The supreme court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A five-member panel of the supreme court held on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute the …
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Supreme Court To Deliver Judgment May 26 In PDP Suit Against Tinubu, Shettima
The Supreme Court has adjourned until May 26 to deliver judgment in a case by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, the vice-president-elect. The PDP had urged the apex court to reverse the Court of Appeal judgment, led by Justice …
Read More »PDP Replies NYSC Over Rejection Of Enugu Governor-Elect, Peter Mbah’s Certificate
THE PDP said that the final verdict on the genuineness or otherwise of Mbah’s NYSC certificate did not rest with the NYSC and therefore asked the scheme to face a lawsuit instituted in the court. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and its …
Read More »KOGI 2023: Setback For PDP As Three House Of Assembly Candidates Dump Party
In a surprising turn of events, three former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates for the House of Assembly in the recently concluded general elections have resigned their membership from the party. In separate resignation letters addressed to the PDP Chairmen of their respective wards and made available to journalists on …
Read More »Presidential Tribunal: Stop Blackmailing Judiciary – Onanuga Warns PDP, LP, Others
A spokesperson for Bola Tinubu (President-elect), Mr Bayo Onanuga, has warned the duo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, to stop blackmailing the judiciary. Onanuga alleged that both parties and their surrogates, whom he described as lawyers, clerics and some ethnic groups, had “mounted a …
Read More »Atiku, PDP Apply For Live Coverage Of Court Proceedings
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the just concluded presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, have filed an application for an order to allow the live coverage of the daily court proceedings on the case they brought against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, which begins today. In the motion by …
Read More »APC Plotting To Influence Presidential Election Tribunal — PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to influence the outcome of ongoing cases at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba, who addressed newsmen in Abuja, yesterday, said the PDP …
Read More »10th NASS Leadership: PDP Senators-elect Do Not Want Akpabio As Senate President – Report
THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senators-elect and the major opposition have rejected the choice of Godswill Akpabio as the Senate President of the 10th Assembly. The opposition was reacting to the outcome of the eight-man caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress, APC with the President-elect, Ahmed Bola Tinubu on …
Read More »Why I Challenged My Removal – PDP Acting Chairman
THE acting Chairman of the Taraba State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Inuwa Bakari, has finally broken his silence on why he dragged Alhaji Abubakar Bawa to court. Bawa, who was the former Special Adviser to Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku on Political Matters, was recently announced as …
Read More »Imo Rerun: PDP Wins State Constituency Election
HON. Modestus Osakwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of Isu State constituency rerun election held on Saturday in Imo State. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Public Relations Officer for Imo State, Dr Chinenye, confirmed this on Sunday. Already, the state chapter of the PDP …
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