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Falae leads 16 parties in alliance talks

Posted by admin Party Politics Monday, April 8th, 2013

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, no fewer than 16 opposition political parties are neck-deep in Alliance talks to remain relevant in the polity. The alliance may lead to the formation of another mega party other than the yet-to-be-registered All Progressives Congress being spearheaded by the Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressive Change, All […]

Boko Haram Amnesty: Best decision at the moment – PDP

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday, April 7th, 2013

By Ben Agande, Abuja & Caleb Ayansina ABUJA — THE National leadership of the Peoples Party, PDP yesterday described the constitution of an Amnesty Committee on the Boko Haram insurgency by President Goodluck Jonathan as the best decision at the moment just as the governors of Kastina and Jigawa states, Ibrahim Shema and Sule Lamido […]

PDP crisis not strange – Lamido

Posted by admin Jigawa, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Thursday, April 4th, 2013

Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said the Peoples Democratic Party will not embarrass its National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur. He said the problems in the party were not strange. Lamido said this in Abuja on Thursday while addressing journalists after the meeting of the committee set up by the governors to handle […]

Merger: Fresh crisis looms in APC

Posted by admin Party Politics Thursday, April 4th, 2013

A fresh crisis may soon rock the All Progressives Congress as a splinter group in the All Nigeria Peoples Party is seeking a halt to the merger and registration of the APC. The ANPP is one of the three main opposition parties spearheading the formation of APC to defeat the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in […]

I have no problem with PDP govs – Tukur

Posted by admin Governors, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday, March 31st, 2013

By Henry Umoru *‘My findings on the multiple crises in ruling party’ Alhaji Bamanga Tukur is the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He was General Manager, Nigeria Ports Authority. In 1983, he was elected governor of old Gongola State, now Adamawa and Taraba States; in 1992, he was a presidential aspirant of […]

Nigeria under siege – Tukur

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

By Henry Umoru, Joseph Erunke & Umar Yusuf YOLA— National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, yesterday, declared that Nigeria was under siege following incessant attacks in parts of the country by terrorist groups. He spoke as the Senate tasked the Service Chiefs and Heads of Security Agencies to immediately find […]

2015: PDP moves to appease aggrieved govs • Anenih embarks on fence-mending tour of states

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

ALARMED by the possibility of disintegration, the Peoples Democratic Party leaders have decided to come down from their high horse and beg the aggrieved governors of the party, The PUNCH learnt on Monday. The governors’ mass boycott of the party’s peace meeting and celebration of the first anniversary of its National Working Committee, chaired by […]

APC Vs PDP: There is big war ahead of 2015 – Tukur

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Monday, March 25th, 2013

By Luka Binniyat The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alh. Bamangar Tukur, yesterday, said the party would face a “heavy” war ahead of the 2015 elections, saying “ there is a group that just came up (ostensibly referring to APC) and wants to sweep the mat off our feet”. The PDP boss, […]

Akpabio admits rigging primary election

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Sunday, March 24th, 2013

Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio has confessed to manipulating the result of a 2007 Peoples Democratic Party senatorial primary election in the state by single-handedly replacing the winner with the name of his preferred candidate. Akpabio, who is also the PDP Governors Forum chairman, made the confession when a delegation of the National Good Governance […]

We’re the real APC – Acting Chairman

Posted by admin Party Politics Thursday, March 14th, 2013

BY Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Gabriel Ewepu …Unveils logo, acronym, emblem ABUJA—The battle for ascendancy among the political opposition got messier, Thursday, after the brains behind the controversial African Peoples Congress, APC, emerged to unfold their logo, constitution and emblem. The new group whose aspiration for registration with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has thrown […]