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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
Former military president and Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, General Ibrahim Babangida has expressed concern over the agitation for zoning of elective offices in the country, few weeks after the April polls. The former aspirant was one of those who insisted that the zoning of party and elective offices as entrenched in the PDP […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Women Politics
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zoning arrangement came under fire at the weekend as some gender-sensitive women within the party vowed to resist any arrangement that would exclude women from occupying any of the five topmost political positions in the country. Rising from a meeting in Abuja, the women said they were taking their case […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Acting National Chairman of the PDP, Haliru Mohammed The expanded national caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party has agreed that the party should maintain its old zoning formula in the sharing of political offices in both the National Assembly and the party. Before the caucus meeting, which began on Tuesday night and ended in […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
THE national secretariat of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has become a Mecca of sort as politicians have continued to intensify lobby ahead of the composition of the leadership of the National Assembly and the Federal Executive Council, FEC. The lobby came on the heels of the tentative zoning arrangement by the Peoples Democratic Party, where […]
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), EFCC Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) moved swiftly to respond to claims of underhand occurrences in the last presidential election by raising four points which it believed would easily knock off the petition by the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari had on Friday filed a notice at the […]
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Latest Politics, Ministries, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Going by facts that emerged from President Goodluck Jonathan’s seven-day retreat in Obudu Ranch, Cross River State, many politicians hoping to make the President’s next cabinet are in for the shock of their lives. An investigation on Friday by SATURDAY PUNCH showed that the President, who had begun nationwide consultations, would not limit the […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), South-East
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
Sharing of the spoils of ‘war’ by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is threatening the harmony and cohesion amongst the disparate geo-political zones in the country. In the South-east, a battle of sorts is raging within the PDP in the zone and in the apex-socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze. At the root of the disagreement is […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Oyo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, State News
Friday, April 29th, 2011
The governorship candidate of the Accord Party in Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has attributed the failure of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South West during the last general elections to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Ladoja, who was a member of the PDP’s Board of Trustees, apportioned the blame in a post-election press […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
HE Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP said Tuesday that it has no plans to sanction former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, ex- minister of Finance, Mallam Adamu Ciroma for anti-party activities. In a statement signed Tuesday by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Professor Rufai Ahmed Alkali, the party was also not anticipating same for […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
CPC’s allegations unfounded – Jega The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the Congress for Progressive Change’s, presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to produce evidence that the presidential poll was rigged in favour of its candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan. The party said that Buhari’s allegations of rigging, baseless as they are, amounted to ‘sour grapes’ […]
