Category: Politics

BENUE 2023: Ortom preaches Unity ,As Speaker Uba emerges PDP Governorship Candidate 

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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has called on the people of the state to remain united in the task of moving the state forward.     The Governor spoke Wednesday, May 25th, 2022 at Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi shortly after the Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly,Hon. Titus Uba emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governorship candidate for next year’s polls.     Hon. Uba defeated five other aspirants with 731 votes to emerge the PDP guber flag bearer at the primaries.     An elated Ortom…

Tension in PDP,as S/East stalwarts, Obi, Abaribe, Ekweremadu, others, resign dump party

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Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, frontline Presidential aspirant and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, and former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.   Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, frontline presidential aspirant and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, and former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu   There is palpable tension in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as party stalwarts in the South East region have resolved to resign from the party en masse.   Those that have, so far tendered their resignation…

More Groups mount Pressure on Peter Obi to dump PDP

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More groups today joined the call for Mr Peter Obi to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and seek to actualise his presidential aspiration on the platform of another political party. The Good Governance Group (GGG), Citizens Initiative for Better Nigeria, Delta State CSOS for Peter Obi, Naija Arise Network, and Northern Youth Alliance for Peter Obi, is demanding that the frontline presidential aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) “heed the call of the multitude and immediately resign from the PDP to join a ‘Coalition of Parties for National…

We’ll work together to lead PDP to Victory in 2023 Polls, Ortom assures Kunav Leaders 

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Ahead of the PDP Governorship primary elections this week, Governor Samuel Ortom has said that the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state is committed to leading the party to victory at the general elections next year.   The Governor gave the assurance Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 when stakeholders from Vandeikya Local Government area visited to thank him on behalf of other leaders of the party for zoning the Governorship seat to the local Government.   The Governor stated that the zoning of the seat to Jerchira…

Coalition asks Peter Obi to dump PDP, contest for President under another Political Party

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The Coalition for Peter Obi (COP) has asked the former governor of Anambra state to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and contest in the 2023 presidential election on the platform of another political party. The support groups warned Peter Obi that he should not be part of what Nigerians want him to change. The Coalition stated that according to reports, politicians inside the PDP who had no previous verifiable source of livelihood before joining politics were doling out hundreds of millions of dollars to buy the delegates that will…

Delegates affirm Gov Ortom as PDP senatorial candidate for Benue North-West

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Delegates from the seven local government areas that made up Benue North West senatorial zone have endorsed Governor Samuel Ortom as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in next year’s general election.   The Governor was in March this year endorsed as the sole PDP senatorial candidate by the stakeholders from the zone to contest the Senate seat.   Speaking to journalists shortly after he was declared winner by the returning officer for the election at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi, Governor Ortom expressed appreciation to the people of…

2023: Party Executives, Stakeholders endorse Gov Sani Bello as APC Senatorial candidate for Niger North 

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Ahead of the forthcoming primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Party Executives, Local Government Chairmen and other stakeholders in Zone C of Niger State have endorsed the State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello as the consensus Senatorial Candidate of the Party in the 2023 General Elections.   The APC Officials and the stakeholders also threw their support to Hon. Abdullahi Idris Garba ,the current member representing Kontagora, Wushishi, Mariga, and Mashegu Local Governments Federal Constituency at the federal House of Representatives.   The event which took place at…

2023 : More PDP Guber Aspirants in Benue declare support for Titus Uba  

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Following the unanimous decision to adopt Rt. Hon Titus Uba as the consensus governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Benue State by the leaders of the party from the 14 Tiv speaking local government areas more Governorship aspirants have resolved to tow the party’s decision.   Hon. Uba had earlier been endorsed by the party’s stakeholders from the 14 Tiv local governments as the consensus candidate for the 2023 governorship seat.   The aspirants restated their stance, Friday, May 20th, 2023 after a meeting with Governor Samuel…

Coalition holds One Million March Across 36 states, FCT for Peter Obi

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Peter Obi Support Groups made up of Nigerians at home and in the diaspora, have concluded arrangements to organize One-Million-Man March in solidarity and support of the Presidential aspiration of the former Governor of Anambra state across the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The exercise is anchored by the Coalition for Peter Obi (CPO), which is made up of more than a dozen support groups for Mr Peter Obi. In a statement in Abuja, Chairman of the coalition, Mr Marcel Ngogbehei said that the…

I’m confident Nigerians will vote a PDP President ,says Ortom 

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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has again expressed optimism that Nigerians would prefer to vote-in a candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP as the country’s next president in 2023.   The Governor spoke Thursday, May 19th, 2022 when he received the Governor of Akwa Ibom State and PDP Presidential aspirant, Emmanuel Udom who paid him a courtesy visit at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi.   According to Governor Ortom, the quality of presidential aspirants on the PDP platform were all experienced and capable of rescuing the nation from the…