The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has recognised former Governor Ahmed Makarfi as the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is contained in a statement issued by Nick Dazang, INEC’s Deputy Director, Voter Education and Publicity, on Tuesday in Abuja. He said INEC ratified the administrative approval granted Makarfi, based on […]
Continue ReadingOsagie Ize-Iyamu, is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Edo Sept. 10 governorship election, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Nick Dazang, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Deputy Director for Voter Education and Publicity, disclosed this in an interview with NAN on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr. Dazang said the decision to […]
Continue ReadingAccording to the speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, “politics in Nigeria is not a straitjacket approach”, so you do not expect any individual to remain a of a political party “forever”. According to The Nation, Dogara, a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said this while addressing reporters in Lagos, […]
Continue ReadingThere seem to be no peaceful settlement in sight, as the ongoing PDP Crisis has taken another dimension, with the Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) calling on the police to arrest Ali Modu Sheriff for issuing a Certificate of Return to Matthew Iduoriyekemwen as the governorship candidate for Edo 2016 […]
Continue ReadingValentine Ashi, a judge at an Abuja High Court, has declared as “null and void” the process that produced a former Borno State governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, as chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.Ashi faulted the amended PDP Constitution in 2014, which led to the emergence of Mr. Sheriff as the party’s chairman, after […]
Continue ReadingAll Progressives Congress (APC) senators have expressed shock over the decision of its Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) colleagues to withdraw their support for President Muhammadu Buhari. Reacting at a press briefing on Thursday, the APC senators defended Buhari-led government, denying the allegation that PDP members are the main targets of the anti-graft war. “We are […]
Continue ReadingThe All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not in a position to dictate to it how to prosecute the war against corruption. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday, by APC national secretary. The APC made the statement, in reaction to a statement by PDP senators, […]
Continue ReadingPastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday emerged the candidate of the of the party, for the Sept. 10 governorship election in Edo. In the result of the primaries announced by Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, Chairman of the committee that conducted the exercise, Ize-Iyamu polled 584 votes to defeat two […]
Continue ReadingThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has commenced accreditation of 740 delegates for the primaries of the Edo governorship election which will hold today. The New exercise, which began at about 9.30 a.m., is taking place simultaneously at three centres, with Okada House on Urubi Street hosting delegates from Edo South. Delegates from Edo North are […]
Continue ReadingThe national caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who was appointed by the Port Harcourt convention, has reacted angrily to the invasion of the PDP National Secretariat by Ali Sheriff, saying Mr. Sheriff was being sponsored by the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, to scuttle PDP’s chance in the forthcoming governorship election in […]
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