Politics

Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has insisted that the embattled national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP must be removed from office. This was as the coalition has scheduled to meet with the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike to present a working road path to final resolution of the crisis. Spokesman of …

• Tinubu: Dogara, Lawal are APC impostors, promoters of hatred• Vote PDP and restore unity to Nigeria, says Atiku• G-5 governors absent as PDP flags off presidential campaign in Uyo• Emmanuel, Okowa, Diri, Obaseki, PDP South-South stakeholders unite President Muhammadu Buhari and First Lady, Aisha, yesterday, appealed to women to massively support the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola …

• Coalition moves to adopt a consensus candidate• Ondo APC chieftain urges Tinubu to meet Southwest Christians• Wike’s group to boycott Atiku’s campaign inauguration today• Okowa, Obaseki, and others in Uyo for PDP campaign flaff-off The plot against the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) by aggrieved members thickened, at the weekend, after Northern Christian leaders concluded arrangements …

•Resolves to back party’s presidential standard bearer •Ex-VP says request achievable, but must follow due process •PDP candidate has capacity to unite Nigeria, Makinde declares •Ikpeazu: PDP needs genuine reconciliation to be victorious Chuks Okocha in Abuja and Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan Speaking with one accord yesterday in Ibadan, South-west leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presented a “corporate …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyiochia Ayu, yesterday got a confidence vote after weeks of speculations about whether or not he should retain his seat. But the decision did not go down well with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who insisted that Ayu must step down. The party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Governor …

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has passed a vote of confidence on the party’s national chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, and the National Working Committee (NWC). The NEC passed the confidence vote on the NWC on Thursday at its meeting held at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja. According to the party’s National Publicity Secretary, …

Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has reiterated his promise to give 40 per cent of his cabinet positions to women and youths, if successful in the 2023 general election. Atiku made the promise at the inauguration of the Atiku-Okowa Vanguard Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja. Represented by his campaign spokesman, Dino Melaye, the former vice president said the …

There are indications that the cracks in the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) has deepened, as forces opposed to the National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, intensify push for his ouster. Daily Sun gathered that some members, including two national vice chairmen, are joining forces with opponents of the national chairman. Ayu has been in the eye of the storm since the nomination …

The camp of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, in the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has proposed the appointment of Taofeek Arapaja as acting national chairman of the party. PREMIUM TIMES exclusively reported on Friday that the group, at a meeting it held on Thursday in London with the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, demanded the resignation of the …

• PDP confident of amicable reconciliation• Atiku orders Lamido, others to halt verbal warfare over Wike• Strategic meeting to unite Osinbajo, Amaechi, other APC presidential aspirants in the works Exactly a week after former President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in his Abeokuta home, he, yesterday, led the presidential candidate …