PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The ranks of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State swelled on Thursday as prominent chieftains of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Southern Senatorial District of the state and thousands of their supporters joined its rank. At a rally in...
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PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A governorship aspirant for the 2023 election in Cross River State, Arthur Jarvis Archibong, has declared that the state required urgent attention in what he called a “rescue mission”. Archibong said the state needs a team leader who has capacity to tap, harness and manage...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Chairman of the Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alphonsus Ogar has hinted that the Ayade-led administration inherited a whopping sum of 400 billion naira debt from his predecessors. Mr. Oga disclosed this during an interactive session with journalists in Calabar...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has charged the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu not to be distracted, saying the battle to rescue Nigeria in 2023 falls on him. Ayu, who emerged as Chairman on October 31 took over the leadership of the main opposition...
….Ortom backs him, says imposition undemocratic By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi- National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu says the party under his leadership will not give room for imposition of candidates. Senator Ayu spoke just as the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom aligned with the...
All Progressives Congress (APC) says the newly-inaugurated leadership of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shown early signs that it is not different from its immediate past and sacked leadership. Sen. James Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee said this in a statement he...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general election, Cross River State’s youths have endorsed Senator Gershom Bassey as the next governor of the state. They also resolved that 2023 is the turn of Cross River South Senatorial District to produce the next governor of the state...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia says the party has the human and material resources to wrestle power away from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023. The Chairman of the state Caretaker Committee, Chief Donatus Nwankpa, said this at a news briefing in Umuahia on Thursday. Nwankpa,...
The National Chairman-Elect, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, has said the outgoing National Working Committee (NWC), has justified the vision of the party’s founding fathers. Ayu stated in his remarks at a valedictory session, organised for the outgoing NWC of the party on Wednesday, at the party’s...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – The Niger State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adopted Sen. Zaynab Kure, wife of late Gov. Abdulkadir Kure, as it leader. The state PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Suleiman Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Minna. Aliyu said that...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Chidi Onyemaizu a Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ben Ayade on Print Media has alleged that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the fibre to talk about anarchy in Cross River State. Mr. Onyemaizu, stated this on Sunday while reacting to the party’s press release...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared Saturday’s Ekiti State Local Government Councils poll, winning all the 35 council chairmanship seats and 176 out of the 177 councilorship seats declared. Justice Jide Aladejana, the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission announced the result on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti. Aladejana...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, says defection of Lagos4Lagos Movement, a splinter group within the party, to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), cannot change the main opposition’s misfortune in the state. The APC Publicity Secretary in Lagos State, Mr Seye Oladejo, made this remark in an...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the death of former President of the Senate, Sen. Joseph Wayas, as a monumental national loss. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, said in a statement in Abuja that late Wayas was a very...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, appealed to the Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu to return to the party. The National Secretary of the Party, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, made the appeal when he led a delegation of members of the PDP...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Thursday said he would not impose any governorship aspirant of his choice on the people of Rivers come 2023. Wike gave the assurance in a statement issued by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, his Special Assistant on Media, in Port Harcourt. He assured that the...
A group, Zamfara State Patriotic Association, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and elders of the All progressives Congress (APC) to save the party from the hands of some dark horses. Chairman of the group, Alhaji Ibrahim Nabature, made the call while addressing a press conference in Gusau, Zamfara,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno have engaged in war of words over on-going resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The IDPs are being resettled from their Maiduguri camps to their respective local government area headquarters. The PDP in a statement by...
Mr Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) has faulted claim by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of its plans to rescue Nigeria. He said that going by the antecedents of the PDP, it cannot be trusted to rescue Nigeria . “How can Nigerians trust our sister...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated former Vice president, Atiku Abubakar, as he marked his 75th birthday. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja on Thursday, said it was proud of Abubakar. The PDP described...