The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 21 September, governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, on Wednesday got a heroic welcome from a huge enthusiastic crowd in his Ewhohimi community,  Esan South East Local Government Area where he hosted elders and leaders of the party from Ewhohimi, Ewhossa and Ewatto at his country home in …

The Chairman, Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSIEC, Mr Hashim Abioye has disclosed the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as well as other political parties have 48 to undue infractions in the nomination of its candidates. He also disclosed that candidates of the APC, the Allied Peoples Movement and the Action Peoples Party, APP, who were …

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, the first batch of the 35,000 police officers deployed to ensure law and order during election has arrived in the state, according to The PUNCH. Also in the state are soldiers and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as moves …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would sign the peace accord if arrested members of the party are released. Obaseki, who stated this after a caucus meeting on Monday at the Government House in Benin, said that granting bail to the arrested members would allow them to come back home to their families …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has criticised Governor Seyi Makinde for his frequent foreign trips, accusing him of wasting public funds while neglecting the needs of the citizens. According to the APC, Makinde’s recent announcement on social media about his European tour with members of his cabinet is part of a pattern of expensive trips that have …

Top political leaders in Edo State on Sunday slammed the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for spreading unfounded rumour, refusing to sign the peace agreement and envisaging election violence. They also urged PDP and Labour Party members in the state to shun violence in the 21 September governorship election. At a meeting to review strategies for the 21 September governorship election, …

Benin City, the Edo State capital, stood still on Saturday as leaders and chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held its grand finale rally ahead of next Saturday’s governorship election, with a clarion call to all Edo people to vote enmasse for the party to keep the wheel of progress and development in the state rolling. Speaker after speaker …

With nine days to the governorship election in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has refused to sign the peace accord. At the venue of the signing of the peace accord in Benin City, the state capital, on Thursday, former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd.), who leads the National Peace Committee, announced that the PDP said it …

A former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Dr Chris Ekpenyong, has blamed the weakness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the behaviour of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who threatened to ignite crises in states under PDP governors. Ekpenyong, who was deputy governor during former governor Victor Attah’s administration, said Wike would not have …

The Peoples Democratic Party has labelled a former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, as a failed and insignificant politician. Kwankwaso, the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, had stated that the PDP is no longer relevant in the country. During the inauguration of a newly renovated party office in Katsina State on Saturday, Kwankwaso stated that he …