LAGOS MAY 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ifeanyi Okowa, outgoing governor of Delta state, has spoken on the accusations of betrayal levelled against him regarding the southern presidency agenda. In the build-up to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary in May 2022, some stakeholders demanded that the presidential ticket be zoned to the south. However, the party ditched zoning, throwing the […]
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dragged the party and presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar to a Federal High Court in Abuja over issue of zoning in the forthcoming 2023 elections. The complainant, a senior citizen from Kaduna North, Isa Taidi, pointed out that Chapter 1, Part 7 (3 C) […]
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As its mandate ends Tuesday, the 37-person zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has flung open its presidential ticket to all aspirants. The decision came after a meeting on Tuesday at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. According to a source who pleaded anonymity, the committee threw open the ticket […]
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has described the clamour for rotational presidency as unconstitutional, saying that Nigerians should be allowed to make their choices for the best candidate to emerge for the top post. Bello spoke at the maiden edition of the Governor Yaya Bello seminar for political and crime correspondents in […]
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidency, on Saturday night, said the recent comments by President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, Mamman Daura, on zoning were his personal opinion and not that of the president. The clarification was in reaction to widespread controversy that followed Daura’s submission last week that the post of Nigerian president should not be attained […]
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Vice Chairman, (Southeast) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Austin Umahi, has rejected the rumoured zoning of the 2023 presidential ticket of the party to the North. In a statement in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State yesterday, the PDP Vice Chairman pointed out that the decision on zoning of the presidential ticket […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied reports in a section of the media suggesting that it plotted to retain the zoning of its presidential slot in the North East and South East. The Party National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan addressing a news conference on Sunday, November 3, in Abuja, described […]
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-MKO Abiola rival in the annulled June 12, 1993 Presidential election and National Republican Convention candidate, Alhaji Bashir Tofa has said that zoning is dead in the country. Tofa who said said the idea will never promote unity among Nigerians, advised that the South should not expect the North to relinquish power […]
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential Candidate in the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, did not introduce nor contemplate introducing zoning in the gubernatorial elections in Anambra State. This was made known by his Media Adviser, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, who was reacting to reports crediting Mr. […]
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leaders and governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress are poised for a showdown over the control of the party’s structure at the national level, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. It was gathered in Abuja on Saturday that while most of the governors had their way at the ward, local government […]
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