President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan (left), and Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege; Photo/facebook/NgrSenate/ The bid by the current National Assembly to effect a fifth alteration to the 1999 constitution has failed. The leadership of the National Assembly on Tuesday explained that the insistence of state governors on state police as a condition for supporting […]
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The Senator representing Ondo South senatorial district has lost his bid to disqualify Hon Agboola Ajayi as the candidate of the party for next year’s general elections. Justice Rilwanu Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Akure, dismissed Tofowomo’s suit saying it was filed outside the time allowed under 1999 constitution and the amended Electoral Act. […]
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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu has debunked collecting N1 billion gratification from an unnamed PDP presidential aspirant. He spoke at the party’s Abuja national secretariat shortly after he attended a meeting of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), according to The Nation. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has […]
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The Social Democratic Party on Thursday said that it would not be involved in renting crowds for campaign rallies during the electioneering period, and also declared that only a holistic restructuring of the country could solve the numerous challenges in Nigeria. It said some of the political parties which have kicked off campaign for the […]
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Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, on Friday, admitted there were some “erroneous entries” in his presidential campaign council list. This is as the former Anambra State governor also promised to review and update the list. In a series of tweets on his Twitter handle on Friday, the presidential candidate reiterated his commitment to […]
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In a move aimed at consolidating his foothold in states controlled by the five aggrieved governors, chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party have started wooing loyalists of Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers State; Seyi Makinde (Oyo State), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia State), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu State) and Samuel Ortom (Benue State). The move, it was gathered, […]
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, revealed other allegations against the Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, saying that the party leader lacked integrity. He alleged that the PDP chairman also received double pay for a single project. “If people know what we know, if we release what we have, Ayu’s children will […]
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Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Adolphus Wabara has called for sacrifice on the part of stakeholders to enable the party resolve its protracted leadership crisis. He made the call at the Abuja PDP national secretariat on Friday while submitting the report of a reconciliation committee drawn […]
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PDP BoT meeting; Photo: Facebook: Nuru Jos The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party is currently holding a meeting. The National Chairman of the Party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, and other party stakeholders are present at the meeting. This is as the crisis in the opposition PDP continues to deepen, and as the Governor […]
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Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has insisted that the resignation of Dr. Iyorchia Ayu as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains the only precursor for reconciliation in the party. The Governor said nobody could convince him to drop the request of his group that the PDP should yield the national chairmanship position to […]
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