The past week was eventful in Nigeria’s South-east, where both shocking and sad events made headlines. It was the last week of April 2024. Here are the highlights of the top stories that made headlines in the region within the past week: Ex-Imo governor, Emeka Ihedioha, dumps PDP We set off the week, on 21 … Read more
A former Nigerian senator, Ayogu Eze, is dead. He died on Thursday aged 66. Mr Eze represented the Enugu North District between 2007 and 2015. He won his elections and served as a senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). But he died a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) having … Read more
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has passed a Vote of Confidence on the party’s Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the vote of confidence was passed at the NWC’s 584th meeting on … Read more
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has described as wasteful and a highway to fraud the claim by Works Minister Dave Umahi that the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will tentatively cost N15.6 trillion. Atiku also knocked Mr Umahi for altering the project’s initial plan after Gilbert … Read more
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State on Thursday declared a purported list of the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee members , circulating in the media, as fake. Mr Fubara disclosed this at the inauguration of the Port Harcourt International Automobile Spare Parts Trading and Commercial Centre project in Oyigbo Local Government Area of … Read more
Members of the defunct Rivers State PDP Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 general elections have declared support for President Bola Tinubu. The group at a press briefing in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, also declared their “total loyalty and support” for Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The group coordinated the 2023 campaign activities of former Vice President … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, re-arraigned a former acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Haliru Bello Mohammed, over his alleged role in the diversion of funds meant for procurement of arms during the former President Goodluck Jonathan administration. Mr Mohammed, whose trial started at the Federal High Court … Read more
The Edo State Government says “it is on top” of the kidnapping of the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Aziegbemi. The state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, disclosed this in a statement in Benin on Saturday. Mr Aziegbemi was kidnapped close to his GRA residence on Friday night while … Read more
Edo Government says “it is on top” of the kidnapping of the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Aziegbemi. The state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, disclosed this in a statement issued in Benin on Saturday. Mr Aziegbemi was kidnapped close to his GRA residence on Friday night while returning … Read more
Gunmen kidnapped the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, Tony Aziegbemi on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Aziegbemi was kidnapped at a spot close to his residence at the Government Reservation Area in Benin City. His abduction happened less than a month after the party’s primary election … Read more
