Aliyu Wamakko

The Big 5: Gombe Gov, Dankwambo joins Presidential race, PDP is a dead party – Wamakko I More stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Gombe Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo has declared his interest in running for the presidency at next year’s general election. Dankwambo, who expressed his interest on Saturday during a meeting with delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the north-east, said he decided to vie for the... Read More

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Opinion: Money cannot buy credibility – A note to Sokoto politicians

by Usama Dandare If Money can buy the whole world, there is indeed one thing in it that no amount of money can buy, and that is credibility. The credibility of our democracy as a whole has been diminished by the role money plays, although politics all over the world needs money, but its influence... Read More

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Don’t worry, Buhari will deliver – Wamakko assures Nigerians

by Ranti Joseph Governor of Sokoto state, Aliyu Wamakko has assured Nigerians that the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari will not fail the nation. “The APC-led Federal Government under Buhari will strive to meet the expectations and yearnings of Nigerians, irrespective of religious, ethnic or cultural differences,” he said. Wamakko spoke on Monday in Sokoto when the... Read More

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December 22, 2014

Mass defection: 4000 PDP members cross carpet to APC

by James Sambo Over 4,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto, have defected to the All Progressives Congress. The new members were received into the APC fold in Isa by the state governor, Aliyu Wamakko on Sunday, December 21. During the ceremony, he said: “APC is the party... Read More

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September 8, 2014

Buhari is missing at APC’s Sokoto rally

by James Sambo Chieftains in the All Progressives Congress (APC) converged for the Party’s North-West Zonal Rally in Sokoto State on Monday. The headline of the rally, which is taking place at the Trade Fair complex, was the absence of Former Head of State, and APC Chief, Rtd. Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. Others in attendance of... Read More

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February 8, 2014

Opinion: There is no such thing as a united North

by Abdulmalik Ibrahim Tijani However, unlike many a northern youths, I will not be cajoled and hoodwinked into voting out a corrupt Fedora hat wearing Ijaw fisherman for an equally corrupt ‘aboki’ farmer. I am a strong proponent for the rights of a group of people with a common header to seek a sense of... Read More

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December 21, 2013

REPORT: APC set to woo Obasanjo today

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to woo the amiable former Head of State today to canvass for support. According to investigations, the planned template for the current steamy campaign includes a visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo today. The Vanguard reports: According to a report earlier published by a national newspaper... Read More

December 19, 2013

He’s going nowhere: Tukur will remain PDP Chairman – Jonathan insists

by ‘Jola Sotubo Following rumours and speculation on whether the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur would be ‘sacrificed’ for peace to reign in the party, President Goodluck Jonathan is said to have stated that Alhaji Tukur will remain the party chairman. There have been calls for Tukur’s resignation after... Read More

December 12, 2013

PDP crisis: I will not resign as chairman – Tukur insists

by ‘Jola Sotubo Despite continuous agitation for his removal by aggrieved party members and reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) might “sacrifice” him for the sake of peace, National Chairman of the party, Bamanga Tukur, has said that he will not leave his position. The aggrieved governors, termed “G7” had, before the eventual defection... Read More

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December 10, 2013

PDP crisis: Jonathan holds emergency meeting with Tukur, NWC

by ‘Jola Sotubo Another strategy meeting has been convened by President Goodluck Jonathan after a session with the ‘rebel’ Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors ended in a stalemate. The president was said to have summoned the members of the party’s National Working Committee along with its National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur to an emergency meeting... Read More

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December 9, 2013

PDP crisis: Jonathan, governors meeting ends in stalemate

by Oge Okonkwo There was no progress recorded at the peace meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors as meeting was deadlocked in the early hours of Monday. According to the information given to journalists, Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State said he attended the meeting alongside his Kano counterpart, Rabiu... Read More

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December 8, 2013

“PDP is still the party to beat” – President Jonathan

by Oke Efagene Nigeria President, Goodluck Jonathan has shown his confidence in the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) despite the defection of some governors to the opposition party. He said that the defection of 5 G-7 governors to the All Progressives Congress (APC), will not affect the PDP at all as he believes that the... Read More

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November 26, 2013

How the G-7 governors merged with the APC (See Photos)

by Oge Okonkwo The G-7 governors have finally deflected to the the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). The announcement was made today at the Kano State Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro Abuja, the Nigerian capital, at a ceremony attended by all the seven governors and leaders of the APC. It was reported that earlier in the day, the decision... Read More

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November 26, 2013

PDP crisis update: Finally, G-7 governors move to join APC

by Oge Okonkwo It has been revealed that the G-7 governors have reached a decision to leave the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and join the opposition party All Progressives Congress (APC). Reports from Leadership Newspapers says that the decision to move to APC comes barely 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan chose to postpone a... Read More

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September 17, 2013

IBB reportedly drops presidential ambition

by Akan Ido Former president of Nigeria, Ibrahim Babangida has announced that his days of seeking votes in presidential elections are over. Babangida said this in Sokoto yesterday while inaugurating a Modern Agricultural Skills Acquisition Centre at Milgoma, Bodinga Local Government Area. The former president said he intends to emulate the likes of Aliyu Wamakko in kick-starting the revival... Read More

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August 16, 2013

PDP crises: More drama as 3 governors meet with Tukur

by Akan Ido Three northern governors, Sule Lamido, Jigawa, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Kano; and Aliyu Wamakko, Sokoto yesterday met behind closed doors with the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bamanga Tukur in his Abuja residence. The governors were reported to have expressed their reservations over his leadership style and demanded a change in the... Read More

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Alkasim Abdulkadir: Gov. Wamakko’s great wall of Sokoto (Y! FrontPage)

by Alkasim Abdulkadir These funds can be spent in the re-channelisation of the water ways, building of higher embankments and aqueducts to also aid in irrigation farming. One of the most important phrases unifying modern states was the statement made by President Ronald Reagan in a speech to the then Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev... Read More

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Opinion: Umaru Dikko, nostalgia and PDP’s politics

by Is’haq Modibbo Kawu But for now, it will be interesting to see how much discipline Alhaji Umaru Dikko can knock into the undisciplined political mob that constitutes the PDP. A week can be a very long time in politics. This is even truer within the pressure cooker ambiance of Nigerian politics. Two events this... Read More

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PDP war of words: “He is a political prostitute” – Gov. Wamakko; “He is ignorant and lacks discipline” – Tukur

by Rachel Ogbu Suspended Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko and the PDP National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur have both engaged in a classic political verbal war causing more flames to the already steaming crises in the Peoples Democratic Party. The only thing missing from their banter was “yo mama!” On Wednesday night, Wamakko said Tukur, was... Read More

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Call it a tsunami: Amaechi, Aliyu, Lamido, and 7 other PDP governors are “on their way to APC”

by Ogunyemi Bukola If reports available to us are anything to go by, no fewer than 10 serving governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party may be on their way out of the ruling party to join APC. A key member of the merger committee, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised... Read More

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Power play: Amaechi, 7 other PDP governors move to defect

As political calculations towards the 2015 elections heighten, it has emerged that at least eight Peoples Democratic Party governors are set to leave the party. It is not a question of “if” but of “when”, said a senior political actor familiar with the developing strategy. The governors are those of Rivers (Rotimi Amaechi), Adamawa (Murtala... Read More

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Hashtag Porn – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze I believe that there are some human beings who do not deserve to be among other human beings, so should be put away for good after a sufficient time in the cooler for them to think about the stupidity of their actions has elapsed. The Nigerian social media crowd is quite an... Read More

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August 22, 2012

#InCaseYouMissedIt: We are set to explore our vast crude oil deposits – Sokoto Gov. Aliyu Wamakko

by Akan Ido According to the governor of Sokoto State, the state is soon to join the South-South states by becoming an oil producing one. Aliyu Wamakko made this disclosure while receiving the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, who paid him Sallah homage on Monday. He said the state government is making necessary... Read More

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