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Lagos PDP Inaugurates Presidential Campaign Committee

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State on Friday inaugurated a 103-member campaign committee to mobilise votes for the party, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The party’s Assistant Legal Adviser, Mr Mustapha Okandeji, who inaugurated the committee in Ikeja, urged them to labour night and day to return …

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I have No Hand In PDP Crisis – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied any involvement in the crisis currently rocking the Peoples Democratic Party. Five governors are currently at loggerhead with the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and are insisting on the removal of the PDP Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. There have been unsuccessful moves by the party …

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PDP, APC Fight Over Osun Resources

THE Chairman of the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, Adegboyega Famoodun, on Friday accused the Peoples Democratic Party of harbouring plans to plunder the state. This was contained in a statement in response to allegations by the PDP wherein it claimed that as many as 90 government …

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Lagos PDP Asks Court To Kick Out Sanwo-olu, APC Candidates

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has filed a suit seeking the disqualification of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Lagos governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1972/22, dated October 17 and filed before a federal high court in Abuja, the PDP is also seeking to invalidate the nomination …

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Court Disqualifies 16 Rivers APC Assembly Candidates

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has disqualified 16 House of Assembly candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers State from contesting the 2023 election.   The trial judge, Justice Mohammed Adamu, ruled that the primary elections that produced them did not comply with the new …

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2023 Poll: Muslim Women Give Conditions For Voting Leaders

THE female wing of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit, has listed criteria that women and Nigerians should consider before voting for any candidate in the 2023 general election. During the programme, female Muslims were encouraged to explore opportunities in tech and be role models in …

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Tinubu: Another Northern Senator Dumps APC

SENATOR representing Bauchi North in the Senate, Adamu Bulkachuwa, has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Senator Bulkachuwa, who is the chairman of Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, was elected to the Upper Chamber on the platform of APC in 2019. Salahudyn Yakubu …

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Labour Party National Vice Chairman Is Dead

THE National Vice Chairman, North Central,  of the Labour Party, Comrade Adi Shirsha Adi, has been confirmed dead. The sad development was announced on Thursday (today) by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Olufemi Arabambi. In a statement obtained by newsmen, he revealed that the politician died on Wednesday after …

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