The Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State has alleged that the state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has signed an Executive Order to provide legal cover for the ‘illegal appointment of his biological son, Babajide, as the director-general of Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit (PPIMU) of the state. According to the party, the Executive Order, ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ondo State chapter has revealed that action has began towards petitioning the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged looting of the State by Governor Oluwarotimi and his family.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended the declaration of the Anambra governorship election results. This is because there was no election conducted in Ihiara Local Government Area of the State. Returning Officer, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Florence Obi said she would not announce the result of the election until a supplementary ...

The panel of three judges led by Justice Haruna Tsammani found no merit in Mr Secondus’ appeal saying he voluntarily relinquished his office since he did not challenge his removal at ward and local government levels.

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has set up a panel to investigate the role of lawyers in the conflicting court orders on the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Rivers State High Court, on August 23, issued an order of interim injunction restraining Prince Uche Secondus from parading himself as the party’s National ...

It must be the fruits of a turbulent spirit. Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo described him more as a man ruled by the cravings of his stomach rather than the demands of mental exegesis. But when you hear him speak, it makes you wonder. His eloquence and the structure of his verbal articulations mesmerise you ...

Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt yesterday upheld the suspension of the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus. The court which insisted that the suspension stands, also granted an order of perpetual injunction restraining Secondus from parading as the National Chairman of PDP. The trial judge, Justice ...

This article by Erasmus Ikhide roundly calls out the National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, Kola Ologbondiyan, accusing him of going against the cardinal principle of his profession, Journalism, which mandates that facts must be sacred, as a result of his allegations against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of partisanship and ...

The best illustration of this was how the party lost the 2015 general elections to an emergent Special Purpose Vehicle called the All Progressives Congress (APC) – an association of strange political bedfellows whose only ambition was to put an end to the Jonathan administration and the PDP’s continued stay in power. By the time ...

He spoke against the backdrop of various injunctions and ex-parte orders granted some PDP leaders by some courts of same jurisdiction recently.

The House of Representatives has passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill with the retention of the controversial section 52 of the bill.