Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, formally defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday in Markurdi. Ortom made the announcement during a meeting with elected local government chairmen and councillors at the Government House Makurdi. Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) says the defection of Samuel Ortom, governor […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that majority of the National Assembly members who decamped from the All Progressives Congress, APC, did so because of their re-election quest in 2019. President Buhari wrote the comment on his Twitter page in reaction to 51 lawmakers who left the APC for the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, and the Africa […]
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37 members of the House of Representatives have defected from Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC). 32 of them defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while four joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). One later announced he was also leaving the APC […]
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Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, lawmaker representing Kano central in the upper legislative chamber, and Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, along with thirteen other senators have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the All Progressives Congress (APC). The notice of defection was contained in a letter read by Senate President Bukola Saraki on the […]
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Former National Spokesperson of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described the election of Nyesom Wike as Governor of Rivers State in 2015 as a sham, charade, tragic and unfortunate. Eze, who is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and was an ally to Governor Wike when […]
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In a statement by Kazeem Afegbua, the spokesman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), a new faction of the APC, says the ruling party has been pleading with its members to return to its fold. Afegbua said Buhari promised “mouth-watering offers all in the name of re-election” to “the same leader who was ridiculed, […]
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Suffering from corruption stigma placed on it, the leading opposition party in Nigeria, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved to change its name, a rebranding measure ahead of 2019 general election. ThisDay reported that the party had suffered a string of losses in the last four governorship elections – Edo, Ondo, Anambra and Ekiti. […]
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Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Saturday, won the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the September 22, 2018 Governorship election in Osun State. Adeleke polled 1, 569 votes to beat his closest rival, Akin Ogunbiyi, who scored 1, 562 votes, a difference of seven votes! A recount of the votes was required before […]
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The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is reconsidering participating in the forthcoming 2019 general elections. Speaking on Thursday when he received a Joint International Election Observation Mission fielded by two main American international civil agencies, the National Democratic Institute, (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI), the Chairman of PDP, […]
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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, Rivers State Governor, Nyesome Wike and some PDP leaders and governors on Wednesday held a meeting with the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at his residence in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Also at the meeting were Benue Governor Samuel Ortom and Sokoto Governor, Aminu Tambuwal. […]
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