Tukur’s successor: Jonathan, North Eastern govs consider consensus candidate

  Goodluck Jonathan and Bamanga Tukur President Goodluck Jonathan and Peoples Democratic Party’s governors from the North East may have adopted the option of a consensus candidate for the post of the chairmanship of the party. The party’s former chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, officially resigned his position at the 63rd National Executive Committee meeting of […]

APGA crisis: Court sacks Umeh, Shinkafi

… It’s judicial rascality –Shinkafi From GODWIN TSA, Abuja A Federal High Court has ordered the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh and the Secretary of the party, Alhaji Sani Shinkafi  to vacate their offices on the ground that their continued stay in office is beyond the provision of […]

At last, Tukur resigns as PDP Chairman

Ayo Balogun, Lagos The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has finally resigned as chairman of the troubled party. National Chairman of the Party Alhaji Bamanga Tukur African Examiner gathered that the 37 State Chairman of the party had on Tuesday after a marathon meeting passed a vote of […]

APC not Islamic party –Lai Muhammed

… Says party crisis exaggerated By RAZAQ BAMIDELE Interim National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Party (APC), Alhaji Lai Muhammed, has corrected the impression in some quarters that the party is an Islamic party. Blaming political foes of the party for the notion, he said: “It is in their desperation to pull the APC […]

I’ve not resigned – Tukur

FROM TAIWO AMODU, ABUJA Speculation was rife yesterday that the embattled National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamagar Tukur, has resigned from  his position ahead of tomorrow’s meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC). But, Tukur in a statement, denied his purported resignation, just as he expressed concern that agents of […]

5 reported dead at Rivers rally – APC lawmaker held; party kicks

Five children of Rivers State extraction died when the police forcibly stopped a rally of the State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party has said. In a second statement on the incident, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, Senior Special Aide on Media and Publicity to Interim State Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, alleged […]

PDP still needs you, Tukur tells Obasanjo (To write more open letters?)

The PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Saturday said former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s fatherly aura and experience in politics were still required by the party. Tukur said this in reaction to a letter written to him and President Goodluck Jonathan, dated Jan. 7, 2014, by Obasanjo. Obasanjo had, in the letter, raised some issues […]

Press release: APC reacts to high court bombing in Rivers

                                                                                                                      APC ALLEGES PLOT TO MAKE RIVERS STATE ANOTHER TERRORIST HAVEN AS AHOADA EAST HIGH COURT IS BOMBED It is very unfortunate and sad to note that Ahoada East High Court premises of Rivers State South-South of Nigeria was bombed and set ablaze this morning by agents of undemocratic elements. Those that perpetuated this heinous act […]

Bayelsa: Dickson’s aides defect to APC

At last, the defection train has hit President Goodluck Jonathan’s home state of Bayelsa with some aides of Governor Seriake Dickson dumping the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress. Also, loyalists of former governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, have shifted allegiance to the APC in Bayelsa. The APC in the state is chaired by […]

It’s political madness to defect to APC, says Kaduna PDP Chairman

The Chairman of the Kaduna chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Abubakar Haruna has described as ‘political madness’ the gale of defection of members of   the party to the All Progressive Congress. In an apparent reference to the defection of  the five governors of the party to the APC, he likened the defection to a […]

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