As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates in the recent Edo and Ondo states off-cycle governorship elections challenge the results of the polls at the election petition tribunals,  Imoleayo Oyedeyi examines the legal hurdles before them and what may likely truncate their chances of victory. Edo and Ondo states are set to witness another round of battles following the petitions …

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last September’s governorship election in Edo State, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, on Monday, appeared at the state governorship election petition tribunal in the premises of the state High Court, along Sapele Road, Benin City, with his team of lawyers in a bid to prove that he won the election. He was accompanied …

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that citizens would resist any attempts to impose Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, as the next governor of the state. This statement follows recent endorsements of Seyi as a potential successor to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in 2027 by some groups. One of such groups, the Coalition …

The South-West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, tackled the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, over the plot by the ruling party to take over Oyo and Osun states after winning Ondo State in last Saturday’s election. Rising from its three-day meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Thursday, the PDP called on President …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday faulted President Bola Tinubu for decorating the visiting Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, with the Nigerian second highest national honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON). Speaking with The PUNCH on Sunday, the Deputy National Youth Leader of the PDP, Timothy Osadolor, described the President’s action as misplaced …

With results from three Local Government Areas (LGAs) awaited at the collating centre, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is coasting home to victory in Saturday’s Ondo State governorship election. The 59-year-old businessman and politician has won in all of the 15 LGAs whose results have so far been declared and polled 301,113 votes, while former Deputy …

The Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in Ondo State, Chief Agboola Ajayi, has promised to tackle the insecurity in the state, if elected. Ajayi made the promise during his campaign tour of Ifedore and Idanre local government areas of the state. He vowed to fortify the state’s security apparatus, Amotekun, promising robust measures to effectively curb criminal activities …

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, bickered over alleged plans to compromise the poll. In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Kennedy Peretei, PDP alleged that APC leaders in Ondo had made plans to compromise the election. APC members smuggled in as presiding officers —PDP Peretei …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State has said that the previous administration, led by the party’s former governors did not accumulate any debt. This comes as the state governor, Alex Otti, on Thursday, disclosed that his administration had cleared N90 billion of the N191.2 billion debt inherited from past governments within 15 months, all without taking on any …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately release former Delta State Governor,  Senator Ifeanyi Okowa. At a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, the party’s National Deputy Youth Leader, Mr. Timothy Osadolor described Okowa’s detention as political witch-hunting, persecution and another method of silencing the opposition parties, saying this was …