Atiku travels to UK as continued stay abroad worries PDP leaders, stakeholders

More than three weeks after traveling out of Nigeria to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Presidential Candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has traveled to the United Kingdom (UK). With crisis in the PDP, most stakeholders in the party are said to be worried that Atiku, who they believed should be […]

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Movie star, Funke Akindele nominated as Lagos PDP deputy governorship candidate

Popular movie star, Jumoke Akindele, has been nominated as the Lagos State deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This was confirmed on Wednesday by Mr Gbenga Ogunleye, the media aide to the party’s governorship candidate in the state, Mr Olajide Adediran. While debunking the reported selection of the movie star as his […]

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Court asked to stop APC, INEC from replacing Masari as Tinubu’s running mate

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has been asked to stop the All Progressives Congress (APC) from replacing Alhaji Kabiru Masari, as the running mate to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 presidential election. Two chieftains of the party, who were delegates in the just concluded APC National […]

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Atiku to lead reconciliation team to visit Wike, other aggrieved members, says Jibrin

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Senator Walid Jibrin, has appealed for restraint over anti-party activities among members and support the choice of Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as running mate to the party’s presidential flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar. He advised that party stalwarts should allow Atiku and the national chairman, Iyorchia […]

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2023 Presidential Election: Age as a factor in national leadership

Anticlockwise: Presidential candidates of: Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar; All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu; African Action Congress Party, AACP, Omoyele Sowore; and Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi By John Ola Mafo Nigeria’s Presidential Election, slated for February 25th, 2023 is around the corner! The election could not have come at a more trying […]

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Osun 2022: Five candidates square up in governorship debate

Five political parties’ candidates contesting for Osun state governorship seat on Thursday slugged it out to sell themselves as the best option for the electorate ahead 2022 election slated for July 16th. The candidates: Akin Ogunbiyi of Accord party, Adegboyega Oyetola of All Progressives Congress(APC), Lasun Yusuf of Labour Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke of Peoples […]

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Rumpus in PDP over calls for Ayu’s removal, Wike’s ‘shabby’ treatment

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa (left) being presented by PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu (middle) as running mate to presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar (right) at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja; Photo: Philip Ojisua I remain PDP’s national chairman, Ayu insists PDP stakeholders disagree on calls for Ayu’s resignation 11 governors absent from the Osun […]

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Why I pick Okowa as my running mate – Atiku

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has given reasons for picking Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. He gave the reasons in his remarks at the unveiling of Okowa as his running mate at the PDP National Headquarters, Wadata Plaza, Wuse Abuja, on […]

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SERAP asks Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, others to publish assets, shun vote-buying

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sent an open letter to presidential candidates ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, urging them to urgently publish details of their assets and liabilities and to publicly commit to rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections. It said, “While there is no constitutional requirement […]

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