Credit: Kola Sulaimon / AFP) Fayemi: Only five aspirants are serious Nwajiuba backs party on controversial letter of withdrawal Ohanaeze Ndigbo upbeat about Igbo producing next president Barring last minute changes, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will today screen its presidential aspirants for the 2023 general elections after earlier postponements. This was announced, yesterday, […]
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Credit: /Twitter/Gov Wike Godwin Emefiele, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday, withdrew the suit he filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation over his presidential ambition. Emefiele, through his counsel, S.T. Maliki, told Justice Ahmed Mohammed that a notice of discontinuance had been filed and […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has lauded the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the peaceful condition of its primaries in Delta. Rev. Monday Udoh-Tom, the state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) said this after monitoring the House of Assembly and House of Representatives primaries of the PDP in the three senatorial districts of the […]
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Son of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, Joju, and his longstanding media aide Lere Olayinka are among those declared winners of yesterday’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives primary in Ekiti State. Joju, who won the party’s ticket for the Ekiti Central Federal Constituency I comprising Ado and Irepodun/Ifelodun, polled 69 votes to […]
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Process skewed in Rivers, no delegates’ election in Benue – Factional leaders All Progressives Congress chapters in states including Rivers, Benue, Oyo and Sokoto are currently facing crises arising from last week’s election of delegates for governorship primaries holding on Thursday. Factional leaders and aspirants in separate interviews on Sunday alleged that elections were not […]
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Immediate past Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ondo State, Prince Dele Ogunbameru, has said he resigned his position to foster unity in the party. He had announced his resignation during the May 16 party congress. In an interview yesterday in Akure, he said: “We have witnessed a lot of bickering in the […]
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National Consultative Front (NCFront), umbrella body of the ‘3 Force’ Movement and Political Alternatives to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has adopted the Labour Party (LP) as its mega party for ‘3rd Force’ stakeholders and allies for the 2023 elections. The group, in a statement, yesterday, said the adoption […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the screening of its 2023 presidential aspirants earlier scheduled for Monday, May 23. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the party regretted any inconveniences caused by the postponement, adding that a new date for the […]
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Southeast APC aspirants agree on regional consensus pick Ohanaeze woos APC, PDP delegates to vote Igbo aspirant Bankole canvasses ‘modified consensus’ for APC Zulum: Buhari sole determinant of APC presidential candidate Ganduje assures Lawan of ‘full cooperation’ over presidential bid Anxiety as APC shifts screening for presidential aspirants Extending primaries’ deadline will have dire consequences, […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has congratulated all the 35 candidates who were on Sunday elected at the primaries to fly the party’s flag in the coming State Assembly and House of Representatives elections. In a statement early on Monday morning by the its state spokesman, Mr Ikantu Kennedy […]
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