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Benue: PDP tasks EFCC to investigate, prosecute officials accused of corruption
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has called on the anti-corruption agencies in the country such as EFCC, ICPC and DSS to ensure that officials of the Benue State government who have been fingered in the alleged embezzlement of local government funds are brought to justice. The PDP which made the call in…
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Supreme Court Urged To Hear PDP Suit Calling For Disqualification Of Shettima Over Double Nomination
The Supreme Court has been urged to hear a case of double nomination of Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim Shettima, the vice president-elect presently before it. Recall that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had, in a suit filed on July 28, 2022, challenged the validity of the Tinubu/Shettima ticket for the 2023 presidential election. It argued that…
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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Wednesday morning
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Indications have emerged that the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council is planning an alliance with smaller parties in a bid to boost the chances of its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. It was gathered that the PCC and the party had been making overtures to…
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Senator Bassey Akpan dumps PDP
Albert Bassey Akpan, Senator representing Akwa Ibom North East (Uyo), has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Akpan, who made this known in a letter to his ward chairman, said he defected to contest for the governorship of Akwa-Ibom State on the platform of another party. “It is with the greatest sense of responsibility, purpose,…
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Funke Akindele Officially Accepts to Be PDP Jandor’s Deputy, Suspends Acting for Politics
Actress, Funke Akindele-Bello, has confirmed that she is the running mate to Olajide Adediran, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State. In a video she posted on Tuesday, she revealed her reasons. She said, “I saw it as an opportunity to help liberate and improve the wellbeing of our people, particularly…
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Court disqualifies Oborevwori, Delta PDP guber candidate, over invalid nomination
A federal high court in Abuja has disqualified Sheriff Oborevwori, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) in Delta state. During the PDP governorship primary in May, Oborevwori, speaker of the Delta house of assembly, polled 590 votes to beat his closest rival, David Edevbie, commissioner for finance during the James Ibori administration, who…
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22 APC Senators Planning to Defect to PDP, Fani Kayode Raises Alarm
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has raised that alarm over planned exodus of some Senators from the All Progressives Congress, APC. Fani-Kayode disclosed that 22 senators are threatening to dump APC for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In a tweet, the former minister claimed that the senators are threatening to dump APC because they lost…
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Two Senators resign from APC, PDP, defect to Labour, NNPP
Two Senators from Bauchi and Imo States, have resigned their membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), respectively. The lawmakers are Senator Dauda Jika representing Bauchi Central and elected on the platform of the APC; and Senator Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi representing Imo East Senatorial District, who was elected on the…
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BREAKING: Atiku Shuns Wike, Picks Okowa As Running Mate
Emerging report indicates that Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has picked Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. Okowa and Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike have been locked in fierce battle over who should become Vice Presidential candidate of the party. A committee…
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How Wike Defeated Okowa To Emerge As Atiku’s Running Mate
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has been nominated as potential running mate to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike was picked ahead of Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa and his Akwa Ibom counterpart, Udom Emmanuel. The committee set up to recommend a Vice-presidential candidate for Atiku Abubakar said Wike was…