The immediate past Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice for Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, was on Monday elected as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the November 26 gubernatorial election in the state. He scored 760 votes to defeat his only opponent, Hon. Saka Lawal, who scored 22 votes. The primary election held […]
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As the Party ‘Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’ plunges into further crises, the former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday bade them “good night”.. Speaking with newsmen in Jalingo, Taraba State capital, he said that he went to “assess” some of the projects started during his tenure “in order to grow the economy of Taraba and the country.” […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday stopped the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party from going ahead with its plan to conduct the national convention of the party slated for Thursday. Justice Okon Abang ruled during the proceedings that lasted eight hours on Monday that the interim order would subsist till […]
Read More Nigeria Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has reiterated his last year exit from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to became an elder statesman, saying he left the party when it was still alive. In a reports by The Nation, Obasanjo said having announced his exit from partisan politics publicly, it is unthinkable and preposterous for anybody to […]
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The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has faulted a poll by the African Leadership Magazine which rated Governor Akinwunmi Ambode as the best performing governor in the country. Lagos PDP party said the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and his Ondo State counterpart, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, had performed better than Ambode. The […]
Read More The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new turn, with Senator Ali Modu Sheriff telling the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt that he remains the chairman. He described the “Caretaker Committee” headed by Senator Ahmed Makarfi as a group of “usurpers” and a “contraption” that was set up in defiance […]
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Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu yesterday denied that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is factionalised. He however, stated that there are “contending interests” in the party, The Nation report. Ekweremadu spoke at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on arrival from Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, where he attended the national convention. Ekweremadu, who was in […]
Read More Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Acting National Chairman Ali Modu-Sheriff yesterday apologised to aggrieved chieftains of the party over statements credited to him by his personal aides and associates. Sheriff, at a news conference in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, said “as a well-cultured and astute politician, I would never make any comment that would ridicule the […]
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The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State of causing confusion in the party. It said the governor was behind the plan to hold the South-West zonal congress in Akure on Saturday despite the court order which asked the party to suspend the exercise. National Secretary of the […]
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In this interview with GBENRO ADEOYE of Punchng, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Minister of Transportation, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, says the internal wrangling in the party could affect its chances in the next general elections Your party has zoned its national chairmanship to the North. What do you make of that? […]
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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday described President Muhammadu Buhari as “my grandfather, “saying it is improper for him to abuse the President as widely claimed. But the governor maintained that “being his grandfather” does not mean he would not criticise him when going in the wrong direction. Fayose, who was a Guest Speaker […]
Read More The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has retained the party’s chairmanship position in the Northeast geopolitical zone for the next four years. The decision may have paved the way for the incumbent National Chairman, Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, to retain the position. He will be testing his popularity at the party’s national convention billed to hold in […]
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