Politics

A former member of the House of Representatives, Yemi Arokodare, has accused former Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose of having worked against the interest of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Saturday’s governorship election. The PDP came third in the governorship election behind the All Progressives Congress, APC, that was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Social Democratic Party, SDP that came second. Honourable Arokodare in a statement in Abuja accused the former governor of Ekiti state of “deliberately working against the collective interest of the majority of party members for personal gains.” The…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, ruled out the concept of a “placeholder” or dummy vice presidential candidate as done by political parties, adding that it has no place in the constitution of Nigeria. INEC had set June 17 as the deadline for the nomination of vice-presidential candidates following the conclusion of the presidential primaries. However, as some political parties continued to search for the rightful VP candidate, and to beat the deadline set by INEC for submission of names, some candidates, including Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, submitted…

Indications are strong that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may not come out strong in the South East in next year’s general elections based on the outcome of the just concluded parties’ primary elections. Investigations carried out by Business Hallmark revealed that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Labour Part (LP) are dangerously posing a serious and fresh threat to the PDP. After PDP’s primary elections meant to elect candidates to represent it in all levels of the 2023 general elections, most of the aspirants who lost the parties’ nominations felt disenchanted and in the process embraced either APGA…

A former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This was disclosed on Monday via a letter he addressed to the party’s national chairman, Senator (Dr.) lyorchia Ayu. According to the PDP chieftain, he took the decision because the opposition party is not ready to take over power from the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023. The letter reads partly, “I write to formally inform you of my resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). This has been communicated to the Chairman of Burutu Ward 3, Burutu Local Government…