Tag: Peoples Democratic Party
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PDP extends closing date for sale of forms for Ekiti governorship election
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved a further extension of closing date for the sale of nomination forms for the Ekiti state governorship election. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, stated on Friday in Abuja that rather than close on Oct. 14, the new date is now Oct. 22. Ologbondiyan said consequent…
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Passage of direct primary by Senate will increase costs of nomination — PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the passage of direct primary for the nomination of candidates for elections in political parties by the Senate will increase the costs of nomination procedures. Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, made the observation in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday. He described the decision of…
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PDP mourns Mantu
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed sadness over the death of former Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ibrahim Mantu. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday in Abuja, described late Mantu, as a “pillar in the PDP,” who could not be forgotten. Mantu was reported…
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BREAKING: Victory Drums Rolls Out For Governor Bala Mohammed
The Bauchi State governorship election petition tribunal has upheld the election of Governor Bala Mohammed. Delivering the six-hour judgment on Monday, the chairman of the three-member panel, Justice Salihu Shuibu, announced the dismissal of the petition by the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and its candidate, Mohammed Abubakar. Justice Salihu Shuibu ruled that the petition brought…