The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) has granted waiver to Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki to contest the Edo governorship election primary. The action of the NWC is pursuant to Section 29(2)(b) of the PDP constitution and in exercise of the powers of the National...
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Benue State today passed a vote of confidence on Governor Samuel Ortom for his exemplary leadership and developmental strides. The party took the unanimous decision at the Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi during the 2020 state elective congress to elect its state officials. State Secretary of the...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has accused the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of sowing seed of discord among PDP governors and jeopardising the party’s prospect to clinch the presidency in 2023. He has also warned that President Mohammadu Buhari integrity will be at...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has urged the newly elected chairmen of the 23 local government areas of the state to deliver dividends of democracy in their respective councils. Speaking when he received them on a thank you visit at Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Governor Wike told...
lambasts him for appointing his relative as State's Accountant General The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has described the 'Governor of the Year award' confered on Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq as an endorsement of failure and incompetence, saying the governor had done nothing to merit such award. The Kwara...
The House of Representatives has invited the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, to clear the air on the cost implication of conducting direct primaries by political parties in the country. Yakubu is to appear before the Committees on Appropriations and Electoral Matters to speak on...
The lawmaker representing Imo West district in the National Assembly, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has announced his intention to contest for presidency in 2023. He made the announcement in a letter to the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan. Senator Lawan read the letter at the commencement of Wednesday’s plenary at...
expresses confidence in the erstwhile Deputy Governor's capacity to advance party's cause The Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, has congratulated a former deputy governor of the State, Senator Iyiola Christopher Omisore, on his emergence as the new National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Similarly, he has also...
Presidential aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State will on Wednesday pick his expression of interest and nomination forms. The governor paid for the N100m forms on Tuesday morning, making him the first to officially seal his aspiration to the office of the...
as he visits Osun for political consultation Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has expressed his readiness to support incumbent Governor of Osun and Candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the State, Adegboyega Oyetola, to ensure his success, especially in the July 16 governorship election. Fayemi, who is also...