Inaugurates Commissioner, Special Adviser Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has named Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa as his running mate for the October 10 governorship election in the state. Governor Akeredolu said the leaders of the party made wide consultations to choose a suitable and qualified candidate as the...
Says Senate President Should Come Clean on Corruption Allegations The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio to perish the thought of taking over control of Akwa Ibom State in 2027 as the scheme to use false claims and inciting comments to destabilize the...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says the Nigeria Governors Forum has become a toothless bulldog because it has lost focus on its role in defending the rule of law in the country. Governor Wike said the Forum used to be non-partisan and a powerful voice on national issues. He noted...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Gov. Abubakar Sani-Bello as the winner of the Niger South seat at the National Assembly. INEC Returning Officer, Kolo Zacchaeus, announced the result on Monday in Kontangora. Mr Zacchaeus said that Sani-Bello scored 100,197 votes to defeat his closest opponent of the Peoples...
The Northern State's Governors Forum Forum has condemned in totality the attack on the convoy of Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, describing it as a disturbing development which must be investigated thoroughly. Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau State Simon Bako Lalong in a statement said the attack...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says his criticism of the National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should not be misunderstood to mean there is irredeemable crisis in the party. The governor has also maintained that since he lacks the capacity to decamp to another political party,...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has approved the appointment of a former lawmaker, Hon. Adedapo Lam-Adesina, as his Special Assistant, political matters (southwest). Hon. Lam-Adesina replaces Hon. Ayodeji Joseph, a former lawmaker, who served the Speaker in the same capacity until his recent appointment as...
Kwara State Governor and Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Chairman AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Senator Godswill Akpabio and Representative Tajudeen Abass on their emergence as Senate President and House of Representatives Speaker respectively. The Governor also congratulated Senator Jibrin Barau and Benjamin Kalu on their elections as Deputy Senate President and...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says that the Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi, left our party for personal reasons, which Nigerians will come to know at the fullness of time. Our party thanks Governor Umahi for services rendered to the people of Ebonyi state, as the State Chairman...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has received the news of the passage of the harmonized electoral act amendment bill, which among other things, provided for direct primaries for nomination of candidates for elections by political parties. Our party holds that it is the inalienable right of each political party, within...