Benjamin Apugo, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees has deserted the ruling party for the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). Apugo made his decision public yesterday at the Sam Mbakwe International cargo airport citing the lack of internal democracy in the party as the reason for dumping the party. He also... Read More

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December 9, 2013

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Defecting governors maintain stance, turndown president’s overtures

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Sokoto State governor, Governor Aliyu Wamakko has insisted that his defection along with the five other governors from the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) to the All Progressives Congress(APC) is permanent. Wamakko declared their stand while addressing State House correspondents on Monday after a seven-hour meeting of some PDP governors, including three of the G-7 governors, with President... Read More

December 8, 2013

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Chris Okotie: 2015 – The truth about G-7 rebel governors

by Chris Okotie It then stands to reason that if the APC, just for the sake of getting strong members to win the Presidential election, becomes a business conglomerate like the PDP, how can it fight corruption or prosecute its progressive agenda? The mist on the road to the 2015 general elections is beginning to... Read More

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December 1, 2013

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Ekerete Udoh: The G-5 governors’ merger with the APC – Matters arising

by Ekerete Udoh Let’s look at Rivers state- will the people of Rivers, jettison their next door son, and embrace a northern candidate simply because their Governor-Amaechi defected to the opposition party? Even though one is not cheer-leading for identity politics, I declare here that the people of Rivers will not abandon Jonathan in 2015,... Read More

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December 1, 2013

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Simon Kolawole: We have every reason to cheer about the APC merger

by Simon Kolawole You don’t move from being a “bad” governor to a “good” governor simply because you defected from one party to the other yesterday. You don’t suddenly become Nigeria’s saviour because you left PDP for APC after a disagreement over the national cake. Maybe I am seeing things that many observers cannot see... Read More

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December 1, 2013

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Amanze Obi: At last, the G-7 governors step out

by Amanze Obi No doubt, the Baraje group within the PDP tried its hands on relevance outside the umbrella of the original PDP but it failed severally. That was why Tukur was poised to bury the body. We have been told that after months of horse-trading, some of the G-7 Governors of Niger, Sokoto. Jigawa,... Read More

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November 17, 2013

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Simon Kolawole: Beyond the rhetoric, what would the APC do differently in 2015?

by Simon Kolawole Expect the usual Nigerian response: it is because Lamido is opposed to Jonathan; it is because he is in G7; it is because he is a Fulani man; it is because he is from the North. It always works. Are we really ready to fight corruption? Really ready? You would be forgiven... Read More

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November 14, 2013

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Ayokunle Odekunle: Dear Twitterati, is that not your Buhari standing with IBB?

by Ayokunle Odekunle “Whoever is seen in alliances and dalliances with Babangida should never be trusted. Such a person is a sell-out”. The twitter activist got many RTs and more followers. From time immemorial, I have had series of issues with our self-appointed, self-anointed Twitter activists. It is that they suffer from some acute selective... Read More

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November 14, 2013

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Opinion: Why it is almost impossible for the New PDP to reconclide with Jonathan’s PDP

by Hakeem Baba-Ahmad Governor Amaechi does not have the options of a prodigal son. His sins dwarf the others’ principally because Jonathan’s people see him as fraternizing with the enemy, which is what Northern PDP have become. The crisis in the PDP has many ominous implications, yet the major players appear to think the nation... Read More

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November 12, 2013

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Opinion: Why Governor Suswam is in full control of Benue

by Phillip Agbese Since the last local government elections in Benue State, it has been very clear to many of us that the then Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), now APC, is in total disarray and desperately in need of political surgery to bounce back to the robust propaganda machinery that it used to be... Read More

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November 11, 2013

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Opinion: Why the APC road show might be a big mistake

by Femi Macaulay It is relevant to ponder why the PDP has such a grip on the imagination of its members, with the effect that they refuse to think outside the party. Two notable examples of this reality will suffice. Weighing the pros and cons of the intriguing road show by a high-profile circle... Read More

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November 8, 2013

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Amanze Obi: The weak links in the APC and G-7 governors’ romance

by Amanze Obi This brings us back to the strategic error which the APC is committing. It is attacking PDP’s stronghold without having an agenda it can call its own. Before the APC, a few feeble alliances aimed at dethroning the PDP did not achieve the desired objective. The APC option is therefore supposed to... Read More

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November 8, 2013

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Olusegun Adeniyi: The Police and the danger ahead

by Olusegun Adeniyi Whatever anybody may feel about the G-7 governors and their politics, nothing can justify a situation in which policemen would behave almost like licenced thugs by storming into a government house to ask the chief executives of states to put an end to a lawful assembly. While still in the United Kingdom... Read More

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November 7, 2013

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Opinion: Why the APC should be wary of G-7 governors

by Ado Umar Muhammed As for the dialogue with the president, I wonder why the governors are still unable to see the writing on the wall. The PDP leadership and the president’s advisers have evidently decided to dispense with them. The commissioning ceremony of Sokoto State University last Tuesday provided the opportunity for notable leaders... Read More

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September 28, 2013

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Opinion: We are waiting for the ‘new PDP’ governors at Ochanja market

by Onuoha Ukeh …Since the governors are more interested in visits, to grab newspaper headlines, I would not be surprised if they storm Ochanja Market in Onitsha… and other markets across the country, one of these days, to tell traders that Jonathan should not go for second term. It does seem that the Peoples Democratic... Read More

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September 19, 2013

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Is’haq Modibbo Kawu: Limitations of ‘new PDP’ discontent

by Is’haq Modibbo Kawu The same Jonathan signed an agreement in September 2002, which affirmed power rotation, but turned around to deny there was such an agreement, even with his signature boldly imprinted on paper! I think nPDP’s opportunistic demands came at least four years late! When all is said and done, Jonathan’s position... Read More

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September 18, 2013

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Opinion: The totalitarian tendencies of my president

by Olu W. Onemola On the flip side, what will it mean for us if our President does not get what he wants? If such a time were ever to come, he would be a man with nothing to lose – and when a man with nothing to lose, has nothing to lose, we must... Read More

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September 16, 2013

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PDP crisis: Jonathan, G-7 governors agree to stay action, to continue talks in October [DETAILS]

President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors failed last night to resolve the crisis rocking the ruling party. The meeting, also attended by PDP Board of Trustees Chairman Chief Tony Anenih was adjourned after five hours to October 7. All seven aggrieved PDP governors – Murtala Nyako (Adamawa),... Read More

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Simon Kolawole: We have every reason to cheer about the APC merger

Amanze Obi: At last, the G-7 governors step out

Simon Kolawole: Beyond the rhetoric, what would the APC do differently in 2015?

Ayokunle Odekunle: Dear Twitterati, is that not your Buhari standing with IBB?

Opinion: Why it is almost impossible for the New PDP to reconclide with Jonathan’s PDP

Opinion: Why Governor Suswam is in full control of Benue

Opinion: Why the APC road show might be a big mistake

Amanze Obi: The weak links in the APC and G-7 governors’ romance

Olusegun Adeniyi: The Police and the danger ahead

Opinion: Why the APC should be wary of G-7 governors

Opinion: We are waiting for the ‘new PDP’ governors at Ochanja market

Is’haq Modibbo Kawu: Limitations of ‘new PDP’ discontent

Opinion: The totalitarian tendencies of my president

PDP crisis: Jonathan, G-7 governors agree to stay action, to continue talks in October [DETAILS]

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