Tag: Convention
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PDP convention: Secondus heads for Supreme Court
The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has headed for the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, which on Friday gave a nod for the party’s National Convention to hold in Abuja on Saturday. Reacting to the ruling, Secondus said he disagreed…
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Secondus: Reps PDP Caucus hails court’s decision
Rep. Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers), the leader of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives has described the dismissal of the suit filed by suspended National Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus’ against the party as victory for democracy. Chinda, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, said…
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PDP disqualifies three aspirants ahead national convention
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Screening Committee has disqualified three aspirants from participating in the national convention slated for October 30 and 31. The Chairman of the Convention Committee, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, disclosed this during the unveiling of the party’s national convention logo and promotional materials on Thursday in Abuja. The committee…
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BREAKING: PDP set to hold its national convention on October 29-30
The National Caucus of the PDP on Friday agreed to submit a tentative date of October 30-31st, 2021 for the party’s national convention. Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal, announced this after the National Caucus meeting of the party in Abuja, on Friday. The resolution of the caucus meeting as read out by…
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Convention: APC chairmanship should not be re-zoned for now – Ahmad Abiodun
By Ahmad Abiodun The All Progressives Congress, APC for the sake of equity should not re-zone the chairmanship position until the tenure of the South South geo-political zone is completed. Speculation emerging from the party points to the direction of a likely re-zoning and this may lead to further crisis in the party. In 2014…
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Convention: Democratic heavyweights descend on Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump suffered scathing attacks from top Democrats on the first day of the party’s National Convention on Monday night. Speakers at the virtual event also took turns to drum support for Mr Joe Biden, the presumed candidate of the party in the Nov. 3 presidential election. Among those who spoke through video…
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BREAKING: Fayose speaks of dumping PDP 24 hours after convention
The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has threatened to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after the National Convention held on Saturday in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. According to a report by The Punch, the governor hinted on Monday that he would renounce his “membership of the PDP anytime from now.” He added, “After…
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Why our convention was transparent, rancour free – PDP
…Says INEC, APC need lessons on how to conduct free, credible elections The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said Sunday that its presidential primary is a lesson to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on how elections should be conducted. It highlighted what it called the orderliness, transparency and credibility…
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PDP convention: We will become ruling party come 2019 – Secondus
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has stated that the party has graduated from an opposition party in 2015 to a ruling party in waiting in 2019. Secondus said this in an address at the opening of the PDP 2018 Special National Convention which he also declared open on Friday in…
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2019: Anxiety as APC, PDP hold conventions in Abuja, Rivers to elect presidential candidates
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently holding their national conventions to elect candidates to represent them at the presidential election scheduled for February 2019. While the ruling party is holding theirs at Eagles Square in Abuja, the opposition party is holding theirs at the Adokiye…