Category: Politics

Prince Uche Secondus on Friday resumed office following a Kebbi State High Court order that reinstated him as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said: “We obeyed the court order from Port Harcourt. We also obey the one of yesterday (Thursday). “This is a party that follows the rule of law, […]

Our crisis has been resolved ― Akinwonmi The Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting of The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday gave the acting National Chairman of the party, Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, the go-ahead to plan for and conduct the national convention. This was the outcome of the meeting it held at the party’s secretariat. […]

Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review, says it is considering the return of the conduct of local government elections to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The green chamber said it was a way of ensuring a secured tenure for elected local government leaders. Chairman of the Committee […]

A former Aviation Minister, Senator Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja. She was received by the Chairman of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) Governor Mai Mala Buni at a brief ceremony in Abuja on Thursday. A statement by the APC Director […]

Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, was on Tuesday factionalised with the emergence of two acting national chairmen. The two Deputy National Chairmen of the party, Yemi Akinwonmi (South) and Senator Suleiman Nazif (North), in separate announcements on Tuesday, claimed to be the party’s acting National Chairman. The PUNCH gathered that while Akinwonmi […]

PGF faults Jega, says APC performing Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum (PDP-GF) and Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has charged Nigerians to elect a leader with a broad worldview, and not a parochial and provincial politician. He equally said that the nation needs an incorruptible leader, who understands that the best […]

Photo: Pius Utomi Ekpei/Getty Images Penultimate week’s suspension of the processes of procuring electronic voting machines by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the delay in the passage of the Electoral Act amendment into law, may have dashed the country’s hopes of imminent transition to electronic voting. A chieftain of the commission reportedly said […]

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has debunked his reported ambition to contest the 2023 presidential election. His recent memo to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had sparked speculations about his intention to vie for the party’s presidential ticket in the 2023 general elections. Although Atiku was silent on his purported 2023 […]

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the forthcoming Anambra State governorship poll scheduled for November 6, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has said the state is too sophisticated for a school certificate holder to aspire to govern. He spoke at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, the state capital, on Friday, during the […]

Wike’s group kicks as Secondus plans Oct national convention shift There were strong indications on Thursday that power blocs in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party had sidestepped some of the agreements reached at the party’s expanded National Executive Committee meeting held on Tuesday, August 10. It was gathered that though it was agreed at the […]