Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) , Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has said that the party would win the five South East states in the 25th February 2023 election. Okowa, who is also the Governor of Delta State, said during the inauguration of the party’s presidential campaign council on Wednesday that the calibre of people that gave their …

An emergency meeting of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is planned for Thursday to take a decision on the resolve of the group loyal to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to pull out of the party’s presidential campaign. On Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the group, which include Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, his Oyo State counterpart Seyi …

The crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to have festered. Early on Wednesday, the group loyal to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike reportedly pulled out of the campaign council of the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, following a meeting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. According to The PUNCH, members of Wike’s team vowed not to play …

The presidential campaign organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to be chaired by Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel with his Sokoto State counterpart Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as Director General. According to a statement on Thursday by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, Emmanuel will be supported in his assignment by two other governors. Bauchi State Governor …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says the demand for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu is realisable. He however told stakeholders of the party at its South West meeting in Ibadan on Wednesday that due process should be followed, according to the party’s constitution. Atiku was responding to the …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) embarked on fence-mending moves on Thursday, among which were the resignation of the Chairman of its Board of Trustees (BoT) and the Chairman of the party’s Governors’ Forum The party also passed a vote-of-confidence on its embattled National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, whose resignation had been demanded by a group supporting Rivers State Governor Nyesom …

A former spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has said that only Nigerians who enjoy suffering would vote for the party in the 2023 general elections. Abdullahi, former Minister of Youth Development and later Sports in the Goodluck Jonathan administration, was APC National Publicity Secretary between December 2016 and August 2018 when he quit the party …

A Federal High Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State on Thursday, nullified the local government elections recently conducted in the state. The election was conducted by the the state Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC) on 30 July. EBSIEC chairperson, Jossy Eze declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress as winners of all the chairmanship and councillorship seats. The Peoples Democratic Party …

The differences between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike might not have been resolved afterall. This is in spite of the assurances given last Friday by former Information and National Orientation Minister, Professor Jerry Gana that the two politicians agreed to set a committee within 48 hours …

The other day, I received a call from Ehigie Edobor Uzamere, who represented Edo South in the eighth and ninth sessions of the Senate. We had chatted a few days earlier, our subject of engagement typically revolving around Nigerian politics. I asked him if he was in Benin City, capital of his state, or Abuja, where he lives. “I dey …