Ahead of February 19 Governorship Primary, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun on Thursday said he remained the aspirant to beat in the contest. He spoke shortly after he appeared before the Screening Committee of the All Progressives Congress, at the party’s National Secretariat, Abuja, as part of steps leading to...
We want to speed up process, avoid going to conferences with Senate -Gbajabiamila The House of Representatives has added "consensus" as a third option for the nomination of candidates of political parties for election in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021. This brings the options to three -direct primaries, indirect...
Governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) Waziri Yakubu Gobir has officially stepped down for the incumbent Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, saying this is in the interest of the state. In a statement he issued after a brief meeting with the Governor, Gobir said he has had extensive deliberations with...
confident of party’s victory at guber poll The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his counterparts in Oyo and Abia States, Engr. Seyi Makinde and Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, respectively, on Tuesday, flagged off the e-registration and Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Anambra State, ahead of the November...
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...
Reports of the criminal conspiracy linking the top echelon of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with Ramon Olorunwa Abbas also known as “Ray Hushpuppi” who was recently arrested along with associate(s) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and extradited to the United States of America to face trial over...
National Co-ordinator of Nigeria Young Professionals For Tinubu (NYPT) 2O23, Alhaji Abdullahi Tanko Yakasai, has called on Nigerians to support Bola Ahmad Tinubu because the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate will rescue the country from insecurity and poverty when elected into office in 2023. Yakasai spoke in Kano...
Ahead of the July 16, 2022 Osun State governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to commence the sale of Expression of Interest and Nomination forms on Monday, November 22 to Friday, December 10, 2021 Under the revised timetable for activities leading to the primary election as approved by...
Members of the Oyo State House of Assembly, on Thursday, passed a vote of confidence in Governor 'Seyi Makinde, as the governor delivered the annual state of the state address before the special plenary sitting of the lawmakers. The motion for a vote of confidence was raised by the Majority...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) charges the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulraheed Bawa, to re-engineer and restore professionalism in the anti-graft agency. The party urges Bawa to avoid the pitfalls of his immediate predecessor in office, by resisting all partisan pressures to use the...