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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March 22, 2013

Hauwa Gambo: I tire for this our nyama-nyama president (Y! FrontPage)

by Hauwa Gambo We have a president who, in the same year, declared that he is “not a lion” and has no need to be, only for him to turn round and declare that he “does not give a damn”. That statement still rankles me now as it did last year. I find it disrespectful,... Read More

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March 21, 2013

Gbenga Olorunpomi: APC – When a few good men choose to be selfless (Y! Politico)

by Gbenga Olorunpomi The proverbial wind has blown and PDP’s bum-bum is on public viewing. So, I won’t waste my time on that lot anymore. Their calamitous end crawls ever nearer. This piece could easily have been a serious bashing for the shenanigans of some unscrupulous, demonic and undoubtedly cowardly characters within the Nigerian Presidency,... Read More

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March 20, 2013

Osato Edokpayi: Of presidential pardons, multiple APCs and the race for 2015 (Y! Politico)

by Osato Edokpayi Is it impossible to equate the re-emergence of Chief Tony Aninih as chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees with the recent state pardons, the application of the other APCs and the 2015 election? I think not. Recent events in the country have once again demonstrated that Nigerians have an incredible ability... Read More

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March 19, 2013

Abubakar Usman: PDP – The devil’s umbrella

by Abubakar Usman All these revelations we have seen are not borne out of the brilliance or vigilance of those who exposed them, it is because God too is tired of the PDP. Nigeria’s political landscape took a new dimension on the 6th of February, 2013 when four major opposition parties namely Action Congress of... Read More

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March 19, 2013

Politics 101: Between dummies and neophytes, contenders and pretenders

by Ayokunle Odekunle On the last issue for determination, going by the above explanations, it is clear here that APC2 are DULY registered under the Law. While the APC2 followed the requirements required by Law, the APC1 engaged in tomfoolery and delusion of grandeur. Going down memory lane, during my sojourn at the famous... Read More

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March 18, 2013

Opinion: The APC is not the answer – It is the question

by Jude Egbas If all the PDP stands for is endorsing corruption like we have been reminded in the last couple of days, what is the APC’s trump card in one word or sentence? What is the APC’s selling point? What is the APC’s positioning in the political brand spectrum? Is the APC to the... Read More

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March 14, 2013

Michael Orodare: APC governors visit to Maiduguri; of what significance? (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare I have come to understand that in Nigeria, we tend to vest a lot of effort into celebrating process rather than the result, if not we won’t be making a mountain out of a molehill from the visit of the governors to a part of the country. The media was recently awash... Read More

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March 11, 2013

Opinion: Why I think President Jonathan’s visit to Borno and Yobe was useless

For about four years now, the JTF have occupied the streets of Maiduguri without yielding desired results. Let’s look at other options as only a fool will repeat same tactic and expect to get a different result. For the first time since he was elected President in 2011, President Jonathan visited Maiduguri and Yobe states, the epicenter of Boko... Read More

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March 9, 2013

Police escorts former governor out of radio station (Report)

by Isi Esene There are reports that the former Zamfara state governor, Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima has been escorted out the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria premises in Kaduna. The former governor was a guest on a Hausa speaking radio programme, Hannu da Yauwa run by the 50-year old radio station. It is not immediately... Read More

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March 9, 2013

Nasir El-Rufai: 2015: The Naked dancers and the two year marathon

by Nasir El-Rufai As all parties gear up towards 2015, we need to ask: Is President Jonathan capable of participating in the election without deliberately dividing the country along ethnic and religious lines for his short-term political gain? In a functional democracy, the arguments and divisions currently wracking the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) would... Read More

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March 7, 2013

Olusegun Adeniyi: The politics of a certificate

by Olusegun Adeniyi The challenge now is that while Eze may indeed have gone to school, the new powers-that-be in Abia State have decreed that the certificate he obtained would not be worth the paper on which it was written! Sometime in 2002, I was in my office as editor of the Sunday edition of... Read More

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March 7, 2013

Osato Edokpayi: This APC union shall surely stand (Y! Politico)

by Osato Edokpayi As the ACN has demonstrated in the South-West and in Edo state; the PDP is not invincible. This union shall indeed stand tall to defeat the PDP and satisfy the yearnings of millions of Nigerians… I welcomed the news of the formation of Nigeria’s new formidable opposition party, the All Progressives Congress... Read More

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March 5, 2013

Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: Jonathan’s bare knuckle slugfest

by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu Jonathan, himself, once a short-lived substantive governor, has taken on the very difficult task of doing what his predecessors before him never contemplated. He has decided that the governors’ forum must be reined in and kept in check. In the not-to-distant future, Nigerians will be heading back to the polls to elect... Read More

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March 2, 2013

Salihu Tanko Yakasai: Viable political parties remain the root of change in Nigeria (Y! Politico)

by Salihu Tanko Yakasai Looking at the leadership of our political parties nowadays, one can easily see that it has been left in the hands of stooges, thugs, illiterates and “boys” of some political godfathers that will use them for their dirty jobs. There have been lots of debates as to where change should come... Read More

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February 27, 2013

Ife Adebayo: The APC is surely the light at the end of the tunnel (Y! Politico)

by Ife Adebayo The three major parties involved in this merger are parties that have shown over time that they campaign on issues; parties that have not shied away from presidential debates; parties that have clearly stated their plans for the electorate. In my Y! Politico article on January 9th 2013, I wrote that “Opposition... Read More

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February 26, 2013

“A pack of weak blocks” – PDP’s newly elected BoT chairman, Tony Anenih taunts opposition parties’ merger

by Isi Esene Former works minister, Tony Anenih who was earlier on Tuesday elected the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BOT) chairman has described the merger of opposition political parties to foRm the All Progressives Alliance (APC), as “a pack of weak blocks”. Anenih who was speaking to newsmen after a meeting of... Read More

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February 20, 2013

Opinion: What the opposition merger needs to do to survive

by Theophilus Ilevbare The merger between the ACN and CPC alone might just be enough to see out the PDP, as a school of thought will have us believe. No, it is a political miscalculation. There is a need to provide a credible alternative to the electorate, a radical change borne out of the growing... Read More

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February 19, 2013

Opinion: Branding party – The beginning for APC

by Mogaji Gbenga A twitter account is a welcome development but how about a website and other marketing materials? What is their corporate colour? How about their logo? Are there strategies in place to integrate this new brand – APC? The creation of the All Progressive Congress (APC) party was a welcome idea in the... Read More

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February 18, 2013

Chukwuma Soludo: Where is the political party for the Nigerian economy?

by Chukwuma Soludo As students in those days, we relished in the intellectual debates on the alternatives offered by different parties. Regular campus symposia involved high ranking members of different political parties explaining and defending their party manifestoes. In a multi-party democracy, political parties are the vehicles for acquiring power, and for governance and development.... Read More

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February 14, 2013

Michael Orodare: The opposition merger is for itself, not for the people (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare There is no doubt in the fact that we need a strong and viable opposition party to keep the ruling party on its toes, but this present APC cannot remedy Nigeria woes, NO, it can’t… First of all, let me congratulate members of some opposition parties, for the successful ‘christening’ of their... Read More

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February 14, 2013

2015: Buhari is not stepping down – CPC; APC will be torn to rags by ambition –Tukur

by Isi Esene Spokesman for the Congress for Progressive Change, Rotimi Fashakin has maintained that former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) holds no intention to relinquishing his ambition to again contest a presidential election. He said, contrary to reports from certain quarters, Buhari is not stepping down according to the wishes of members... Read More

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February 11, 2013

Ohimai Amaize: The APC, is it a merger or ‘maga’? (Y! Politico)

by Ohimai Amaize PDP will do its homework well, campaigning and penetrating the grassroots. At the end of the day, someone will cry foul that PDP has cheated! As I touched down in Lagos from Johannesburg last week, the trending news that hit me was the din on social media about the All Progressives... Read More

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February 8, 2013

Prince Tokunbo Olateru-Olagbegi: A merger without a merger, where is the Labour Party? (Y! Politico)

by Tokunbo Olateru-Olagbegi Looking at all the political parties involved in this development, there is nothing ideological about them – this not to say the PDP also represent any form of ideology really. It appears some major opposition figures ‘bent solely’ on wrestling power from the ruling PDP have by a ‘marriage of convenience’ succeeded... Read More

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