Alhaji Bamangar Tukur By Chuks Okocha and Segun Awofadeji Alhaji Bamangar Tukur, believed to be the anointed candidate for the chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), got a shocker Wednesday at the North-east zonal election that took place in Bauchi State. Although he was said to have been endorsed by the governors from the […]
THE chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, declared that the party would regain the states it lost in the South-West. Speaking at the South-West zonal congress of the party held in Osogbo, the former president said though “we have lost some states in crooked ways. We […]
Anger trailed the convention of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West zone on Wednesday, in Osogbo, where a former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Segun Oni, emerged as National Vice-Chairman of the zone. Just as South-West PDP picked Oni, the South-South chapter at its zonal convention in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, picked Chief Steven […]
Action Congress of Nigeria’s candidate for Rivers State governorship election, Dr. Abiye Sekibo, has said some members of the Peoples Democratic Party are stranded in the ruling party. Sekibo observed that those willing to leave the ruling party could not do so for fear of being punished by the PDP. The former Minister of Transport, […]
Bamanga Tukur The President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have agreed on the choice of shipping magnate Bamanga Tukur as the party’s national chairman, it was learnt yesterday. Sam Jaja is likely to be deputy chairman. PDP is holding its convention at which national officers will emerge on Saturday. But Dr Goodluck Jonathan […]
THE immediate past national legal adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who is contesting for the post of national secretary of the party at its forthcoming national convention, Chief Olusola Oke, at the weekend, said the position, which was zoned to the South-West, would not cause disaffection among party members in the zone. Oke, […]
IN a move that should put paid to the crisis between both parties and pave way for a smooth congress, governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have agreed to support all candidates put forward by President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming national convention of the party. A source at the Presidency yesterday told The […]
As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) prepares for its national convention, two main opposition parties, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), are inching closer to an alliance ahead of the 2015 general election. The alliance talks is progressing while the leader of the CPC Renewal Committee, Mallam Nasir […]
March 13, 2012 by Olusola Fabiyi, Lekan Adetayo and Oluwole Josiah, Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday begged governors from the North-East to back his candidate to be the new chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. A source in government told THE PUNCH that the President did so at a meeting held at the Presidential […]
PLANS to name Maitama District Extension after President Goodluck Jonathan has been faulted by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), which asked him to reject it. The party said the move was a “poisoned chalice”, which the President should not drink from. In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by ACN National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji […]
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