PDP Crisis: INEC accepts Makarfi as PDP Chairman

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 […]

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PDP Crisis: INEC endorses Ize-Iyamu for Edo election

Osagie 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 […]

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Court fires Sheriff as PDP Chairman

Valentine 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 […]

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APC senators fault PDP colleagues on anti-graft war

All 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 […]

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