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Group hails PDP’s decision to register over 20,000 APM members in Ogun

NewsDeskNgMar 31, 2024March 31, 20240

The Peoples Democratic Party National Working Committee has been lauded for its decision to effect a full membership registration for members of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) who defected to the party during the 2023 governorship election in Ogun State. The body known as PDP Renaissance Group, in a statement...

Ex-minister, Njeze, Senator Utazi, other PDP stakeholders defect to APC in Enugu

NewsDeskNgMar 30, 2024March 30, 20240

A former Minister of Aviation, Ambassador Fidelia Njeze has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Also on the defection list is Senator Chukwuka Utazi who represented Enugu North Senatorial zone. The PDP chieftains were formerly received at the party’s secretariat in Enugu on...

Dekina PDP Crisis: Ejini Threatens to Suspend Wada, Chief Odawn, Others

NewsDeskNgMar 30, 2024March 30, 20240

The crisis rocking the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State took a new twist on Saturday as embattled party Chairman Husseini Ejini moved to suspend former Governor of the State, Capt. Idris Wada, Chief John Odanw, John Yakubu, Mrs. Eke Iyaji, and...

International Community, Partners Proud of NASS – Reps Deputy Spokesman

NewsDeskNgMar 30, 2024March 30, 20240

The Deputy Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Hon. Philip Agbese, says the country’s legislative arm is now the toast of the international community and development partners around the world. Agbese said the House’s focus on transparency, citizen participation, and accountability has made other nations stand up and take notice....

PDP sets dates for NEC, BoT meetings

NewsDeskNgMar 30, 2024March 30, 20240

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the schedule for the 98th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting and the Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting. The meetings are slated to take place on Thursday, April 18, 2024. According to a statement signed by the party’s...

INEC disowns Anambra LP convention

NewsDeskNgMar 28, 2024March 28, 20240

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned Wednesday’s Labour Party (LP) National Convention in Anambra. Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, said this when he spoke in Abuja on Thursday. Oyekanmi said that the conduct of the convention was not monitored by INEC, declining to...

INEC to publish governorship candidates details Saturday

NewsDeskNgMar 27, 2024March 27, 20240

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced that it would publish the personal particulars of candidates for the Edo State governorship election on Saturday. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said the decision to publish the details...

LP National Convention: Five arrested, as party bars journalists from coverage

NewsDeskNgMar 27, 2024March 27, 20240

Journalists have been barred from entering the Grand Seasons Hotel in Nnewi, Anambra State, venue of the Labour Party’s National Convention. According to reports, there is heavy security presence at the hotel and this is not unconnected with the crisis in the party. Series of calls and text messages sent...

Ex-PDP senatorial candidate, Ogbee defects to APC in Ebonyi

NewsDeskNgMar 26, 2024March 26, 20240

A former Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for Ebonyi Central Zone, Hon. Lazarus Ogbee, has officially defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ebonyi State. His defection alongside his over 3,000 loyalists on Monday, marked the end of the leading opposition PDP in Ezza South...

Gov Otu cannot witchhunt Ayade – C’River APC chairman

NewsDeskNgMar 25, 2024March 25, 20240

The chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State, Barrister Alphonsus Eba, has disclosed that the immediate past governor of the state, Prof. Ben Ayade, had sacrificed much towards the gubernatorial victory of his successor, Senator Bassey Otu, such that the latter cannot in any way...