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All Peoples' Congress (APC), House, Legislature, National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, December 18th, 2013
Report reaching us says thirty-seven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House of Representative have decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers said they are joining the APC due to division and factionalisation within the PDP. They claimed that their defection to APC is in obedience to section 68 subsection 1G of […]
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Governors, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, December 17th, 2013
Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo Peoples Democratic Party supporters in the North-West on Monday urged the party’s governors to speak up on the issues raised by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his letter to President Goodluck Jonathan. The supporters, under the aegis of the North-West Solidarity Forum, said the PDP governors’ continued silence on […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Monday, December 16th, 2013
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday challenged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to prove his claims in the 18-page letter accusing the president of sundry misdemeanour including the training of 1000 snipers towards 2015 election or shut up forever. A Presidency statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics
Monday, December 16th, 2013
National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur The National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has said that those calling for his removal are plotting to make President Goodluck Jonathan vulnerable. He said this based on the increased clamour by the PDP governors for his removal from office. The party […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Monday, December 9th, 2013
The Peoples Democratic Party has attracted public criticisms for comparing its founding members with the late South African anti-apartheid leader, Nelson Mandela. The ruling party contested that just as the late Mandela fought and won the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, its founding fathers achieved a similar feat that “liberated” Nigeria from the shackles […]
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House, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Saturday, December 7th, 2013
The Peoples Democratic Party has begun plot to halt the defection of its members to the All Progressives Party so as to retain the leadershi of the House. Investigation by Saturday PUNCH in Abuja on Thursday showed that the PDP was already plotting to frustrate moves by some of the reps who might want to toe the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Senate
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
L-R: Aminu Tambuwal, David Mark and Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy President Goodluck Jonathan has held a secret meeting with the Peoples Democratic Party leadership in the National Assembly. Investigations by The PUNCH in Abuja on Tuesday showed that the meeting began at 11pm on Monday and ended at 2am on Tuesday. It […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Bayelsa, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva There are strong indications that a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva and his loyalists in the New Peoples Democratic Party, have finally dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress. Sylva, who was denied a second term ticket by the PDP, […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Senate
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
The New Peoples Democratic Party has said PDP lawmakers in the National Assembly who choose to defect to the All Progressives Congress will not lose their seats. It said that anyone thinking that the lawmakers could lose their seats were living in the past, adding that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guaranteed […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Governors, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, November 26th, 2013
Rebel governors The seven aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party have announced their decision to merge with the All Progressives Congress. The governors, at the meeting they had with the leadership of the APC in Abuja on Tuesday, said their decision was aimed at rescuing the country. A former Acting National Chairman of the […]
