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All Peoples' Congress (APC), First Ladies, INEC Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Patience Jonathan
Monday, August 19th, 2013
The All Progressives Congress has accused the Presidency of violating the Independent National Electoral Commission’s rule which bars political parties and aspirants from campaigning for the 2015 elections. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who stated this in a statement on Sunday, referred to the women’s rally organised in Abuja by President Goodluck […]
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Latest Politics, Party Politics
Friday, August 16th, 2013
AHEAD of the 2015 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has received applications from over 10 political groups to be registered as political parties. The Commission stated that it was processing the requests, assuring registration for meritorius offers. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Kayode Idowu, told The Guardian […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
The Chairman of the PeoplesDemocratic Party National Reconciliation Committee, Mr. Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday said it would be wrong to accuse the party of being a religious or a regional party. He said it was only the PDP that had the capacity to produce a president, which he said it did in 1999, even when […]
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Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Monday, August 12th, 2013
By SONI DANIEL, REGIONAL EDITOR, NORTH &, HENRY UMORU Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said it is unaware of any offer by President Goodluck Jonathan, to erstwhile Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the late Sani Abacha, Major Al-Mustapha, to join the party. An online publication reported that the President had indeed wooed Al-Mustapha, freed by […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Sunday, August 11th, 2013
The Interim National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Lai Mohammed, in this interview with ALLWELL OKPI, says the lingering crisis in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party is a sign that the party will soon collapse The Peoples Democratic Party has denied being threatened by the registration of the All Progressives Congress, insisting […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, August 10th, 2013
Fomer Head of State Maj.-Gen. Buhari is likely to contest presidential primary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party. His loyalists told SUNDAY PUNCH that despite the anti-Buhari lobby in the APC, the general would contest the primary. SUNDAY PUNCH gathered that the anti-Buhari lobby in APC is made up of two groups. The first group […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Friday, August 9th, 2013
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to quiz the Rivers State House of Assembly Speaker, Otelemaba Amachree, and other principal officers loyal to Governor Rotimi Amaechi. The commission has already interrogated the embattled Majority Leader, Mr. Chidi Lloyd, who has just been granted bail over an attempted murder charge, assault, intent to maim […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Friday, August 9th, 2013
The Presidency has said that if the newly registered All Progressives Congress picks a former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, as its presidential candidate, the 2015 election will be a walkover for the Peoples Democratic Party. The Presidency was apparently hitting back at the APC, which earlier said that it would be a disaster […]
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National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
A veteran presidential candidate and a major stakeholder in the newly-registered All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on Tuesday said the new party was determined to push out the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in 2015. “The APC is focus-driven to push the PDP out of power by 2015,” Buhari told members of the Democratic […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Party Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, August 4th, 2013
The Presidency on Sunday blasted APC leaders saying that they were not only unprogressive but also describing them as “politically expired” politicians. However, the APC reacted swiftly, saying Nigerians knew very well that most of the PDP leaders were septuagenarians and octogenarians. APC national leaders – Chief Bisi Akande is 74 years, Maj.-Gen. Muhamadu Buhari,70; […]
