The former Chairman of the now defunct New People’s Democratic Party bloc within the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, on Saturday, unveiled a list of prominent aggrieved members of the APC, who attended a meeting of the nPDP, where…
APC petitions IGP, DSS over vandalism of Fayemi’s Billboard (Independent)
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Ekiti State chapter, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Director General, State Security Service (SSS), over an alleged destruction of the campaign billboard of its governorship candidate, Kayode Fayemi, by agents…
* 2019: PDP shops for governorship candidate in Lagos (NewTelegraph) * Does Ikoyi registry have power to conduct marriages? (Punch)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE MAY 24, 2018 2019: PDP shops for governorship candidate in Lagos (NewTelegraph) Leading opposition party in Lagos State, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is currently shopping for a governorship candidate ahead of the 2019 elections…
‘I’m not Saraki’s mole’ (Vanguard)
A governorship aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, Alhaji Luqman Mustapha, has dismis-sed insinuation that he is a mole of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, in state’s PDP. Mustapha told Vanguard he only…
Olisa Metuh collapses in court during trial (Guardian)
The former national publicity secretary of the People’s Democratic Party Olisa Metuh Monday collapsed in court at the resumption of his trial for alleged money laundering. His collapse did not stop the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, from proceeding with…
Omisore dumps PDP for SDP (Punch)
A former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has finally dumped from the Peoples Democratic Party for the Social Democratic Party where he said he intend to contest the September 22 governorship election in the state. Omisore announced…
PDP’s secret deal for Saraki, Dogara, Tambuwal, others (Nation)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given its Contact and Integration Committee a two-week extension to wrap up negotiations with Senate President Bukola Saraki, House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara, and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who…
There will be crisis if Ekiti election is rigged, Secondus warns (DailyTrust)
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has said there will be crisis if the forthcoming Ekiti State governorship election is rigged. Secondus disclosed this at the flag-off of PDP’s Local Government election campaign in Port-Harcourt,…
More fireworks over list of public treasury looters (Nation)
Critics of the listing of treasury looters got some knocks yesterday. They are wrong, some stakeholders said in Abuja at the Second Forum of the Anti-Corruption Situation Room, organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA). Activist-lawyer Femi Falana…
Buhari: let’s rescue Ekiti from PDP (Nation)
President Muhammadu Buhari last night urged the Southwest caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to take the mission to rescue Ekiti from the opposition Peoples Democratic Partry (PDP) seriously. The President spoke during a dinner with them at the…