Stakeholders on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) had secret meetings yesterday, with a view to arriving at a consensus candidate for the presidential elections in 2011. Kano state governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, Chief Harry Akande, Alhaji Bashir Tofa and Alhaji Dauda Birmah are in the race to fly the party’s presidential […]
Thousands of millionaires may have emerged from the Peoples Democratic Party presidential primaries where the president emerged winner and flag-bearer of the party for the 2011 elections. LEADERSHIP WEEKEND gathered exclusively that supporters of President Jonathan gave each of the delegates $5,000 on arrival after a very large percentage of them had received $3,000 from […]
The agents of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar refused to sign the final results of the presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, which ended in Abuja on Friday. The final result of the primaries showed that President Goodluck Jonathan won with 2,736, while Abubakar had 805. The third aspirant, Dr. Sarah Jubril, got only one […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday morning scaled the first major hurdle in his bid to contest the April presidential election, as he beat his opponents, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Dr. Sarah Jibril, for the Peoples Democratic Party ticket. As at 4:15am when THE PUNCH went to bed, Jonathan was in a comfortable lead with 2162 […]
AT last the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has adopted former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as its consensus presidential candidate for the April 2011 polls. Ribadu emerged form the CAN special congress yesterday in Lagos, a day after the Democratic Party (PDP) picked President Goodluck Jonathan as its standard bearer […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan early this morning emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, defeating former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Mrs Sarah Jibril at the party’s national convention, which took place at the Eagle Square in Abuja. The build-up to the election suggested that it would be a keenly contested primary but it turned […]
No fewer than 27 political parties in Lagos State have formed an alliance to confront the Action Congress of Nigeria and Peoples Democratic Party in the 2011 elections. The Convener, Coalition of Lagos State Opposition Political Parties, Dr. Adegbola Dominic, who announced the plan at a news conference in Lagos on Wednesday, said the group […]
1am Taraba State: Jonathan coast home 62 vote while Atiku gets 16 votes and non for Sarah Jubril Sorry for the break. 11.16pm Anambra State: Goodluck Jonathan got 47 votes, Atiku 8 while Sara Jubril got nothing 11.35pm The whole 141 delegates from Akwa-Ibom State voted for Dr. Goodluck Jonathan 11.20pm Counting commence on the […]
AN Enugu High Court has granted an interim order restraining the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, from parading himself as chairman and member of the party (PDP)Ruling on the motion on Wednesday shortly after hearing the submissions of Chief (Mrs) Justine Offia (SAN), counsel for the plaintiff and Professor […]
THE All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) yesterday raised a 12-member panel to screen its presidential and governorship aspirants for the 2011 general elections. The development came as a presidential aspirant of the party, Chief Harry Ayoade Akande appealed to the national delegates to the convention to guard against any attempt by any aspirant to make […]
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