Except for a major upset, the odds, yesterday, seemed to favour Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, in the race for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket. At press time, hot on Tambuwal’s heels and also tipped to displace…
Jonathan: Whoever Emerges PDP Candidate Will be Next President (ThisDay)
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has predicted that whoever emerges as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would eventually become the next president of the country. In his remarks at the ongoing National Convention of the PDP in Port…
Massive turnout at PDP Convention (ThisDay)
Large turnout of delegates and heavy presence of security personnel characterised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention holding in Port Harcourt, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The venue of the convention, Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, was agog as…
PDP convention: Delegates, food vendors, posters adorn venue (Nation)
Delegates, food vendors, traders in various consumables, stickers and caps have set up canopies around the Adokiye Amasiemaka Stadium, venue of the 2018 National Convention of the People’s Democratic Party. Some of the delegates have also been sleeping in vehicles…
FG, APC plotting to disrupt our convention, says PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that the Federal Government and the ruling All Progressives Congress are planning to disrupt its Saturday national convention. But the former ruling party was not categorical on the type of the alleged plots against…
PDP presidential aspirants to sign bond ahead convention (Vanguard)
Ahead of Saturday’s national convention, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has concluded plans to commit all its presidential aspirants in the 2019 general elections to a bond, in what appears a move to stem possible post-convention crisis. The bond, expected to…
Murray-Bruce drops ambition to return to Senate (Punch)
Ahead of Tuesday’s (today’s) primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State to pick the senatorial candidates, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has withdrawn his ambition to return to the Senate for a second term in 2019. The senator, popularly…
Who is afraid of Emmanuel Uduaghan? -Julius Akpovire-Enyeh
The story of the immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan is synonymous to that of “Joseph” in the Holy Book, the Bible, whom despite persecution, hatred and victimisation stood tall because God was with him. From…
Osun election: Buhari asks unsatisfied parties to seek court redress (Guardian)
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged candidates of forty-eight political parties that participated in the Osun state governorship election to seek court redress should they disagree with the result of the election. Candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Gboyega…
