Nine governors of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday shunned the inauguration of the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the party in Abuja. The organisation, headed by a former National Chairman of the party, Senator Amadu Ali, is saddled with the responsibility of selling the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan and his deputy, Alhaji Namadi […]
By Joe Onwukeme | Enugu, Nigeria | Dec. 27, 2014 – An Igbo proverb: A child that dances to the sweet melody of “surugede” does not know surugede is the song of the spirits.This is exactly the kind of dance Gov. Ayodele Fashola has been dancing since 16th October 2014 he was sworn in as Ekiti […]
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress may queue behind Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) as the preferred presidential candidate of the party for the 2015 election, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. The governors are suspecting that those asking the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, to pick the presidential form are enemies […]
President Goodluck Jonathan and members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Senate have agreed to curb the overwhelming influence of state governors in the affairs of the party, particularly its primaries. SUNDAY PUNCH, on Friday, gathered that during a meeting at the Presidential Villa on Thursday night, the President, the senators and the leadership […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday picked the Peoples Democratic Party nomination form to contest the 2015 presidential election on the PDP platform even as the party offered automatic second term tickets to all its incumbent governors. The President, who spoke while picking his nomination form at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja, said he would […]
| credits: http://kingsscribe.blogspot.com/ The newly sworn in Governor of Adamawa State, Bala Ngilari has described his emergence as a divine intervention of God, pledging to partner with other stakeholders to create an enabling environment for peace and progress in the state. He stated this in his acceptance speech Wednesday, while taking his oath of […]
National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu There were indications in Abuja on Tuesday that the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party may clash with governors elected on the party’s platform over what it considers as indiscriminate endorsement of some governorship aspirants in their states. Investigations showed that the PDP leadership […]
The All Progressives Congress has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Ekiti State Governor-elect Ayodele Fayose for allegedly leading a band of thugs to beat up a Judge and then instigating his supporters to attack and burn down the opposition secretariat in the state. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by […]
Amaechi and Mbu The Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said that a thousand Mbus, (a former commissioner of Police in the state) cannot tame him or the people of the state. Amaechi described a former state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, as a puppet. The […]
KUNLE ODEREMI writes on the allegation of inefficient managementof resources levelled against state governors by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Mr Ibrahim Larmode, last week. AS the Election Year approaches, there is bound to be a deluge of political activities ranging from the serious to the sublime. Core stakeholders will thrust to the […]
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