Tag Archives: PDP

Folake Sokoya The Director General of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, Gbenga Daniel, has said his principal will pick the Secretary to the Federal Government (SFG) from the South West upon winning the presidential election in 2019. He said this would be appropriate as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has already chosen his running mate, …

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The Senatorial candidate for Gombe North Senatorial District under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Muhammad Ribadu, has surrendered his candidature to Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State. Ribadu stated this in Gombe on Thursday during a welcome reception organized by the party in honour of Dankwambo. The Governor was one of the PDP presidential aspirants that lost …

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By Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa The member representing Ogbia constituency I and deputy leader of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly Hon Chief Mitema Obordor has floored his opponents, Barrister Johnbull Azibataman and Mr. Prince Okinima in the Assembly Primaries Conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party. Announcing the result, Friday in Otuoke, former President Jonathan’s hometown, the chairman PDP Primary Election …

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Folake Sokoya Former Governor of Ogun State, and Director-General of Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCO), Otunba Gbenga Daniel has expressed his appreciation to delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who converged on the Adokiye Amesiamaka Stadium in Port Harcourt over the weekend to elect former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the party’s presidential standard bearer in the 2019 …

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Mr Babatunde Aleshinloye-Williams, popularly called, Alesh, has won the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ticket, to represent Somolu Constituency ll, at the Lagos State House of Assembly, in the forthcoming 2019 General Elections. Mr Aleshinloye-Williams polled 58 votes in a consensus election where he was unanimously elected as the Party’s flagbearer. It was all jubilation as the returning officer, Mr Eboda …

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From Amos Odeh A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe on Friday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with over 6,200 supporters. Other APC chieftains who decamped alongside the former NDDC boss are former Secretary to Bayelsa State Government, Hon Gideon Ekeowei, onetime Commissioner …

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…As Stakeholders Kick Against No Primaries In Apapa   Violence broke out in different parts of Lagos State yesterday during the House of Representatives primary elections of the All Progressives Congress (APC), disrupting the voting process and commercial activities in some areas. This is coming as some APC stakeholders yesterday frowned at the irregularities and alleged fraud that trailed voting …

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By Ebun-olu Adegboruwa Esq. The Governorship election of Osun State has opened up the weakness of our electoral system. It is a signal of what to expect in States like Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Taraba, etc, which are regarded as battle grounds for the ruling APC and the opposition PDP. My comments herein are based principally on the report of …

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–EU, UK, U.S. To Investigate Claims Tayo Olanipekun Civil society organizations have condemned the process of the Osun State governorship election re-run that took place on Thursday. The Nigeria Civil Society (NCS) Situation Room and the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), in separate statements, said the exercise was marred by irregularity. NCS said while it received reports of early …

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Tayo Olanipekun “Buhari, Tinubu, Oshiomole, Aregbesola and their APC are playing with fire and that fire will soon consumme them,” a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP),Femi Fani-Kayode has declared. Fani-Kayode,in a statement on Thursday,made the declaration following the outcome of the re-run election in Osun State. According to him,there was no re-run election in Osun but violence all through. …

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