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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
•Atiku Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section The chairman of Katsina State PDP Concerned Elders’ Forum, Aliyu Sani, says the decision of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar not to challenge the outcome of the party’s convention reflects the ugly reality of the situation in the party. He lamented that the usurpers in […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
The removal of former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo is creating some ripples within the ranks of the party, following the move by some leaders of the North to ensure the seat is moved to the North. Nwodo was appointed mid last year to complete the tenure of Prince […]
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Ebonyi, Imo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
AGAIN, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has returned to the politics of picking a new chairman after Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo bowed out on Tuesday. In the search for Nwodo’s successor, two camps have emerged: one pushing for the South-East zone to retain the party’s plum job and the other, which wants the Acting Chairman, Alhaji […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan has said the resignation of Chief Okwesilieze Nwodo as National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was a good development that would move the party forward. The President who spoke with aviation correspondents yesterday at the Lagos Airport on arrival from Abuja said the party was working very hard to move […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
THE South-East zonal committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday, passed a vote of no confidence in the national chairman of the party, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, and called on him to resign his chairmanship of the ruling party. The committee made the call in a communiqué issued at the end of its one-day […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
FURTHER details emerged on Sunday as to why President Goodluck Jonathan lost four of the seven North-West states during the just concluded presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Political actors in the North-West geopolitical zone confirmed that many of the delegates who voted against the president in the North-West states did so as […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, National Politics, Party Politics
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
The national chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Adebisi Akande, has said that the party picked former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, as its presidential candidate because of the need to allow youths to take over governance of the country. Answering questions from newsmen in […]
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Kano, National Politics, Party Politics, State News
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
Racing to beat the deadline given to political parties by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the national headquarters of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) yesterday made last minute effort to settle the controversy rocking the party’s gubernatorial primaries in Kano State with a voting exercise, which saw Mohammed Abacha, son of late Head of State, […]
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All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP), Elections 2011, General Politics, Kano, Party Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
The Kano State Governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau has emerged the Presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) for the April general election. The Chairman of the ANPP convention committee, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, while clearing the air on the contravention of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deadline, said the party had been […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Saturday, January 15th, 2011
Hire-wire politics and last minute intensive lobbying of the delegates by governors of the Peoples Democratic Party was what eventually gave victory to President Goodluck Jonathan at the presidential primary of the party on Thursday, investigation has revealed. According to sources, part of the strategy used by the governors to ensure that their delegates did […]
