The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) describes the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Democracy Day address as a huge and unpardonable slap on the face of our nation's democratic process. Our party stresses that President Buhari's silence on the values of democracy as well as the myriads of violations under his watch has...
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...
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Friday went emotional while receiving the Nomination and Expression of Interest Forms bought for him by lawmakers and the various support groups in the state. The First Lady, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu also joined her husband to receive the forms. It will be recalled that...
The Kogi State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by former Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, to challenge the victory of his successor, Senator Smart Adeyemi, at the November 2019 by-election. Delivering judgment on the petition, the three-man panel led by Justice...
Demands Return of Squandered Funds The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says with the emerging revelations as well as the confessions by its Speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, the leadership of the Lagos State House of Assembly has irredeemably lost the rectitude to preside over legislations or make appropriations for the...
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has sacked the chairmen of the 14 Local Government Areas in the state and re-appointed eight of them as sole administrators. The House of Assembly on Thursday dissolved local government councils in the state over financial recklessness and improper record-keeping by the council members. The...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to disqualify Governor Godwin Obaseki from contesting the forthcoming governorship election in the state for allegedly forging his university certificate. The election is scheduled to hold in Edo State on September 19. The suit was filed on May 29, 2020 by Edobor...
Demands Immediate 100% Increase The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the slashing of the 2020 budgetary allocations for basic health care from N44.4 billion to N25.5b, and the Universal Basic Education (UBE) budget from N111.7 billion to N51.1 billion, by Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
Plateau State Governor, Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Simon Lalong and Chairman, Nineteen Northern Governors Forum, is a democrat and father to all. As such, he does not interfere or peddle influence in the democratic choice of citizens to favour a particular person or group of persons. State Commissioner of Information and Communication,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Federal Government to stop fleecing Nigerians with high fuel price by immediately reducing the pump price to N70 per liter to reflect the appropriate pricing template following the fall in the price of crude oil in the international market. The PDP completely...