PDP

February 27, 2016

‘Sheriff must leave by March 28’ – Ex-ministers a.k.a PDP rescue mission

PDP rescue mission, a group composed majorly of former ministers who served under past PDP administration, maintains that the newly selected chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, and the National Working Committee (NWC) will vacate office when their tenure ends on March 28, 2016. It would be recalled that ever since the emergence of... Read More

Ali Modu Sheriff, Chairman, Ex-ministers, former ministers, PDP

February 27, 2016

Who slapped who? | Twitter overlords, @DOlusegun and @adeyanjudeji take Twitter fight to real life

It’s drama all the way on Nigerian Twitter! It would appear that the era of internet warriors and keyboard gangstas might be coming to an end on Nigeria’s social media space. In an episode of ‘who slapped who?’, PDP social media director, @adeyanjudeji, reportedly made good his threat of beating up APC twitter activist @DOlusegun... Read More

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February 26, 2016

PDP chieftain, Secondus ‘voluntarily offers’ to return 23 vehicles (or N310m) to EFCC

Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus has admitted the receipt of 23 luxury cars from Jide Omokore, an oil baron and a business associate of the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has also asked Secondus to refund the cost of the cars- N310... Read More

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February 24, 2016

‘FG is prosecuting us… Akpabio, Ekweremadu to be arrested’ – PDP

Former ruling party, and now the main opposition party in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday, raised an alarm over the ‘oppressive and unfair treatment’ of its party leaders by the All Progressive Congress-led Federal Government. The PDP made the disclosure in a statement signed by the National legal adviser of the party,... Read More

APC. Godswill Akpabio, arrest, Ike Ekweremadu, PDP

February 24, 2016

‘A threat to Fani-Kayode is a threat to us all’ | Former PDP ministers warn, reject Sheriff

The Peoples’ Democratic Party ministers from 1999-2015 have collectively rejected the appointment of former governor of Borno state, Ali Modu Sheriff, as the National Chairman of the party. Following the controversy that trailed the announcement of Sheriff as PDP national chairman, the forum of former ministers called for a meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, February... Read More

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February 23, 2016

‘Ali Modu Sheriff wants to set Nigeria, PDP on fire’ – Fani-Kayode

The controversy emanating from the appointment of former Borno state governor, Ali Modu Sheriff as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has taken a new dimension. Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has blatantly fired back at the subtle threats made by Ali Modu Sheriff on Monday, to anyone who linking him to the Boko... Read More

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February 23, 2016

‘Ali Modu Sheriff is still under investigation’ – EFCC

According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff, is still being probed for alleged corruption. Sheriff, who has been linked with the Boko Haram insurgency, was arrested by the commission in June 2015 for alleged embezzlement of public funds during his eight years tenure... Read More

Ali Modu Sheriff, EFCC, PDP

February 22, 2016

Why Supreme Court upheld PDP’s victory in Taraba state

The Supreme Court has revealed that the Taraba governorship election victory of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Darius Isiaku, was upheld because the All Progressive Congress and its governorship candidate, Aisha Alhassan, had no locus standi to challenge the nomination of Ishiaku. The justification for the ruling was made known on Monday, by Justice Bode... Read More

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February 22, 2016

Opinion: Of APC ‘worshipers’ and PDP ‘wailers’

Anyone who doesn’t get the drift of the two adjectives (or noun) caged in inverted comma above must have been dead, maybe, from the cyber world. These words are popularly used and have gotten a new meaning which has departed from the normal or literal meaning. I don’t think there is anyone who is seeing... Read More

APC, PDP, Wailers, worshipers

February 22, 2016

‘Ali Modu Sheriff started Boko Haram’ – Fani-Kayode insists

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, has restated his position in regards to the appointment of Ali Modu Sheriff as the chairman of the PDP. Fani-Kayode had earlier reprimanded the party, stating that its leadership needed a jolt of reality for appointing Ali Modu, who is alleged to be Boko Haram’s sponsor. Speaking on Channels... Read More

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February 22, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: ‘Ben Bruce is a gift to Bayelsa’ | Shekau impostor arrested | Wike says DSS to arrest PDP leaders | More stories

Civilian JTF arrest suspected Shekau impostor. Vanguard EFCC to begin probe of $2 billion Malabu oil deal. Nation David Mark returns to senate. This Day Dickson praises Ben Bruce, says he’s a gift to Bayelsa. Leadership Ex-Jonathan aide criticises defection of PDP chieftains to APC. This Day Wike says there’s a plot by DSS, army... Read More

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February 20, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: ‘I’m not hiding Tompolo’ | Trump tweets ‘boycott Apple’ with an i-Phone | Election blues- Bill Clinton called a ‘rapist’ | More stories

4 kidnapped girls rescued in Kaduna. Leadership Gani Adams claims he didn’t collect money from GEJ, Gandaffi. Vanguard Rickey Tarfa to know fate on February 29. Leadership Delta deputy Gov, Otuaro denies hiding Tompolo. Vanguard Court freezes Tompolo’s properties. Leadership PDP governors beg Jonathan’s ex-ministers to accept Sheriff as chairman. Nation PDP not saying anything... Read More

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February 20, 2016

Dele Momodu: Enough of the blame game and paranoia of Buhari’s cabinet

Fellow Nigerians, let us start today’s epistle with a real life story. Some years ago, a woman named Dr Kema Chikwe was appointed Minister of Aviation. Her mandate was to bring sanity to our insane airports across the country. It was as if we were a jinxed nation and nothing good could ever come out... Read More

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February 19, 2016

PDP chairmanship: ‘Jonathan was misled’

A factional group within the People’s Democratic Party, known as the Restart PDP Project, on Friday, stated that former president Goodluck Jonathan was deceived to lend his support to the emergence of Ali Modu Sheriff as the national chairman of the main opposition party. The group said that the PDP had no reason to justify... Read More

Ali Modu Sheriff, Goodluck Jonathan, PDP

February 19, 2016

In the long run, Sheriff will work for APC – Kano governor

Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje has claimed that going by his antecedents, the new chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sherriff would work for the All Progressives Congress. While dismissing Sheriff’s threat that his party would reclaim power in 2019, Ganduje said the new PDP chairman is a renowned “cross carpeter”. He disclosed... Read More

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February 19, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Donald Trump in holy war with Pope Francis | PDP Secretary, Wale Oladipo is invincible to DSS, EFCC | More stories

Ngige says he is alive and healthy. Vanguard Onyeka Onwenu denies threatening to sue Buhari over removal. Nation EFCC intends to seize Tompolo’s assets, seeks court order. Punch Ogbemudia pledges allegiance to Oshiomhole. Vanguard 195 Boko Haram victims rescued by Troops. Nation Soyinka agrees that Nigeria’s economy is bad. Vanguard Buhari says Nigeria cannot afford... Read More

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February 19, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: The tragedy of appointing a godless Haramite, Ali Modu Sheriff, as PDP Chairman

On the 16th of February 2016, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) adopted Senator Ali Modu Sheriff (aka SARS), a two-time ANPP Governor of Borno state, a former ANPP senator, the former Chairman of the All Peoples Congress (APC) Board of Trustees and the indisputable founder of Boko Haram as its Acting National... Read More

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February 19, 2016

Ex-Ministers give Jonathan ultimatum to withdraw support for Ali Modu-Sheriff

The selection of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as Substantive National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party is causing ripples and wranglings among the leaders and chieftains of the opposition party. Although Sheriff’s selection was announced on Wednesday, February 16, members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) and ministers who served under the last administration, have... Read More

Ali Modu Sheriff, Ex-ministers, Goodluck Jonathan, PDP

February 18, 2016

Arms probe: ‘EFCC should question Jonathan’ – Metuh tells court

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, on Thursday, prayed an Abuja Federal High Court to dismiss the criminal charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Metuh stated this through his lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), when he filed a no-case-submission, that essentially seeks to quash the charges... Read More

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February 18, 2016

‘Ali Modu Sheriff is the solution to our present situation’ – Fayose

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, on Thursday, praised the Peoples Democratic Party over the emergence of former Borno state Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, as chairman of the party. Fayose, who noted that the ruling All Progressive Congress is scared of the new chairman, appealed to members of the PDP to support Sheriff in his... Read More

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February 18, 2016

PDP’s ability to make mistakes is legendary – Doyin Okupe

Doyin Okupe, the former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has carpeted the Peoples Democratic Party for the selection of Ali Modu Sheriff as National Chairman. According to Okupe, the appointment of Sheriff, who was once alleged to be a Boko Haram sponsor- is an error in judgment. Writing on... Read More

Ali Modu Sheriff, Doyin Okupe, PDP

February 18, 2016

Opinion: PDP, Ali Modu Sheriff and the long road to recovery

The 2015 elections have come and gone and the fallout and aftershocks of the last elections is still reverberating across our nation’s political landscape. While the APC are still grappling with the right method to fairly share the spoils of the war which they won, the PDP is still staggering under the intense blows that... Read More

Ali Modu Sheriff, PDP

February 18, 2016

PDP governors: ‘We have confidence in Sheriff’ | Jonathan’s ministers: ‘Expect a mass exodus’

The Peoples Democratic Party’s Governors Forum, on Wednesday, have expressed full confidence in the new National Chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff. The forum made this known in a statement released by the Coordinator, Osaro Onaiwu. The statement said that after careful deliberation and consideration, the choice of Sheriff, who is an ex governor... Read More

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February 17, 2016

Speaker, Yakubu Dogara joins the ‘blame it on PDP’ bandwagon

Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives has informed Nigerians of who to blame for the current economic challenges facing the country. Obviously, it’s not the All Progressives Congress-led administration. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, the Speaker stressed that the Muhammadu Buhari-led government should not be blamed... Read More

APC, PDP, Politics

February 17, 2016

‘Nobody is happy with how Fayose runs Ekiti’ – Former governor

A former governor of Ekiti state, Niyi Adebayo has declared that nobody in the country is happy with how Ayodele Fayose is turning Ekiti into a pariah state. Adebayo’s position on the administration of Fayose was revealed in a statement issued by the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mai-Bala Buni on Tuesday, February... Read More

APC, Ekiti, Fayiose, PDP

February 17, 2016

Opinion: Turning a blind eye to APC’s promise of change

Mark 10:46-52 in the Bible tells of a blind man named Bartimaeus (literally “Son of Timaeus”) being present as Jesus left Jericho. Matthew 20:29-34 is a similar account of two blind men being healed outside of Jericho, but gives no names. Imagine when a nation is led by a Bartimaeus, a blind man. Imagine when... Read More

APC, Buhari, opinion, PDP

February 17, 2016

Ex-Health Minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu dumps PDP for APC

Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, the immediate past Minister of Health, has ditched the opposition- the Peoples Democratic Party, in favour of the ruling party- the All Progressives Congress. Chukwu was said to have registered as a member of APC at his Ugwuegu Ward in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State last week Friday. Vanguard... Read More

APC, Ex-Health Minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu, PDP

February 16, 2016

BREAKING: Alleged Boko Haram sponsor, Ali Modu Sheriff is new PDP Chairman

Former governor of Borno State- who has been accused of having ties with Islamic insurgents, Boko Haram- Ali Modu Sheriff, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The spokesperson for PDP, Olisa Metuh, made the disclosure while addressing journalists at the Abuja’s Wadata plaza secretariat of the party, on... Read More

Ali Modu Sheriff, Chairman, PDP

February 16, 2016

Ribadu goes incommunicado as PDP resolves to appoint him Chairman

Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has gone incommunicado as the Peoples Democratic Party chieftains have resolved to make him chairman of the main opposition party. The decision was said to have been agreed upon, during a meeting of the national caucus of the PDP- which is currently ongoing in Abuja, after... Read More

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