Tag Archives: PDP

Edo Guber: Nine aspirants threaten to sue PDP

Nine aggrieved aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the February 22, 2024, governorship primary in Edo State have threatened to institute legal action against the party if their grievances are not addressed. The nin  aspirants boycotted the ward congress held on February 4 and the local delegates congress held yesterday, February 10, across 192 wards and 17 local ...

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Ward Congress: PDP elects National Delegates

The Edo State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Chief Odion Olaye, and a Benin chief, Osaro Idah, are among the 17 elected National Delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State. They were elected by delegates that emerged at last Saturday’s ward congresses in the state. The NLC chairman, Olaye, and Idah, were elected by ward ...

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Why PDP is losing election in Lagos- Chieftain

A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Lagos State, Otunba Segun Adewale, has blamed the repeated electoral defeats of PDP in the state on lack of unity in the party. Adewale, popularly known as Aeroland, stated this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Lagos. The former PDP chairman also attributed the serial electoral misfortunes of the ...

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Abia govt claims ownership of sealed PDP secretariat

The chairman of the Abia State judicial panel of inquiry on the recovery of government property and funds, Justice Florence Doruoha-Igwe (retd) has ordered the temporary sealing-off of Plot 43 Finbars Road Umuahia, pending the conclusion of the investigation on the structure. The structure was, on Wednesday, sealed by personnel believed to be from Umuahia Capital Development Authority, UCDA. Doruoha-Igwe ...

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Hardship: PRP asks APC to stop blame game

Amidst protests over hardship in the country, the Peoples Redemption Party has countered the All Progressives Congress (APC) for resorting to what it describes as baseless accusations and fear-mongering against the oppositions. PRP described the claims of the APC as an attempt to deflect attention from the legitimate concerns raised by the Nigerian people, adding that it was disheartening. PRP, ...

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PDP chieftains reject outcome of Edo congress

Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State have rejected the outcome of the ward congresses conducted last Sunday, describing it as “a Governor Obaseki Congress”, and not a PDP Congress. Alleging widespread manipulation of the congress and the use of thugs to prevent supporters of nine of the ten aspirants from partaking in the exercise, the PDP ...

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Hardship: It is wrong for APC to blame PDP for protests- Luqman

A former vice chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the north-est, Salihu Lukman, said it is dishonest of the ruling party to blame the opposition for the recent protests in Niger and Kano states. Lukman made this assertion in a statement on Wednesday. Recall that on Monday, protests over the rising cost of living and food inflation disrupted ...

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Edo 2024: Party chieftain warns Obaseki against blackmailing PDP aspirants

A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Edo State, Earl Osaro Onaiwu, has urged Governor Godwin Obaseki to stop blackmailing the “eight loyal and faithful” party members seeking to succeed him as governor of the state. Onaiwu, who made the appeal in a statement on Tuesday, was speaking on behalf of the eight governorship aspirants who have stood against ...

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“You have failed, stop defending your govt” – PDP attacks APC

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to a claim by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, that opposition parties are instigating unsuspecting young Nigerians to embark on protest across the country. APC in a statement issued on Monday but its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, claimed that the protests that broke out in Niger and Kano States on ...

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Edo Guber: Your protests won’t go in vain- PDP tells angry members

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has assured the party’s nine protesting governorship aspirants in Edo that their protests would not go in vain. This was contained in a statement signed by Dan Orbih, the National Vice Chairman, PDP, South-South, a copy of which was made available to newsmen  in Abuja on Tuesday. Mr Orbih gave the assurance while addressing nine ...

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