Just In: Security agents attacked Wike’s convoy – PDP (PHOTOS)

The Peoples Democratic party (PDP) has claimed that men of the Police force and other security agents rammed into the convoy of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike while trying to prevent him from leaving his residence. PDP made the claim on its Twitter handle @PdpNigeria on Wednesday. The party also claimed that the police has... Read More

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August 17, 2016

PDP Convention: INEC confused over 2 court rulings

The Independent National Electoral Commission has been thrown into confusion on whether to monitor or stay away from the Peoples Democratic Party national convention on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This was following a ruling by Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday that the PDP must stop its planned... Read More

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August 17, 2016

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories to monitor today 1. Airforce releases video of aerial operations Following the accusations by terrorist group, Boko Haram, that the Nigerian Airforce killed some of the abducted Chibok girls, the force has released a video to deny the accusation. 2. Pastor Adeboye says his message are not for everyone... Read More

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August 17, 2016

‘PDP caused this hardship we are all going through’ – Oshiomhole

Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday, blamed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the current economic difficulties of Nigeria. Speaking at the campaign rally for Godwin Obaseki, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at Ikhin and Amoya, in Owan East local government area of Edo state, the Governor said that the PDP used state funds... Read More

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August 16, 2016

Just In: Court stops PDP convention, bars INEC

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday stopped the August 17 convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding in Port Harcourt as planned by the Ahmed Makarfi faction. This court also directed the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to ensure the convention does not hold. He also ordered the Independent... Read More

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August 16, 2016

Pres. Buhari has received lots of advice from Nigerians – here are the best 5

by Tolu Omoyeni The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has barely lasted one year but it has been trailed with groaning, complaints, regrets and general ruckus. More interesting are the we-told-you-so remarks that former president Jonathan’s loyalists make every other day, mostly with the aim of spiting all those of you who voted Buhari. The... Read More

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August 16, 2016

Stop wasting Rivers’ money on PDP Convention – APC tells Wike

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers on Tuesday accused Gov. Nyesom Wike to stop wasting taxpayers’ money on offsetting bills for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention. This is contained in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by Mr Chris Finebone, Publicity Secretary of APC in the state. The statement urged Wike not to... Read More

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August 16, 2016

Confusion: PDP rejects court order, to go ahead with convention

In spite of the ruling of a Federal High Court on Monday barring the Peoples Democratic Party from holding its convention, Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has the event will go on as scheduled. On Monday, two Federal High Courts had given different rulings on the party’s forthcoming convention.... Read More

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August 16, 2016

PODCAST: We don’t need Osinbajo’s numbers, people are suffering… and more on The Slab with Isime

It’s Episode 9 of The Slab with Isime. Whoop! Today, we talk about the apologies that got everyone talking from social media to the Presidency. Too early to lament? And on entertainment, it’s all about 93 Days, the movie which chronicles Nigeria’s fight against the deadly Ebola Virus. We’ve got all our regulars on The Slab... Read More

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August 15, 2016

Mimiko’s commissioner resigns, defects to APC

One of the commissioners in Ondo state has resigned her position with immediate effect. Yetunde Adeyanju, the Ondo State Commissioner for Community Development and Cooperative Services, submitted her resignation letter to Governor Olusegun Mimiko on Monday afternoon and later circulated a press statement announcing her defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adeyanju said she is leaving... Read More

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August 15, 2016

YNaija Editorial: There is a better way to channel frustration over Buhari’s ‘failure’

Elections are about choices. A choice about whether to continue with a particular politician or political party. Before casting a ballot, every citizen has to confront the question of whether his or her interests are best served by the same party or politician, or a different party or politician. At the next election cycle, the... Read More

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August 15, 2016

Court orders police, DSS to provide security at PDP Convention

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has asked the police and the Department of State Services to be on standby during the Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party billed to hold in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Wednesday. Justice Ibrahim Watila who gave the judgement mandated the Inspector General of Police and... Read More

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August 15, 2016

PDP blasts Garba Shehu, says Nigeria’s economy has deteriorated

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has blasted the senior special assistant to president Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity Mallam Garba Shehu for saying Nigerians should be proud of President Buhari’s achievement. On Sunday Mallam Shehu had praised Buhari to high heavens. In a series of tweets via its official Twitter account, @PDPNigeria, the party... Read More

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August 15, 2016

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories to monitor today 1. In Kaduna it is school or jail Kaduna state Governor, Nasir el-Rufai has said that parents in the state who fail to send their wards to school in September would be jailed. 2. Army did not arrest our members -Avengers Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers,... Read More

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August 15, 2016

‘When Obasanjo was in power, we used Sheriff to spy on and destroy the APP’ – Fani-Kayode

Following Ali Modu Sheriff’s disclosure that Femi Fani-Kayode “is not the kind of man that Nigerians should take seriously,” Fani-Kayode has issued a statement in which he described Sheriff as a mole. While noting that Sheriff was on a mission to destroy the Peoples Democratic Party, Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation during the administration... Read More

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August 15, 2016

‘Nigerians shouldn’t take Fani-Kayode seriously’ – Ali Modu Sheriff

Just in case you don’t know, Ali Modu Sheriff, the factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has paid his dues in politics and is qualified to contest for the Presidency. Sheriff, a former Borno state governor, stated this while speaking on a Channels Television programme on Sunday. He noted that he is a highly principled... Read More

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August 14, 2016

Simon Kolawole: Elections, petitions and distractions

Roughly 20 months after Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu was nominated as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia state, a court case on his candidature is still in court. Nearly 15 months after he won the governorship election proper, the case is still alive. And 14 months after he was sworn in,... Read More

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August 13, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: Welcome to ‘Mai Chanji’

By Femi Fani-Kayode “Their HATE for President Goodluck Jonathan justifies the suffering in the land. Recession matters not. Hunger matters not. Loss of jobs matter not. Polio matters not. Making a mess of the naira matters not. Fulani Herdsmen matter not. High cost of foodstuffs matter not. Chibok matters not. We have men consumed by... Read More

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August 12, 2016

Sheriff to Jonathan: You made PDP lose Borno, Yobe states

Factional National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff on Friday blamed former President Goodluck Jonathan for the party’s losses in Borno and Yobe states. Sheriff made the remark while addressing journalists at a news conference in Abuja. He said that the PDP lost the two states because the ex-president refused to heed his counsel.... Read More

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August 12, 2016

Shaka Momodu: Is Buhari’s nepotism the worst in Nigeria’s history?

Fellow Nigerians, have you read the bombshell that was exploded in an interview in Saturday Punch published July 23, 2016, by the former Joint House Leader of the defunct Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), who was also the Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee and a member of the Defence Committee in the Second Republic, Dr. Junaid Mohammed?... Read More

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August 12, 2016

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories to monitor today 1. IPOB praises AGF Pro Biafra group, The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has commended the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice for ordering the release of some of its arrested members. 2. Buhari has mismanaged the economy -PDP Former ruling party, the Peoples... Read More

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August 12, 2016

Buhari has badly mismanaged the economy – PDP

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP on Thursday said figures quoted by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo while speaking at the 2016 Presidential Policy Dialogue Session, organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry have shown that the Buhari-led government ‘has badly mismanaged the Nigerian economy’. It said this in a statement released by its Director, New... Read More

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August 11, 2016

PDP will break and disappear into oblivion – Dokpesi

Raymond Dokpesi, an aspirant for the Peoples Democratic Party national chairmanship, on Thursday, warned that the former ruling party would fade into oblivion if it is not reformed soon. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, the former chairman of Daar communication noted that the PDP has reached the point where it should negotiate its future if... Read More

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August 11, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Jonathan created Avengers | Hunger and poverty killing Nigerians | Obama founded ISIS- Trump | More

From the papers this morning- a tracklist RNDA holds Jonathan responsible for the formation of Niger Delta Avengers- YNaija Sheriff jettisons PDP reconciliation moves 6 days to National convention- Nation Poverty, hunger killing Nigerians, Shehu Sani has a lot to say- Premium Times Nigeria needs to be on the lookout for Ebola, Lassa fever- Punch... Read More

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August 10, 2016

Young, influential Nigerians are bolting away from Buhari – 5 takeaways on why this is deeply important

by Chi Ibe Today, Feyi Fawehinmi – not someone you would know if you don’t spend any time on Nigeria’s social media echo chambers, but someone you can’t (and shouldn’t) ignore if you are interested in what Nigeria’s young, digitally-connected intelligentsia is saying – sent Twitter a-flutter: he is sorry to have voted for President... Read More

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August 10, 2016

Before Feyi Fawehinmi there was Gbenga Sesan – fed up with Buhari (TWEETS)

Barely 15 months into his much celebrated presidency, some key supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari have turned coat to apologise for ‘misleading’ the populace into voting for him. Feyi Fawehinmi, in an article reproduced HERE declared that he was fed up with the All Progressives Congress (APC) led government even as he compared President Buhari’s leadership style... Read More

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August 10, 2016

‘When a leader refuses to stand up to responsibilities, there’ll be problem’ – Jerry Gana

The Head of the Peoples Democratic Party’s reconciliation committee, Prof. Jerry Gana, on Tuesday said Nigerians want the return of the party into power. A reconciliation committee had been created to resolve the lingering leadership crisis in the party. Speaking after a meeting with factional PDP leader Sheriff, Gana said Nigerians are yearning and crying... Read More

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August 9, 2016

Nigeria would be like Venezuela if Jonathan was still in power – Basketmouth

Basketmouth has gone on a ballistic rant about the economic situation of the country. The ace comedian took to Instagram on Tuesday morning to air out his grievances concerning the deplorable state of affairs in the country. Read what he had to say below “I usually try not to pay attention to comments from people... Read More

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August 9, 2016

#FreeAbusidiq: PDP blasts EFCC, says Buhari is gagging the press

The Peoples Democratic Party has said the arrest of popular blogger Abubakar Sidiq by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is illegal and not within their rights. In a statement released on Tuesday, the PDP said the Buhari-led administration is trying to gag the press. The statement reads, “We are deeply concerned about the... Read More

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August 9, 2016

Aisha Buhari’s U.S. pictures are ‘photoshopped’ – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has regarded as ignorant and mischievous the comments by the state’s All Progressives Congress about the purported visit of the Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, to the United States of America. The APC had in a statement on Sunday said the eventual travelling of Mrs. Buhari to... Read More

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Just In: Security agents attacked Wike’s convoy – PDP (PHOTOS)

PDP Convention: INEC confused over 2 court rulings

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

‘PDP caused this hardship we are all going through’ – Oshiomhole

Just In: Court stops PDP convention, bars INEC

Pres. Buhari has received lots of advice from Nigerians – here are the best 5

Stop wasting Rivers’ money on PDP Convention – APC tells Wike

Confusion: PDP rejects court order, to go ahead with convention

PODCAST: We don’t need Osinbajo’s numbers, people are suffering… and more on The Slab with Isime

Mimiko’s commissioner resigns, defects to APC

YNaija Editorial: There is a better way to channel frustration over Buhari’s ‘failure’

Court orders police, DSS to provide security at PDP Convention

PDP blasts Garba Shehu, says Nigeria’s economy has deteriorated

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

‘When Obasanjo was in power, we used Sheriff to spy on and destroy the APP’ – Fani-Kayode

‘Nigerians shouldn’t take Fani-Kayode seriously’ – Ali Modu Sheriff

Simon Kolawole: Elections, petitions and distractions

Femi Fani-Kayode: Welcome to ‘Mai Chanji’

Sheriff to Jonathan: You made PDP lose Borno, Yobe states

Shaka Momodu: Is Buhari’s nepotism the worst in Nigeria’s history?

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

Buhari has badly mismanaged the economy – PDP

PDP will break and disappear into oblivion – Dokpesi

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Jonathan created Avengers | Hunger and poverty killing Nigerians | Obama founded ISIS- Trump | More

Young, influential Nigerians are bolting away from Buhari – 5 takeaways on why this is deeply important

Before Feyi Fawehinmi there was Gbenga Sesan – fed up with Buhari (TWEETS)

‘When a leader refuses to stand up to responsibilities, there’ll be problem’ – Jerry Gana

Nigeria would be like Venezuela if Jonathan was still in power – Basketmouth

#FreeAbusidiq: PDP blasts EFCC, says Buhari is gagging the press

Aisha Buhari’s U.S. pictures are ‘photoshopped’ – PDP

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