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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Sunday, August 5th, 2012
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, has said the party will start its reconciliation process with former President Olusegun Obasanjo and others. He said the reconciliation process, which he agreed needed to be carried out in order to heal old wounds among party members, would start after the Ramadan period. […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Sunday, July 29th, 2012
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on the Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, to step down immediately, following his son’s indictment in connection with the fuel subsidy scam. In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Tukur’s […]
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House, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, July 27th, 2012
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, said necessary moves are in top gear to resolve the threat by the House of Representatives to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan, over poor implementation of the 2012 budget. Addressing newsmen in Abuja on the outcome of its weekly National Working Committee (NWC) meeting, the deputy national chairman, of […]
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Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, July 27th, 2012
The Peoples’ Democratic Party [PDP] National Working Committee (NWC) yesterday declared that it would not intercede on behalf of any of its chieftains, or their children facing prosecution over alleged fuel subsidy fraud. They were arraigned at two Lagos High Courts yesterday. Among those charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were Alhaji […]
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Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, July 27th, 2012
Photo: Sun News Publishing By: AKEEB ALARAPE Date: Thu, 07/26/2012 – 21:19 Mahmud, Mamman Nasir and Abdullahi, sons of Bamanga Tukur, Ahmadu Ali, Abdul-Azeez Arisekola-Alao respectively and other oil marketers and their companies were formally arraigned yesterday at the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja. Ali is former chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), while […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
The Peoples Democratic Party is to speak on the move by the House of Representatives to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday (today). The party took the decision after the meeting of its National Working Committee, which was held at the party’s secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday. It was learnt that the party’s position would […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
July 18, 2012 by Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Former President Olusegun Obasanjo | credits: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s resignation as Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees has been accepted. The Secretary of the Board, Senator Walid Jubril, confirmed this at the party’s secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday. Jibril said the resignation was accepted […]
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Edo, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Senate, State News
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
July 18, 2012 by Oluwole Josiah, Olusola Fabiyi and Fidelis Soriwei President of the Senate, David Mark | credits: President of the Senate, David Mark, said on Tuesday that the outcome of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State was a hard lesson for the Peoples Democratic Party. Mark, who spoke at the confirmation of three […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Edo, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
July 7, 2012 by Friday Olokor and James Azania 116 Comments Charles Airhiavbere and Adams Oshiomhole | credits: A week to the Edo State governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party and the Action Congress of Nigeria are still at loggerheads. A national leader of the PDP, Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia, in an interview with journalists in […]
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Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and chieftain of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Wednesday, warned again that there would be serious consequences should the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rig the 2015 elections. He observed that Nigerians, this time round, would not allow them to occupy offices illegally without […]