Ahead of the governorship election in Edo State later in 2016, the Peoples Democratic Party has released its guidelines for its primaries. This, it said, is in compliance with sections 13-21 of the Electoral Guidelines of the party. It was disclosed on Thursday that the “National Caretaker Committee of our great Party has nominated the…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has congratulated Ifeanyi Okowa on his victory at the governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, held on Monday in the state. Okowa defeated his closest rival at the primaries, David Edebvie, by 406 votes to 299 votes. The governor, in a press statement issued by his Chief…
Former Minister of Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has described the governorship primaries of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, held in Lagos on Monday as a “sham”. The former Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Ghana was defeated at the primaries by Jimi Agbaje, after he (Obanikoro) had been touted to emerge the party’s candidate based on his experience…
Come December 10, 2014, the rightful candidate to fly the All Progressives Congress, APC, flag in the 2015 presidential election will be determined. Already, the opposition party has screened those who bought the nomination forms of the APC and the arena is set to contain the gladiators. Muhammadu Buhari, Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Rochas Okorocha…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has announced new dates for its primaries to elect candidates to fly the party’s flags in the 2015 House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate and governorship elections. Also, the party announced a shift in date for its ward congresses in electing ad-hoc delegates to partake in the four…