Oyo State Commissioner for Information and Tourism, Hon. Wasiu Olatubosun, has declared that the second term bid of Governor ‘Seyi Makinde cannot be stopped, by forces of the main opposition party. The commissioner who recently joined the Peoples Democratic Party officially from the African Democratic Congress, said this in an interview with journalists on Monday,...
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Oyo Primaries: PDP begins screening today
Ahead of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) primaries to pick its candidates for various elective positions in 2023, the Oyo State Chapter of the party will today Wednesday, 27 April 2022 screen the party’s aspirants vying for the National Assembly and House of Assembly seats. This was disclosed by the PDP state secretary, Wasiu Adeleke...
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2023: David mark heads PDP Presidential Screening Committee
The former Senate President, David Mark, has been named the chairman of the presidential screening committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The nine-member committee was announced in a communique signed by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature. The committee members are, former governor of Rivers State, Celestine Omehia; senior lawyer Mike Ahamba; a...
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Photos: Odidiomo and Ibadan S/W PDP Leaders Pay Courtesy Visit To Fagbemi
Hon. Adedeji Stanley Olajide ODIDIOMO led the leaders and stakeholders of PDP to pay a courtesy visit to Mogaji (Dr.) Akin Fagbemi. In his remarks, he thanked and commended the OYRTMA boss for his sportsmanship and comradeship spirit. It is indeed a show of love and unity to follow our leader, Governor Oluseyi Makinde’s directive...
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PDP Presidential Ticket: consensus talks as aspirants head for primaries
As the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, inches closer to its Presidential convention, there are indications that ongoing consensus talks would yield little dividends given the insistence of some aspirants to head to the primaries to face party delegates. This is even as the consensus arrangement initiated by former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to settle for a...
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WHY I STEPPED DOWN FOR HON. STANLEY ODIDIOMO- BIBIRE
A House of Representatives aspirant for Ibadan South-West and North-West federal constituency, under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abayomi Fagbenro known as Bibire has given reasons for stepping down for the incumbent lawmaker, Honourable Stanley Odidiomo. Bibire in a press release signed by him said that he decided to step down for Odidiomo...
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2023: PDP Further Extends Sales Of Nomination Forms
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday extended the deadline for the submission of forms for a fourth time. However, impeccable sources in the PDP told The PUNCH that the party decided to extend the sale of forms in order to accommodate defectors from the All Progressives Congress across the 36 states. The last day...
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Oyo PDP gains another prominent member as Owolabi dumps APC for PDP
Another prominent member of the Oyo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sumbo Owolabi, the former Commissioner for Water Resources in the administration of late former governor Abiola Ajimobi has joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This is coming just days after Joseph Tegbe, a former governorship aspirant in the Oyo State chapter...
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2023 Presidency: PDP Under Pressure
WITH a few weeks to its presidential convention, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is faced with adopting a seamless process that will produce a candidate for 2023 presidential election from an array of contestants from the North and the South. ALL key stakeholders in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are laterally on the edge....
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Tegbe’s defection to PDP justifies Makinde’s style of politics
The defection of Chief Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, a leading All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in the 2019 general elections in Oyo State to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been described as a testament to Governor Seyi Makinde’s attractive style of politics. A socio-political group in Oyo State, the Oyo Kajola Group (OKG), stated...