Members of the Peoples Democratic in the United Kingdom has urged Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state and former Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, to manage their disagreement and ensure that it does not affect the fortune of the party. A statement signed by the Chairman, PDP South-West Zone in the United Kingdom, Prince ‘Soji Adewusi and made available to journalists in Osogbo commended Dr Eddy Olafeso-led immediate past leadership of the party in South West region. Adewusi also assured the new leadership of Ambassador Taofiq Arapaja in the zone of maximum support for the party to regain its lost…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
With the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State boycotting the local government elections holding in Rivers State tomorrow, April 17, 2020, it is likely that what played out in June 2018 council polls where the chairmanship and councillorship candidates of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) emerged winners with ease, could repeat itself. The APC had in 2018 refused to participate in the elections following a court case it instituted against Governor Nyesom Wike over the dissolution of local government councils three years after he (Wike) assumed office. Political observers traced Wike’s action to have been spurred by the deeds of…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that aspirants for the off-cycle Anambra State governorship election will pay a total of N22.5 million to participate. In a statement released on Thursday, April 15, 2021, the party said the nomination form will cost aspirants N20 million, while the expression of interest form will cost N2.5 million. The cost remains the same as what was paid by aspirants during the nationwide 2019 governorship elections, despite a campaign by pressure groups for a reduction so as to encourage a more inclusive political participation. As a compromise, the party said female aspirants and physically-challenged…
Chairman of Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Engr. Adedeji Doherty, has called on Nigerians to prevail over President Muhammadu Buhari, National Assembly, and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to fix necessary loopholes in the electoral system before 2023. Making the call during a Town Hall meeting held in Lagos on Saturday, Doherty said the existing electoral system could not guarantee free, fair, and credible elections. According to him, “The current electoral system has been our undoing since 1999 and it is also one of the factors emboldening individuals to plant their stooges in elected positions.” Doherty said a…
Minority Leader of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Mr Danladi Jatau, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Jatau, representing Kokona West constituency, registered with the APC at his polling unit in Uke-Bassa, Kokona Government Area of the State. While calling on his constituents to embrace the ongoing APC membership registration and revalidation exercise, the lawmaker said he joined APC to support the State Governor in developing the state. “I also joined the APC to contribute my quota to the development of the state and to Nigeria at large. “I want to call…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is now re-energised and recommitted to executing the party’s lofty developmental objectives after his medical trip abroad. TheInfoStride had reported that Buhari arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport Abuja on Thursday evening. Reacting, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary of the party’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), in a statement on Friday, said the party was highly elated at the return of President Buhari. “Mr president is undoubtedly re-energised and recommitted to executing the lofty developmental objectives of the APC-led administration,” he said. He prayed for Buhari’s…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared that nobody can undermine the state when deciding the next president of Nigeria. Wike maintained that Rivers State plays a vital role in who becomes the next president of Nigeria. He pointed out that whoever would become Nigeria’s next president needs to secure votes in Rivers, in combination with either Kano or Lagos States. Wike spoke during the grand finale of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) local government election campaign in Ulakwo, Etche Local Government area of the state on Thursday. He said: “I keep telling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said its primary election for Anambra governorship election will hold on June 26. Prof. Al-Mustapha Medaner, the party’s Director of Organisation, who made this known in a statement, said that the party would start the sales of expression of interest and nomination forms for the election from April 15 to June 8. According to him, the last day for submission of completed forms and accompanying documents by aspirants would be June 8. He noted that screening of aspirants would be on June 10, adding that the publication of claims and objections would be on…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) says Nigerians still have trust and faith in the party despite the country’s challenges. Sen. James Akpanudoedehe, the National Secretary of the committee, said this on Thursday in Abuja while inaugurating the party’s Registration Appeals Committee. He said the committee was critical to the party’s ongoing nationwide membership registration and revalidation exercise which, he said, had been a huge success. Akpanudoedehea added that the exercise showed that Nigerians still had trust and faith in the APC. “It is true that COVID-19 and its attendant consequences have hit us…
A Chairmanship candidate of the South West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr Eddy Olafeso has said that he decided to concede defeat in the last week election to give peace a chance in the region. The party’s zonal election in the region took place at Oshogbo, Osun State. Olafeso said that “As far as the South West Zonal Congress is concerned, it’s about giving peace a chance even in the face of over-voting, security threat, voided votes to deliberately rig me out and the use of thugs. “There are a lot of things the public didn’t know about the Congress. There…
Suleiman Ukandu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, and the immediate past Commissioner of Lands and Survey in Abia State, has tasked the people of South East zone on building bridges across boards in the quest to take a shot at the nation’s presidency. Ukandu posited that for Ndigbo to actualize their quest in 2023, they must go beyond ethnicity and convince every section of the country that they have the capacity to foster proper national integration. The former Abia Commissioner who spoke during an interview with a media in Umuahia, on Thursday called on all ethnic nationalities…
Doyin Okupe, a former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against choosing a Northern candidate for 2023 presidential election. Okupe in a Twitter thread on Thursday said if a Northern president emerges as President after Buhari’s tenure then it is possible for the north to rule Nigeria forever. His tweets read: “If PDP picks a Northern candidate for the 2023 elections and because the Nigerian electorates are still largely parochial, that candidate wins at the general elections, then the north will rule for another 8 years, making it 16 years at a stretch. “If…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has zoned the 2023 governorship ticket in Enugu State to the Enugu East Senatorial zone. This was announced by the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Party in the State, Dr. Ben Nwoye. He made the announcement during a meeting between the membership registration and revalidation Committee for Enugu State and stakeholders of the party. The Committee was at the meeting with its chairman, Senator Jonathan Zwingina. Also present was the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, VON, Mr. Osita Okechukwu. Nwoye said in line with the existing zoning arrangement in the State, the APC as a…
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has countered the Peoples Democratic Party PDP for lambasting President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over the decision of Twitter to cite the headquarters of its African operations in Ghana. APC in a statement by the National Secretary of its Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC, Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe on Thursday in Abuja said Twitter’s action was purely a business decision by a private organization. “Flowing from a statement by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), our response to Twitter’s decision to cite its African operations in Ghana is simple. The decision or rationale of private concerns,…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, alleged that “the unabating misrule of the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC)” pushed Twitter to take its African headquarters to Ghana instead of Nigeria, despite the fact that Nigeria has far more twitter traffic and more business prospects than Ghana. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP said Twitter’s preference for Ghana over Nigeria was occasioned by inconsistent economic policies, obnoxious suppression of free speech, stifling of online freedom and open Internet by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and the APC. “This is in addition to infrastructural decay,…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied endorsing any zonal arrangement ahead of the 2023 presidential election. APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee made its position known while disowning a zoning list of national officers and political positions for the 2023 presidential election. The National Secretary Caretaker Committee of APC, John Akpanudoedehe, made the denial in a statement he issued yesterday. A list had gone viral on social media with the title “APC announces zoning arrangement ahead of 2023 election year”. In the list, the party was said to have zoned the nation’s presidency and senate presidency to the South, while…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged Nigerians to commit themselves to the unity and peace of the country. The VP urged Muslims to rededicate themselves to the virtues of kindness, love, and generosity towards each other. He spoke to State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday. “I would like to express special greetings to our Muslim brothers and sisters who have begun the Ramadan fast. “It is a time of rededication to higher values and consideration for others regardless of faith or ethnicity”, Osinbajo said. In his Ramadan message, ex-Lagos Governor, Bola Tinubu also stressed…
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday presided over the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari is in London for a routine medical check-up. Before the proceedings, a minute silence was observed in honour of a former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mahmud Tukur, who passed away recently. Ministers who attended the meeting are Hajia Zainab Ahmed; Finance, Budget and National Planning, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Information and Culture. Others are Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba and Abubakar Malami, Attorney General of the Federation…
The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC, Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, has on Wednesday in Abuja, dismissed as fake, a list in circulation purporting to be the resolution of the party on the zoning arrangement ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary of the CECPC dismissed the reports when he led members of the committee on a condolence visit to its Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni who lost his maternal grandmother. He said; “People who are interested in running for one office or the other can speculate. As…
The former deputy governor of Ondo State, Hon Agboola Ajayi has said that he is in possession of only two official vehicles and not four. Speaking through his media aide, Allen Sowore, Agboola said he returned all vehicles in his possession on February 23rd, the day his tenure ended except the two vehicles, a Land Cruiser and a Hilux Jeep. Agboola said that he is entitled to those two vehicles just like other former deputy governors in the state. According to him “one of the vehicles being demanded was at a mechanic workshop in Okitipupa while the other was still…