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We are not interested in any coalition with anyone – PDP Governors Forum
By Iyabo Adebisi Governors under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have dissociated themselves from forming a coalition with any political party ahead of the next general elections. The chairman, PDP Governors’ Forum, Governor Bala Muhammed of Bauchi State made this known while reading the communiqué after the meeting of the forum held…
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PDP Governors Meet Over Rivers State Palaver
By Iyabo Adebisi Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are currently meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to deliberate on pertinent issues affecting the nation. The meeting is currently ongoing today, Monday, 14th of April at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Agodi Secretariat, Ibadan. Present at the…
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No perpetrator of Osun crisis will go unpurnished –Police CP
By Mojisola Oladele The Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Muhammed Abba, has confirmed that six persons were killed in the chaos that happened over control of Local Government secretariats in the state. CP Abba who spoke through the Public Relations Officer of the state police command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola disclosed this to Newsmen in…
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Obasanjo, PDP Leaders, Service Chiefs, Others, Condole With Makinde
By Iyabo Adebisi Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, National Working Committee, NWC, Service Chiefs in Oyo State, Board of O’dua Investment Company and the Seriki Hausawa of Oyo State, have visited the governor of Oyo State, Engineer ‘Seyi Makinde over the demise of…
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Stampede: PDP NWC Pays Condolence Visit to Governor Makinde
By Iyabo Adebisi Oyo State governor, Engineer ‘Seyi Makinde says Nigerians do not want a one-party system. He said this during a visit by the National Working Committee members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to commiserate with the governor on the death of 35 children during a stampede and to present the new National…
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Southwest PDP Agrees on Selecting Leaders through Consensus
Iyabo Adebisi Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Southwest zone has unanimously agreed to select its leaders in the zone through consensus to foster peace and unity in the party. The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the party, and a former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja, stated this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of…
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LG Polls: PDP’s Dominant Victory Predictable
By Iyabo Adebisi Oyo State government says the victory of all the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidates in the just concluded local government elections was predictable. In a statement issued after the announcement of the results, the state Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, noted that the outstanding performance of Governor Seyi Makinde in the…
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I won’t support governorship candidate whose age is above 50 – Makinde
By Iyabo Adebisi Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde says he will not support the candidature of Peoples Democratic Party member whose age is above 50 and 52 years in the 2027 general elections. He stated this at the Adebo Ogundoyin legislative summit with the theme: Roles of Quality Legislation in Nation Building held at the…
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LG Poll: Ogundoyin Upbeat about Party’s Chances
By Mosope Kehinde The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr. Adebo Ogundoyin has expressed confidence in the victory of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP in Ibarapa East Local Government in the forthcoming Local Government election scheduled to be held on Saturday, April 27, 2024. The Speaker gave the assurance at a stakeholders meeting attended…
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LG Elections: We won’t leave any stone unturned – APC
By Oluwakayode Banjo Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state have told candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and those of other political parties in the forthcoming local government council election to be prepared for heavy defeat as it would not leave any stone unturned “to rescue the third tier of…
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Shina Peller Defects to PDP
By Iyabo Adebisi Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remained strong and united in the state and would win the forthcoming local government elections as a result of his government’s people-oriented programmes. He stated this in Iseyin while welcoming the senatorial candidate of the Accord Party…
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Court Adjourns Trial of Adebutu over Alleged Vote Buying
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke A High Court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital has adjourned the trial of Ogun State Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the 2023 general election, Chief Ladi Adebutu over allegations of vote buying during the poll until next month. The Federal government had arraigned Chief Adebutu and…
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Arong Replaces Effah-Attoe as PDP National Woman Leader
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has appointed Amina Arong from Cross River State as the party’s new national woman leader. In October 2023, the party announced the death of its National Woman Leader, Professor Stella Effah-Attoe. Effah-Attoe, a member of the PDP National Working Committee, according to the family, died after a brief illness. The…
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Supreme Court Reserves Judgment in PDP, APC’s Appeals against Otti
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeals by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, against the election of Alex Otti. The five-man panel led by John Okoro adjourned the matters for judgments after taking arguments from parties involved in the matter. The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos…
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Court Affirms Anyanwu as PDP National Secretary
By Ifeoma Nwovu (Abuja) A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has declared Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the valid national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo made an order of injunction, restraining the national leadership of the PDP from appointing any person as acting national secretary when Anyanwu’s four-year…
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Adeleke Warns Political Appointees against Corruption
By Funmi Ojo Osun State governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has warned political appointees against corruption and abuse of office in their various ministries and agencies. The governor gave the warning at the 2024 prayer programme of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State where he was also endorsed as the governorship flag bearer of…
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Ondo PDP Suspends Chairman
By Olumide Abudu The state working committee of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Ondo has announced the suspension of its chairman, Alhaji Fatai Adams, over alleged anti-party activities. According a to communique signed by nine members of the party’s state working committee, made available to newsmen, the suspended chairman is also alleged to have…
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Oyo LP Governorship Candidate Congratulates Tinubu on Supreme Court Victory
By Olawale Asake Oyo State governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 General Elections, Mr Tawfik Akinwale has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Supreme Court, signalling the end of litigation. In a statement, Mr Akinwale urged the appellants, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and Mr…
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Ondo PDP Secretariat Allegedly Under Lock
The State Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akure, Ondo State, has allegedly been sealed by the security agencies in the state. There was a heavy presence of armed security personnel, which included the men of the state police command and their counterparts from the Directorate of State Security, at the entrance of the…
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Atiku Abubakar Clears Air on Certificate Forgery Allegation
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has explained the discrepancies in his Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, certificate. Atiku offered the clarification through Dele Momodu, one of his aides, on Tuesday in a post on his social media platform, X. According to Momodu, the clarification became necessary following allegations of…
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Adebutu Vows to Appeal Tribunal Judgement
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The Governorship Flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the March 18th General Election, Chief Ladi Adebutu has promised to continue to fight for the rights and aspirations of its supporters and the citizens of the State. Chief Adebutu who was reacting to last Saturday’s judgement through his Director of Media,…
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Tribunal Sacks Nasarawa Gov, Declares PDP’s Ombugadu Winner
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has nullified the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state, declaring PDP’s David Ombugadu as the winner. Delivering the judgment virtually, Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Ezekiel Ajayi, declared Emmanuel Ombugadu of the PDP as the lawfully elected governor of Nasarawa State Vanguard/Simeon Ugbodovon
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Ogun PDP Poised for Appeal after Tribunal’s Verdict
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State, has advised members to regard the verdict of the State’s Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal as a temporary setback that would be challenged. Deputy Governorship Candidate of the PDP, Mr Adekunle Akinlade, who gave the advice in Abeokuta, said the party would proceed to the…
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Tribunal Affirms Gov. Abiodun’s Victory
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The Ogun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has affirmed the election of Prince Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the duly elected Governor of the State. At the end of the proceeding which lasted about 11 hours, the three – member panel, led by Justice Hamidu Kunaza, dismissed the…
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Parties Await Tribunal’s Verdict on Lagos Governorship Poll Monday
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal will deliver judgment for Lagos State on Monday, September 25, Punch Online reports. Via a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday, the governorship flag bearer for the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, said that he has been informed that the judgment of the election petition at the tribunal…
