The Supreme Court has fixed August 31 for judgments on appeal filled by the People’s Democratic party, PDP, Musa Wada. The appeal was challenging the election that declared Yahaya Bello the Governor of Kogi State. The court’s seven-man panel led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, fixed the date for judgments after … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the House of Representatives threatened to take legal action against regime led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and top officials of the Federal Government for allegedly undermining the National Assembly, especially on the Special Public Works Scheme by the Federal Government. The PDP caucus, which said … Read more
A former leader of Rivers State House of Assembly, Dr. Chidi Lloyd, has dumped the All Progressives Congress for the Peoples Democratic Party. Lloyd, an ally to the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, was formally received at the Government House, Port Harcourt by Governor Nyesom Wike, and some PDP leaders on Monday. The former House … Read more
Osagie Ize-Iyamu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, has refuted claims that Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is his godfather. Ize-Iyamu debunked the claims in an interview with Arise Television on Sunday, noting that the only godfather he has is God. Ize-Iyamu said, unlike Obaseki … Read more
Chairman of the Edo Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign council, Dan Orbih, says the outcome of September 19 gubernatorial election in the state will determine the continuation or end of democracy in Nigeria. Orbih said this when he Addressed PDP supporters at ward 1, Ewohimi in Esan south-east local government area of Edo on Tuesday. … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as illegal and Anti-people the method deployed by the federal government in allocating the 774,000 jobs. The party alleged that stalwarts of the All Progressives Congress have hijack the 774, 000 jobs under the federal government’s Special Works Programme, SPW. The opposition party levelled the allegation in a … Read more
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Sept. 19, governorship election in the state, has given assurance of speedy completion of the Ubiaja-Ewohomi by-pass if elected into office for a second term. Obaseki gave the assurance during his campaign tour to the area on Monday when he … Read more
All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters have celebrated the sack of Duoye Diri, Bayelsa State Governor. They marched through some areas in Yenagoa, the state capital. The party loyalists carried banners and chanted victory songs. Mr David Lyon, the APC candidate, won the November 16, 2019 governorship election. But the Supreme Court declared Diri and the … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says elections under President Muhammadu Buhari are free and fair. Reacting to the claim of Uche Secondus, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, that the 2019 general election was rigged, Yekini Nabena, deputy spokesman of the ruling party, asked the opposition leader to focus on his party “which has become … Read more
The Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the election of Duoye Diri as Bayelsa State Governor. The three-man panel took the decision today, Saturday, August 15, a month after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal filed by a former aspirant of the Bayelsa governorship election under the Peoples Democratic Party, Timi Alaibe, … Read more
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has warned Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to honour his pledge to the Peoples Democratic Party when he wins the forthcoming September 19 governorship poll. The governor, who was elected on the platform of the All progressives Congress in 2016, had dumped the party for the PDP following … Read more
As the race for the Ondo gubernatorial election hots up, the political gladiators and actors have begun to to set the wheel in motion to ensure their victory at the polls, with the horsetrading, alliance forging and severing of long-standing relationships as allies become bitter foes, the election promises to be an intriguing one. The … Read more
Rita Daniels, the mother of renowned Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels has secured an appointed as the State Assistant Treasurer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State. Breaking the news on her Instagram page, Daniels, whose daughter Regina is married to Billionaire politician, Ned Nwoko, expressed her gratitude to the PDP hierarchy for the … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party, Lagos State chapter, has warned the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu not spend funds or use any resource that belongs to the state on the upcoming governorship elections in Ondo and Edo states. This was released in a press statement by the Lagos PDP’s spokesperson, Mr Gani Taofik. The party urged the Lagos … Read more
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, says there are plans in some quarters to compromise the Edo State Governorship election on September 7 in a desperate attempt to forestall the return of Governor Godwin Obaseki to office. Speaking, during a press briefing at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Monday, Wike, who is also Chairman … Read more
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reportedly postponed the State Congress in Cross River State earlier scheduled for today by one week. Ekohotblog gathered that heads of the party had been meeting since Friday and Saturday looking for a consensus. He said, “We are still talking, looking for a … Read more
A former Speaker of the Abia House of Assembly, Hon. Alwell Asiforo Okere has been elected as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) elected Okere along side Chief Obinna Nwachukwu who will serve as his deputy. In the congress where the Chairman polled … Read more
Supporters of former Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, on Saturday left Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join All Progressives Congress (APC). According to report, the former Speaker last month defected to the ruling APC, which he left in November, 2018. This was announced by … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party National Campaign Council for Edo state governorship election has replied the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu over his attack on Governor Godwin Obaseki. Tinubu had attacked Obaseki, berating and accusing him of gravely assaulting democracy and making a mockery of the Nigerian constitution. He said … Read more
Several protesters in the women’s wing of the Peoples Democratic Party on Friday embarked on a solidarity march to the Edo State House of Assembly in Benin City. The women, who walked from the Government House along Osadebey Avenue to the Anthony Enahoro Complex, along Ring Road, said they were in solidarity with the embattled … Read more