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PDP Security Team Calls For Peaceful 2025 Convention
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Security and Intelligence Subcommittee for the 2025 National Convention urged members to collaborate for a peaceful convention atmosphere. The Sub-Committee Vice-Chairman, Retired Col. Austin Akobundu, made the call at the sub-committee’s inaugural meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. Akobundu, the immediate past PDP National Organising Secretary, pledged the sub-committee’s commitment to ensure a peaceful and successful convention. He...
PDP Strengthens Security Ahead Of 2025 National Convention
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken steps to strengthen security ahead of its 2025 elective national convention, scheduled to take place in Ibadan, Oyo State. The party inaugurated a Security Sub-Committee on Wednesday with a charge to ensure a hitch-free and credible exercise. At the inaugural meeting of the sub-committee held in Abuja, the Director-General and Governor of Taraba State,...
Atiku, Obi, Jonathan Can’t Defeat Tinubu In 2027 — Orji Kalu
The Abia state politician also warned Jonathan against contesting, saying he is constitutionally banned from doing so. Former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu, is confident of President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. Kalu, who represents Abia North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He stated that former President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President...
Group Slams Rumour Mongers Over Rep. Nkwonta’s Alleged Defection
A socio-political group under the aegis of the Ukwa Unity Forum (UUF) has taken a strong stand against reports alleging that the member representing Ukwa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Chris Nkwonta, is planning to defect from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Labour Party (LP). In a statement made available to newsmen in Umuahia...
“Abia Needs Good Governance, Not Propaganda” – Deputy Speaker Kalu Tells Gov Otti
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has urged the Abia State Government under Governor Alex Otti to embrace transparency, accountability, and genuine governance instead of resorting to propaganda and media theatrics. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu, on October 7, 2025, Kalu said his earlier comment on Abia’s...
APC Disqualifies Kayode Ojo From Ekiti Guber
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has disqualified prominent governorship aspirant, Engr. Kayode Ojo, from its forthcoming primary election in Ekiti State, in a move party insiders say reshapes the contest in favour of the incumbent governor, Abiodun Oyebanji. The decision, taken at Thursday’s meeting of the APC National Working Committee, NWC, followed the report of the screening panel set...
Orji Kalu Accuses Obasanjo Of Seeking Third Term In Office
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, representing Abia North, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of lying about never seeking a third term in office, insisting that the former president personally informed him of his ambition to extend his stay in power. Obasanjo had, during the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation’s Democracy Dialogue held in Accra in September, dismissed claims that he sought a...
Deputy Speaker, Kalu Accuses Otti Govt Of Borrowing Without Accountability, Running On Propaganda
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has accused the Abia State Government of massive borrowing without visible results, describing it as “a government run on propaganda rather than performance.” In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu, Kalu cited the $263.8 million African Development Bank (AfDB) syndicated loan approved for Abia, along...
“The Few Remaining Members Of PDP Are Perhaps Undertakers” — APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has described party leaders remaining in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as undertakers waiting for the final burial of the opposition party. The APC Spokesman, Mr Seye Oladejo, in a statement on Saturday in Lagos, said this while reacting to the recent defection of some PDP leaders into the APC. Oladejo urged the...
Atiku Condemns Tinubu’s Use Of Presidential Pardon
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s latest use of the presidential pardon, describing it as a reckless act that undermines justice and accountability. In a statement posted on his X handle, yesterday, Atiku said the presidential prerogative of mercy is meant to balance justice with compassion, not to trivialise criminality. He faulted the most recent round of...
