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Obasanjo, Atiku clash over PDP chair

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met yesterday to decide on guidelines for the March 24 national convention, Assistant Editor GBADE OGUNWALE reports the intrigues and forces at work. The search for a new set of national executive to run the affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the […]

Presidency decries ACN attack on Jonathan

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Party Politics, Presidency Thursday, March 8th, 2012

BY BEN AGANDE ABUJA – The Presidency,Thursday, decried what it said was a personal attack on President Goodluck Jonathan and the office of the president by the Action Congress of Nigeria saying that the denigration of the office and person of the president is unhealthy for the country’s political landscape. In a statement in Abuja, […]

PDP Senators dare govs, back Jonathan on NEC membership

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Senators elected on the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday threw their weight behind President Goodluck Jonathan on membership of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC). Almost two years after the idea was first mooted in the National Assembly, lawmakers are inching closer to achieving that aim in 2012. Earlier reports indicated […]

Group Backs Tukur For PDP Chairmanship

Posted by admin Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

A pressure group, Goodluck Nigeria International, has expressed the desire of its members, home and abroad, to mobilise Nigerians to support Alhaji Bamanga Tukur for the National Chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The statement was contained in a press release by the national chairman of the organisation, Alhaji Lekan Yusuf, and made available […]

APGA commends Nigerians for giving Ojukwu befitting burial

Posted by admin All People Grand Alliance (APGA) Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in Enugu State, Dr Emmanuel Ozoeneh, has commended Nigerians for giving the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu a befitting burial. Ozoeneh, in a statement on Thursday, said that the late Ndigbo leader was a man whose legacies would endure. He said that many Nigerians needed to be guided […]

Convention: PDP shuts out ministers, govs’ aides

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday, February 25th, 2012

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has removed ministers, ambassadors and presidential advisers as automatic members of the party’s congresses and convention. Also removed are the state commissioners, advisers to governors, chairmen and members of federal and state boards and parastatals. This was contained in a memo sent to members of the National Executive […]

PDP moves to curb powers of governors

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Monday, February 20th, 2012

February 20, 2012 by Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has concluded plans to curb the powers of governors elected under the umbrella of the party by limiting their influence. Already, the Constitution Review Committee of the party led by the PDP’s National Legal Adviser, Chief Olusola Oke, has recommended that […]

Bayelsa guber polls holds tomorrow, ANPP seeks new date

Posted by admin All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP), Bayelsa, Headlines, INEC Politics, Party Politics, State News Thursday, February 9th, 2012

NBA cautions against violence, sends 573 monitors THE expectations and the stakes are high over tomorrow’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. Last minutes activities leading to the polls by both the electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the participating political parties and other stakeholders have reached a peak. The only unexpected action came from […]

Ribadu takes FG job in personal capacity, says ACN

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Party Politics Thursday, February 9th, 2012

THE Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has reiterated its long-standing position barring members of the party from accepting appointments from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led Federal Government. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the decision to re-state that position […]

PDP regimes, worst in Nigerian history, says el- Rufai (Weren’t you a minister in the same regime?)

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Yola – Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Alhaji Nasir el-Rufai has taken a hard knock on the present PDP-led Federal government, describing the party’s regimes since the enthronement of democracy in the country as disastrous. “PDP regimes in the past twelve years of our democratic system is not only disastrous, but completely against […]