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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

The Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Council on Wednesday urged the Chairman of the Northern Political Leaders, Mallam Adamu Ciroma, not to destroy the party. The PCC, which issued the plea in a statement in Abuja by its Director of Media, Mallam Abba Dabo, wondered why Ciroma was calling for the destruction of the house […]
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Bayelsa, Raw Politics, State News
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

THE Appeal Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has reinstated the impeached Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Peremobowei Ebebi. Counsel to the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Mr. Sebastine Hon (SAN), who confirmed the reinstatement, said his client would appeal against the judgment and ask for a stay of execution. In the lead judgment delivered yesterday […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Raw Politics, State News, Yobe
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Yobe State office of Goodluck/Sambo Presidential Campaign was on Monday attacked and torched by some political thugs believed to be loyal to a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The thugs numbering about 20 armed with cutlasses and knives were said to have come with containers of fuel to the campaign […]
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Elections 2011, Raw Politics
Sunday, February 13th, 2011

THE poor turnout of supporters at the Northwest launching of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential campaign may have earned Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo a verbal query from President Goodluck Jonathan. Besides, the rally, which saw several delegates from the zone, mostly those from Kaduna State, staging a walk-out from the stadium, has precipitated […]
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National Politics, Raw Politics
Friday, February 11th, 2011

Barring all odds, the erstwhile Deputy National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-West Zone, Chief Olabode George, alongside five other former directors of the Nigeria Ports Authority from prison may be released February 26. Saturday Tribune’s findings at the prison custody during the week in Lagos revealed that one of the convicts, Alhaji Aminu Dabo, […]
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Lagos, National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics, State News
Friday, February 11th, 2011

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state yesterday blamed the PDP-led federal government for the poor state of the country’s security and electricity, saying; “Before they assumed office in 1999, there was no bombing in Nigeria and there was no kidnapping.” The Governor also said the ongoing Egyptian crisis would be a window of economic opportunity […]
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Latest Politics, Ogun, Raw Politics, State News
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
The on-going feud between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has taken a new dimension. LEADERSHIP sources at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), office in Lagos revealed yesterday that the former president last Friday submitted a strongly worded petition loaded with weighty allegations against the governor. […]
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Ministries, Raw Politics
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday issued guidelines for the participation of members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in the ongoing zonal and state campaigns of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) towards the April polls, saying that the business of government should not grind to a halt because of electioneering. He directed that ministers who are not […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Raw Politics
Sunday, February 6th, 2011

Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel yesterday declared war on former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the intractable crisis rocking the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta had last Friday reserved ruling on an ex parte motion order brought before it by Governor Daniel and others indefinitely […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Raw Politics
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Gbadebo Oloruntimilehin, who lives at No. 9, JMJ Quarters, Ajegunle, Lagos has been known to be an easy-going fellow, who loves football very much. Well-spoken about by his peers and elders, he also makes friends easily, boys and girls, and likes to try out new things, electronic gadgets particularly. But his love for football […]