Tag: PDP
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Why Nigerians Don’t Trust APC, PDP, Others – Akpabio
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has identified the lack of accountability and impunity as the reasons why Nigerians do not trust political parties. Akpabio, however, noted that repositioning the parties would help restore public trust and confidence in them. The Senate President, represented by Anambra Central Senator, Victor Umeh, spoke at an event…
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#ImoDecides2023: Why We’re Calling for Election Cancellation- LP, PDP
The Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party have called for the cancellation of the Imo State governorship election held on Saturday. The deputy governorship candidate of the LP, Tony Nwulu, said in a press conference on Saturday night that security agents allegedly provided cover for some persons as they subverted the will of…
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PDP, SDP Reject Ondo’s Planned New 33 Local Council Areas
Opposition parties in Ondo State have rejected the proposal by the state government for creation of 33 local council develioment areas (LCDAs) in the state. The state executive council approved a recommendation last week for the creation of 33 LCDAs. The state Commissioner for Information, Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, said the names of the LCDAS would…
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25% FCT votes: Removing Tinubu legally won’t lead to chaos, PDP, LP reply APC
We can’t fold our hands, watch Nigeria deteriorate — CJN Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, said threat by lawyers of President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC), addressed in a letter to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), is a pre-emptive move to intimidate the judiciary. The party said: “The statement by the…
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Tinubu’s Cabinet: APC, PDP, NNPP leaders battle for ministerial slots
The agitation for ministerial slots has led to in-fighting in some state chapters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as governors, former governors and party leaders are battling to ensure they present slots to President Bola Tinubu. Vanguard gathered that apart from APC stakeholders who argue that they worked for the president during the February…
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PDP, ADC candidates drag Gombe gov to election tribunal
Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the African Democratic Congress, Jibrin Barde and Nafi’u Bala respectively, have separately taken the Governor of Gombe State, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, to the election tribunal. Barde and Bala are at the tribunal following the outcome of the 2023 gubernatorial election in the state. While Yahaya was declared the…
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PDP, LP Shopping for Court Orders to Stop Announcement of Election Results – Keyamo
The All Progressives Congress presidential campaign council has raised the alarm that two major opposition parties, Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party, are desperately shopping for legal options to stop the announcement of the presidential election results and throw Nigeria into constitutional crises. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday evening…
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BREAKING: APC wins Ekiti gov election, thrashes SDP, PDP
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State erupted in jubilation in the early hours of today (Sunday) when the results of Saturday’s governorship election showed that the candidate of the party, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, trounced the 15 other candidates that partook in the exercise. Oyebanji, who is the immediate past Secretary to the…
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Senator Shehu Sani Defects To Opposition Party, PDP
Sani was elected a senator on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) into the eight assembly from 2015 to 2019. Senator Shehu Sani, who represented the Kaduna Central Senatorial district in the National Assembly, has joined the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Sani was elected a senator on the platform of the All Progressive…
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Whether CBN prints money or not isn’t an issue, APC replies Obaseki, PDP
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has described as a non-issue, allegations that the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN printed between N50 billion to N60 billion to augment the shortfall in the distribution of federation revenues to the three tiers of government in March 2021. APC which stated its position in a…