PDP

February 16, 2016

Olisa Metuh, Fayose, Wike, others storm Ondo for PDP caucus meeting (PHOTOS)

The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday, February 15, convened a caucus meeting to deliberate on the tussle for the vacant position of the chairman of the party. The meeting was well attended by national chieftains of the party and state governors. Four of the five members who were nominated for the chairmanship position, include- Ambassador... Read More

APC, NEC, Olisa Metuh, Ondo, PDP

February 16, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: ‘Buhari’s men frustrating anti-corruption war’ | ‘Hillary Clinton barked like a dog’ | More stories

NSGF says Shehu Sani is ignorant over foreign loan. Leadership Yahaya Bello sacks all Perm Secretaries. Vanguard Check corruption, dwindling economy- PDP chieftain advises Buhari. Punch Buhari pledges to resettle IDPs. Leadership PDP chieftain, Babatope says probing Jonathan will be futile. Punch Suswam’s N3.1 billion fraud trial continues Tuesday. Leadership Ijaw group says Buhari’s men... Read More

Bello, Buhari, David Mark, IDPs, IG, Ijaw, PDP, tracklist

February 16, 2016

Fresh bailout request: Aregbesola slams PDP… but denies nothing

Governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola has condemned the Peoples Democratic Party in the state for questioning his fresh request for bailout funds from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Peoples Democratic Party in Osun state through a statement released by the Director of Publicity, Diran Odeyemi had criticised Aregbesola for begging the CBN for... Read More

APC, CBN, Osun State, PDP, RAUF AREGBESOLA

February 15, 2016

‘It’s embarrassing for Aregbesola to be begging CBN for another bailout’ – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party in Osun state has criticised the Governor, Rauf Aregbesola for allegedly begging the Central Bank of Nigeria to release fresh bailout funds. The opposition party made the disclosure on Monday, through a statement released by the Director of Publicity of the PDP in Osun State, Diran Odeyemi. The party said: ‘It... Read More

Aregbesola, bail out funds, Osun State, PDP

February 13, 2016

APC not nervous over Supreme Court ruling – Odigie-Oyegun

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) John Odigie-Oyegun, has said that the party is not nervous or bothered about the Supreme Court’s ruling which favored the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship candidates in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states. Oyegun, on his way to Cross River to receive defectors from PDP and Labour... Read More

APC, Cross River, defectors, PDP, supreme court

February 13, 2016

Rivers Election: Dakuku Peterside didn’t insult Peter Odili – APC

The Rivers state All Progressive Congress (APC), on Friday, came out to deny media reports that the party’s Governorship candidate for the state, Dakuku Peterside, insulted a former governor of the state, Peter Odili, and his wife, Justice Mary Odili, a justice of the supreme court. It would be recalled that the Supreme Court recently... Read More

APC, Dakuku Peterside, PDP, Peter Odili< supreme court, Rivers, wike

February 13, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Fayose ready for EFCC, ICPC | Juta might emerge as PDP national chairman | Ben Bruce denies saying Kashamu should be jailed | More stories

Wike suspends Commissioner for Finance, Accountant-General. Punch Juta may likely be selected for the position of PDP national chairman. This Day 6 pipeline vandals arrested by NSCDC in Delta. Leadership Judge refuses to stop Rickey Tarfa’s arraignment. Punch Military discharges 275 suspected Boko Haram detainees. This Day 850 ghost workers, who receive regular salaries, discovered... Read More

APC, Ben Bruce, Fayose, Kashamu, NSCDC, PDP, pipeline vandals, tracklist

February 13, 2016

‘I know I have so many enemies, so I have to be careful’ – Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, says he’s unperturbed about the possibility of being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission or the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission. The governor said he’s aware of the magnitude of enemies he has, hence, he’s very careful in all his dealings and endeavours to follow... Read More

Ayo Fayose, enemies, PDP

February 13, 2016

EFCC launches fresh probe into Mu’azu, Anenih, PDP chieftains

It is believed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a fresh investigation into some members of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees and the National Working Committee. Punch Newspapers reports that the BoT and NWC of the opposition party are being investigated over N10bn allegedly disbursed by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s... Read More

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Adamu Mu'azu, EFCC, investigation, PDP

February 11, 2016

BREAKING: Supreme Court declares Darius Ishaku winner of Taraba governorship election

The Supreme Court, has on Thursday, February 11, declared Darius Ishaku as the legitimate governor of Taraba state. The apex court upheld the outcome of the April 11, 2015, governorship election of the candidate of the People Democratic Party, PDP. A seven-man bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice Ibrahim Galadima after taking the... Read More

Aisha Alhassan, APC, Darius Ishaku, PDP, supreme court, Taraba

February 11, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: FG to employ 50,000 teachers | Bloomberg gearing to run for president | Kashamu in the clear | More stories

Abba Dabo denies being arrested by EFCC over $2.1 bilion arms deal. Vanguard Magu says top lawyers are trying to frustrate anti- corruption war. Leadership Ex-NAF chief, Amosu, N5bn houses seized. Punch AGF, NDLEA restrained from arresting Kashamu. Leadership Female suicide bombers attack Borno IDP camps. Punch Mastermind behind Agip pipeline blast arrested by troops.... Read More

Amosu, Aso Rock, BOT Chairman, EFCC, PDP, Suicide bomber, tracklist

February 10, 2016

‘APC stole our inheritance by deception and propaganda’ – Fayose

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, says the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress stole the ‘inheritance’ of the Peoples Democratic Party. The governor’s statement which was made on Wednesday, inferred that Nigeria is the birthright of PDP- the main opposition party in Nigeria. While speaking at the thanksgiving service to celebrate the affirmation of Udom... Read More

APC, Ayo Fayose, inheritance, PDP

February 10, 2016

PDP BoT Chairman, Haliru Bello sacked

Mohammed Haliru Bello has been sacked as the Acting Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party. Mohammed was removed from the position on Wednesday, when the opposition party’s BoT, met in Abuja. Consequently, the Board instructed its Secretary, Senator Walid Jibril, to merge the job description of the BoT chairman with... Read More

BOT Chairman, Mohammed Haliru, PDP

February 10, 2016

PDP to Dakuku Peterside: ‘You and your godfather are deluded’

The Rivers state People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, urged the defeated All Progressive Congress governorship candidate in the state, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, to respect the office of the state governor. While describing Peterside as being under the “illusion placed on him by no other than his godfather, an equally deluded Chibuike Amaechi,” the state... Read More

APC, Dakuku Peterside. Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, PDP

February 10, 2016

‘Dakuku is childish and infantile’ – Wike

Rivers state governor- Nyesom Wike has described as ‘childish and infantile gibberish’, the reaction of the All Progressives Congress’ Dakuku Peterside- to his victory at the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had last week, declared Wike as the duly elected governor of the state while striking out the appeal of the APC governorship candidate, Peterside.... Read More

APC, Dakuku Peterside, Nyesom Wike, PDP, Rivers, supreme court

February 7, 2016

Buhari should say the truth about his sudden vacation – Fayose

Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has described the statement from the presidency on the vacation of President Buhari as vague stating that “Nigerians deserve to know the truth about their President because the President is an open book that every Nigerians should be free to read.” The governor who on Sunday, February 7, stated... Read More

APC, Buhari, Ekiti, PDP, supreme court

February 6, 2016

‘I resign my membership of the PDP’ – Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani

Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has announced his resignation from partisan politics as well as his departure from the main opposition party- the Peoples Democratic Party. Nnamani, the Senate President from 2005-2007, released a statement to this effect, to Premium Times on Saturday, February 6. In the statement titled: ‘PDP, the Burden and My Conscience’,... Read More

Ken Nnamani, PDP, Resign, Senate President

February 5, 2016

Why Nigerians need to seriously pray for the APC and its chairman – PDP

Nigerians have been urged to pray for the All Progressives Congress and its chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, for allegedly calling for the probe of Supreme Court justices over the recent governorship election rulings. According to the Governors’ Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party, the ruling party has lost sight of the big picture, and is now... Read More

APC, Governors' Forum, John Odigie-Oyegun, PDP

February 4, 2016

Supreme Court affirms election of Okezie Ikpeazu as Abia governor

The Supreme Court, late on Wednesday, upheld the election of Okezie Ikpeazu as governor of Abia State. The seven-man panel of Justices of the apex court ruled in an unanimous judgment, that Ikpeazu was the duly elected governor of the state. The panel, headed by Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, voided the verdict... Read More

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Abia, Okezie Ikpeazu, PDP, supreme court

February 2, 2016

I remain in PDP, count me out of any other party – Ibrahim Shekarau

Former Kano State governor, Ibrahim Shekarau has stated categorically that he has no intention to quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said that any plan to float a new political party that will challenge both the PDP and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019, he should be counted out of it. Shekarau... Read More

2019, APC, Ibrahim Shekarau, new party, PDP

February 2, 2016

Fayose wants ‘to get rid of me at all cost’ | Tope Aluko says his life is in danger

Former Peoples Democratic Party Secretary in Ekiti state, Tope Aluko, says his life is in danger. Aluko had on Sunday, exposed the process that preceded the rigging of the 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State by incumbent governor, Ayo Fayose. The PDP chieftain had also alleged that former President, Goodluck Jonathan gave Fayose $37 million to prosecute the... Read More

Ayo Fayose, Ekiti, PDP, Tope Aluko

February 2, 2016

Why PDP should be grateful to Gulak – Doyin Okupe

Doyin Okupe, a former spokesperson of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, says the actions of former political adviser to Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, woke the Peoples Democratic Party from ‘deep slumber’. Okupe says members of the opposition party should be thankful to Gulak for brazenly declaring himself the substantive chairman of the PDP. Gulak had stormed the party’s... Read More

Ahmed Gulak, Doyin Okupe, PDP

February 1, 2016

Masquerade walks from ‘Abuja to Kogi’ in celebration of Yahaya Bello (PHOTOS)

A masquerade in Kogi state, has embarked on a walk of victory for newly inaugurated governor of the state, Yahaya Bello. Punch Newspapers reports that the masquerade trekked from Abuja to Okene, in Kogi state, in commemoration of Bello’s emergence as governor. Bello, who contested under the All Progressives Congress, was inaugurated on Wednesday, January... Read More

APC, governorship, PDP, politics. Kogi state

February 1, 2016

How Metuh implicated Jonathan in torn statement – EFCC

National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, allegedly implicated former President, Goodluck Jonathan, in the statement he purportedly tore to shreds on January 5, while in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Metuh, who’s being investigated for receiving N400m from the Office of the National Security Adviser, was alleged... Read More

EFCC, Goodluck Jonathan, Olisa Metuh, PDP

February 1, 2016

How Jonathan funded Fayose’s rigging of Ekiti election – Ex-PDP Secretary

The secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti state, Temitope Aluko has made shocking revelations of how the military was used to rig the 2014 Ekiti State governor election and assist Ayodele Fayose in winning the election under the party. Aluko alleged that former President Goodluck Jonathan, gave Fayose $37 million cash to prosecute... Read More

Aluko, Ekiti State, Fayose, PDP

January 31, 2016

One of these 3 party chieftains may emerge PDP Chairman on Tuesday

The crisis-ridden opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is expected to select its new Chairman, during the course of the week, possibly on Tuesday, February 2. During a meeting of the North-East zone of the PDP in Gombe on Tuesday, the party will choose between three candidates to replace Uche Secondus, the current Acting... Read More

Acting Chairman, Ahmed Gulak, Chairman, PDP, Uche Secondus

January 29, 2016

PDP spokesperson, Olisa Metuh hosts British Members of Parliament (PHOTOS)

Recently freed National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, met with the members of the British Conservative Party on his first day back at work. Metuh, who regained his freedom on Thursday, hosted a delegation of the British Conservative Party on Friday, at the PDP secretariat, Abuja. The British Conservative Party delegation... Read More

AAUA dumps ASUU strike, MPs, Olisa Metuh, PDP

January 29, 2016

Opinion: Dear PDP, If you must wail, do it with purpose

It seemed Twitter Nigeria was on a meltdown, I had come out of a week of strategy sessions culminating in a press briefing, and I decided to escape to the animated world that is Twitter, but relief was not to be. What I met was an atmosphere so charged that all I could do was... Read More

#WeTriumphStill, APC, GEJ, Goodluck Jonathan, PDP, president buhari

January 29, 2016

PDP’s leadership crisis was expected – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the crisis in the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party is to be expected, considering the fact that the party lost power after 16 years. He said the problems of the PDP started after losing the presidency, but added that the party would ultimately sort out its leadership crisis. Jonathan said... Read More

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Olisa Metuh

January 28, 2016

‘Metuh said Jonathan was impressed with me’ – Witness

As the trial of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh continues, another witness has been brought before the Federal High Court in Abuja by the prosecution. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on Janaury 15, arraigned Metuh and his company, Destra Investments Limited on a seven count charge of fraudulent receipt... Read More

APC, corruption, EFCC, metuh, PDP

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