The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said it will sue Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and other elected officials of the state, for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party’s Acting National Chairman, Ilyas Damagum, said the intention is to retrieve their mandate from the governor and the lawmakers. This is one of…
Senator Abba Moro (Benue South) has stated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) could have won the 2023 presidential election if it had not picked Ifeanyi Okowa as running mate to the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. During an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Tuesday night, Moro described the decision to pick Okowa,…
Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has said he decided to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) because “the PDP is not ready for the 2027 general elections”. According to the former Governor of Delta state, the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was also on…
Former Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has expressed regret over his decision to run as the vice-presidential candidate alongside Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election, admitting it may have contradicted the wishes of his people. Speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Monday, Okowa described his acceptance of the role as a…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an interim forfeiture order on properties linked to Uchenna Erondu, a member of the Abia State House of Assembly and former aide to a past governor of the state. The order followed a motion ex-parte filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured Nigerians that the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration are stabilising the economy and reducing poverty across the country. Speaking on Monday at the 2025 retreat for newly inaugurated members of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Shettima said the…
Hakeem Baba-Ahmed recently resigned his appointment as Political Adviser to the President in the Vice President’s Office. The former Publicity Secretary of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, who has been a critic and vocal voice against bad governance, in this interview, revealed that he never had a place in the Bola Tinubu administration. He…
Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, the South South zonal Secretary and caretaker chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, George Turnah, has insisted that the party will support President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), even if the state Governor, Senator Douye Diri, does not. The PDP Zonal leader…
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, said his defection to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) is informed by the need to build a platform free from godfatherism and internal dysfunction. El-Rufai made the remarks in Kano on Monday while briefing newsmen on why he decamped to the SDP. The former governor noted…
Traditional rulers from across Igbo land in the South East have pledged to deliver at least 70 percent of the region’s votes to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. Operating under the aegis of the Ndi Igbo Progressive Traditional Rulers Council, the monarchs, led by their chairman, His Royal Majesty Eze Nnamdi…