Tag: PDP

Femi Fani-Kayode moves to dump PDP for APC

Aminu Imam

Ø  Ganduje’s aides frown A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode may be on his way back to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) six years after he left for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Sources close to him informed newsmen he met with chairman, Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) Gov. Mai Mala Buni and Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello at a Guest House in Abuja. It was learnt that the closed- door meeting, which lasted for about an hour may not be unconnected with fine tuning plans for the return…

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PDP knocks Anambra Govt. over sales of assets

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised Anambra Government on the planned sales of some government assets in the state.Nnamdi Nwangwu, the state PDP Publicity Secretary said this in a statement on Thursday in Awka.Nwangwu said it was regrettable that the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) led government in the state was planning to dispose off strategic state assets.He also alleged that the government has been selling off government property to party faithful in the state.He said it was unfortunate that the state known for industry, enterprise and creativity had…

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Six PDP chieftains defect to APC ahead of 2023

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been hit with defection again, as six of its chieftains in Oyibo local government area of Rivers State joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). The new defectors, according to reports, include Adolphus Nweke, Onyema Ihenna, Ibekwe Okere, among others. It was gathered that the defectors were received on Wednesday by the party leader in Oyibo, Gift Okere, and Caretaker Committee chairman, Chamberlain Okorie. Claiming that the PDP has crashed in the area following the defection of key executives to the APC, he urged the…

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Former PDP Spokesman, Olisa Metuh released after 10 months in prison

Aminu Imam

Court admits him to N250m bail Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja after ten months in custody following a court judgment that voided his conviction. The Federal High Court, Abuja, admitted Metuh in the sum of N250 million bail. The presiding judge, Justice Nkeonye Maha gave the order, in a ruling, following a Motion on Notice filed on Dec. 21 by a team of lawyers led by Dr. Oyechi Ikpeazu, counsel to Metuh. A Federal High…

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Appeal Court upholds death by hanging sentence for Maryam Sanda

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, upheld the conviction and death sentence that was handed to Maryam Sanda, daughter-in-law to a former Chairman of the PDP, Mohammed Haliru. Delivering judgment, Justice Stephen Adah, who read the decision on behalf of the three-member  panel of justices held that the trial judge was right in his decision. “I have gone through the record before the court and I am fully certain that the learned trial court did not engage any investigation outside the evidence before it,” he said. “The appellant did…

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2023: ‘Tame your ambition’, Saraki tells PDP members

Aminu Imam

Ø  Ihedioha not leaving us for APC, says Imo PDP  The former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has advised PDP members, to put their 2023 political ambition on hold and focus on rebuilding the party and Nigeria at large. Saraki gave the advice in Abuja on Wednesday, during the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Reconciliation and Strategic Committee.  Saraki, who is the Chairperson of the Reconciliation Committee of the PDP, said the pre-occupation of leaders for now should be how to keep the country united, rebuild her…

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Lagos Bye-Elections: We’re hopeful of victory, says PDP

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State on Sunday said that its candidates in the forthcoming bye-elections in the state had made the party to be hopeful of electoral victory. The party’s Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, said in Lagos that candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) would be defeated in the Lagos East Senatorial and Kosofe Constituency II elections. According to him, the party will win four out of the five Local Government Areas (LGAs) that make up the Lagos East Senatorial District – Somolu, Kosofe, Ikorodu, Epe…

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Umahi promises PDP members peaceful existence in Ebonyi

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has assured Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of their peaceful existence in the state with no one harassing or disrupting their legitimate activities. Political tension has heightened in Ebonyi since Umahi’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) with resentment and bickering pervading the atmosphere. Umahi gave the assurance on Friday in Abakaliki in a broadcast to the people after a security meeting with heads of security agencies in the state. According to the governor, PDP will exist peacefully in the state provided its faithful…

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BREAKING NEWS. Senator Abbo defects to APC

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Senator Ishaku Abbo representing Adamawa North, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the floor of the Senate Wednesday, 25 November. Abbo, a first- term Senator from Adamawa, was elected in 2019 to the Senate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after beating Senator Binta Garba Masi of the All Progressive Congress APC.

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2023: Northern elders back Igbo for Presidency

Aminu Imam

Ø  Asks APC,PDP to zone tickets to South-East Ahead of the 2023 general elections, some northern elders have thrown their weights behind the clamour for an Igbo presidency, insisting that Nigeria’s 2023 presidency should rotate to the South-East zone and not to any other.  The elders, operating under the aegis of ‘Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development’, in an issued statement by their National Coordinator, Engr. Zana Goni and the National Women Leader, Hajia Mario Bichi, insisted that the Igbos of South East extraction should produce the next president,…

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