The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Hajiya Amina Mohammed, has commended Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State , for his remarkable strides in advancing social development and promoting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin-Tofa in Kano on Sunday. Mrs. Amina Mohammed paid a condolence visit to…
Nigeria’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has reinstated Senator Samuel Anyanwu as its National Secretary, following a recommendation by the country’s electoral body and high-level party consultations. The PDP’s Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, made the announcement during a press conference on Wednesday at the party’s headquarters in Abuja, calling the move a difficult but necessary…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s leading opposition party, has promised to swiftly resolve the internal controversy over the rightful occupant of its national secretary position. This assurance was given on Monday by the Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, following a high-level meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja. The meeting came…
The South-East bloc of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to reconsider its relationship with the party if the zone was denied the position of the party’s National Secretary. This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of South-East PDP Zonal Executive Committee (ZEC) meeting held on Wednesday in Enugu. The document was…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Daboikiabo Warmate, has advised the party’s governors forum to immediately withdraw its resolution recognising Sunday Udey-Okoye as the party national secretary. Warmate in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, described the resolution as an unconstitutional declaration of a state of…
Bishop Stephen Adegbite, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), says he met a disorganised commission when he assumed office as its head. Adegbite said this at an interactive session with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja to commemorate his first anniversary. He described what he saw on the ground as `terrible`. “ When…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) has recognised Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the authentic National Secretary of the party. The BoT Chairman, Adolphus Wabara, disclosed this after the BoT meeting held on Wednesday in Abuja. Wabara said the recognition followed the recommendations of the Taminu Turaki-led committee set up by the party to…
