At the end of voting in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South West Zonal Congress, a one-time deputy governor of Oyo State, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja has emerged as the South-West Zonal Chairman. Arapaja who is a candidate of the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde emerged winner by edging out his opponent, Dr. Eddy Olafeso with a total of 343 votes as against his opponents 330 votes The votes were counted under the watchful eye of the Electoral Committee Chairman, Benson Abounu and Osita Chidoka, the Chairman of the Monitoring Committee. From a total number of 748 registered delegates as…
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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Monday received some members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) into the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. At an event held in Abeokuta, the governor received the PDP members led to the APC by former Director-General of the PDP governorship campaign team in 2019, Aare Remi Bakare and a former Commissioner for Special Duties in the state, Chief Kola Sorinola. While addressing the new party members, Abiodun urged them to work hard towards the continued development of the party and the state. He said the time table for the election will…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has warned his party against imposition of candidate in the November 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra State. National Chairman of the defunct United Progressives Party (UPP), who spoke yesterday at an event to present over 1000 members and the state party structure of his former party in support of a frontline aspirant, Chief Azuka Okwuosa, at his campaign office in Awka, advised stalwarts to work hard for victory at the poll. Okorie pointed out that the emergence of an Igbo president in 2023 strongly depended on the outcome…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, declared candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jude Ogbimi, winner of Isoko North Constituency House of Assembly by-election, held on Saturday, April 10, 2021 in Delta State. No fewer than 11 political parties contested the Assembly by-election following the death of former Majority Leader of the House, Tim Owhefere. Returning Officer for the by-election, Prof. Christopher Onosemuode of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE), said Ogbimi scored 29,421 votes to emerge winner. Onosemuode, who is the Dean, Postgraduate School of FUPRE, announced that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress…
The All Progressive Congress ( APC), Akwa Ibom State chapter has nullified all the factional leadership earlier constituted at different stakeholder meetings in the state. The party which said the decision became necessary to restore sanity to its coffers, rejected the leadership status accorded to Senator Godswill Akpabio during one of the factional stakeholders’ meetings in the state. The State Caretaker Committee Chairman of APC, Dr. Ita Udosen during the 2nd stakeholders meeting held in Uyo on Sunday said all the factions would be collapsed in one fold to avoid disunity and crisis of confidence that robbed the party of…
Former Ekiti Governor Ayo Fayose has conceded the South-West leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde. He made the declaration on Monday during the South-West Zonal Congress at the Women and Children Development Initiative Foundation (WOCDIF), Osogbo, Osun State. Speaking in English and Yoruba, Fayose said “Nothing will last forever. And if I have offended anybody, I apologize. “Don’t allow them to give us a name that’s not ours in Yorubaland. The time of our Governor, Seyi Makinde, will not fail. Fayose further used a proverb to describe what went wrong. He said “Ija l’ode…
The Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde has expressed delight at the conduct of the accreditation exercise of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South West Zonal Congress ongoing at the Women and Children Development Initiative Foundation (WOCDIF), Osogbo, Osun State. The governor while speaking with journalists immediately after being accredited revealed that he had to present his Driver’s Licence before he was allowed into the venue of the congress. Reason for this he explained was to prevent ghost workers whose presence they were watching out for at the venue of the congress. The Oyo State Governor also maintained…
Security was beefed up on Monday, 12th April, 2021 as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) prepares for its zonal congress to usher in executives that will handle the affairs of the party in the South West zone ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Very early on Monday during a visit to the Women and Children Development Initiative Foundation (WOCDIF) Centre, venue of the congress, TheInfoStride observed that personnel of the Department of State Security (DSS), Nigeria Police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) were conducting stop and search to forestall a break-down of law and order. The general…
The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu has lauded the Southeast Governors over their decision to establish a regional security network. TheInfoStride reported that the governors during a meeting in Owerri, the Imo State capital, resolved to set up a security network named ‘EBUBEAGU’. Reacting to the development, Okechukwu, who spoke to journalists in Enugu on Monday commended the South East Governors “for adopting joint security network on the same page with the federal government on the issue of security challenges in the country.” He said he commends the governors “because they seem to be coordinating the local…
South-East Governors have established a security outfit, EBUBE AGU, to curtail the rising insecurity in the region. Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum, Dave Umahi, made the announcement on Sunday after a meeting in Imo State. The headquarters of the establishment will be in Enugu State. Umahi, in a communique he read, explained that EBUBE AGU will also monitor the activities of vigilante groups in member states. See Full text below: “After exhaustive discussions on the current security challenges in the South East and with valuable contributions from participants at the first South-East security summit in Owerri on this day…
Governor Samuel Ortom is expected to chair the Southwest zonal congress of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on Monday (today). The Congress which was shifted from Oyo State, will be held in Osogbo the Osun State capital. The election will take place at the Women and Children Development Initiative Foundation (WOCDIF) by 9am. Recall that the North Central Zone, on Saturday elected 23 officials to run the affairs of the party in the zone for the next four years. The election was held in Makurdi, the Benue State Capital. Governor Ortom while speaking after the election was concluded, tasked the…
Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State, has cautioned the state governor, Bello Matawalle, that he would lose his seat if he leaves the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, going by the Supreme Court verdict that brought him to office in 2019. Yari disclosed this at the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Gusau on Sunday, during the distribution of N1.3billon assorted grains he purchased for the party’s supporters as a Ramadan gift. The former Governor, who was represented by Senator Kabiru Marafa, said nobody had informed them either in writing or verbally that Matawalle was defecting to…
Former Governorship candidate in Rivers and Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Tonye Princewill, has described the allegation of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors on the inability of APC government to govern the country, as a mere distraction. The APC stalwart said PDP governors were fanning flames of division to wangle their way into the Villa, urging Nigerians not to be distracted but to observe the ongoing revalidation exercise to enable them choose good leaders in 2023. Recall that the PDP Governors’ Forum had warned that Nigeria was drifting into a brink of a failed state. The governors, who expressed deep concern on the…
The Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Suleiman Adamu has stated that he has no political ambition come 2023 contrary to rumours in some quartres. The minister made the disclosure while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after he was turbanned as the Galadima of Kazaure and district head of Roni by the emir of Kazaure, Alhaji Najeeb Hussain Adamu. His words: “I have no intention whatsoever to join politics at the moment as being romoured in some quartres, I will settle down as the District Head to serve my people after I finished my tenure as Minister. “Finally after the “sojourn”…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Sunday declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Jude Ogbimi winner of Saturday’s Isoko North Constituency by-election. The Returning Officer for the by-election, Professor Christopher Onosemuode of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun, FUPRE who announced the result, said 11 political parties contested in the Delta State House of Assembly by-election. Saying Mr Jude Ogbimi scored 29,421 votes to defeat eight other candidates, Onosemuode who is the Dean of Postgraduate School, FUPRE, said the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Emmanuel Tabuko, came distant second with 2,543 votes…
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairmen in Lagos, Osun, Ekiti and the Ogun States have raised the alarm over a plan by a State Governor, to bring over 150 armed thugs dressed in the uniform of the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun to Osogbo for the South-West Zonal Congress on Monday. The State Chairmen, who spoke through the Ogun State PDP Chairman, Dr Sikirulai Ogundele, said the presence of anyone in Amotekun uniform anywhere near the congress venue will be resisted. Sikirulai, who spoke on behalf of the PDP chairmen in Ekiti, Lagos, Osun States, Otunba Bisi Kolawole, Engr…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, Saturday said the Governors and leaders of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, have revolved that they would not repeat the mistakes of 2015 that cost the party the leadership in the country. The Governor who spoke at the North Central Congress of the PDP held in Makurdi commended the party for holding a rancour-free congress which clearly indicated the resolve of the party to ensure fairness in all its activities. According to him, “the success of the Zonal Congress would move and give inspiration to other five states in the zone, and by the…
The screening exercise is scheduled for Monday April 12, and Tuesday April 13. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has appointed former Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi as Chairman of Screening Committee for its aspirants in upcoming Anambra governorship election. The party disclosed this in a statement issued by its National Organising Secretary, retired Col. Austin Akobundu, in Abuja on Saturday. Akobundu said that the party also approved the nomination of South East Zonal Secretary of the party, Chief James Ugwu, as Secretary of the screening committee. Other members of the committee according to Akobundu include: Sen.…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released the list of delegates ahead of its South West Zonal Congress scheduled to hold in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Monday. According to a press release signed by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd.) and made available to the media, the availability of the delegates’ list was in line with the mandate of the PDP to conduct a free, credible and transparent congress. While wishing all aspirants, stakeholders, party members and supporters a hitch free congress, the party maintained that its congresses remained in strict compliance with the National…
A former governorship candidate in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill has claimed that politicians under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would soon join the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Princewill, in a statement made available to the media on Saturday evening, said the membership registration and revalidation exercise currently going on across the country, aims at strengthening the party towards achieving its goal during the 2023 general elections. According to him, the registration and revalidation exercise precedes congresses, after which a convention would be held. He expressed optimism that the party would establish quality leadership at the…