A date for a meeting has been revealed as PDP governors meet over the 2023 presidency. EKOHOTBLOG reports that facts have emerged that governors on the platform of Nigeria’s major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are gearing up for a meeting on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, to deliberate on wide-ranging issues including the … Read more
Abakaliki Bloc will produce Ebonyi PDP Governorship Candidate says party. Ekohotblog reports that Nigeria’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State chapter, has ahead of the 2023 general election, said it has zoned its governorship ticket to the Abakaliki bloc. This online news platform understands that the Abakaliki bloc comprises two … Read more
…Says “We’ll deliver Ekiti For PDP” Otunba Bisi Kolawole has obtained his expression of interest and nomination forms, to contest the 2022 governorship election in the Ekiti State. EkoHotBlog reports that Bisi Kolawole purchased the governorship form on Friday, at the PDP National headquarters, Abuja accompanied by the Director General of his campaign, Hon. Segun … Read more
Despite threats from Ilorin-West Chairman of the party threats to drag the leadership of the party to court if the congress hold, Ashaolu says congress will hold tomorrow. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State will tomorrow, 24 September, 2021 hold ward congress across the 193 wards in the State. The State Publicity Secretary … Read more
Senator Rafiu Ibrahim charges Nigerian government to stop politicizing exchange rate and leaving the economy in the hands of political class. Former Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Dr Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, yesterday cautioned that the politicisation of the exchange rate has become an unhealthy obsession in the country. EkoHotBlog gathered … Read more
The presidential spokesman said aside Fani-Kayode, Buhari has hosted and dined with some of the persons who condemn him in public… Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said some of the persons who vilify his boss publicly return to Aso Rock for dinner. The presidential spokesman said this … Read more
Gov. Ugwuanyi maintained that the PDP remains the most credible platform to deliver good and accountable governance to Nigeria… The Zoning Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it has no mandate to zone political offices such as President or Vice President of Nigeria. Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who is also … Read more
Utomi has recently been linked in the media with a “third force,” called Rescue Nigeria Project (RNP). EKOHOTBLOG reports that political economist, Prof Pat Utomi, has debunked speculations that he, alongside other prominent Nigerians, is planning to announce the formation of a new political party on October 1, 2021. Utomi made this known while speaking … Read more
The legal practitioner describes Fani-Kayode’s defection as presidential amnesty, charges Buhari to extend same to agitators. Dr Kayode Ajulo, a legal practitioner, has described former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode’s admission into the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a ‘symbolic presidential amnesty’, referencing his past attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari. Ajulo expressed this in a statement … Read more
Senator blames Obasanjo, Yar’dua, Goodluck Jonathan on debts burden, exonerates Buhari. Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, a senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, on Wednesday, has blamed the three former presidents; Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’adua and Goodluck Jonathan governments for Nigeria’s debt burden. EkoHotBlog gathered that the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and … Read more
The Borno chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that materials meant for Saturday’s congress of the party have been hijacked by a group. Alhaji Yusuf Dikko, the state PDP secretary, disclosed this when he spoke with newsmen in Maiduguri, adding that a complaint has been sent to the party’s zonal and national headquarters … Read more
Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, NEF spokesperson had said the North was not ready to relinquish power in 2023 Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has insisted that the Southern part of Nigeria has qualified people to rule the country. Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, said power must shift to the Southern part of the country in 2023. Ajayi … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has suspended the Continuous Voter Registration exercise in Bauchi State This is contained in a statement by the INEC’s Head of Voter Education and Publicity in the state, Alhaji Adamu Gujungu, on Monday in Bauchi. Gujungu said that the temporary suspension of the exercise would take effect from Sept. … Read more
An aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, has reacted to the statement of the Northern Elders Forum, on 2023 presidency. EkoHotBlog earlier reported that Baba-Ahmed recently insisted that power would remain in the north after 2023 and anyone who doesn’t want a northerner as president in 2023 can leave the country … Read more
Ondo Governor and Chairman of Southern Governors Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has accused his Kaduna counterpart Nasir el-Rufai of plotting to externalise banditry. El-Rufai had carpeted Southern Governors for signing into law anti-open grazing bills, reports. But Akeredolu, who spoke through his Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, said El-Rufai was struggling hard to export … Read more
…states should get the lion’s share of allocation because they shouldered the highest degree responsibilities among the three- tiers of government. The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has proposed a revenue-sharing formula of 50, 30, and 20 percents for state, local and federal governments, respectively. The governor stated this on Wednesday while declaring open the … Read more
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its state congresses nationwide to October 16th. The exercise was initially scheduled to hold on Saturday, October 2. EkoHotBlog reports that sources close to the acting national chairman and Governor of Yobe State, Mala Buni, noted that the development followed consultation with President Muhammadu Buhari . Recall … Read more
The Southern Governors Forum had insisted unanimously that the region will not support any party that fields a northerner as its presidential candidate The spokesman for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed has given some conditions for a politician from the South to become the next president. Speaking on Arise TV on Tuesday, Baba-Ahmed … Read more
Ahead of the 2023 general elections prominent Nigerians have established a third force, Rescue Nigeria Project, RNP, to give Nigerians alternative platform to the All Progressives Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Founders of RNP include former governor of Kwara state, Ahmed Abdulfatai, Prof. Pat Utomi, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, former Governor of Cross … Read more
The Edo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged its members to stop reckless and careless utterances capable of distracting the party leadership. The state party chairman, Dr Tony Aziegbemi, made the appeal in a statement in Benin on Tuesday. He said they were worried over recent trend in which party members including … Read more