There are indications that political parties may reopen their campaigns for the presidential and National Assembly rescheduled elections as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will today meet to review the restriction on electioneering campaign within the extension period. The Ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
Ganduje Shuts Sani Abacha Stadium Ahead PDP Rally
With less than five days to the presidential campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Kano, the state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has ordered a two-week shutdown of the Sani Abacha Stadium. Although many Nigerians consider the action of the governor as outrageous, Ganduje, who has been in the eye of the storm…
Peter Obi Recommends Jail Term for Public Officers Who Compromise Privatisation Exercise
The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Peter Obi, says if he has his way, any public officer who influences a privatisation exercise, should go to jail without option of fine. Obi was responding to a question on solving the country’s power challenge at a widely-attended interactive session Thursday in Benin City, Edo…
Eleme Agog for Wike
“As e dey pain them, e dey sweet us; as e dey sweet us, e dey pain them.” That was Governor Nyesom Wike and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leading a singsong at a party rally on Thursday in Eleme Local Government Area. The picture of the political terrain in Rivers State has…
Tension in APC Over Amaechi’s Audio Tapes
There is uneasy calm in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as another audio clip, alleged to be that of Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has been leaked to the public. The leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP had on Monday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop his re-election bid and accept…
Anenih For Burial Dec 1st
The body of Tony Anenih, a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP will be buried on Saturday, December 1, in his mausoleum, located in his country home, Uzenema-Arue, Uromi in Edo State. In a statement issued by his first son, Tony Anenih Jr., he disclosed that the decision…
Osun Re-run: How The Process Went
At daybreak 28 September 2018, the race for the Oke-Fia Government House, Osogbo finally ended with the declaration of Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress as the Governor-Elect of Osun state. The keenly contested election held on Saturday 22 September 2018 did not produce a winner and was declared inconclusive by the Independent National…
Osun Decides: PDP Contests INEC Results
By Adewale Olayemi The People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Osun State is seriously contesting some of the results from the Governorship election conducted on Saturday, September 22, 2018. The party disagrees with the total votes recorded for the party in Olorunda and Ayedaade local councils.
Appeal Court Sacks Abia Governor
Okezie Ikpeazu, governor of Abia State, southeast Nigeria has lost the battle to retain his seat at the government house Umuhaia. The Court of Appeal this afternoon ruled that he was not the winner of the last governorship election. The court sitting in Owerri, Imo state ruled that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,…
PDP: Secondus Takes Over As Acting Chairman
Uche Secondus, the Deputy National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has taken over as the acting National Chairman of the party. This followed the resignation of Adamu Muazu, the party Chairman, on health grounds. Olisa Metuh, PDP National Publicity Secretary, who confirmed this at the Wadata Plaza, Abuja, secretariat of the party, commended Muazu for…