Tag: PDP

Impeachment: APC leaders hold emergency meeting to save Al-Makura

by Kolapo Olapoju All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders had a clandestine meeting on Friday, July 18, in Abuja to strategise on how to fight the alleged plot to impeach the…

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Dele Momodu: Why I’m not a fan of the PDP

by Dele Momodu What Nigeria has lost in the past four years is better imagined. We have moved from one of the peace loving countries to one of the most…

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Tunde Leye: Can the PDP defeat APC in Lagos?

by Tunde Leye  It is therefore extremely important to the APC that it retains Lagos in 2015. People have often accused me of being more critical of the APC government…

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Lagos and full blown hyper-tension – and more, in today’s news round up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Yesterday, millions of hard working Lagosians, spent three hours going in one direction in traffic. Arrived at our offices all fagged out, took a nap rather than…

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Edo lawmakers offered N75 million each to impeach Oshiomhole – Oyegun

by Kolapo Olapoju The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) John Odigie-Oyegun has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of gifting the members of the Adamawa State House of Assembly…

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It gets worse: Nasarawa Governor, Tanko Al-Makura faces imminent impeachment

by Kolapo Olapoju On Monday, July 14, Nasarawa State House of Assembly collectively agreed to serve impeachment notice to the state Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura. A motion of public interest…

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Joe Igbokwe: APC – Giving the dog a bad name

by Joe Igbokwe We have called on credible international investigative agencies to dip deep and unravel the real sponsors of Boko Haram for the world to see that the suspicion…

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BUSTED: Man caught ‘with explosive material at OAU Awo Hall’ (PICTURED)

by Akan Ido There are unconfirmed reports that a man simply identified as Rasaki Adedayo has been been caught in the premises of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun…

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Simon Kolawole: Shall we tell APC the home truth?

by Simon Kolawole I know many commentators and analysts think the problem with APC is that people do not yet see them as better than the PDP. Maybe. Maybe not. …

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Don’t expect stable electricity until the PDP is out – Fashola

by Kolapo Olapoju Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola says the only way Nigeria will ever have stable and constant electricity supply is by voting out the ruling party, Peoples Democratic…

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APC accuses PDP of sabotaging collapsed school structure in Osun

by Kolapo Olapoju A newly completed building at Ejigbo High School in Osun State collapsed in the wee-hours of Wednesday, July 9, around 6am, an unfortunate development which has seen…

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Kingsley Kuku: Ekiti elections and Fashola’s paralogic

by Kingsley Kuku For Fashola and his ilk, it is befuddling and illogical human behavior for a ‘good governor’ to lose election in his ward or his local government.  Reading…

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Ife Adebayo: This APC is broken (Y! Politico)

by Ife Adebayo However… this APC… this Armored Personnel Carrier meant to provide some safety, some comfort, some hope, and light at the end of the tunnel to Nigeria is…

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Opinion: Dear NNPC, please bring back our refineries

by Solomon Ben Olonade     The big question is simple: Should Nigerian refineries translate now from public to private ownership? Most true Nigerians will argue that the right principle for…

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Opinion: Why the PDP thinks it can win Osun State

by Matthew Adejoh Now, where do all these leave Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who came in through the window by some legal magic in the judiciary, and is…

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A week to his 52nd birthday, we profile the rise and fall of Farouk Lawan (YNaija Long Read)

by Nchekwube Efunesi As he listened intently - from where he stood in the dock - to the court registrar reeling out all seven counts accusing him of seeking a…

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Dele Momodu: APC, please get serious

by Dele Momodu Those who packaged the present concoction for APC did not do well at all. It created doubts in the minds of admirers like us about the sincerity…

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Move over Fayose! Omisore knows the BEST way to win an election (LOOK)

by Adeola Balogun Nigerian politicians have come up with really strange ways of campaigning for elections but judging from Governor Fayose's recent "rice victory", it seems that strange is the…

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Pres. Jonathan joins others in breaking the Ramadan fast (See Photos)

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday broke the Ramadan fast with several other top government functionaries at the Aso Rock Villa. Jonathan joined other Muslim faithfuls across the country…

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Opinion: Ayo Fayose – The Ekiti electorate made a bad choice

by Akin Adesokan  It is true that the electorate in Ekiti made a choice it considered to be in its interest. But I think it is a bad choice, and…

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Who has the final say? My leaving or staying in PDP depends on Jonathan – Oyinlola

by 'Jola Sotubo The embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olagunsoye Oyinlola is said to have stated that his decision to either stay in or leave the PDP depends…

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Let the rice sharing continue: Zamfara politicians go the Ekiti way (LOOK)

by 'Jola Sotubo The recently concluded Ekiti elections were decried by many who felt that former governor, Ayo Fayose won because he shared bags of rice to some members of…

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Opinion: Femi Aribisala walks the fine line between anarchist and a columnist

by Folorunsho Ogunrotimi Why is it that when we see an opportunity to move this country forward people like you rise to stifle it?  I was astounded and full of…

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Why Goodluck Jonathan is the president we deserve (YNaija Long Read)

by Wole Olabanji If you happen to see a woman leaving the Federal Secretariat (Phase I) in Abuja with a bottle of liquid and assume, because of a certain yellowish…

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Akin Osuntokun: How the PDP took over the South-west in 2003

by Akin Osuntokun It is said that when a lie is sufficiently repeated it begins to attain the status of truth. Egged on by a thoroughly brainwashed media, the APC…

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Opinion: Ekiti and its plethora of lessons in poli-tricks

by Abdulazeez Abdulazeez Another great lesson from the Ekiti polls is for the APC to meditate; rethink, and restrategise. The election, by all Nigerian standard, was free and fair. If…

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‘Ekiti was a fluke, PDP can never win in Rivers,’ APC boasts

by Akan Ido The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has dismissed as a fluke, last Saturday’s dislodgement of the party by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the…

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Ayomikun Soyombo: Though Ekiti has spoken, we won’t let Nigeria go (Poetry)

by Ayomikun Soyombo   We can't neglect this land    We can't give in yet    Though the imprisoned seeks no liberation    We can't just turn our backs to…

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Opinion: Ekiti’s critical lessons for democracy

by Jibrin Ibrahim PDP knew what they were doing when they choose him above all the other educated and suave politicians that sought the party nomination. While I respect the…

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#EkitiDecides: 5 journalists arrested by security operatives in Ekiti

by S'ola Filani The Ekiti governorship elections is well underway and so far, the conduct has been  peaceful. There have, however, been reports of assault and indiscriminate arrests by security forces…

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