The Bayelsa State Government has described as most uncharitable, the comments credited to out-going Senator representing Bayelsa-East Senatorial District, Clever Ikisikpo, during his defection to the All Progressive Congress (APC). The lawmaker had while officially announcing his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alongside other lawmakers with their supporters at the APC national […]
The crisis rocking the leadership of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) is claimed its first casualty as the Executive Committee of the Lagos chapter of the party has removed the party’s chairman, Mr Tunji Shelle. The Lagos EXCO of the PDP reached its decision after a disciplinary committee was set up to investigate some […]
A chieftain of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and a member of the Board of Trustees, Chief Bode George, has described the just concluded general elections as flawed, scoring the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) 40 per cent in the conduct of the polls. He cited issues of poor distribution of the Permanent […]
Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, has sounded an alarm that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is plotting seriously to hijack the leadership of the National Assembly from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Kwankwaso, a senator-elect called on the leaders APC to do away with their differences and quickly agree on an acceptable […]
The erstwhile governor of Plateau State during the Third Republic and one of the founding fathers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Amb. Fidelis Tapgun, last weekend in Jos, said that PDP governors are the greatest enemy of President Goodluck Jonathan. Amb. Tapgun said their deceit was responsible for the loss of the presidential […]
Delta state governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has said part of the success of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in deepening democratic values and institutions gave the All progressive Congress the chance of existence. Dr Uduaghan who was the guest speaker at the 2nd National Public Service Lecture of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association […]
…Warns them to steer clear of party administration The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sounded a note of warning to those it tagged “some ambitious aides and associates” of President Goodluck Jonathan trying to use their closeness to him to cause crisis in the party and pave way […]
All is not well within the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) as a Senator under the platform of the party on Wednesday alleged that ranking members of the party at the federal and state levels actively worked in tandem with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure victory for president-elect Muhammadu Buhari over President […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Rivers State, has alleged that Governor Chibuike Amaechi and his party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), were plotting to secure a court injunction, in Awka, Anambra State, to stop the swearing-in of Governor-Elect, Chief Nyesom Wike, on May 29, 2015. This allegation was contained in a statement signed […]
After a careful review of the just concluded general election in the country, the Elders Council (Igbimo Agba) of All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun State has declared that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost to the APC because it took its previous electoral victories for granted. Rising after a meeting held over the weekend, […]
Following the victory of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s victory over President Goodluck Jonathan in the recent election, a massive defection of people from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has become the order of the day in the country especially in Adamawa State. Our correspondent who went round the city of […]
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta state has attributed the defeat suffered by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) at the presidential elections to the loss of five governors from its fold and also to neglect by some members of the party. According to Uduaghan, some persons within the party believed that the Governors’ Forum […]
In its determination to form a formidable opposition and eventual take-over mantle of leadership in Oyo State, come 2019, a group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday, at a meeting held at the residence of one of the party stalwarts, Alhaji Adebisi Olopoenia, in Ibadan, launched what it called a ‘Reformed PDP’. According […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial standard bearer for Kwara Central, in the March 28 polls, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, and his party, have filed a petition before the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, challenging the election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Abdulrasaq and PDP […]
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia state, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has been declared winner of the governorship election in the state. Announcing the results early Sunday morning in Umuahia, the Abia state capital, the INEC returning officer in the state, Prof. Ozumba, said Ikpeazu polled a total of 264,713 […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Taraba State, Darius Ishaku is reported to be leading the female governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). As at press time, in Kofar Sarki in Takum Local Government polling unit, the PDP had 588 votes against the APC’s 7. At Suntai Daaji in Donga Local […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has admonished the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop being a cry baby and come to terms with the cold, hard reality that its fortunes have since plummeted and that it is now in opposition. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai […]
Barely 72 hours to the supplementary elections on the inconclusive April 11 Governorship and House of Assembly polls, in Imo State, the state leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, called for outright cancellation of the entire exercise over alleged electoral frauds. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state had declared […]
All Progressive Congress says it would challenge the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor elect, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, at the tribunal. One of its chieftains, Chief O.T. Ambanum, has hinted that its Governorship candidate, Olorogun Otega Emerhor, was set to seek redress at the tribunal, because the election was characterised by fraud. […]