The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party and some party members in the National Assembly, on Tuesday, peacefully protested at the embassy of the European Union. The PDP National Secretary, Senator Ibrahim Tsauri, who led the protest presented the party’s protest letter to the embassy officials. The protesters later proceeded to...
Says Kwara Under Siege Of Bandits/ Commercial Terrorists The Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State has condemned in strong terms, the violent abduction of the wife and two children of Honorable Lawal Salihu Ayanshola, Lawmaker representing Ipaiye/Malete/Olooru state constituency at the Kwara State House of Assembly in Shao, a...
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah on Saturday declared he has appealed against the judgement of an Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Bwari, which sacked him from the Senate. Senator Ubah in a statement by his media aide, Adichie Izuchukwu, faulted the court’s ruling that ousted him as lawmaker representing Anambra South senatorial district. Justice...
Godwin Obaseki has emerged the PDP gubernatorial candidate in Edo State after the conclusion of the party primaries. This was confirmed in a congratulatory message issued on the official PDP facebook page. "We congratulate H. E. @GovernorObaseki on his emergence as the candidate of the @OfficialPDPNig in the September 19, 2020...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara as `an astute administrator’ who stopped the era of profligacy and graft that crippled the state’s resources and development. In a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, in Abuja on Wednesday, the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has exposed plots by the sinking All Progressives Congress (APC) to use the trio of Governors Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Hope Uzodinma of Imo state and Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to derail the September 19 Edo State governorship election. The PDP and indeed...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, distanced himself from a memo said to have been written from his office and sent to President Muhammadu Buhari seeking permission to resign his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The memo dated June 24, 2022, with reference number SH/VP/605/2./0 listed among others, family...
The Kwara State Government and the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party have expressed divergent views on the Tuesday’s visit to the state governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, by some top members of the opposition party. The government, in a statement on Wednesday by Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to...
Former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday received the endorsement of the House of Representatives Caucus of the All Progressives Congress to contest the 2023 presidential poll. Tinubu, a former senator, received a resounding "ayes" vote from caucus members when he visited and held a meeting with...
As candidates emerge by consensus As consensus candidates emerged for the various elective positions in state and federal legislative constituencies, the former President of the 8th Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has congratulated those who emerged via consensus under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara...