The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the revelation by the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, was allegedly recommended for his reappointment by an associate of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu in 2020. Speaking in Rivers State on Saturday, Amaechi, had alleged that, not only did the re-appoi...

Mr. Banji Okunomo, a former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in the 2020 Ondo State governorship race, has dumped the party.Okunomo’s resignation from the PDP was announced via a letter dated March 13 and sent to the party’s chairman at his Etikan Ward in Ilaje Local Government Area.In the letter made available to newsmen on Monday in Okitipupa, the governorship aspirant said: “With effect from March 13, I wish to notify the party of my voluntary...

The Peoples Democratic Party, or PDP, has refuted suggestions that Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike intends to leave the party.Wike is a significant and devoted party member, according to Debo Ologunagba, the PDP's national publicity secretary.In Ologunagba's opinion, the governor had too much invested in the PDP to consider leaving it.Since Atiku Abubakar won the PDP's presidential primary and became the party's nominee, Wike has felt betrayed.The governor is beli...