Tag: PDP
Chime rules out imposition of candidates for polls
Governor Sullivan Chime of the eastern Nigerian state of Enugu has said he has no plans to impose candidates as…
PDP flays APC manifesto as roadmap to anarchy
The PDP has described the manifestos of the APC as a roadmap to anarchy typical of all anti-democratic coalitions. Mr…
Yobe massacre monstrous, says PDP
Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday described the killing of 43 students of the Federal Government College, Buni-Yadi, Yobe,…
Senator Anyanwu dumps APGA for PDP
Senator Chris Anyanwu was among the penitent politicians who returned to the Peoples Democratic Party weekend. Anyanwu was elected a…
Olubolade declares interest in Ekiti governorship race
Nigeria’s former Minister of Police Affairs, Retired Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade, a close ally of President Goodluck Jonathan, on Saturday…
Time To Halt Mudslinging In The National Assembly
In the last couple of weeks, defections and counter-defections in the National Assembly have hogged the news headlines non-stop. The…
Atiku Urges Supporters To Register With APC
Oluokun Ayorind/Abuja Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged all his supporters and loyalists in PDP and other parties or…
PDP Senator Defects To APC
Simon Ateba Senator Hassan Ahmed Barata, a Nigerian lawmaker representing Adamawa South, has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
Reps to probe APC allegation on defection bribery
Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Wednesday mandated its committee on ethics to investigate allegation by the All Progressives Congress, APC,…
Belgore, ACN ex-governorship candidate joins PDP
Stephen Oni/ Ilorin Mohammed Dele Belgore, governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the central Nigerian state of…
PDP increases majority in House of Representatives
Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP slim majority in the House of Representatives, increased today with the defection of five…
PDP offers dollar bribe to lawmakers, alleges APC
Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP of ‘unprecedented desperation’, by attempting to woo back with ‘mouth watering’…
APC, PDP trade verbal blows over members registration
Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the PDP’s sponsored sabotage of its (APC) ongoing membership registration in several states…
Punch-weary PDP takes stock, challenges opposition
Nigeria’s ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), constantly attacked by the opposition parties, on Sunday in Abuja called on…
Jonathan receives Bafarawa into PDP, pledges better country
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that PDP will work to lead Nigeria to greatness. He spoke in Sokoto on Saturday…
Gbemi Saraki, Abdulrazak dump APC for PDP
Senator Gbemisola Saraki, sister of former governor Bukola Saraki and some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara…
NNPC turns ATM for PDP, says Tinubu
Former Lagos State governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress of Nigeria, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has…
Jonathan to attend Bafarawa’s defection to PDP
President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to formally receive former governor of Sokoto state, Attahiru Bafarawa to the Peoples Democratic Party…
Nigeria In 2014: Worrying Perspectives From The Politicians
By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let…
APC broom sweeps out Kano House of Assembly speaker
The political re-alignment sweeping through Nigeria has swept out of office, the Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly. Alhaji…
The Many Ills Of Zoning
By Alex O.A. Akpodiete A zone is defined as “an area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic, purpose,…
Atiku: Why I dumped PDP (Full statement)
PRESS RELEASE for immediate release Abuja, 2nd February, 2014 AFTER CONSULTATION, IT IS TIME TO MOVE TO APC. LET THE…
Ex-Nigerian Vice-president, Atiku quits ruling party
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar on Sunday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s ruling party since…
Mu’azu meets with IBB, Aliyu
The PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, on Friday held a closed-door meeting with former Military President Ibrahim Babangida in…
Bafarawa dumps APC for PDP
Former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, has formally made a switch from the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the…
Muazu takes oath as PDP chairman
Nigeria ruling Peoples Democratic Party has sworn in former Governor of Bauchi State, Adamu Mu’azu as its acting national chairman.…
Muazu emerges PDP chairman by consensus
Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, former governor of Bauchi State has been chosen as the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Wammako will not rejoin PDP, says official
Governor Aliyu Wamakko would not return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), an official government statement has said, to head…
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Jonathan announces Tukur’s resignation
President Goodluck Jonathan has dramatically announced the resignation of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP National Executive…
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Tight Security, Tension As PDP NEC Decides Tukur’s Fate
Hundreds of well armed police officers, soldiers and officers of Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, have been deployed in and around…