PDP crisis: What happened is a minor disagreement – Jonathan

Opinion: Lessons from the great PDP implosion

by Muyiwa Adetiba The founding fathers of the PDP wanted a broad based party that could capture power while providing the ‘dividends of democracy’ on its own terms. In its quest to get as many ‘big men’ as possible, they played down issues of discipline and integrity and ignored the antecedents of many of the... Read More

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PDP crisis: Drama as police withdraw Saraki and Baraje’s security details

Federal Government’s crackdown on the brains behind the Baraje faction of the PDP got underway yesterday with the police withdrawing their men attached to the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, as guards and escorts. The withdrawal came barely 48 hours to his appearance before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for... Read More

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‘Stay away from Niger Delta’: Ex-militants declare Atiku persona-non-grata over PDP crisis

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

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Aliyu Tilde: PDP crisis – The Arithemetic of bad luck

by Dr. Aliyu Tilde Then Jonathan is certain to lose the majority votes in six of the seven New PDP governors – that is granting him Rivers State who may decide to support him for ethnic reasons. This brings the number of states that the President may lose their majority votes to sixteen. The ongoing... Read More

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Simon Kolawole: The return of Atiku Abubakar

by Simon Kolawole Many Nigerians had a wrong interpretation of what happened during the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) chairmanship election. They thought there was a fight between the good guys and the bad guys in an attempt to “rescue” Nigeria’s democracy. Reports of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s political death have been grossly exaggerated, as Mark Twain... Read More

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Opinion: Mismanaging relationships the Goodluck Jonathan way

by Donu Kogbara …But they went out of their way to humiliate and exclude me, so nobody should blame me if I sympathise with Amaechi…whom they have also treated shabbily!Largely thanks to Amaechi’s dogged electioneering efforts in 2011, President Jonathan and the PDP did fantastically well in Rivers State. WATCHING the PDP fall apart is like... Read More

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“It will not break our spirit”: Baraje’s PDP faction reacts to party secretariat sealing off

by ‘Jola Sotubo The crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has seen a sharp escalation as police officers today sealed off the secretariat of the new Abubakar Kawu Baraje – led faction of the party. Various stakeholders of the main party have attempted to sue for peace by negotiating with the leaders of the... Read More

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PDP crisis: Only reasonable terms will be accepted by Jonathan – Presidency

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

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Opinion: The zoning controversy inside the PDP

by Seyi Olu Awofeso But despite Nigeria’s local media getting ahead of itself, neither the north-west dissenting members nor those others from Rivers, Kogi and Adamawa, have yet announced any immediate plan to quit the PDP. Rather, their stated plan is simply to “kill the PDP, whilst remaining inside it as catalyst.” No honesty of... Read More

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PDP crisis: Drama in Abuja as OBJ’s peace move fails

by Akan Ido The peace meeting organised yesterday by a select group of the Peoples Democratic Party elders to look for a lasting solution to the crisis bedevilling the party is yet to make a breakthrough. Reports say both factions of the party, the Bamanga Tukur group and that of Kawu Baraje stuck to... Read More

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Muhammadu Buhari: It is about Nigeria, not Buhari

by Muhammadu Buhari The issue is not just about Buhari, but something greater than Buhari or any individual or parts of its whole, it is about Nigeria-its future, progress and prosperity of its citizens, living in peace, harmony, its evolution and integration. The registration of the All Progressives Congress -APC- which was a merger of... Read More

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September 6, 2013

PDP crisis: Why we want Tukur out – Kwankwaso, Aliyu reveal

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

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September 6, 2013

Opinion: PDM registration – Where Atiku missed the point

by N Ainofenokhai The indubitable belief in many quarters, especially the PDP, is that Atiku is the one behind the PDM “rebellion” that seeks to decimate the PDP; that is if that can be done. His denial of the party’s membership is an attempt to hide behind a finger, since it is common knowledge that... Read More

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Opinion: Who will step down for whom? PDP’s stormy cup of tea

by Ochereome Nnanna The party is used to them. The party always comes out of these storms intact and strong enough to win the next election. The PDP is a veteran of many civil wars. These wars will never end because they are normal jostling and positioning to hijack the party and use it to... Read More

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Opinion: Like an old NEPA transformer, PDP implodes

by Is’haq Modibbo Kawu We are witnesses to a manifestation of what the much-lamented Chief Sunday Awoniyi saw with clarity, a couple of years ago: the PDP is a basket of scorpions, stinging themselves to death. But access to power and lucre made it imperative to ensure that lethal doses of poison do not take... Read More

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Taraba legislators insist Suntai resume as Governor

by Tutu Akinlabi The efforts of the Peoples Democratic Party reconciliation committee sent to make peace in Taraba State appear to have missed the mark, as some members of the State Assembly have voiced their indignation at the committee’s decision that the state deputy governor should continue in power. The dissatisfied members have challenged the... Read More

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PDP crisis: Jonathan rejects Obasanjo’s peace mission

by ‘Jola Sotubo According to reports, President Goodluck Jonathan might have rebuffed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s attempts to broker peace in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Strong speculations have it that the president might just decide to go head on with the seven aggrieved governors of the gradually dissembling PDP. Jonathan, who reportedly got... Read More

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“There is only one PDP and I’m firmly in charge” – Chairman, Bamanga Tukur talks tough

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

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Opinion: For the PDP, this may finally be the end of the road

by Gimba Kakanda While the division was along a deepening conflict between President Goodluck Jonathan and various state governors, it became a repetition of an old drama with the involvement of Atiku who had never had it easy, and who had also always been a political outcast and on the opposite side of incumbent leaderships.... Read More

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Opinion: Nigeria’s ethnic division – Who is to blame?

by Saatah Nubari In a situation where it is glaring that this present administration can only boast of support from the Ibos/Niger Delta/Middle Belt and is opposed by the Hausa-Fulani/Yoruba, you should be the Devil if you lie that there is no ethnic undertone to this. A closer look at the 7 governors and Atiku’s... Read More

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Opinion: Who is afraid of Ahmed Gulak?

by Kelechi Oparaku For the unbiased observer, however, one question which begs for answer is: When has it become an offence to discharge one’s duties to the best of one’s ability, as Mr Gulak has done since his appointment? These are not the best of times to be a public official in Nigeria, especially to... Read More

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Taraba crisis: Deputy governor can continue ruling but… – PDP committee

by Oge Okonkwo The Senator Hope Uzodinma committee, which was elected by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to preside over the mediation to resolve the political confusion in Taraba state, has asked the state’s acting governor, Garba Umar to continue in his current position but should take instructions directly from the ailing governor, Danbaba Suntai. According... Read More

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Opinion: PDP crisis – Turmoil or sanity in the party system?

by Jibrin Ibrahim In a sense, the PDP is becoming a victim of the excessive power of its owner, and there is no doubt that whoever is President literally owns the PDP and can do what he wants with the party. Of course the same is basically true of most other registered parties, which are... Read More

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‘This is what we want’: Aggrieved PDP governors make their demands known to Jonathan

by Adeola Balogun Peace still seems to be an elusive goal for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as there is yet no end in sight to the turmoil within its walls. Instead of laying down arms, the aggrieved governors have made their demands on President Goodluck Jonathan by giving four conditions for resolution. They presented... Read More

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PDP crisis: The tearing umbrella and the intriguing story so far

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

Opinion: The media needs to stop this foolishness, Bamanga Tukur is not a ‘factional chairman’

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

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