The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the ongoing probe of the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
PDP said after reviewing the reported circumstances surrounding the investigation of Magu, the suspended acting EFCC Chairman should be prosecuted without delay.
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The party said that Magu’s indictment reinforces its position that the much-hyped war against corruption by the EFCC, under his watch, has been a huge scam by corrupt individuals to cover the plundering of public resources, harass political opponents, intimidate and extort money …
A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City has adjourned the trial of Osagie Ize-Iyamu, along with others, due to his ill-health.
Others are ex-Edo Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Dan Orbih; his successor, Tony Aziegbemi; ex-Edo Deputy Governor, Lucky Imasuen, and Efe Erimuoghae-Anthony.
Ize-Iyamu is the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo State.
The court had on June 18, validated the corruption charges against the defendants, and, therefore, adjourned the case until July 7 for hearing.
All five are being tried on money laundering charges filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).…
The latest revelations from an Italian court that all the parties involved in the OPL 245/Malabu affair were corrupt sums up the 16-year misrule of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), according to the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO)
It said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, that the prosecutor’s position is a fitting description of PDP’s governance at an international stage.
…“We are not really surprised that Sergio Spadaro, the Italian deputy prosecutor, told a Milan court prosecuting Shell and Eni over the
Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has displayed the forms of the incumbent Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the forthcoming election in the State, Godwin Obaseki, and those of 13 others.
The Commission displayed the particulars at its annex office, located at the former state secretariat of the PDP on Sapele Road in Benin, Edo State on Thursday.
INEC’s Information reveals that Governor Obaseki obtained the West African School Leaving Certificate in 1973 and Bachelor of Arts (B.A. Hons.), 1979, as his qualifications.
The Governor did not present his Higher School Certificate …
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State received the blessings of his colleague governors in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) before defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A credible source in the party, who does not want his name in print, said even though the governors never openly declared support for Obaseki’s move, many of them who were sympathetic with him over the manner he was treated “encouraged him to pitch his tent elsewhere since he has been shut out from his own house”.
Obaseki, who has been at loggerheads with his predecessor and then national chairman of the …
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday asked the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi to tow the path of honour and resign from office honourably.
The Zonal Publicity Secretary (Southwest) of the party, Mr. Ayo Fadaka who spoke on Channels TV Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, said Agboola should resign from office since he can longer cooperate with the Governor ‘who put so much trust in him’.
Fadaka who said there is a standard people must keep even in politics, stressed that politics is not as bad as the way it is being played by desperate politicians.
The Deputy Governor …
His request came after the federal government paid N78.9 billion it owed the state government.
“I wish to, on behalf of the Government and people of Rivers State, appreciate and most sincerely, thank you for graciously approving the refund of the sum of N78.9 billion to the Rivers State Government, as cost
Tonye Princewill, a former governorship contestant in Rivers State, has lambasted Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over his comment on the outcome of the All Progressives Congress, APC, emergency National Executive Council, NEC, meeting.
Princewill said Ologbondiyan was suffering from Coronavirus for asking the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni to resign as governor.
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Recall that APC’s NEC had dissolved the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, and constituted a Caretaker Committee led by Buni.
But Ologbondiyan has advised Buni to resign his position as
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the postponement of the party’s Edo state governorship primary election.
The primaries, which were originally slated for Friday, June 19, and Saturday, June 20, 2020, have now been moved to Tuesday, June 23.
The spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, made this known in a statement on Thursday.
He said the decision was predicated on exigencies of party activities.
The announcement followed a series of meetings between the embattled governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, and …
The All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Ekiti State has advised the opposition People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) to face its internal wrangling and woes rather than insulting the good people of the state with its incongruously written comments.
The APC, in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, noted that the opposition PDP or any of its distraught members has no moral right to comment on the ongoing cargo airport project currently being executed by the APC controlled administration.
The statement, signed by the Director of Media and Publicity of …
The Nigerian government, on Wednesday, faulted the alarm raised by Atiku Abubakar, a former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential aspirant, on Nigeria’s debt profile.
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, said the apocalyptic scenarios on Nigeria’s debt profile, as painted by Atiku was nothing but scaremongering anchored on a false premise.
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Atiku had on Tuesday claimed that Nigeria was in a financial crisis.
The former Vice President also urged the Federal Government to stop indiscriminate borrowing.
Reacting, Mohammed said though the Federal Government welcomes constructive …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the party will readily admit the embattled Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, into its fold if the governor decides to join the main opposition party.
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this in a telephone chat with our correspondent on the telephone on Friday.
Asked if the PDP was ready to admit the governor into its fold, Ologbondiyan said: “Yes, we will accept him, of course.”
The party spokesman however, said Governor Obaseki had yet to approach the PDP for membership as of the time …
