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Zoning ripples widen in PDP over party chair
There is unease in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 48 hours to its crucial National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. Zoning of offices is the cause of anxiety amid…
2023: Power Is Never Given On A Platter, Osinbajo Tells Youths
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has asked young Nigerians to contest for elective positions in the 2023 elections if they want to assume power. Speaking on Monday during a…
Northern group kicks against zoning 2023 presidency
THE opposition against the zoning of the 2023 Presidency continued on Monday with a coalition of over 60 Northern groups, describing it as undemocratic. The CNG warned that…
Pro-Atiku group rejects PDP zoning committee’s recommendation
A socio-political group, Atiku Support Organisation, has rejected the recommendation of the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led Peoples Democratic Party’s zoning committee which zoned the…
PDP northern power brokers mobilise ahead NEC meeting this week
SOME power brokers from the North in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have initiated wide consultations and mobilisation ahead of the National Executive Committee…
Fresh Crisis Over PDP Chairmanship Zoning, Members Demand Open Contest
THERE are fresh agitations over the zoning formula proposed by the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwanyi-led Peoples Democratic Party Zoning Committee. The PUNCH gathered in Abuja, on Sunday, that…
2023: Yahaya Bello Dumps Presidential Bid, Lobbies APC Leaders For VP Slot
Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has dumped his ambition to contest the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Daily…
PDP zoning: How Makinde, other govs ceded chairmanship seat to North
Fresh facts emerged in Abuja, on Sunday about how the decision to zone the National Chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party was arrived at. It was gathered that the Oyo…
Politicians Go Into Hiding In Anambra As Gunmen Break Loose
There is currently tension in Anambra State due to the widespread violence recorded in the buildup to the November governorship election. Many politicians have gone into…
Electoral Amendment: 14 Nigerian lawmakers who’ll decide fate of ‘electronic transmission’ of…
In July, shortly before embarking on an annual recess, the Senate and the House of Representatives passed different versions of the Electoral Amendment Bill. Over two months after,…
CONVENTION: How PDP governors moved against Secondus, Oyinlola, Fayose
The move to prevent the emergence of Chief Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former governor of Osun State, as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was actualised in…
ELECTORAL ACT HARMONIZATION: Opposition to NASS grows as anti-electronic transmission senators…
Opposition to moves by the National Assembly (NASS) to provide for conditional electronic transmission of election results is growing as the Senate and the House of…
Northern reps meet Tinubu in UK, back 2023 presidential bid
Amid the rumoured presidential ambition of former Lagos State governor and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, members of the House of…
2023 Election: Concern As INEC Chairman Backs PDP’s Push For Electronic Voting
The insistence of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to proceed with the adoption of an electronic voting system ahead of…
Jonathan, Okowa mentioned as PDP presidential prospects as S/East governors lose out
President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State were at the weekend being mentioned in the new permutations for the presidential ticket of the Peoples…
Zoning May Leave Us With Useless Presidential Candidates In 2023 – Sanusi Lamido
Former Emir of Kano and one-time Managing Director of First Bank, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has lamented that the nation’s economy has not been diversified, over 60 years after the discovery…
APC Will Destroy You, Remain In PDP – Wike tells Jonathan
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged former President Goodluck Jonathan to remain in the Peoples Democratic Party and not join the All Progressives Congress. According to the…
PDP NEC May Approve Throwing Presidential Ticket Open Next Week
Barring any changes, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may approve the report of the Governor Bala Mohammed Committee which…
EXCLUSIVE: PDP governors vote to zone chairmanship to the north
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have voted for the zoning of the party chairmanship to the north — an early indication that the presidential…
APC releases revised timetable for State Congresses
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the revised timetable and schedule of activities for its Oct. 16 State Congresses. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, the National…
Allow electronic transmission of election results, Jonathan tells National Assembly
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has called on the National Assembly to allow the use of electronic means of transmitting results of future elections in the country. Mr…
INEC worries about insecurity in Anambra, alerts on impending constitutional crisis
Thirty-six days to the Anambra governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed fears over worsening security challenges in the state.…
2023: Expectations, Doubts As Jega, Utomi, Others Mobilise Against APC, PDP
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the quest by the promoters of a third force to sack the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2023…
It’s Foolish To Sit In Lagos Or Port Harcourt And Demand Power Shift, says El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna has clarified the position of Northern Governors Forum on power shift. At a meeting in Kaduna on Monday, the governors had said…