The crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) escalated yesterday, despite a strident attempt to resolve it. National Chairman, Julius Abure, rejected the 29-member interim committee headed by Senator Esther Nnenadi Usman, former Minister of State for Finance, describing it as illegal. The committee was set up during the extended stakeholders’ meeting of the party convened by … [Read more…]
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have berated the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, for threatening to “set their states on fire”, should they meddle in the affairs of the party in Rivers State. The Governor Bala Mohammed-led PDP Governors’ Forum in a statement signed by … [Read more…]
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has tasked the 13 newly-elected council chairmen and 171 councillors in the state to utilise the opportunity of the autonomy granted local governments by the Supreme Court to bring more developmental projects to their constituencies. The governor threw the challenge at the new local government chairmen and councillors during … [Read more…]
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned state governors assuring Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, of support, assuring that he would “put fire in their states.” Wike stated this when he addressed delegates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who converged to elect new executives at the party’s secretariat in Port … [Read more…]
The Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has successfully elected a new 39-member State Executive Committee with a former Commissioner for Housing in the state, Dr. Martin Chukwunweike as the new Chairman. The winners were announced by the six-man PDP Enugu State Congress Electoral Committee led by Toni Iyoha. Others elected during the … [Read more…]
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has expressed confidence that the party will capture all 36 states in Nigeria if they achieve their goals. Ganduje spoke while receiving the leadership of the Kano State Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Thursday. “I believe our campaign is … [Read more…]
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the July 4 judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja faulting the conduct of the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, which produced Asue Ighodalo as the party’s candidate in the forthcoming September 21 election. In a unanimous judgment a … [Read more…]
Following the prolonged crisis between the incumbent governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara and minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, the minister has vowed not to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that he would fight till the end. Wike who made this known during a media chat with selected news broadcast … [Read more…]
The acting youth leader of the All Progressives Congress, Enugu State chapter, Comrade Chidiebere Ezeh has lauded the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief. Uche Nnaji on the commemoration of his one year in office. In a statement issued by him and made available to PACESETTER, Ezeh praised Nnaji’s “leadership acumen and unwavering commitment … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abia State chapter, has slammed the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu over his statement that as the number six citizen in Nigeria’s political hierarchy, he will not allow another party to win his state in 2027. The party stated that Kalu’s number six position is … [Read more…]
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has insisted that Rivers is still controlled by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), proving wrong speculators of his imaginary dumping of the party. The governor emphasised the importance of clarifying that position to discountenance rumours being peddled in some quarters that he has left the PDP. Governor Fubara made the … [Read more…]
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Ganduje, has reacted to campaign posters circulating on social media indicating he intends to contest against President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Speaking in a statement issued on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu, Ganduje said he has no plan to contest against Tinubu. … [Read more…]