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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Ismaeel Uthman |Bankole Taiwo |Uche Okere |Dennis Naku |Bola Bamigbola |Ademola Adegbite | +9 more
Division has crept into the African Democratic Congress following reports of its adoption by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as a platform to challenge President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Matthew Ochei |Stephen Angbulu
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State Former Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has denied allegations that he refunded over ₦500 billion to the state government as part of a covert arrangement to avoid prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Dirisu Yakubu |Adeyinka Adedipe |Matthew Ochei
Opposition political parties, especially the Peoples Democratic Party, the New Nigeria Peoples Party, and the Labour Party, are bleeding as some of their prominent members have dumped their platforms for the ruling All Progressives Congress.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Stephen Angbulu |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Animasahun Salman |Chika Otuchikere |Adeyinka Adedipe | +15 more
Eminent Nigerians, including President Bola Tinubu, the leadership of the National Assembly, governors, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, among others, have preached unity and called for prayers as Muslims mark the end of the Ramadan fasting. Muslims in Nigeria, on Sunday, joined their counterparts across the globe to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr, marking the end of the Ramadan fasting.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Dennis Naku |Matthew Ochei |Samuel Ese |Ogbonnaya Ikokwu
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party has taken a new turn with the governors from the South-South moving against the newly elected Zonal Chairman, Dan Orbih, and other executives loyal to the Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Matthew Ochei
An aide to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Mr. Fred Oghenesivbe, has claimed that Senator Ned Nwoko’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party was motivated by his fear of losing the party’s ticket for the 2027 election. According to Oghenesivbe, Nwoko, who represents Delta North in the Senate, has misrepresented the PDP at the national level, become disconnected from the party in the state, and fears he may not secure the PDP ticket for the 2027 election.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Matthew Ochei
An aide to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, Mr Fred Oghenesivbe, has claimed that the Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Senator Ned Nwoko, defected from the Peoples Democratic Party out of fear that he would not secure the party’s governorship ticket in 2027. Nwoko officially left the PDP on Friday, submitting a resignation letter to his Ward 8 Chairman.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Matthew Ochei
The camp of former Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, in the Peoples Democratic Party may have fractured as state governors, including Oyo State’s Seyi Makinde and Bauchi’s Bala Mohammed, take charge of the party amid the ongoing crisis. A top PDP source revealed to Saturday PUNCH that Makinde and several governors who were once aligned with Wike had started collaborating with other governors to reduce the influence of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory on the party’s leadership.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Matthew Ochei
31st January 2025 Twelve governors under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party are currently in a closed-door meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital. PUNCH Online has learned that the emergency meeting is unrelated to the party’s crisis. It was also gathered that the governors, who arrived at the government house in Asaba last night, have been in the meeting since then.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Matthew Ochei
Tension engulfed Umunede and Mbiri communities in Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State on Wednesday following the killing of two farmers by suspected herders. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident which happened in the Mbiri community on Tuesday led to the burning of herdsmen’s settlement in the Umunede community.
