The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo as Governor of Edo State in the 2024 governorship election. On Thursday, a five-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice Mohammed Garba, dismissed as lacking in merit an appeal by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo, to nullify the outcome of the …

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday exchanged words over the APC South-South Summit holding on Saturday (today) in Benin, the state capital. APC governors and leaders from the zone are expected to converge on Benin for the event. In a statement by the Publicity Secretary of Edo PDP …

A founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has expressed sadness about the defection of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Senate President David Mark to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to form a coalition. Although Atiku has not formally declared his defection to the ADC, he — amid his party’s lingering crisis — championed the coalition of …

Seven members of the House of Representatives, Akwa Ibom State caucus, on Thursday, have defected from the opposition to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers were elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Young Progressives Party (YPP). Their defection was announced in separate letters addressed to the speaker, Tajudeen Abbas. The defecting lawmakers …

The acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum says the opposition party is not bothered by recent defections of some of its members. Damagum spoke in Abuja on Wednesday while briefing journalists at the party’s national secretariat. The PDP has been hit by a gale of defections in recent weeks. The Governor of Delta, Sheriff Oborevwori …

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has dismissed suggestions that the party is no longer viable, describing those holding such views as ‘dreamers’. The elder statesman, who spoke on the Monday edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today in response to a question about those who believe the PDP ‘is dead’, said, ‘No way; those are …

Senator Samuel Anyanwu has been reinstated as National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). At the end of the party’s 100th National Executive Committee (NEC), on Monday in Abuja, the acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, announced that Anyanwu has been officially reinstated. The Chairman further said that the 101st NEC meeting has been scheduled  for 23 July to …

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared its opposition to the return of Senator Samuel Anyanwu as national secretary of the party. It also kicked against Acting National Chair Umar Damagum’s postponement of Monday’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. Anyanwu was reinstated after a parley between the party’s leadership and the Independent National Electoral …

The Edo Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressive Congress (APC)-led government on Wednesday bickered over the state Assembly’s approval of a N100 billion loan request by Governor Monday Okpebholo. It would be recalled that the House of Assembly on Tuesday approved a N100 billion loan request for Okpebholo to carry out infrastructural development across the …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reinstated Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the party, following its meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday. The party has also suspended its planned National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for 30th June, and instead, the planned meeting will be an expanded caucus. Acting National Chairman of the party, …