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...
2023 Election
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...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has given political parties that are yet to conduct their primaries six days window to do so. The National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee Chairman, disclosed this on Friday shortly after a meeting with political...
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and Deputy President of NLC, Dr. Nasir Idris has been elected Governorship Candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi state. Nasir Idris garnered one thousand and fifty five (1055) votes to defeat two other contestants at the...
The Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly, Mr Yakubu Sanda has been declared winner of All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for Pengana State Constituency. The Chairman, Primary Election Committee, Mr Auwal Jibrin made the declaration in Pengana. Jibrin said that the Sanda scored 15 votes to defeat four other...
Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, PDP presidential aspirant, says whoever emerges as the party’s candidate may likely win the 2023 presidential election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP presidential primaries is scheduled for May 28 and 29. Addressing newsmen in Lagos on Thursday, Ohuabunwa who said he...
Below is the full text of Governor Babagana Zulum’s remark when he accepted nomination as candidate of the APC in Borno for the 2023 governorship: “Only at the weekend, more than 30 youths were killed around Kala-Balge. This should remind us of the reality of our problems and the...
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun on Thursday won the All Progressives Congress’ governorship primary by 1,168 votes to defeat five other aspirants. Meanwhile two of the aspirants, Adekunle Akinlade and Biyi Otegbeye, had rejected the chairmanship of the election committee and passed a vote of no confidence on the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Former Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Barrister Mukhtari Shehu Shagari has announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing the party as a dead one in Sokoto. The decision by Shagari to quit the party according to pundits stems from Governor Aminu Tambuwal’s...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Few hours to the commencement of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi State, one of the eight aspirants, Muhammad Al-Amin, has withdrawn from the race. Al-Amin while speaking to journalists at a press conference held on Thursday at the NUJ Secretariat...
By EJIROGHENE BARRETT, Asaba – The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primaries held in Asaba on Wednesday resulted in a major upset as the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, emerged as the party’s choice for the top job, defeating former...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – After series of all night long deliberations on who succeeds Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the PDP delegates in Sokoto State have elected Alhaji Saidu Umar (Ubandoman Sokoto) as the party’s gubernatorial flag bearer for the 2023 general elections. Saidu Umar, who recently resigned his...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has called on the people of the state to remain united in the task of moving the state forward. The governor spoke oN Wednesday at Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi shortly after the Speaker of the Benue State House of...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The immediate past Secretary to the Bauchi State Government, Barrister Ibrahim Mohammed Kashim, has emerged as the winner of the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party, conducted on Wednesday. Announcing the result at the Zaranda Hotel, the Returning Officer of the Electoral Panel,...
Sheriff Oborevwori, Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, has emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary for the 2023 general election. Oborevwori polled a total of 590 votes to beat his closest rival, former Chief of Staff, Government House, Chief David Edevbie, who scored a total...
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President and an All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential aspirant in the 2023 election, has called for understanding and tolerance among Nigerians. Osinbajo stated this in Sokoto, when he paid a courtesy visit to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Monday. He said...
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu has announced his withdrawal from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primaries. The Director-General, Ikeoha Campaign Organisation, Mr Charles Asogwa, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu. Recall that the PDP had fixed May 25, 2022 as its...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State on Tuesday said it has successfully conducted primaries that began on Sunday across the 24 state constituencies. The PDP Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr John Akans, said that the state executive committee of the party...
As the June 18 Governorship election draws near in Ekiti State, Persons With Disabilities, (PWDs) have threatened to sue INEC if they are not included in the electoral process. They are also demanding that INEC and other stakeholders create accessible voting points and necessary facilities that would ensure their...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Deputy Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Danlami Ahmed Kawule, has failed to secure the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Bauchi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. It was learnt that Aminu Ali Garu defeated Kawule...