Tag: PDP
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Just In: Court Sacks Plateau Governor, Caleb Mutfwang I SummitPost
ABUJA, NIGERIA – In a landmark ruling, the Appeal Court in Abuja has sacked the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, and declared the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Nentawe Goshwe, as the duly elected governor of the state. The court, in a unanimous decision delivered on Sunday by Justice Elfrieda Williams-Dawodu, set aside…
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LG Polls: Taraba APC Chair Calls For Total Cancellation Of Elections SummitPostÂ
By Emmanuel Awari, Jalingo JALINGO, Taraba State – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State has called for the complete cancellation of the ongoing local government elections in the state, alleging widespread irregularities and vote-rigging by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). APC State Chairman, Barrister Tukur El-Sudi, made the call while addressing journalists…
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PDP Plotting To Rig Taraba Council Polls, APC Alleges I SummitPostÂ
Emmanuel Awari, Jalingo The All Progressive Congress (APC) has accused the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of planning to rig the upcoming local government elections in Taraba State. APC state chairman Ibrahim El-Sudi alleged that the PDP is planning to use vote-buying, intimidation, and collusion with Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission (TSIEC) officials and security…
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Kogi Guber: 7 Shocking Reasons White Lion Pants In His Den…
By Nathan Emmanuel Email: emmnatslinks@gmail.com The Kogi Governorship election is fast approaching, and it is evident that the ruling party is on the verge of losing the election due to the white lion’s braggadocios posture and abysmal performance over the past seven years. It is clear that the white lion is losing control over his territory,…
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Gov Bello Planned To Dethrone Late Ohinoyi Except For Buhari’s Intervention – Sen Natasha Alleges I SummitPost
Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan, has alleged that Governor Yahaya Bello planned to dethrone the late Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, except for the intervention of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Akpoti made the allegation in an interview with Channels Television after the Court of Appeal,…
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Kogi: SDP Candidate Ajaka Hails Natasha’s Victory As Triumph Of Democracy Over Anarchy I SummitPost
By Omonu YG Nelson In a reaction to the Court of Appeal’s declaration of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected Senator of Kogi Central Senatorial District, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State, Alhaji Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, has described it as a triumph of…
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Just In : Appeal Court Affirms Natasha As Winner Of Kogi Central Senatorial District I SummitPost
Just In : Appeal Court Affirms Natasha As Winner Of Kogi Central Senatorial Seat The appeal court in Abuja has upheld the judgment of the Kogi state election petition tribunal sacking Senator as a senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial district of the state. The election petition tribunal sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State had declared Natasha…
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Kogi Guber: Gov Bello Seeking 3rd Term Through Proxy – Sen. Melaye I SummitPost
As campaign for Kogi governorship election reaches the home stretch, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November governorship election in Kogi State, Dino Melaye, has alleged that the current governor of the State, Yahaya Bello, is seeking a third term through a proxy. Bello, who is in the final days of his…
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Tinubu, Anti-graft Agencies And Atiku’s Certificate Brouhaha
By Gidado Ibrahim A wise man once said, “Accountability feels like an attack when you are not ready to acknowledge how your behaviour harms others.” The foregoing aptly captures the mood of Nigerians in the last month. Nigeria and its leadership have been subjected to extreme ridicle by the internationalisation of Nigeria’s domestic affairs by…
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Tribunal Removes Nasarawa Governor, Declares PDP’s Ombudgadu Winner
By SUNDAY ABBA, Abuja The governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State has sacked the Governor, Engr Abdullahi Sule and declared David Ombugadu, the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected Governor of the state. In a ruling delivered on Monday, two of the justices agreed that the…
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Kogi Guber: Understanding Murtala Ajaka’s Empathy In Leadership I SummitPost
By Omonu YG Nelson To say Kogi State is passing through extraordinary times is to restate the obvious. Haven’t laboured in the last eight years, under the most incompetent and inhumane administration in the history of the Confluence state, it is time to enthrone leader, steeped in empathy. Suffice to say that nothing short of…
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Natasha’s Victory And Muri’s Grassroots Momentum: A Forewarning To APC Led Govt In KogiÂ
By Hadi Dankogi In the ever-changing landscape of the Kogi 2023 forthcoming gubernatorial election campaigns, recent developments have emerged as pivotal turning points, casting a foreboding shadow over the political prospects of the incumbent Governor Bello’s political base; Natasha Akpoti’s triumph at the election Tribunal, and Muri’s emergence backed by organic support have exposed vulnerabilities…
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Between Tinubu’s Legal Victory And Atiku, Obi’s Breach Of Statesmanship
By Ibrahim Gidado The unanimous judgement delivered by the five-member panel of Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) led by Justice Haruna Tsammani on Wednesday closes an epic story of the triumph of justice over injustice, lies, deceits and a shrill attempt to stand the law on its head. In their petitions, the presidential candidates of…
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Natasha, Family Gifts Nanny House In Abuja
Politician and Kogi-born philanthropist, Barr. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and her family has gifted their Nanny a two-bedroom room bungalow worth millions of Niara in Abuja, FCT. Presenting the two-bedroom Bungalow to Isah Damaris, on-behalf of the family, Natasha said “I ask that you take this two-bedroom house as a token of our deep appreciation for the…
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On Wike’s Appointment With ‘Cancerous APC’ I SummitPost
By Sunday Onyemaechi Eze Nyesom Ezenwo Wike took oath of office as the 17th minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) together with other 47 newly appointed cabinet members at the presidential villa, Abuja early last week. Wike, a staunch member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) was the immediate past governor of Rivers State.…
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Igala Youth President Expresses Shock At Odu Akowe’s Resignation From PDP
The national Pesident of Igala Youth Empowerment Initiative, Prince Momoh Enema, has expressed shock at the sudden resignation of a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP stalwart in Kogi State, Comrade Akowe Odu. In a statement, the youth president said, Odu’s resignation from the party he is one of the foundation members in 1998, is a huge…
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Former Taraba PDP Chairman Dies I SummitPost
Emmanuel Awari, Jalingo The former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Taraba State, Chief Victor Bala Kona, is dead. A family source said that Chief Bala Kona, has been in a London hospital over a complicated heart problem. The source said, the former state PDP chairman got relieved and returned to Abuja on Wednesday,…
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Kogi Guber: SDP Candidate, Murtala Ajaka Gets Ebira Royal Head-up I SummitPost
The SDP candidate also visited the graveside of the former strongman of Kogi politics and senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District (1999-2003), late Ahmed Tijani Ahmed (alias AT Ahmed) and a frontrunner of Islam in Ebira Land, Sheihk Ahmed Rufai.
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Natasha Urges Tribunal To Declare Her Winner Of Kogi Central Senatorial Election I SummitPost News
The senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Kogi Central in the 25th February 2023 general elections has asked the Nationa
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Atiku As Monolith Of Nigeria’s Democracy: A Retrospection
By Tunde Olusunle By some prodigious coincidence, this year 2023 makes one full decade of the publication of a compendium on groundbreaking constitutional litigations filed by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Titled: Landmark Constitutional Law Cases in Nigeria: 2004 – 2007: The Atiku Abubakar Cases, the book was authored by Maxwell Michael Gidado, PhD, SAN…
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PDP Guber Candidate Wraps Up Petition Defense At Election TribunalÂ
The People Democratic Party Governorship Candidate in Cross River State, Senator Sandy Onor has concluded the defense of the petition he filed at the
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Alleged Certificate Forgery: NYSC Compounds Governor Mbah’s Woes, Tender Documents Before Election Tribunal
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, on Friday tendered some documents before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu State, indicating that Governor
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Tambuwal, Wike Loses As Akpabio Names Senate Minority Leaders
Ex-Governor Nyesom Wike and former Governor Aminu Tambuwal, allies turned foes, have lost out in the supremacy battle for the leadership of the minority caucus of the senate. While Wike, who held a series of meetings with Senate President Godswill Akpabio, pushing for a particular senator, Tambuwal made known his interest in the minority leadership…
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I Suffered Liver, Kidney Failure Because Of Poison At PDP Secretariat
Former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said there were so many political gang up against him, including poisoning that led to his liver and kidney failure,
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Taraba PDP Begins Selection Of Credible Members For Appointment
Taraba State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, said it has commenced consultations with stakeholders across the 16 local government areas of the state to
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Murtala Ajaka: Still On The Rare Display Of Courage Under Fire I SummitPost News
The title of this 1996 American war film “Courage Under Fire” directed by Edward Zwick, and starring Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan, excellently captures
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As November Kogi Gov’ship Contest Assumes Ethnic Dimension
As Kogi governorship election, slated for November 1, is fast approaching, political activities and preparations are in top gear, signaling the electioneering campaign in the state.
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Kogi 2023: The Fading Steam Of APC Gov’ship Candidate
The recently concluded APC gubernatorial primaries in Kogi State have not only left a sour taste in the mouths of party members, but it has also exposed the party’s uninspiring choice of candidate. Despite being the ruling party in the state, the APC is struggling to project the vibrancy that is expected of a party…
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My Phone Conversation With Dangiwa Umar Over Tukur Mamu, By Hassan Gimba
My column of last week with the title “Like Mamu, like Abdulsalami and the billion naira firefighter” drew the attention of Colonel Dangiwa Umar (retd). The respected senior citizen was more particular about the first part because I mentioned him. In the piece, I pointed out that Tukur Mamu, publisher of Kaduna-based Desert Herald and…
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Akwa Ibom: YPP Reps Candidate Floors PDP In Supplementary Election
The candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) (YPP) for Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo has been declared the winner of the National Assembly election in the state.
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Taraba Reps Member-Elect, Yushau Dies At 37
A House of Representatives member-elect for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal constituency, Taraba State, Ismaila Yushau Maihanci has passed on.
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Guber Poll: PDP, INEC At Loggerhead Over Election Materials Inspection In C’River
The People Democratic Party (PDP) Special Committee set up for inspection of election materials used in the conduct of the March 18 Governorship and House of Assembly polls in Cross River State has berated the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) for deliberately frustrating the committee from executing its mandate despite a subsisting court order.
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Like Peter Obi Like Tsetse Fly On The ScrotumÂ
There is a Peter Obi witch-hunt that is ongoing. Some forces are certainly after him. Call it Obi-phobia or Obidients-phobia. The attackers see both as one and the same. These sustained attacks on Obi, Datti his running mate, and indeed, the Labour Party
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Supplementary Poll: Former Taraba Speaker Win Reps Seat
The Independent National Electoral Commision (INEC), has declared former speaker, Taraba State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mark Bako Useni of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as winner of supplementary election for Takum/Donga and Ussa federal constituency.
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C’River Guber Poll: PDP, INEC At Loggerhead Over Election Materials Inspection
…Apply to headquarters for BVAS’ release, says REC By Abasi Ita, Calabar The People Democratic Party (PDP) Special Committee set up for inspection of election materials used in the conduct of the March 18 Governorship and House of Assembly polls in Cross River State has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for deliberately frustrating…
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C’River Tribunal Grants Onor, PDP Relief To Access Election MaterialsÂ
The Cross River State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal Holden in Calabar, Cross River State with the mandate of addressing grievances arising from the 2023 General Elections has granted the People Democratic Party, PDP, and its governorship candidate, Senator Sandy Onor, the permission to inspect election materials used for the March 18 elections.
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Agbu, Deputy, Taraba Assembly Members-elect Receives Certificates Of Return
Taraba State Governor-elect, Col. Kefas Agbu Rtd, his deputy, Aminu Alkali and 23 out of 24 Taraba House of Assembly members-elect, on Wednesday, received their Certificates of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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2023 Kogi Gov’ship: Who The Cap Fits in APC?Â
The commencement at weekend of screening of 18 aspirants jostling to fly the flag of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, at the November 1, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State, climaxed what analysts termed “the mother of all elections”.
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INEC Shouldn’t Temper With The Choice Of Tarabans – Rev Dopah
The Taraba State Chairman of the TEKAN ECWA Church bloc Rev (Dr) Philip Micah Dopah has warned INEC against tempering with the wishes and choices of majority of Tarabans.
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Osun: Gov Adeleke’s Mandate Reinstated As Appeal Court Upholds Appeal
Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has nullified the judgement of the tribunal and reinstated Adeleke Ademola as Osun State governor The Court of Appeal has decided to set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal and has upheld the governorship of the current governor, state senator Ademola Adeleke.