With the death on Monday, 7 March of Dr Doyin Okupe, twice a presidential spokesman, Nigeria has been deprived of a pan-Nigerian politician. Okupe, who died of cancer at 72 in a Lagos hospital, was free of the primordial tendencies that have over the years made our country underachieve, despite stupendous resources. Though he and Chief Moshood Abiola, the Social …

Adetokunbo Pearse, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says Abdulazeez Adediran, the ex-governorship candidate of the party in Lagos, was the architect of his defeat in the 2023 elections. Speaking during an interview on News Central on Friday, Pearse said Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, picked a comic actress as his running mate after rejecting the advice of …

The Peoples Democratic Party has challenged the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, by establishing a caretaker committee in the South-South geopolitical zone. In a statement issued on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP explained that the decision by the National Working Committee was based on the need to prevent any leadership vacuum and ensure …

The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, on Monday reversed judgement in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate last 21 September election, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, challenging the outcome of the election. At the final hearing, Ighodalo made a commanding appearance as the tribunal adopted final written addresses from all parties — …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani to stop interfering with Senator Lawal Adamu Usman’s developmental projects in the state. The Senior Special Assistant on Media And Communications to the PDP National Chairman, Yusuf Dingyadi said in Kaduna that the Senator has made significant contributions to the state, including providing portable water, human empowerment, …

As Osun State conducted local government council elections across the state, low turnout of voters, as well as absence of security operatives in polling units highlighted the exercise. Although some wards and polling units witnessed a large turnout of voters, majority of the units where voting took place recorded low turnout compared to the last governorship election in the state. …

A member of the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Diran Odeyemi, and a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Anslem Eragbe, have warned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar against contesting the 2027 presidential election. Both Odeyemi and Eragbe said the South should be allowed to rule for eight years. They said the 2027 southern president might …

Former Special Adviser on Education to Osun State Governor, Mr. Jamiu Olawumi, on Saturday, urged people to be wary of footage circulating on social media showing voters participating in the local government poll in the state. The claim was however countered by the Director of Media of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr. Oladele Bamiji, who insisted …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have traded accusations over escalating violence in Osun State, which culminated in the killing of a former chairman of Irewole Local Government Area, Mr. Aderemi Abbas, and six others on Monday. The crisis was triggered by a contentious Court of Appeal ruling allegedly reinstating APC-elected local government chairmen and …

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), were yesterday locked in a war of words over the crisis in the former. The national leadership of PDP had alleged a desperate bid by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to destroy the party in order to entrench totalitarianism but APC blamed the crisis in the leading opposition …