The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his party will on Thursday, close their case at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) in their joint petition challenging the outcome of the Feb. 25 presidential election.

Imo State government has declared that it is aware of a sinister plan by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to feast on the blood of the victims of insecurity in the state, through a planned phantom protest in Abuja, scheduled for this week.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday in Abuja cautioned against any form of intimidation as the 10th National Assembly elects its principal officers on Jun 13.

Since 1999 controversy has trailed Chief James Onanefe Ibori, controversy actions as his name has been selling newspapers though he has remained a reticent, private but effective political manoeuvre and game-changing action man. And his staying power is intriguing; just when you think he is down and out, he is not only up but galloping away. He has hardly granted an interview in a decade, yet every step he takes causes a raucous discourse resulting in faulty conclusions.

The Imo state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, on Tuesday, described the Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodimma, as confused and inexperienced.

A witness, Mr Ibrahim Hamza, on Monday, told the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, that he was forced under duress, to sign the results of the presidential election in Nasarawa state.

Hamza, who testified before Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel as the 10th Petitioners’ Witness, PW-10, said he served as a state collation agent for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the presidential election that was held on February 25.

There was a mild drama on Monday, at the Isabo area of Abeokuta, venue of the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, when hoodlums, suspected to be political thugs invaded the area and scared away politicians.

The governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the just concluded gubernatorial election in Delta State, Engr. Chief Goodnews Agbi, PhD, has officially resigned from his membership of the party under which he contested the 2023 general election.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has knocked the federal government, accusing the government  of not making adequate consultation before announcing the petrol subsidy removal. 

The presidential candidate of the the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar said the PDP is “government-in-waiting.”

Opposition parties in Ondo state have insisted that the whereabout of the indisposed state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, shouldn’t be a secret.

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has been elected the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governors’ Forum.

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, said the PDP government while he was the Vice President initiated subsidy removal in two phases after providing palliatives for the affected sector of the economy. 

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Nationalist Group (PNG), has rejected the anti-South and anti-Christian posture of certain leaders in the party, who are clearly driving an oppressive agenda against Southerners and Christians in the country.

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, told former Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the right to suspend or expel him if the action is done in accordance with the law.