Newly sworn-in Federal Capital Territory FCT, minister, Nyesom Wike, yesterday assumed office, disclosing how governors of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, sent 10 ministerial nominees to President Bola Tinubu for consideration. Wike, who said he would not be biased in sanctioning anyone who violates extant municipal planning laws, said even if it was discovered that the … Read more
As the Presidential Election Petition Court, starts pre-hearing today, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have filed an application for an order to allow live coverage of day-to-day proceedings on the case they brought against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Atiku, who came second in the presidential election held on February 25, … Read more
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has appointed a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, as a member of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, PCO. Director-General of the PDP PCO and governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, who disclosed this on Sunday, said the appointment was with immediate effect. The statement reads partly, … Read more
Governors, ex-governors, and top chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party in the camp of the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday, arrived in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, in no fewer than 15 private and chartered jets for the formal inauguration of the party’s campaign … Read more
The National Working Committee (NWC), of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has dismissed insinuations that the over N122.4 million returned by members of the committee were paid as bribes by the party leadership. National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba said this in a statement in Abuja, late on Thursday. He said the … Read more
THE ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, appears to be under pressure to conclude work on the composition of its presidential campaign council following the unveiling, last week, by the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of its own council. On a day that the APC Presidential Campaign Council appointed Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi as … Read more
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said if the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, must win the 2023 presidential elections, it must dredge up sufficient courage to take decisions that will stabilize the party. He also pledged to assist the Board of Trustees of the PDP resolve the problems confronting the party to ensure it … Read more
The Imo State government and the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party have clashed over the visit of the president, Muhammadu Buhari, to the state on Tuesday. Buhari, during his visit, will inaugurate the rebuilt State House of Assembly complex, the first phase of the Owerri- Okigwe Road, and the Owerri- Orlu Road, according … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party will next week set up a committee that will come up with how to raise funds for its campaign. The spokesperson of Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, disclosed this in an interview. He was responding to questions on the amount budgeted for the campaign and sources of funding. Bwala … Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that the time of reckoning is coming for those who continue to insist that they can take the national leadership in the Peoples Democratic Party. The governor maintained that nobody can silence him from speaking against such injustice and demanding that the right thing be done. Wike spoke … Read more