The Presidency on Thursday asked the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to stop speaking for President Muhammadu Buhari on its affairs with the All Progressives Congress. It advised the PDP to focus on how to address what the Presidency called the party’s “grim future” instead of concentrating on Buhari and the...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara, on Thursday said N515m was spent on getting political thugs off the streets of Maiduguri metropolis. The governor’s revelation came even as the United Nations Development Programme said it was buying into the state government’s “cash for sanitation initiative,” a programme which pays each...
Thirteen Peoples Democratic Party local government chairmanship aspirants have called for the cancellation of the party’s primaries in Cross River State. The aggrieved aspirants, who made the call in a joint petition sent to the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, described the exercise as a sham. The aspirants from...
The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday expressed apprehension over the alleged collapse of governance command structure of the Federal Government since the isolation of Mallam Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. Kyari had tested positive to the deadly COVID-19. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in...
List Achievements, Challenges ruling partyto do Same Our attention has been drawn to a knee-jerk reaction by the dysfunctional All Progressives Congress (APC) to the well-received suggestions by former Vice President and PDP’s candidate in the 2019 Presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on how to revamp our ailing economy. While...
The All Progressives Congress has declared the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and two others ineligible to contest in the July 22 governorship primary election in Edo State. The screening committee announced the disqualification while presenting its report to the Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee in Abuja on Friday. Apart from...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to show the genuineness of its war against corruption by allowing the unhindered investigation of the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The party said Nigerians are already aware that Magu has been pulled...
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said he cannot do anything to bring the 14 Edo All Progressives Congress lawmakers back to the assembly for inauguration. He spoke on Monday during a ‘Thank You’ visit to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said, “We have a dissident...
Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has disowned the 2022 Governorship campaign posters in his name, saying he is still preoccupied with the delivery of quality service to the people of the State. He said governance is still uppermost in his mind and as such he would not want to be distracted...
The people of Enugu East Senatorial District of Enugu State comprising leaders of political, religious and traditional institutions, on Thursday, converged on the popular Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, for a Mega Rally, requesting Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to uphold the long established rotational template with regards to the Office of...