The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, says the focus of the party is to win the 2023 general elections. Ayu stated this in his remarks at the 2023 PDP National Convention held on Saturday in Abuja to elect the party’s flagbearer for the...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has on Saturday, thanked delegates and party stakeholders following the victory of Senator Kashim Shettima at the primaries for Borno Central Senatorial election. Shettima won unopposed with 479 votes cast by delegates at an election that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The conduct of the APC State House of Assembly Primary Election across the 27 LGAs of Borno state was conducted peacefully and transparently under the supervision of State Primary Election Committee Chairmen and INEC officials in each of the 28 State Constituencies as provided...
A former Minister of Aviation and Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic says he will not attend the party’s National Convention after fake results were printed for Idemili North LGA’s delegate elections. In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Chidoka said he had petitioned the party to correct the...
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State believes the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a better option for Nigerians than the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor spoke to Channels Television on the sidelines of the PDP National Convention which is holding in Abuja on Saturday. While he admitted...
Four aspirants are currently slugging it out to replace Sen. Oluremi Tinubu (APC-Lagos Central) in the ongoing APC Senatorial Primaries on Saturday in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu, a third term member of the Nigeria senate is no longer contesting to return to...
The accreditation of national delegates for the 2022 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention has commenced at Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that delegates from different states of the federation are arriving the venue for accreditation. Delegates are being accredited simultaneously...
There is tight security within and outside the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, Venue of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN reports presence of security officers including police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Department of State Security, at different locations around...
Prince Odi Okojie, the husband of Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress House of Representatives primaries for Esan North East/South East Federal Constituency. Okojie who announced his victory on Instagram, thanked his wife, family members, friends and well-wishers for their support, adding that...
A presidential aspirant under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mohammed Hayatu-Deen has stepped down from the race, describing the primary election contest as “obscenely monetised”. He announced his withdrawal in a letter addressed to the PDP National Chairman Iyorchia Ayo, the day the main opposition party...
The Former Minister of Finance, Chief Olu Falae, has faulted the calls that the presidency should be zoned to a particular region, saying there is no provision for zoning in the Nigerian Constitution. Falae, a former National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), stated this during a visit...
Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi has formally joined the Labour Party days after announcing his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party. He is expected to contest the presidential primary on the platform of his new party. “I thank all Nigerians, especially our youths who have joined me in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC), Senator David Mark has assured that arrangements have been made for a hitch free exercise on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Addressing members of the committee of the Convention in Abuja ahead...
The Peoples Democratic Party has frowned on INEC’s decision to extend the deadline for party primaries by six days. PDP spokesperson, Mr Debo Ologungba, said INEC has changed the goalpost in the middle of the game, stressing that certainty of elections is the bedrock of democracy. He was speaking...
The All Progressives Congress has postponed its special convention for presidential primary for the 2023 general elections from May 29 to June 6. National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, announced this in a statement hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission extended the deadline for party’s to...
Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, has won the All Progressive Congress (APC) primary election for Umaisha /Ugya State constituency unopposed for the third term. The APC Returning Officer for the primary election, Jibrin Yahaya Sabo, on Friday in Umaisha declared the Speaker winner of...
Mr Olaibi Blaize, Head, APC Electoral Committee, Somolu Constituency 1, Lagos State, on Friday ordered arrest of the chairman of the party in the constituency for alleged unlawful distribution of primary election materials. APC held House of Assembly and House of Representatives primaries across the 40 Lagos State constituencies...
Mr Desmond Elliot, representing Surulere Constituency I in Lagos State House of Assembly, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for a third term. The primary election took place on Friday at Akerele Primary Health Centre, Surulere, amid tight security provided by the police and other agencies. The...
The Minority leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Senator Abribe made his decision known in a letter to the Ward Chairman of the PDP in his ward, Ward 5, Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State. In the letter dated May...
The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital has ruled that former President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the 2023 presidential election. The presiding judge, Justice Isa Hamma Dashen gave the judgement on Friday. Justice Dashen also held that Jonathan’s right to vie for the...