A former governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Victoria Amu, has dumped the party and defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Amu, in doing this, threw her weight behind the party’s candidate in the 21 September governorship election, Dr Asue Ighodalo. She made this declaration during a press conference held at the PDP Secretariat …

The acrimony between the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) festered on Tuesday with the APC describing the call for Philip Shaibu’s resignation from the PDP as irritating and baseless. Shaibu, a former deputy governor of the state who was impeached on 8 April but still remains a member of the PDP, on Sunday …

Uromi, the administrative headquarters of Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State, came under heavy political Tsunami on Saturday as a well-known chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Musa Isiwele led over 3,000 other members to dump the party. The former Deputy Commissioner of Police and former National President of the Road Transport Employees Association (RTEAN), …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) have ruled out dropping names and party structures for the 2027 general election, but would rather consider allying to unseat the current All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government. The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Ibrahim Abdullahi, and the spokesperson for the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election, …

Ahead of the governorship election in Edo State, a coalition of youth organisations under the aegis of Edo Youth Arise Initiative (EDYAI) has tasked the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo to stop the “regime of lies and propaganda”. The group argued that the opposition’s resort to peddling lies and propaganda …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared full control over Rivers State, asserting that Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the party now dominate the state’s political landscape. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Saturday, the party claimed that all legislators who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have forfeited their seats, citing constitutional provisions. It …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a restraining order against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), preventing the party from appointing or nominating any individual to replace Ambassador Umar Damagum as its Acting National Chairman. This injunction remains in effect until the court reaches a decision on a lawsuit filed by two party chieftains. In a ruling delivered by …

The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has announced results of the council poll held on Saturday, April 27, where the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state won all the chairmanship seats in 33 local government areas of the state. OYSIEC chairman, Aare Isiaka Olagunju (SAN); the Commissioner of Police in the state, Adebola Hamzat; and other security …

No less than 627 delegates from the 18 Local Government Areas of Ondo State are expected to elect the flagbearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), for the 16 November 2024 governorship election in the state. The governorship primary election will be held today in Akure, Ondo State. Seven governorship aspirants including former deputy governor of the state, Mr Agboola …

Sceptical reporters had indeed cast the headlines of the stories they were going to file, ahead of the 98th National Executive Committee, (NEC) meeting of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, (PDP) last Thursday. They were awaiting the news of the implosion of the party after what was going to be a testy, nervy convergence  of the its leadership at that level. …