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PDP moves to take over Ebonyi from Umahi; submits nominees for new governor, deputy to INEC

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday forwarded two names to the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), for onward issuance of Certificates of Return as the new governor and deputy for Ebonyi State. The opposition party said it submitted the names of the two nominees to replace the sacked governor, David Umahi and his Deputy, Dr. Eric Kelechi Igwe, to the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). The PDP National Chairman, Senator, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, disclosed that the party submitted the names of Hon. Iduma Igariwey, a serving member of the House…

2023: ‘Kwankwaso, Hunkuyi other allies will join us soon’, NNPP confirms

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 Aminu Imam

�Plans party convention One of Nigeria’s political parties, the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), has said that they are in advance talk with the former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, for a possible defection to the party ahead of the 2023 general election. According to the party, in a matter of days, the former governor and allies would join the party alongside their political structures. Recall that there have been speculations that Kwankwaso would be joining another party to vie for the presidency after he reportedly criticised the…

2023: Buhari-led APC govt averse to free, fair, transparent, credible elections � PDP

February 23, 2022February 23, 2022 Aminu Imam

Barely a year to the 2023 election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government is averse to free, fair, transparent and credible elections in the country. The party raised the alarm that there is a dangerous design by the Buhari administration and the APC to trigger a serious political crisis that can derail the electoral system, truncate democracy, subvert the corporate existence and turn the nation into another �axis of concern� to the world. Addressing a world press conference in…

2023: ‘Nigeria is bleeding, PDP has to take over’, Wike declares, in Kaduna

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 Aminu Imam

Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, in Kaduna, yesterday, has described Nigeria as a country that is bleeding. The governor called on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to unite and take over power in 2023. Wike�s host and former Governor of Kaduna State, Sen. Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, told Wike and his entourage that the people of Nigeria would be disappointed in the PDP if they don�t unite and take over power. He added that going by some election results in recent times where…

2023 Presidency: “All zones will be given equal opportunity” � PDP scribe

February 3, 2022February 3, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the People�s Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Abdullahi has said the six geo-political zones of the country will be given equal opportunity to seek the party�s ticket for the 2023 Presidential election. Abdullahi, who stated this yesterday when he received Northern Advocates of Good Governance, (NAFGG), on behalf of the PDP National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu at the party�s headquarters in Abuja hinted that the party�s 2023 Presidency will be thrown open. He disclosed that �the new National Working Committee (NWC) under the leadership of…

2023: Atiku dumps Obi, picks Wike as running mate

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 Aminu Imam

There are indications that the former Vice President and aspirant for the office of the President in the 2023 general election on the platform of People�s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, may have picked Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, as his running mate in place of Peter Obi. Obi, a former Anambra State governor and an economist, was Atiku�s running mate in the 2019 general election. A former banker and technocrat, Obi brought charisma to the 2019 electioneering campaigns with his brilliant knowledge of economic management. Sources say Atiku�s…

2023: Obasanjo turns down PDP�s request to return to party

January 23, 2022January 23, 2022 Aminu Imam

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that he would never return to the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), saying he has retired from partisan politics. The ex-president, who renounced his membership of the party in 2015, stated this when he received the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu; and other stakeholders who visited him on Saturday in Abeokuta, Ogun State. According to sources, the visit was targeted at returning the former president to the opposition party ahead of the 2023 general elections. But, Obasanjo, while addressing the stakeholders, said he had vowed…

PDP schedules North-West Zonal Congress for February, 12

January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, scheduled its outstanding North-West Zonal Congress for the purpose of electing a new Working Committee and National Ex-Officios for Saturday, February 12, 2022. The National Organising Secretary of the party, Hon. Umaru M. Bature, stated this in an issued statement yesterday. �This is part of the resolution of the PDP National Working Committee, (NWC), at its meeting on Wednesday, January 12, 2022�, the statement noted. According to him, the North-West Zonal Congress is slated to hold at the Zonal Headquarters of the party in…

2023: Why PDP must not zone Nigeria�s presidency to the South � Kwankwaso

January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 Aminu Imam

A former governor of Kano State, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has argued against the call for zoning the 2023 presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), to the southern part of the country. Sen. Kwankwaso made his position known in an interview on a television programme on Sunday night, where he also spoke about several political concerns ahead of the 2023 general elections. In his argument, the two-term governor of Kano State condemned the insistence of the Southern Governors Forum in July 2021 that the next president of the country…

2023: “Disregard rumour of zoning our presidential ticket” � PDP

January 9, 2022January 9, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has rejected claims suggesting that it has zoned its 2023 presidential to the North. This followed recent remarks by former Niger State governor and chieftain of the party, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, alleging that the party has agreed to re-zone the ticket to the North despite having thrown it open to aspirants from other parts of the country. In a statement issued by the Hon. Debo Ologunagba, the party�s National Publicity Secretary yesterday, the PDP maintained that the claim �is completely misleading as it does not…