The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Alhaji Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi, has decried the rising domestic debt profile of the state describing it as "incredibly alarming", urging the governor to speak with Kwarans. Yaman, in a statement issued in Ilorin by his media and strategy...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the federal government still owes contractors working on federal road projects up to N306 billion, defending why the government should raise VAT and borrow more. Fashola was speaking against the background of a report by a national daily on Monday that...
Twelve out of thirteen governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are seated at Government House, PortHarcourt for a strategic meeting ahead of the 2023 general elections. Ten governors arrived at a gala night held at the Banquet Hall of the Government House. The governors are Samuel Ortom (Benue) Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari’s long-awaited address on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic came “empty” and failed to address the impact of the scourge on Nigeria. The president had in his broadcast called on Nigerians to support the surveillance and control measures adopted by the...
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the State of Osun has commiserated with his counterparts in Sokoto and Oyo states, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal and Mr. Seyi Makinde respectively, over the death of their commissioners. They are: Hon. Surajo Marafa-Gatawa, Sokoto State Commissioner for Lands and Housing, and the Oyo State Commissioner...
The Lagos State House of Assembly says it will not repeal the state’s pension law permitting former governors and other public office holders to receive juicy pensions from state coffers. In an interview with newsmen on Sunday, Tunde Braimoh, Chairman, House Committee on Information and Strategy, said Lagos Assembly will...
Former Senate President and Waziri of Ilorin, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has reassured members and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that there is no cause for alarm following recent high-profile defections from the Delta State chapter of the party. In a statement released today, Saraki addressed concerns raised...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State has dismissed claims that thousands of its members have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in the State. Governor Abdulrahman Abdurazaq had at an event on Democracy Day, claimed to have received no fewer than 3500 members of the PDP...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) extends the sale of nomination forms for the Ondo state governorship election. By this, the party extends the last day for the sale of nomination forms from the earlier announced date of Monday, June 22, 2020 to a new date of Wednesday, June 24, 2020. All...
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...