Bamanga Tukur

Tonnie Iredia: Behold, the PDP of violence and anarchy

by Tonnie Iredia No one has faulted its claims of being the largest political party in Africa. It accommodates everybody -the rich and the poor; geniuses and illiterates, philanthropists and rogues, diplomats and hooligans… Some few years back, a bosom friend who wanted to get into partisan politics after retiring from the Federal Public Service... Read More

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PDP crisis: President Jonathan and Tukur meet in Abuja

by Rachel Ogbu To solve the internal problems in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) once and for all, President Goodluck Jonathan and PDP National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur have met privately at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, new reports say. The two were not the only ones trashing out issues to move the party forward,... Read More

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PDP convention: Atiku’s name missing on delegates’ list

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar will not vote in the Peoples Democratic Party forthcoming national convention as his name is not on the list of delegates submitted to the party from his home state, Adamawa. The party has tentatively slated August 20 for the special mini convention. Sources, however, said the date “is not sacrosanct.” The... Read More

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PDP crisis: Bamanga Tukur can afford to breathe again

by Rachel Ogbu It looks like the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bamanga Tukur who was asked to resign last week might have dogged the bullet thanks to an INEC write-off and the intervention of Governors Godswill Akpabio, Emmanuel Uduaghan and Gabriel Suswan of Akwa Ibom, Delta and Benue states respectively, new reports claim. According... Read More

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NGF crisis: How we voted against Jang – Gov. Lamido opens up

by Akan Ido Sule Lamido, the governor of Jigawa state has revealed that nine Peoples Democratic Party governors voted for Rotimi Amaechi in the disputed June 4 Nigeria Governors Forum chairmanship election. Lamido who was speaking yesterday in an interview with the Hausa Service of the Voice of America revealed that he and eight other governors of the... Read More

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Enough is enough: Jonathan asks Tukur, PDP NWC to resign

by Rachel Ogbu There are indications that President Goodluck Jonathan has asked for the resignation of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bamanga Tukur, and other members of the PDP National Working Committee. On Monday, President Jonathan was believed to have given the instruction after receiving a report in Abuja from the presidential committee on the... 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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Enough is enough: Jonathan moves to resolve PDP crises

by Akan Ido Reports say the Presidency has set up a committee to look into the crises rocking the Peoples Democratic Party and come up with concrete solutions to them. President Goodluck Jonathan was said to have been advised by his close aides to look closely into the biting issues because his political career and the... Read More

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Desperate measures: PDP forces its workers to take oath of secrecy

by Rachel Ogbu In a recent move by the Peoples Democratic Party to control the flow of information in and outside the party, an oath of secrecy has been administered to its members of staff. On Thursday, many workers were reported shocked by the move which was supervised by the Acting National Secretary of the party,... Read More

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It gets EVEN worse: PDP suspends Rotimi Amaechi

by Isi Esene The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party has turned up a new gear as the National Working Committee in its emergency meeting earlier today resolved to suspend the embattled governor of Rivers State , Rotimi Amaechi. This position was taken after a petition was submitted by the PDP Rivers State Executive Committee against the... Read More

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Analysis: 10 reasons why GEJ may have declared #SOE in Adamawa

by Akan Ido The decision by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration to State of Emergency in three states namely Borno, Yobe and Adamawa has been lauded by many with others, especially the Nigeria’s major opposition parties, condemning it. With Borno and Yobe being a hotspot of violence over the past few months, it is understandable why... Read More

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Gbenga Olorunpomi: Blood everywhere and the tonic in the APC manifesto (Y! Politico)

by Gbenga Olorunpomi In one week, the murders we have witnessed can only be compared to the genocide taking place in Syria at this point. And we are not officially at war. And if we are, I didn’t get the memo. Two days after Valentine’s Day last year, I was so miffed by the folly... Read More

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“The governors are against all of us…” – Jubril Aminu speaks out

Jubril Aminu’s name rings a bell within and outside Nigeria. The reason is simple: he has served for over 40 years in many strategic positions in Nigeria and abroad, making history in many instances. Although he studied medicine and rose to the zenith of the profession as a professor, Aminu has repeatedly been saddled with... Read More

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Opinion: When governors sneeze…

by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed “It is certainly more agreeable to have power to give than to receive.” – Winston Churchill An amusing report in one of the dailies last week claimed that PDP governors are demanding N46b worth of projects for their states for voting for President Jonathan in 2015. Apparently, the new leadership of the PDP... Read More

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Cleaning house? PDP chairman, Tukur sacks 16 aides including son, and former IG of Police (DETAILS)

by Rachel Ogbu Former Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro and 15 other aides of the PDP National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur were fired on Friday. Okiro had served as Tukur’s Special Adviser on Security Matters. In a statement, Tukur said it was necessary to reorganise his office for better service delivery as the reason for his... Read More

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“Rumours by meddlesome interlopers & political jobbers with no fixed address”: PDP denies Anenih, Tukur rift

by Isi Esene The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party Olisa Metuh has described those spreading rumours of a conflict between the Party’s Board of Trustees Chairman, Tony Anenih and the National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur as “meddlesome interlopers without any fixed address.” Metuh said the group, Forum for Equity and Justice, said to... Read More

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“No minister will get cleared without a PDP membership card’ – Bamanga Tukur

by Rachel Ogbu Henceforth all ministerial nominees must be card-carrying members of the Peoples Democratic Party else they will be denied ministerial appointments, the party’s national chairman, Bamanga Tukur has reportedly said. Tukur was reacting to the deputy senate majority leader, Abdul Ningi’s comment, who complained that after PDP members had laboured for victory of the party... Read More

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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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APC governors donate mattress, pillows to Aso Rock… in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola He said “for instance, Sarah Jubril, the Mama One Vote herself, is the president’s special adviser on ethics. I laugh in dollars. Please what is the actual role of an adviser like that in this government?” APC governors donate to Aso Rock Opposition governors from the All Progressive Congress visited Maiduguri last... Read More

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Dele Momodu: Now that our President can sleep well

by Dele Momodu An insomniac President would always make costly mistakes. In this case, this is not even a regular case of inability to sleep. There are traces of paranoia, the fear of being surrounded by enemies. The victim of neurosis often degenerates to a dangerous level where he finds it difficult to differentiate friends... 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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January 31, 2013

What friction? PDP denies rumours of rancour between governors and President Jonathan

by Isi Esene The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied any friction between President Goodluck Jonathan and governors elected under the party’s platform. It also maintained that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party is unflinching in its support for the Party Chairman, Bamanga Tukur. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh released a... Read More

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January 20, 2013

You are a failure, Obasanjo tells Rochas Okorocha

by Akan Ido Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has described the governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha as a political failure. Obasanjo said this in Abeokuta yesterday at the grand finale of a civic reception organized in his honour by the South West Zone of the PDP. Governor Okorocha had earlier jokingly referred to the former... Read More

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January 18, 2013

“The PDP is bigger than you” – Tukur warns governors who boycotted peace meeting

by Rachel Ogbu A very upset Peoples Democratic Party, chairman, Bamanga Tukur warned governors under the party umbrella yesterday January 18, that they were not bigger than the party after none of them turned up for the meeting. Recently governors elected on the platform of the PDP largely boycotted a peace meeting scheduled to resolve... Read More

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January 17, 2013

U-turn? PDP makes effort to save ousted party secretary, Oyinlola

by Akan Ido The political intrigue playing out within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continues, the party has called on an Abuja Federal High Court to stay the execution of a judgment, which sacked its National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, from office. This is coming almost two days after the national chairman of the party,... Read More

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January 16, 2013

Opinion: If Bamanga Tukur sinks, so will President Jonathan

by Garba Shehu To achieve their dream, one of two things must happen: either that the sitting President, Dr. Jonathan does the right thing by staying out of the race… or they take away the ruling party from him, in which case he does not have a platform on which to contest. A thinker, Bhaghwad... Read More

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January 15, 2013

One down: PDP crisis deepens as Tukur replaces Oyinlola with Onwe

by Isi Esene The internal wranglings within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) intensified yesterday as the party chairman, Bamanga Tukur directed former Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, to step down from his position as party secretary. This action was understood to be with the tacit support of the presidency seeing Oyinlola as part of the... Read More

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January 14, 2013

Bad marriages – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze What I find interesting is that the current leader of the”geographical expression” has now deemed it fit to let us know that though the marriage is bad, it takes a whole new level of madness to get a divorce after being married for 100 years. For those of you who may not know, the... Read More

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January 14, 2013

PDP crisis: Jonathan considers dumping Tukur

by Isi Esene There are indications that president Goodluck Jonathan may have decided to accede to the demands of Peoples Democratic Party governors by withdrawing support from the apparently out-of-favour party chairman, Bamanga Tukur. Sources say Jonathan’s strategists have made it clear to him that it would not be in his political interest to openly... Read More

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January 11, 2013

PDP power tussle: Governors defy Jonathan, insist Tukur must go [DETAILS]

Akan Ido There are indications that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors are calling for the removal of the party chairman, Bamanga Tukur against the wishes of the presidency. Sources say all efforts by president Goodluck Jonathan to dissuade them from insisting on his removal fell on deaf ears. The governors had yesterday met with... Read More

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