Just In: Court stops PDP convention, bars INEC

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday stopped the August 17 convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding in Port Harcourt as planned by the Ahmed Makarfi faction. This court also directed the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to ensure the convention does not hold. He also ordered the Independent... Read More

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August 12, 2016

Sheriff to Jonathan: You made PDP lose Borno, Yobe states

Factional National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff on Friday blamed former President Goodluck Jonathan for the party’s losses in Borno and Yobe states. Sheriff made the remark while addressing journalists at a news conference in Abuja. He said that the PDP lost the two states because the ex-president refused to heed his counsel.... Read More

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August 4, 2016

PDP BoT runs to Jonathan over crisis

Members of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party met with former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Wednesday night, according to The Punch. This is first time the leadership of the party would be holding a meeting with the former President since he was defeated during the 2015 presidential election. The Chairman of the... Read More

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July 28, 2016

BREAKING: Court stops PDP convention, says Markafi committee is illegal

The leadership tussle rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, received yet another twist on Thursday, as the Federal High Court in Abuja, sacked the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of the party. Justice Okon Abang in his ruling said the committee acted in error by going ahead to hold a convention in Port Harcourt against... Read More

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July 27, 2016

Give credit to Buhari, he’s the only one for us – Makarfi

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi has said that military chiefs stole more than politicians who are usually accused of corruption. He said this while commending President Muhammadu Buhari for the successes his anti-corruption fight has so far recorded. This was as he applauded the President for his... Read More

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July 26, 2016

INEC settles for Makarfi as PDP chairman

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has decided to finally settle for former Governor Ahmed Makarfi as the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is contained in a statement issued by Nick Dazang, INEC’s Deputy Director, Voter Education and Publicity, on Tuesday in Abuja. There is presently a power tussle within... Read More

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July 14, 2016

This is when PDP national convention will hold

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed August 17 as the date for its national convention in the city of Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. The decision was taken at a meeting of the party’s expanded caucus held at the Yar’Adua Center in Abuja. The Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee of the Party alongside... Read More

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June 7, 2016

We want Buhari to succeed, but… – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has promised to produce the next President of Nigeria in the next general election in 2019. Leaders of the opposition party on Tuesday, converged at the National Secretariat of the PDP to witness the official handover of the party’s affairs by the Board of Trustees to the Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee,... Read More

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September 25, 2014

Jonathan gets his $1 billion to fight #BokoHaram

by Laila Ibrahim The Senate has approved the $1 billion loan requested by President Goodluck Jonathan to tackle insecurity and terrorism in the country. Some lawmakers had argued that President Jonathan breached the process set down by the Constitution for requesting extra budgetary funds, but the Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, said... Read More

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February 7, 2014

Opinion: Katsina gave Namadi Sambo a low blow

by Garba Shehu Governor Shema revealed himself more fully when his supporters treated Vice President very rudely and contemptuously by interrupting his speech with shouts of “sai Shema”, “Nigeria sai Shema” It is not today that governors started jockeying to replace a sitting vice president in Nigeria. When he was in office as Vice President in President Olusegun... Read More

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August 15, 2013

Olusegun Adeniyi: PIB, Malabu and the $1 billion bazaar

by Olusegun Adeniyi While the Malabu controversy remains a business deal gone sour in a sector that is lacking in transparency, the circumstances surrounding a tri-partite transaction involving the Federal Government, Shell/Agip and Malabu Oil and Gas Limited in respect of OPL 245 is what has generated the current furore. Based on a subsisting motion... Read More

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April 14, 2013

IBB jailed me like a common criminal, but I forgive him – Ex-MILAD, Zamani Lekwot

by Akan Ido In this Punch Newspapers interview, Maj.-Gen. Zamani Lekwot (retd.), a former Military Administrator of Rivers State, speaks about his career, his imprisonment, the Boko Haram menace and other contemporary issues facing the country. Read excerpts from the interview below: There have been a lot of killings in Nigeria by the Boko... Read More

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December 9, 2012

Report: Northern governors jostle to take Jonathan’s job

by Akan Ido The political battle for the 2015 general elections promises to be a keenly fought one as leaders from the northern part of the country have commenced their serach for a candidate to take over from President Goodluck Jonathan when his tenure ends. The candidates currently being considered are mainly second term governors... Read More

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Just In: Court stops PDP convention, bars INEC

Sheriff to Jonathan: You made PDP lose Borno, Yobe states

PDP BoT runs to Jonathan over crisis

BREAKING: Court stops PDP convention, says Markafi committee is illegal

Give credit to Buhari, he’s the only one for us – Makarfi

INEC settles for Makarfi as PDP chairman

This is when PDP national convention will hold

We want Buhari to succeed, but… – PDP

Jonathan gets his $1 billion to fight #BokoHaram

Opinion: Katsina gave Namadi Sambo a low blow

Olusegun Adeniyi: PIB, Malabu and the $1 billion bazaar

IBB jailed me like a common criminal, but I forgive him – Ex-MILAD, Zamani Lekwot

Report: Northern governors jostle to take Jonathan’s job

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