The Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Titus Uba, has won the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in the state. Uba emerged the winner of the exercise conducted on Wednesday at the Aper Aku Stadium in Makurdi, the state capital. He polled 731 votes to defeat the incumbent Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu, who raked in 81 votes. Reacting, the Speaker thanked the delegates and party leadership for trusting him with their mandate....

Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has resigned his membership of the opposition party and withdrawn from the presidential race. Obi announced his resignation in a letter dated May 24, 2022, and addressed to the National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu. The letter, titled Resignation From Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) And Withdrawal From The Presidential Contest, partly read: “I am writing to intimate you...

A PDP member, Amb. Wilfred Bonse, has withdrawn from contesting the 2023 governorship election in Cross River State, asking the party to refund the N21 million used to purchase forms. Bonse, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, linked his demand to “unfair treatment” from the party to deny him participation in the forthcoming governorship primary in Cross River. According to an official of the party, the fee...

Nigerian singer, Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W has won the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) primaries for the Eti-Osa constituency House of Representatives ticket for the 2023 general elections. He contested against a legal practitioner, Mr. Sam Aiboni, and won by polling 28 out of 31 votes cast by delegates at the primaries, while the opposition polled only three votes. Wellington, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria, said the election was a free...