Category: Politics

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has declared Valentine Ozigbo as the validly nominated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State. A three-member panel, presided over the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, unanimously upheld the two appeals filed by Ozigbo and the PDP […]

Buni: Court order not binding on me Go to court, risk sanctions, APC warns aggrieved members Chieftains drag party, INEC to court over unlawful congress in Benue Tomorrow’s Saturday September 4 local council congresses of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, will, as scheduled, hold nationwide despite a court order restraining the party’s caretaker leadership […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) conflict reconciliation panel has attributed the leadership crisis tearing apart the opposition party to the misunderstanding between Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and suspended Chairman Uche Secondus, it was learnt. The eight-man panel headed by former Senate President David Mark has decided to meet with the two gladiators before the […]

Scores of All progressive Congress (APC) chieftains says they would not retrace their steps in rallying support for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2023 poll. The group under the aegis of the Progressive Consolidation Group (PCG) at the weekend embarked on an advocacy visit to Katsina state where they […]

The South East Mandate (SEM), a new group in the All Progressives Congress (APC), at the weekend, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to nudge the party to nominate its presidential candidate in 2023 from the South East. Convener of the group and former Senate Committee Chairman on Works, Chief Julius Ucha, from Ebonyi State, stated that […]

Moves by the embattled national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, to reverse some of the agreements reached at the August 10 expanded National Executive Committee meeting of the party, may have provoked the fresh pressure on him to quit immediately, sources said on Saturday. Another court injunction, the second in […]

Sets up panel to resolve legal issues Prince Uche Secondus was back in the saddle yesterday as national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a few hours after he was prevented from taking charge of a crucial meeting of the National Caucus in Abuja. Bouyed by a Kebbi State High Court order reinstating him […]

The wrangling within the Peoples Democratic Party is assuming a new dimension with multiple court orders which apparently frustrate the peace-making move by some elders within the party. The party’s Chairman, Uche Secondus, had resumed at the party’s headquarters in Abuja on Friday after a Kebbi State High Court on Thursday reinstated him as the […]

PDP governors insists on October convention, silent on Kebbi court order NEC meets tomorrow to endorse zoning, convention committees Atiku explains long absence from PDP meetings NWC has adopted October as end of our tenure, says erstwhile acting chairman Hours after the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose from an […]

The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday approved the party’s Deputy National Chairman (South), Yemi Akinwonmi as the Acting National Chairman of the party in line with the party’s constitution. The BoT Chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin announced this decision after an emergency meeting of the Board, in Abuja. His words: “Since […]