The Lagos Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Olajide Adediran against the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Ibafemi Hamzat.The tribunal upheld the election of Governor Sanwo-Olu and ...

•Says he owes nobody apology for supporting Tinubu •Dares PDP, declares nobody can suspend him •Reveals $800m garnishee order hanging over FCTAOlawale Ajimotokan and Alex Enuma in AbujaFCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has said his inclusion as a member of the All Progressives Congress ...

Dirisu Yakubu and Adebayo Folorunsho-FrancisThe Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima to take a cue from the late President Umaru Yar’ Adua by publicly declaring their assets as a demonstration of their determination to lead by example. ...

In his bid to prove his petition challenging the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the February 25 presidential election, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has disclosed that he and his party would be bringing in no fewer than 100 witnesses ...

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJAAs the Presidential Election Petition Court, starts hearing today, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have filed an application for an order to allow live coverage of day-to-day proceedings on the case they brought against the ...

Dirisu Yakubu, Segun Adewole, Nathaniel Shaibu, El-ameen Ibrahim, Sunday Nwakanma, Dennis Naku and John CharlesThe National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, who stepped aside from his position on Tuesday,  is set to fight his suspension by a Benue State High ...

No fewer than three people have reportedly lost their lives as a result of a clash between supporters of two political parties in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.The three people reportedly lost their lives when supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ...

By Egufe YafugborhiAHEAD of the governorship and state assemblies elections in Rivers state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party have drifted into hate campaigns at winning the votes of the Igbo community in the state.On Friday at a road project ...

Tinubu seeks order to inspect election materials•PDP raises the alarm over alleged plan to erase, destroy evidence of rigging•Opposition parties insist reconfiguration of BVAS will tamper with evidenceChuks Okocha and Alex Enumah in AbujaThe Court of Appeal in Abuja, yesterday, ...

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has explained why his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, dumped the main opposition party in the build-up to the PDP’s presidential primary election in 2022.Speaking at a press conference on the outcome of the ...

By Henry Umoru, Assistant Politics EditorON Tuesday, June 11, 2019, the 9th Senate came into being and the Senator representing Yobe North, Dr Ahmad Lawan, All Progressives Congress, APC, was elected the President of the Senate, with Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, APC, Delta Central becoming his ...

By  Gbenga OloniniranThe Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party and the African Democratic Party have asked the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, to step aside.The three parties in a joint press conference on Tuesday, alleged that the February 2023 ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of mounting pressure to have 25 percent votes in the country.Dele Momodu, the spokesman of PDP Presidential Campaign Council, said APC was trying to manipulate election results in Lagos and the Southeast. ...

The gubernatorial candidate of Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Oyo state, Mr. Michael Folorunso Lana has announced that he is not interested in stepping down for Governor Seyi Makinde.Lana, a former commissioner for justice and Attorney General in the state, made this disclosure on Sunday. ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling the Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, from the party.Justice James Omotosho made the order following an ex-parte motion filed by Governor Wike against the PDP and its top officials. ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has vowed to take it in good faith if he loses the presidential election.Atiku explained that he would not be the first loser; hence he would take his loss in good faith.Speaking on BBC Pidgin on Tuesday, Atiku said: ...

Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo.The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday told Senator Ademola Adeleke to leave up to the reality of his last Friday’s sack as the governor of the state by the virtue of the explicit judgement of the state governorship Election Petition ...

Shina Abubakar, OsogboThe Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun state on Saturday, alleged that the tribunal judgement that sacked Governor Ademola Adeleke was waybilled by the All Progressive Congress (APC).Addressing journalists in Osogbo Saturday, the party leadership led by the State ...

Barely a month to the presidential election, the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party is facing an uphill task to convince five of its elected governors to campaign for its flag bearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.Governors Nyesom Wike, Okezie Ikpeazu, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Seyi Makinde and Samuel ...

By Prisca Sam-DuruWith her appearances at the ObiDatti movement campaigns marked by trendy dance moves and crowd-moving eloquence, no one needs to be told that Aisha Yesufu means business in her quest for good governance.As a civil rights activist, Yesufu’s support for any government, ...

Thousands of people in Adamawa State have defected from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Some of the former NNPP members who matched through some streets of the state capital, Yola, on Friday were seen wearing Kwakwassiya caps, made popular by the NNPP ...

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Thursday, endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta.The CUPP from the 11 States of the South-South and South-East Geopolitical zones stated this ...

By John Owen NwachukwuWith the 2023 general election around the corner, the leading political parties continue to lay claim to dominance across the country.The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, are all claiming to be in firm ...

Mike Odiegwu, Port HarcourtRivers State Governor clarified yesterday Nyesom Wike that ongoing campaigns in the state for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) precludes the presidential candidate of the opposition party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.The governor said members of the Rivers ...

The Zonal Secretary of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, and member of the presidential council of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, Babayo Liman, alongside 17 local government executives, have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Yobe State. Liman announced this at a media briefing held at ...

By Clifford Ndujihe & John Alechenu, ABUJAThe Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commenced court proceedings to disqualify the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over criminal conviction and sentencing ...

By  Friday OlokorContrary to political permutations, the forthcoming presidential election in Nigeria would not be predictable, a United States-based election monitoring organisation, National Endowment for Democracy has said.While the 2023 election in Nigeria as “a consequential ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has approved the venue for the campaign rally of the pres­idential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, in the State.Wike said he had approved the PDP Presidential Cam­paign Council to use the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium for Atiku’s ...

•Rivers gov explodes: G5 has capacity to fight back•Nnamani, Fayose’s son, others may be barred from contesting polls•Sanctioned Ekiti members defiantBy John Alechenu, Abuja, &  Rotimi OjomoyelaFresh facts have emerged about what transpired during the National Working Committee ...

The outburst of the Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, at his presidential campaign rally in Ilorin, Kwara State last Tuesday, has triggered vexed reaction from the state chapter of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, ...

The Bauchi State Coordinator of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, and campaign council of presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Babayo Liman has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.Liman disclosed his defection to PDP at a press conference in Bauchi yesterday.The NNPP ...

By Egufe YafugborhiGOVERNOR Nyesom Wike has forecasted that the 2023 general elections in Rivers State would feature a fight-to-finish contest in which the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would win it all at the end of the day.Wike spoke at the flag-off of the statewide Rivers PDP Campaign ...

EL-AMEEN IBRAHIM, DENNIS NAKU and SUNDAY NWAKANMAThree months after the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, promised to make the account of the party public, he has yet to do so.Ayu had in October last year promised to make public the income and ...

Mike Odiegwu, Port HarcourtThe February 25 presidential election will be used to prove strategic importance of Rivers State in Nigeria’s politics, Governor Nyesom Wike said yesterday.He said there was nothing to show for the state’s support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) since ...

The party said the overwhelming support for Atiku was in rejection of a request that they follow the dictates of some individuals in the presidential election.By Agency ReportThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended the commitment and courage of the people of Oyo State for their ...

By Charles OlisaI have been watching closely with studied silence the unending outburst, which has been continuously hurled at the PDP Presidential Candidate and Vice Presidential Candidate by the G5 Governors led by His Excellency Nyesom Wike.Ordinarily, the uninformed will think that they ...

Nine months after they resigned, the seats of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, Deputy National Chairman (North) of the party, Senator Abubakar Kyari and the Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Senator Muhammad Hassan Nasiha are still vacant at the ...

Postscript by Waziri Adio From all indications, the two warring camps within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are not about to kiss and make up. All the overtures designed to reconcile the Governor Nyesom Wike-led Group—or Gang—of Five (G5) with PDP’s presidential candidate, Alhaji ...

By  Bola BamigbolaThe All Progressives Congress in Osun State and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday traded words over the suspension of the Executive Secretary of the Osun Health Insurance Agency, Dr Niyi Oginni, and the Head of the Primary Health Care Development Board, Dr ...

Yusuf AlliAggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors yesterday foreclosed any support for the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in next year’s election.The governor – Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), and ...

By John Alechenu, AbujaThe Special Assistant on Public Communications to the Atiku-Okowa Campaign Organisation, Mr Phrank Shaibu, has reacted to the sealing of the Port Harcourt Office of the campaign.He told Vanguard in a telephone chat on Friday that the matter was brought to the ...

By John Alechenu & Olayinka AjayiTHE camps of the three leading presidential candidates, yesterday, disagreed over the ANAP poll, which showed Labour Party, LP, Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, as the favourite to win the 2023 election.For the second time in four months, the ...

The Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign organisation has challenged Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to disclose his real identity to Nigerians.This was contained in a statement by Phrank Shaibu, Special Assistant on Public Communication to ...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has promised businesses and trade will pick up again if he wins next February’s presidential election.The former Nigerian vice president made this known at the PDP’s presidential campaign rally at ...

Mr Wike has been having a running battle with Atiku and Okowa as well as the national leadership of the PDP since the Rivers governor lost the PDP presidential primary in May  Despite their political differences, the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic party (PDP), Atiku ...

Amid his grievance with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has faulted the move for another Northerner to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.Wike said it was an insult for another Northerner to emerge as the country’s leader after ...

A member of the Governor Nyesom Wike-led Integrity Group, a group of five governors (G5 Governors), Chief Olabode George said he would go down in his grave, knowing that he told the truth and he didn’t waiver.George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, stated this in an exclusive ...