The Federal High Court, sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has fixed today for the hearing of the case, filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the candidates of three opposition parties-All Progressives Congress (APC), Accord party, and Labour party -challenging their eligibility in the
Barely a week to the presidential election, aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, last weekend, resolved to sheathe their swords and work for the re-emergence of President Goodluck Jonathan. At a stakeholders meeting, convened by leaders of the party within the Northern Senatorial District of the state and hosted by […]
“Ever since, as the true nature and motives of APC are unveiled, I have continued to twist and turn in extreme mental and emotional agony. The more I struggle to belong, the more the Rivers man in me rejects the APC.” With those words, the Rivers State Deputy Governor, Engineer Tele Ikuru, at the weekend […]
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) has called on other leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to emulate the deputy governor of Rivers State, Tele Ikuru (pictured with Patience Jonathan), who defected from the opposition to the ruling party on Sunday. In a statement signed by the Director of Media and Publicity […]
The Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Tele Ikuru, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party from the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday, six days to the general elections. He has been Governor Chibuike Amechi’s deputy since 2007 and has been campaigning for the APC along with Amaechi until he declared his defection.
The opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, has stated that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan in the South West have hatched a plan to make the March 28 elections in the geo-political zone inconclusive, having realized that they cannot deliver the zone to the PDP as they have […]
Kingsley Kuku, Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs and Chairman, Amnesty Programme has declared that the President will win at least in 21 states in Saturday’s election. He made this statement while meeting with aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Owo, the northern senatorial district of Ondo state. He […]
Following the wave of politically motivated violence in Rivers State, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, has accused the People Democratic Party of breaking the peace accord facilitated by the Nigeria Police Force ahead of the 2015 general election. Amaechi, who was reacting on Saturday to the attack on an APC ward-to-ward rally in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the economic future of the nation is guaranteed under President Goodluck Jonathan, adding that his unprecedented performance in wealth creation as well as strategies already mapped out for continued economic and social growth in the country. In a statement by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh on Sunday, the […]
As APC continues its relentless onslaught on Goodluck Jonathan and his administration, there is this telling near-silence from the ranks of PDP and others that bear the most duty and possess the best information and wherewithal to defend him. It is profound enough for one to wager that if they are too cowed to defend […]
Governor Ayodele Fayose is a character that appears to defy social norms. Defying social norms is not a problem because it encourages debate and promotes engagement with issues as they develop. There is no rule that says somebody is right because you align with public opinion or with the views of the majority. When people […]
With initial momentum on his side, promoters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, touted him as the man who will emerge all-out winner in next month’s presidential election. His well-trumpeted moral high-ground was enough to drive his aspiration against any other candidate. Not even the impressive list of positive development indices
Few days to the conduct of the March 28 presidential elections across the country, the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria has dismissed claims by the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) that the APC owns a radio station broadcasting without rights. “We don’t have any radio station anywhere and since the PDP […]
With the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) successfully concluding their primaries, Nigerians are now looking forward to issue-based campaigns in the weeks ahead. This is in spite of the acrimony that preceded some of the primaries, where candidates who lost refused to gracefully accept defeat. Definitely, Nigerians have for long put […]
“A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.” – Albert Camus A beast can be described as a contemptible or crude person, a brute, savage or an animal. How do you identify a beast? The easiest method of is by their actions. Through empirical evidence, some beasts exhibit traits of […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, once a strong political institution, has in the last seven years suffered a self-induced dwindling of fortunes. The July 14, 2012 governorship election defeat in all the 18 local government areas may well have signalled the death of the party in the state. It would be helpful […]
An end appears not in sight to the war of words between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) as the rescheduled general election draws near. The spokesman of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday accused the PDP of plotting to frame up the Chairman of the […]
Justice Kazeem Alogba of a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, on Thursday, strikes out a suit meant to bar Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, from contesting for any electoral office in Nigeria. Sen. Obanikoro was recently appointed the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs II by President Goodluck Jonathan. The suit, which was filed by three […]
If anyone believes that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would have an easy ride in this year’s general election, that person may be living in a fool’s paradise. National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, has told anyone that cared to listen that the party would not have a smooth run at the polls, […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended President Goodluck Jonathan and the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for approving the final report of the 2014 National Conference. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Thursday said “the development shows that the President and the PDP government are sensitive to the yearnings and aspirations […]
