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PDP: Tukur replaces Oyinlola with Onwe

The battle for the soul of the Peoples Democratic Party intensified on Monday as President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, tried to outwit the PDP governors and former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The National Secretary of the party and former Osun State Goveror, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has become the first major casualty […]

PDP crisis: If I go, Tukur goes, says Oyinlola

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday, January 13th, 2013

Oni, Babatope, Filani in line to replace Oyinlola • Ex-Osun gov files court brief, seeks stay-of execution The sacked National Secretary of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has launched a fight back to save his political career. He has filed an appeal against the judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja, […]

2014: Fayemi donates vehicles to ACN leaders

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Ekiti, Party Politics, State News Saturday, January 12th, 2013

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on Friday donated some buses to the youth and women’s wings of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the state, in a move that suggests that he might be strategising ahead of the 2014 governorship election. The governor made the donation at the ACN secretariat on Ajilosun Street in […]

Obasanjo-Jonathan feud: Sacked ex-Osun governor may not return to office

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday, January 12th, 2013

Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola who was sacked yesterday as the National Secretary of the ruling PDP by a Federal High Court, Abuja, may not return to office ,according to indications yesterday. Some forces in the party are said to be uncomfortable with Oyinlola as National Secretary in the run-up to the nomination of the party’s presidential […]

Court sacks Oyinlola as PDP national secretary

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday, January 12th, 2013

Ex-governor appeals From GODWIN TSA Abuja A Federal High Court yesterday in Abuja sacked the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, from office. The former governor has, however, appealed the ruling. The Ogun State chapter of the party had, through its chairman, Engr. Adebayo Dayo, filed a suit challenging the […]

PDP BoT election ends in stalemate

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

The three-hour meeting of members of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday failed to produce a new chairman of the board as expected. The meeting was meant to elect a replacement for former President Olusegun Obasanjo who resigned from the position last year for […]

ACN flays PDP

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Wednesday, described a statement credited to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that President Goodluck Jonathan is being criticized because he is from a minority geo-political zone as irresponsible. The party also said if President Jonathan feels he is unfairly criticized, he should come out with facts and figures. In a […]

ACN, ANPP, CPC merger faces fresh obstacles

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP), CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Party Politics Tuesday, December 25th, 2012

DECEMBER 25, 2012 BY OLUSOLA FABIYI, ABUJA 79 National Publicity Secretary, Action Congress of Nigeria, Alhaji Lai Mohammed | credits: The three major opposition political parties planning to merge in 2013 are having problems agreeing on a name, symbol and other identities for the proposed mega opposition party. Findings by The PUNCH show that the […]

20 vie for PDP BoT chairmanship

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

Twenty persons have signified their intention to become the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party. The Secretary of the Board, Senator Walid Jibril, stated this in an interview with journalists at the National Headquarters of the party in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him, 98 persons, who are members of […]

ACN, ANPP, CPC to form new party in 2013

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP), CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Latest Politics, Party Politics Monday, December 10th, 2012

December 10, 2012 by Olusola Fabiy Buhari, Tinubu and Onu | credits: THREE major opposition political parties – Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressive Change and the All Nigeria Peoples Party – may drop their identities by April 2013, when talks on their proposed merger are expected to be completed. The merger of the […]