The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the name of Oladipupo Adebutu as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for Ogun State in the 2027 general election, giving the commission 24 hours to comply.
The Federal High Court in Abuja will on Friday, November 13, deliver judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) exclusion of his name from the list of contestants for the 2027 Ogun State governorship election.
Pearse, who claimed to have lectured at the Chicago State University, made the allegations during an interview on News Central Television's Breakfast Central programme on Sunday, November 8.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State have traded words over allegation by the former that Governor Duoye Diri is supporting the presidential ambition of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, rather than the re-election bid of President Bola Tinubu.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction associated with Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has rejected attempts by President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to blame previous administrations for Nigeria’s current hunger and economic hardship, insisting that the government must take responsibility for the country’s challenges and provide practical solutions.
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Kabiru Turaki, has rejected any support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, faulting Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over his reported call for PDP candidates to back the President.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has reaffirmed its unwavering support for the Party’s National Leader and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), His Excellency, Chief Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, CON, following his unequivocal declaration of support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Monday, formally assumed a frontline role in President Bola Tinubu’s emerging 2027 re-election machinery, declaring himself coordinator of the President’s campaign in the FCT and Rivers State.
The lists published on the INEC website on Saturday omitted the names of governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party for Ogun and Gombe states, Ladi Adebutu and Isa Ali Pantami, respectively. Among the 13 candidates in Ogun and 16 in Gombe, none of them are from the PDP.
Justice Amina Aliyu Mohammed gave the order on Thursday while delivering judgment in a suit instituted by a PDP governorship aspirant, Usman Aliyu Garry, who challenged the process through which Pantami emerged as the party’s candidate.
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.
