Edo 2024: Former minister, Agba inaugurates campaign office in Benin ahead of official declaration

– Says he is a drum major for Edo agenda As the jostle for the Edo governorship seat in 2024 hots up, the immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, is rounding off his wide-ranging consultations just as he has begun to emplace his campaign architecture in the […]

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PDP: Pick Southern Presidential Candidate, if Saraki becomes National Chairman, Anakwenze cautions

A former Presidential Aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze, has hailed the ongoing moves to persuade former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki to lead the party as its next National Chairman. In a statement by his Director General, Eric Oluwole, Anakwenze described Saraki as eminently qualified to lead […]

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Ondo APC asks PDP to pay staff salary arrears, restore confidence ahead LG, LCDA, Governorship elections

The Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Wednesday asked the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state to pay its staff’s 22 months’ outstanding salaries and restore the confidence of its supporters ahead of the February 24, 2024 Local Government and Local Council Development Area Development election, and the scheduled Governorship […]

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Atiku’s chances of winning at Supreme Court bright – Lagos ex-commissioner

Owokoniran The South-West General Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Rahmon Owokoniran, shares with Ayoola Olasupo his thoughts on emerging issues in the party and the recent verdict by the Presidential Election Petitions Court. For two and a half years you served as a commissioner under President Bola Tinubu when he was the governor […]

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APC sets up 9-man committee to resolve Akeredolu, Aiyedatiwa feud

The rulingv All Progressives Congress, APC, has raised a nine-man vommittee to resolve the crisis between the Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, It is headed by the immediate past Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari. This was announced by the party’s National Chairman, Br Abdullahi Ganduje in a statement […]

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Crisis between Akeredolu, deputy about 2024 election — Aiyedatiwa’s counsel

Mr. lge Asemudara who is the counsel to Ondo State deputy governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has disclosed that next year’s scheduled governorship election is the reason behind the political feud between him and his principal,  Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Besides, he accused some members of the government of trying to do away with the deputy. According […]

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Hurdles for ruling APC ahead of Nov governorship poll

Yahaya Bello and Dino Melaye As the clock ticks on the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State, the post-primary crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is getting messier as the internal mechanism to resolve the impasse has not produced positive results. Deepening the crisis were the decisions of Senator Smart Adeyemi and […]

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Rivers APC expresses shock over Tinubu’s appointment of PDP members

The Governorship Candidate of All Progressives Congress in Rivers, Tonye Cole, on Tuesday, disclosed that the state chapter of the party was shocked to discover President Bola Tinubu appointed former Governor Nyesom Wike and some card-carrying members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party into his cabinet. While lamenting that their loyal supporters don’t deserve to […]

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Atiku approaches Supreme Court to void Tribunal’s judgment on presidential poll

Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Atiku, has approached the Supreme Court, seeking to nullify the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), which, on September 6, upheld the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the 2023 presidential election. Atiku, in a Notice of Appeal predicated on 35 grounds, insisted […]

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Atiku’s camp faults call for his suspension from PDP

• Wike’s men intensify moves to undermine ex-vice president Supporters of Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have condemned calls for his suspension from the party, describing the demand as “baseless and unreasonable”. It emerged, yesterday, that agitation for Atiku’s suspension was generating a fresh storm, even as Minister of the Federal Capital […]

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