PDP, Wike warn against plot to remove Obaseki

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would resist every attempt to unlawfully remove Governor Godwin Obaseki from office or rig the September 19 governorship election in Edo State. This is as the Edo State Chapter of the PDP, called on the police to arrest any person or group […]

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INEC vows peaceful Edo, Ondo guber polls, warns politicians

INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has warned political parties and candidates participating in the September 19 Edo and October 10 Ondo governorship elections that the polls have strict constitutional and statutory timelines that should not be derailed. It insisted that any act of violence can disrupt the election timelines […]

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Fatai Adams emerges Ondo PDP chairman as party inaugurates new state exco

By Banji Ayoola A former Deputy State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, Hon Fatai Adekanye Adams, has emerged the new State Chairman of the party; pledging to unite the party for victory at the forthcoming October 10 governorship election. These were contained in a statement by the party’s State Publicity […]

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I will defeat Jegede again – Akeredolu

says Deputy Governor, Ajayi has no electoral value Ahead of the October 10 governorship election in Ondo state, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC and incumbent Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has vowed to defeat the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Eyitayo Jegede in what he said would be a replay of what […]

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Akeredolu sues for violence free campaign

By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has expressed his wish for a peaceful campaign by parties and candidates contesting the October 10 governorship election in the state. He spoke on Monday after meeting with his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC Election Appeal Committee at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. He […]

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Dogara joined APC for 2023 presidency – PDP

Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Walid Jibrin, has said the 2023 political ambition of former House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, was responsible for his exit from the PDP. Dogara had dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress last week claiming dissatisfaction with goings on within APC at his […]

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Ajimobi’s death worsens Oyo APC cleavages, rivalries

The death of former Oyo State Governor, Senator Isiaq Abiola Ajimobi has deepened cleavages and rivalries in the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC. No fewer than four groups within the party are in a battle of wits to produce a successor to the late leader, who died of COVID-19-related complexities. Indeed, […]

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APC, PDP trade blames over bloody clash at Oba of Benin’s palace

‘Obaseki plans to arrest, detain Oshiomhole, Okunbo, others’ APC sponsors attempt to eliminate PDP governors, other leaders – Obaseki Edo State chapters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have disagreed over Saturday’s political mutiny at the palace of the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare […]

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Group launches Jegede campaign website

A website, www.eyitayojedegeforgovernor.com has been launched to boost the campaign of the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Ondo State’s October 10 governorship election. It was launched by The Vancouver, which urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to enforce the guidelines on governorship campaigns in Ondo State, noting that online campaigns  would […]

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APC condemns PDP’s ‘do- or- die’ plot in Edo to return Obaseki

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has taken a swipe at the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, over its alleged “do or die” plot to return Governor Godwin Obaseki during the September 19 poll. Obaseki, the incumbent governor of the state who decamped from the APC, is contesting the forthcoming governorship election in the state on the […]

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