Actor-turned-politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, has announced his resignation from the Labour Party effective February 25, 2025. Okonkwo said on Tuesday in a lengthy post on X that his decision to resign from the party was because the party is “non-existent as presently constituted.” He wrote, “In the Constitution of Labour Party, the tenure of the ward,…
Kenneth Okonkwo, former spokesperson of the Labour Party, said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has itself to blame for the crisis destabilising it, saying the party leaders have become servants to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Okonkwo said President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Nyesom Wike reduced the PDP’s political standing as an opposition party….
Chief Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and member of the party’s Board of Trustees, has explained why he fell out with Nyesom Wike, whom he supported to spite Atiku Abubakar during the build-up to the 2023 presidential election. George, who attributed the unresolved crisis in the PDP to the outcome…
A fight broke out on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, where a meeting of the party’s Board of Trustees, BoT, is ongoing. The altercation began when Sunday Ude-Okoye, a party chieftain, was ejected from the meeting. Samuel Anyanwu and Ude-Okoye are fighting over for the position of National Secretary of…
Osun State Governor, Mr. Ademola Adeleke, on Monday alleged that the 2018 governorship election in the state was stolen from him. In an interview on Wazobia TV, Adeleke claimed that he did not lose the election to his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), but that the election was stolen “I didn’t…
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State on Sunday assured commissioners and permanent secretaries in his administration of a conducive working environment. Fubara said his cabinet members can function optimally without tension or health conditions like high blood pressure. He spoke at a special thanksgiving service organised in honour of Dr Tammy Wenike Danagogo, Rivers’ Secretary…
Popular Ghanaian actor John Dumelo has won the Ayawaso West Wuogon parliamentary constituency seat. Dumelo, who ran under the platform of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), defeated the incumbent Lydia Alhassan of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Dumelo had been trying to win this constituency since 2018, but he lost by a narrow margin…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a former spokesman, Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, Segun Sowunmi, has said that the former vice president is yet to respond to his question on whether he (Atiku) is contesting for the presidency again. Although the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has not declared his intention to…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Bauchi State has suspended the member representing Kirfi local government in the state House of Assembly, Habibu Umar, on allegations of insubordination. This was contained in a letter addressed to the state House of Assembly speaker, Abubakar Sulaiman. The letter signed by the party’s state chairman, Sama’ila Burga, stated that…
Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the Governor Monday Okpebholo-led government of squandering over N30 billion left in the state’s coffer by the immediate past government of Godwin Obaseki, two weeks after he was sworn-in as governor. The caretaker committee chairman of the party in the State Dr Anthony Aziegbemi…
