The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A five-member panel of the apex court held on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute the suit. The panel said that the PDP …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State has faulted the statement by the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. General Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed (rtd.) that he told the Governor-elect of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, that his discharge certificate was not issued by the NYSC. The party said that Ahmed’s position was in sync with what …

The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi have supported the request by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for a live broadcast of the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja. After Wednesday’s proceeding, counsel to Obi, Dr Livy Uzoukwu told reporters that it has become imperative to …

As the Presidential Election Petition Court started hearing today, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar have filed an application for an order to allow live coverage of day-to-day proceedings on the case they brought against the President-elect, Asiwaju BolaAhmed  Tinubu. In the motion through his team of lawyers led by Chris Uche, Atiku, who came …

The long-awaited National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may not hold anytime soon following the uncertainty surrounding the party’s 2023 election performance report. Given the leadership crisis, which swept the suspended National Chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu aside, and saw to the ascension of Umar Damagum in the saddle in interim capacity; the …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday disagreed fiercely over the outcome of the 2023 presidential polls. While the PDP described the victory of the rival party and President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as an “electoral heist that must not be allowed to stand”, the APC countered that its presidential flag bearer’s …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has alleged that its lawyer invited by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to pick up the requested Certified True Copies of documents used in the conduct of the 18th March elections has been kidnapped and the election materials carted away. In a statement in Port Harcourt jointly signed by state Publicity …

Benue State’s Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressive Congress have been at odds over Governor Samuel Ortom’s hurried projects, which include a supposed airport. In a statement on Sunday, the APC Publicity Secretary in the state, Daniel Ihomou, said it was curious that Ortom would embark on an airport project two months to the end of his administration. “How …

The Benue State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the outgoing administration of Governor Samuel Ortom has embarked on emergency awards of contracts worth billions of Naira. The state chairman of the APC, Hon. Austine Agada told newsmen in Makurdi, the state capital: “Recently, the Benue State Government through the Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism, …

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has made a u-turn after the party suspended some of its key leaders including a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim. The opposition in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Barrister Debo Ologunagba said that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP at …