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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
FURTHER details emerged on Sunday as to why President Goodluck Jonathan lost four of the seven North-West states during the just concluded presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Political actors in the North-West geopolitical zone confirmed that many of the delegates who voted against the president in the North-West states did so as […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Saturday, January 15th, 2011
Hire-wire politics and last minute intensive lobbying of the delegates by governors of the Peoples Democratic Party was what eventually gave victory to President Goodluck Jonathan at the presidential primary of the party on Thursday, investigation has revealed. According to sources, part of the strategy used by the governors to ensure that their delegates did […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Saturday, January 15th, 2011
Thousands of millionaires may have emerged from the Peoples Democratic Party presidential primaries where the president emerged winner and flag-bearer of the party for the 2011 elections. LEADERSHIP WEEKEND gathered exclusively that supporters of President Jonathan gave each of the delegates $5,000 on arrival after a very large percentage of them had received $3,000 from […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, January 14th, 2011
The agents of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar refused to sign the final results of the presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, which ended in Abuja on Friday. The final result of the primaries showed that President Goodluck Jonathan won with 2,736, while Abubakar had 805. The third aspirant, Dr. Sarah Jubril, got only one […]
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Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, January 14th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday morning scaled the first major hurdle in his bid to contest the April presidential election, as he beat his opponents, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Dr. Sarah Jibril, for the Peoples Democratic Party ticket. As at 4:15am when THE PUNCH went to bed, Jonathan was in a comfortable lead with 2162 […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Friday, January 14th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan early this morning emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, defeating former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Mrs Sarah Jibril at the party’s national convention, which took place at the Eagle Square in Abuja. The build-up to the election suggested that it would be a keenly contested primary but it turned […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
No fewer than 27 political parties in Lagos State have formed an alliance to confront the Action Congress of Nigeria and Peoples Democratic Party in the 2011 elections. The Convener, Coalition of Lagos State Opposition Political Parties, Dr. Adegbola Dominic, who announced the plan at a news conference in Lagos on Wednesday, said the group […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
AN Enugu High Court has granted an interim order restraining the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, from parading himself as chairman and member of the party (PDP)Ruling on the motion on Wednesday shortly after hearing the submissions of Chief (Mrs) Justine Offia (SAN), counsel for the plaintiff and Professor […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan has begun interactive contacts with Peoples Democratic Party delegates and other stakeholders in the party on phone, ahead of the party’s presidential primaries taking place on Thursday (tomorrow) in Abuja. Director, Research, Planning and Strategy of the Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Organisation, Mr Mike Omeri, said this in a statement. A copy of the […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Monday, January 10th, 2011
About 84 senators of the Peoples Democratic Party may have lost their bid to return to the red chambers on the party’s ticket. Final standings from the outcome of the primaries held across the country showed that a repeat of what happened in 2007, where most of the lawmakers did not return, is likely to […]
