Approved venues for the zonal congresses of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have been released by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party. This was unveiled on Thursday ahead of the exercises, which holds on Saturday, May 14, 2016. The party said “all members are hereby advised to adhere strictly to the approved venues…
The planned extension of Ali-Modu Sheriff’s appointment as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been kicked against by a faction of the party led by former Minister of Information, Prof Jerry Gana. Gana, also a founding member of the party, led a group called the Concerned Stakeholders’ to a meeting on Thursday…
The state congresses of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, held in Ekiti, Ogun and Anambra all ended in confusion on Tuesday. In Ogun, three chairmen emerged from the Kashamu Buruji, Ladi Adebutu and Dimeji Bankole factions. While the Kashamu-led group held its congress at the party secretariat, the Adebutu group held theirs inside the amphitheatre…
Former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, has been taken back into the political party he dumped years ago, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This was disclosed in a communiqué released on Wednesday after a meeting of the party in South West, which took place in Ondo State. “That we welcome Governor Adewolu Rashidi Ladoja…
According to Vanguard, there are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is set to merge with the Labour Party, LP, to tackle the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which has governed the state since 1999. It was gathered that talks are ongoing between leaderships of the two parties in the state to come together…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the recently concluded area council poll in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, as a shame, saying that the Federal Government, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and security operatives manoeuvred the elections in favour of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Chairmanship candidate of the PDP in…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says it is planning new strategy of electing candidates for the 2019 general elections. National Publicity Secretary of the opposition party, Olisa Metuh, while receiving former chairman of the National Patriotic Party, NPP, of Ghana, Peter Manu, at the party’s national secretariat on Friday in Abuja, disclosed that the PDP…
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has advised the state governor, Nyesom Wike, to seek the face of God for forgiveness. The party, reacting to a press statement by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Austin Tam-George, accusing the APC of sponsoring groups to raise frivolous petitions against PDP members…
Former president of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Smart Adeyemi, has called it quit with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Adeyemi contested the Kogi West Senatorial District election in 2015 under the PDP and lost to candidate of the APC, Dino Melaye. He had been in the Senate…
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and former secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Tope Aluko, have finally settled their differences, a video received by Aproko247 suggests. It was learnt that the two politicians, who have recently been at loggerheads, met at a place in Lagos on Sunday. An aide…