP.Saraki, who is also the immediate
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Thrilled by the exploits of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, the APGA chairman of Inyi ward 2 in Oji River local government area have jettisoned their former party to pinch tent with the umbrella. Announcing their defection during the Gov. Ugwuanyi’s Grass-root Students/Pupil Support Initiative organised by the Governor’s Technical Assistant on Student Affairs,
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The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Sunday, denied reports of an explosion at its secretariat, on Thursday. The state PDP Publicity Secretary, Tambari Gbara, in an interview with our correspondent, in Port Harcourt, on Sunday explained that what sounded like an explosion on the day in question, occurred at a building
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