Politics

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 …

Atiku said if elected as president, he would first remove the entire electricity value chain from the exclusive list and give states the power to generate, transmit and distribute electricity for themselves. Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar says he has the most proactive plan to lead Nigeria out of darkness. He stated this in a statement he …

The National Consultative Front and coalition of human rights organisations in the South-East have slammed the Chairman, South-East Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, for threatening members of the Labour Party in his state, especially the governorship candidate, Splendor Eze. They expressed their total and unreserved commitment to support the Nigerian youths in their irreversible quest for …

Governors continue to show their control of the party structure to the detriment of many lawmakers. A review of the outcomes of party primaries has revealed that dozens of members of the House of Representatives fell at the first hurdle in their reelection bids, as the hands of state governors showed in the shadow elections across Nigeria. Also, about 28 …

• George, FFK differ on Tinubu’s visit• Nnamani dissociates self from Atiku gang-up, explains why he spoke out for Tinubu• PDP stakeholders rue crisis as Wike plots new breed coalition• Ayu’s case not before us yet, Jibrin• Wike’s meeting with Obi, others in order, says Ologbondiyan presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, yesterday, held a closed-door …