All three leading political parties are facing serious difficulties conducting their primaries for the Edo State gubernatorial election. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has produced two candidates. The All Progressives Congress (APC) produced three in the initial botched exercise. Labour Party has not conducted its, but a leading aspirant and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata has …

The two leading opposition parties, on Sunday, called on the Federal Government to make good its promise to release 102,000 metric tons of assorted grains as a short-term measure to address the food crisis in the country. In two separate interviews, the leadership of both the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) urged the President Bola Tinubu-led …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for a National Assembly investigation into the approval of N500 million, the first instalment of a purported N1 billion approval allegedly by President Bola Tinubu, for the inauguration of a 37-man Tripartite Committee on the New National Minimum Wage. On Thursday, a leaked memo surfaced, revealing that President Tinubu allegedly approved N500 million …

Ahead of the 21 September Edo State governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared its 10 aspirants to participate in the party’s primary election scheduled for 22 February. One of the 10 aspirants will emerge as the party’s candidate or flag bearer for the main election on 21 September. Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raked in …

Senator Boluwaji Kunlere, who represented Ondo South Senatorial District from 2011 to 2015, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on whose platform he went to the National Assembly. Kunlere’s resignation is contained in a letter he signed and addressed to the party chairman in his Igbotako Ward 2, Igbotako, Okitipupa Local Government Area. The letter was made available to …

As residents of Nasarawa State anticipate the judgment of the Supreme Court on the 2023 governorship election, the state police command has signed a peace agreement with the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. During the signing of the peace pact in Lafia on Monday, the Commissioner of Police, Umar …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed that it will be difficult to dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 presidential election without a genuine coalition. PDP 2023 Presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, had made a merger proposition, while hosting the National Executive Committee of the Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria. The former Vice President warned …

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday defended the peace deal initiated by President Bola Tinubu between him and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, over the crisis in the state. In a broadcast on Monday, Fubara said the resolution brokered by the President to resolve the crisis was not a death sentence, adding that it would ensure lasting peace in the …

The leadership of Labour Party (LP) has confirmed that they are part of the new coalition of concerned political parties that was launched this week. A group of seven opposition political parties on Wednesday formed a new coalition in a bid to strengthen democracy in the country. The movement tagged the Coalition of Concerned Political Parties was formed in Abuja …

The Chairman of the Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission, Dr. Philip Duwe, on Sunday, declared the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in all the 16 Local Government Councils of the state as winners of Saturday’s Local Government election in the state. Declaring the result of the election at the commission’s headquarters in Jalingo, Duwe said the result for …