With the commencement of the e-registration exercise of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State on Monday, the party says its target is one million members. At the flag-off of the nationwide exercise, the Chairman of the state’s E-registration Committee, Kabiru Adjoto, expressed optimism that with the cooperation of party members, stakeholders and…
Rivers Court Removes Secondus as National Chairman of PDP
A Rivers State High Court, Degema Division sitting in Port Harcourt, has issued an interim injunction restraining Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman and member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The presiding judge, O. Gbasam gave the order on Monday in response to a suit filed by Ibeawuchi Ernest Alex, Dennis…
Edo PDP Lifts Suspension on State Chairman
….Clears Him of Alleged Misconduct The suspension slammed on Edo State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tony Aziegbemi, has been lifted. The decision to lift the suspension on the hitherto embattled chairman was announced on Saturday by the State Working Committee, SWC of the PDP. Recall that Aziegbemi was suspended following the decision…
Obaseki, Edo PDP Wrestle for Soul of Party As State Exco Writes National Leadership over Governor’s Alleged Antics
After months of pretending that all was well between Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, and leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state, the burble seems to have burst. The leadership of the party on Monday wrote to the national secretariat of the party complaining of the governor’s scheme to dissolve the…
How Buhari Govt Tried to Silence Me – Abaribe, Senate Minority Leader
…Says Governor Umahi “hiding behind one finger”. The Senate Minority Leader, and Senator representing Abia South senatorial district on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has called out the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government over its alleged attempt to shut him up for always criticising the way the country is being…
The ‘Sins’ of Osinbajo
As APC hawks strategize ahead of 2023 presidency, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will require the grace of God to survive the intrigues with his reputation intact It is forty-four months to the next general elections in Nigeria and just four months into President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term of four years but politicians are already executing…
Dickson to Appoint More Aides Despite Criticisms
Governor Seriake Dickson has asked party local government caucuses in the state to nominate women that he will appoint next week as special advisers. In a statement in Yenagoa on Thursday, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Fidelis Soriwei, said the women will come from “areas where they have not been considered for appointment.”…
Obaseki’s Visit, Govt. Panel on Edo Market Fire, Misplaced Priority, Says PDP
Major opposition party in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has chided the state government for being so quick to visit and set up a panel to probe the mid-night fire that destroyed goods worth millions of naira at the popular Uwelu auto spare parts market in Benin-City, the state capital on Tuesday, describing…
Atiku, PDP Head for Court Over Presidential Poll
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have filed a motion to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to surrender all the materials that were used for the February 23 presidential election, for inspection.President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared winner of the presidential election by…
