The Peoples Democratic Party in Nasarawa State is crying foul over the inability of the State Independent Electoral Commission to release results of the Local Government election held on Saturday.
The party, while briefing reporters in Lafia on Sunday said, “Results indicate that it won the chairmanship elections in eight Local Governments, but accused the commission of deliberate attempt to falsify those results. more
The All Progressive Congress (APC) may have decided to settle for former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, as its presidential candidate in next year’s election.
Some of the notable leaders who spoke with Sunday Independent were of the opinion that a Buhari candidature would guarantee a lot of things, which include massive support from the Northwest and Northeast, because, according to them, most people in the North still see him as the messiah and would go out en masse to vote for him any day. more
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship candidate in the state after winning the state’s party primaries with four hundred and sixty two (462) votes out of four hundred and seventy Seven (470) votes cast today.
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would recapture all its ‘stolen mandates’ in Kwara on or before the 2015 general elections. Jonathan gave this assurance when he received some PDP elders and political officeholders from Kwara in Abuja. He expressed optimism that the PDP would take over the state, saying that the National headquarters of the party would assist more
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared Mr Peter Obafemi to contest the Ekiti State governorship election slated for June 21.
This is contained in a statement issued by the party`s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Olisa Metuh, on Friday in Abuja.
“After a careful review of procedures, processes and documentation …..more
Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, over the weekend expressed concern over comments by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the state that the party would ‘capture’ the state at the end of his administration come 2016 and wondered if Edo State was a ‘goat’ that must be captured. more
An estimated 25,000 persons from various opposition parties at the weekend defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Owhelogbo community, Isoko North local government area of Delta State.
The defectors who were received by the state governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan and secretary to the state governor, Comrade Ovuozuorie Macaulay said they returned to the PDP because they believed that the party was more
Plateau Governor Jonah Jang, says he has started the process of replacing old politicians with younger ones in Plateau politics.
“We have set machineries in motion to weed the old brigades from contesting in future polls as a way of minimising corruption in the system.’’
Jang said this on Friday in Jos, at a lecture in honour of his 70th birthday. more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue said that 33 aspirants had indicated interest to contest the governorship election on the platform of the party in 2015.
The Benue Chairman of PDP, Dr Emmanuel Agbo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi on Friday that the party’s primaries must be free and fair.
Agbo said that all members of the State Working Committee (SWC) of the party had resolved to ensure that all candidates were given equal opportunities. more
Aspirants vying for various elective positions on the platform of the All Progressives Congres (APC) have appealed to Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura to intervene and redress what they termed a case of injustice and unfair treatment meted out to them by the hierarchy of the party in the state.
Making his feelings known to ……More