The National Vice Chairman South South of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih, has assured the party is poised to return to power come 2023 given the successful completion of it’s national convention last Saturday. He spoke on Sunday while congratulating the new members of the National Working Committee (NWC) who emerged on … [Read more…]
Dele Momodu joins PDP, gives reasons – Dele Momodu A former presidential candidate, publisher, and journalist, Dele Momodu, has joined Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party. Momodu announced this in a statement on Friday. He explained that his decision was to contribute meaningfully to the development of the country. The former presidential candidate … [Read more…]
Former Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said despite the fact that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has zoned its national chairmanship to the North Central, it did not prevent any qualified aspirant from any zone from contesting the presidency in 2023. Speaking on a national television programme monitored in Lagos, yesterday, the … [Read more…]
Former chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has alleged that moneybags’ and godfathers have hijacked the dominant political parties in Nigeria and that the lack of internal democracy within the parties may cause them to implode. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) are Nigeria’s dominant parties. … [Read more…]
Former Senate president, Iyorchia Ayu, yesterday, emerged consensus candidate of the North for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairmanship. Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, announced it after a meeting of PDP northern caucus at the Bauchi Government in Abuja. Fintiri, who is chairman of a panel set up by northern leaders … [Read more…]
Ozigbo, Anambra And Tomorrow By Oseloka H. Obaze Often, while the past is fraught with bleak history, the future is poignant with imponderables. That cliché fits well into Anambra States governance narrative and leadership needs. A slew of well known names aspire to lead Anambra come 17 March 2022. The qualifying election is scheduled for … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faces a stormy week over zoning of party offices. Two key meetings on the vexed issue — the final session of the National Zoning Committee headed by Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and the party’s governors’ meeting on the report of the Ugwuanyi panel – will hold this week. … [Read more…]
PDP National Convention – Zoning Committee Meeting Ends In a Stalemate The meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Convention Committee on Zoning in Enugu on Thursday ended in a stalemate as stakeholders could not reach a definite decision on where the next national chairman of the party should emerge from, Daily Independent gathered. … [Read more…]
2021 PDP National Convention: NEC to decide zoning formulae after Ugwuanyi’s zoning committee sends its report to the organ for deliberation~Kola Ologbondiyan The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it cannot decide where to zone its 2023 presidential ticket as well as the National Working Committee (NWC) offices until some issues are resolved, PREMIUM TIMES … [Read more…]
Ugwuanyi heads PDP zoning committee, as Fintiri chairs PDP convention committee. Adamawa State governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has emerged the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention Planning Committee. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said this was part resolutions reached at the party’ s 93rd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, held on … [Read more…]
Breaking: Former Aviation minister, Stella Oduah dumps PDP for APC A former Minister of Aviation and Senator representing Anambra North, Stella Oduah has defected from the People’s Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress party. The defection is coming ahead of Anambra State governorship election. The announcement of her defection was made in the presence … [Read more…]
Party Crisis: PDP NWC Meeting Postponed Indefinitely August 24, 2021 The National Working Committee (NWC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), earlier scheduled to take place today, has been postponed indefinitely. The deputy national chairman (South) of the party, Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, announced this in a press release, dated 24 August, 2023. The indefinite … [Read more…]