by Rotimi Fasan Nothing proves Jonathan’s inability to handle the crisis staring him in the face than his meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo whose absence at the special convention should have been ominous sign of the rebellion in the making. Obasanjo had to respond to yet another attack from Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark,... Read More
by Adeola Balogun According to a statement issued by a presidency source yesterday, an end to the Peoples Democratic Party crisis might just be in sight. This was stated by the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, who said that as a result of the fruitful meeting held with the... Read More
by Japheth Omojuwa Let us face it, you cannot defend any government in the world as a spokesperson and not tell at least half-truths. Whether they are outright lies or half-truths, these are betrayal of values. Too many times young activists in Nigeria are accused of “going to be the next Abati.” I have certainly... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo According to the Presidency, the failed efforts to resolve the crisis tearing apart the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) should be blamed on the governors who now belong to a splinter group now referred to as the “New PDP”. Stakeholders in the Presidency have stated that the peace moves being repeatedly made to... Read More
by Simon Christian Chukwu There is no Nigerian political party without crisis. Though PDP without crisis is like a life without blood. I dare say that the party’s dominance lies in their strength in adversity. There is no political season that they have failed to be in crisis, but do they come out stronger? Yes!... Read More
by Isi Esene The governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi has called to question allegations purportedly made by the chairman of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) accusing him of backing the All Progressives Congress (APC). Amaechi expressed his opinion in a statement released yesterday by the state commissioner for information, Ibim Semenitari describing... Read More
by Murtala Adogi Mohammed Working together with youth both online and offline is very important for any minister of youth development that want to succeed. Therefore, the new Youth Minister will have to be… one who thoroughly understands the tools and ways of how the social media works. There is currently a vacancy in the federal... Read More
Another major blow hit the Kawu Baraje-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday. It failed in its attempt to get its national secretariat re-opened as a Lagos High Court in Ikeja declined its prayer. The office was sealed off at the weekend on “order from above”. Mr. Justice Ganiyu Safari declined to order... Read More
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has been declared a persona-non-grata by leaders of ex-militants in the Niger Delta for threatening to stop the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 and spearheading the break-up of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former warlords drawn from all nine states of the Niger Delta made the declaration... Read More
by Adeola Balogun As the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party rages on, President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he will only negotiate with the aggrieved parties if they present reasonable terms. A statement to this effect was released by the Presidency through the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak. Gulak,... Read More
Two of the ‘rebel’ governors in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano and Babangida Aliyu, yesterday, opened up on the crisis in the party, saying their agitation is ultimately aimed at purifying the party and saving it from self-destruction. Speaking to stakeholders in Kano, Kwankwaso accused the Bamanga Tukur-led leadership of... Read More
The federal government stated that on Wednesday that going forward, school certificate examination offenders would spend 5 five years in jail or pay the fine of N250, 000. This decision which was the outcome of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan followed the approval of an enactment Act... Read More
by Isi Esene Bamanga Tukur, the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come out in force to state his case in the internal squabble rocking the party and refusing to recognise the splinter faction. A group and six governors and former vice-president Atiku Abubakar announced the creation of a faction of the party... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo The crisis plaguing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a turn for the worse yesterday as the recently created faction under the leadership of Abubakar Baraje asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the Bamanga Tukur-led PDP. The Baraje led faction levelled a series of allegations against Tukur’s PDP... Read More
by Isi Esene The crisis rocking the ruling Peoples Democratic Party does not seem to be abating as dissenting characters in the party continue to stick to their guns against the party leadership. After several weeks of internal wrangling with back and forth negotiation among power brokers, a group of six governors with the former... Read More
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Uche Imagwe Announcements cannot be enough to confer legitimacy on political actors. What that leads to is confusion and anarchy, and the result can distort the media’s responsibility to the public. The job of politicians is to play politics, but the job of the media is to accurately interpret the politics in the most factual... Read More
Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi said yesterday that he belongs to the faction of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) led by Abubakar Kawu Baraje. Amaechi spoke to reporters in Port Harcourt shortly after arriving from Abuja. Speaking on the pulling out of some PDP governors and Stakeholders at the weekend’s PDP mini convention in... Read More
by Toni Kan These governors are not gods. The constitution is ‘god’ and these puny characters without shame must learn to abide. They must learn too that power is transient and that no man lives forever. Evil is in many ways like rain. It starts often as showers which could become a deluge, fast and... Read More
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