Tag: PDP
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Musa Wada Wins Kogi PDP Governorship Primary Election
Engr Musa Wada has gotten the governorship ticket of the People Democratic Party (PDP) for Kogi State. Wada polled a total of 748 votes to defeat his closed opponent Ibrahim Abubakar, who polled 710 votes. The election is slated to hold November 16, 2019. He would be facing the incumbent governor, Yahaya Bello, of the…
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Why Tribunal Nullified Osun PDP Rep Salami’s Victory
The Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has nullified the victory of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore and Ejigbo Federal Constituency, Bamidele Salam. The tribunal, headed by Justice Eyo Ita, ordered a re-run in the seven units of the federal constituency. The other two…
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Buhari Has No Solution To Security Challenges- PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Muhammadu Buhari administration of failing to take decisive steps to address the security challenges in the country. In a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the main opposition challenged the Federal Government to urgently stop the killing of innocent citizens and guarantee a…
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Melaye: ‘APC responsible for Tribunal’s judgement’
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has described the tribunal judgement which sacked Dino Melaye as senator representing Kogi west as a distraction for his governorship ambition. Frank accused the governing APC of being responsible for the judgement which he described as miscarriage of justice, adding that…
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Supreme Court Strikes Out Atiku, PDP’s Appeal
Ahead of its final address before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, the Supreme Court has struck out an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar. The apex court struck out the appeal filed against a ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). The…
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Nigerians don’t deserve to suffer – PDP to Buhari on CBN directive
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop providing foreign exchange for food importation. In a statement Thursday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said the directive was an attempt to stifle food importation in the country. According to it, such directive…
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More reactions trail Ondo tribunal judgment nullifying rep election
PDP in Okitipupa/Irele Federal Constituency rejects judgment As electorates kick, say judgment attempted to overturn the wishes of the people for APC More reactions continue to trail last Wednesday’s judgement of the Ondo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure, the state capital. Starnews had reported that the three-man Election Petition Tribunal had nullified the…
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Why we closed defence four days ahead of time, by Buhari, APC
TWO days after they opened their defence before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC) closed their case yesterday. They were assigned six days to defend their case in the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji…
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Sack of PDP Rep: Ondo Tribunal Erred, Says PDP Chieftain
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Engr. Ogunwa Niyi-Oboli, has said that Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal erred in its judgement to have declared candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Albert Akintoye, winner of February 23, 2019 House of Representatives Election in Okitipupa/Irele Federal Constituency after nullifying the…
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PDP’s Petition: APC Decides Not To Call Witness At Tribunal
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has decided not to call any witness in the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. Counsel to the ruling party and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, announced this during the resumed hearing of the opposition’s petition…