With the last-minute support for his candidature by Mr Tambuwal , Atiku overwhelmed Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike (371 votes to 237 votes) to clinch the party’s presidential ticket. On Sunday, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, described the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, as the hero of the…
Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has perfected plans to be the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for Sokoto South following the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the party’s presidential candidate, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. Mr Tambuwal, whose statutory second-term as governor ends next year, had sought to be his party’s presidential candidate but…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State is set to conduct a fresh governorship primary election following the stepping down of the gubernatorial candidate of the party, Kassim Ibrahim Mohammed. In a telephone interview with our correspondent on Tuesday, the party’s state publicity secretary, Alhaji Yayanuwa Zainabari, explained that the PDP gubernatorial candidate has…
The Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu-Uche, who was abducted by hoodlums in Abia State, has said N100m was paid by the church to secure his freedom. The cleric, who spoke during a press briefing in Lagos on Tuesday, said the kidnappers showed him decomposing bodies of some past victims….
Aggrieved aspirants in the just concluded All Progressives Congress APC Primaries in the State of Osun have charged the National Chairman of the party, Abdulahi Adamu, to call the Governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola to order and stop what they described as “the dragging of democracy on the floor” by the Governor and his…
In what appears the diminishing of President Muhammadu Buhari’s influence within his ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), many of his loyalists, aides, and relatives were beaten in primaries to elect the party’s candidates in the next year’s general elections. While some of them contested to be the party’s candidates in elective positions during the general…
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has told Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State that Southern Governors did not betray him following the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2023 general election. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central during the 8th National Assembly, believes the Southern Governors…
On May 29, 2022, former aviation minister, Chief Femi Fani Kayode congratulated former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on his victory at the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential primaries, which held on May 28, 2022. The congratulations was so effusive. Chief Fani Kayode described the Waziri Adamawa as a “formidable candidate”, and called his emergence an…
During the consultative meeting with Progressive Governors, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, Your Excellency unambiguously conveyed the resolve to provide every needed leadership for our great party, APC, to remain strong and united to improve our electoral fortunes. Highlighting some of the internal policies, which allowed ‘first term Governors who have served credibly well …to…
Ahmad Lawan, President of the Senate, has made an impassioned plea to All Progressives Congress delegates to consider aspirants’ histories and public records before voting in the party’s upcoming presidential primary. In a letter included in a statement on Wednesday, the presidential aspirant requested delegates’ votes in order to become the APC presidential flag bearer…