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PDP says Osinbajo misleading Nigerians about government’s debt

by Ranti Joseph The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) doesn’t share the same view on the amount of debt Jonathan is leaving behind and has accused the Vice President-elect, Yemi Osinbajo, of misleading the public regarding the actual debt owed by the Federal Government. In a statement issued on Monday by the National Publicity Secretary of... Read More

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Today’s Daily Brief: We’re ready for questioning, Sambo tells Buhari’s committee, NLC wants companies involved in fuel scarcity ‘blacklisted’, and more

Vice President Namadi Sambo on Monday told members of the Transition Committee set up by the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, that he and ministers that served under President Goodluck Jonathan are open to questioning. He said members of the Federal Executive Council were ready to respond to queries and questions that might be directed at them... Read More

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Is Jonathan the new BoT chairman?

by Ranti Joseph With the ongoing crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and with President Goodluck Jonathan leaving office May 29, there is indication that Jonathan may today formally take over as Chairman of the board of trustees (BoT). The decision would be taken at today’s meeting of BoT which would hold at the... Read More

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Opinion: This time next week, we shall be free

by Ogundana Michael Friday this week will be 29th May, 2015. It`s Nigerian democracy day, a day when we will be ushering in a new government to oversee the affairs of the nation for the next 4 years. History has been so fair on us and it wouldn`t be a different story on that day.... Read More

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Ogbulafor still wants NWC to resign

by Ranti Joseph Still on the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic party (PDP), someone is still not contented with only the national chairman, Adamu Mu’azu and the chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) Tony Anenih but still wants the whole National Working Committee (NWC) to resign. A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic... Read More

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THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Buhari needs prayers, Obasanjo is pessimestic, PDP is angry, more stories

Kashamu was known as ‘God’ during drug trafficking days. YNaija Obasanjo thinks Buhari can’t transform Nigeria in 8 years. Vanguard Amaechi took a swipe at Patience Jonathan yesterday. YNaija PDP angry at Buhari for Snubbing Handover Programme. ThisDay Jonathan tells Nigerians to pray more for Buhari. Leadership Boko Haram in fresh attack, kills 10 in Adamawa.... Read More

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PDP is disappointed with Buhari over his London trip… and many other things

by James Sambo The Peoples Democratic Party, says it is disappointed at the fact that President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, instead of attending the beginning of the handover programme on Friday, May 22,- chose to travel to the United Kingdom. PDP, which is now in the opposition, says it is embarrassed that Buhari was kept waiting outside... Read More

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Opinion: Buhari, Jonathan, And Nigerians – Lessons Of March 28th

by Lawrence Onu If the PDP attempts to blame or harass the people for taking power from them and giving it to the APC, it means they have not learnt anything. Brandishing a so-called conspiracy theory against the President is neither here nor there. At long last, the 2015 general elections have come, although they... Read More

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Loyal Governor Dickson vows to remain behind and rebuild PDP

by Ranti Joseph Governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson, has joined the list of loyalists in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as he restated his commitment to remain loyal to the party despite the party’s loss in Nigeria’s general elections. Dickson also re-affirmed his commitment to re-position PDP ahead of 2019 warning opposition parties in... Read More

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Mistakes made, lessons learnt and PDP is finally ready to move on

by Ranti Joseph The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is ready to move forward from their crisis saying that it has put behind the recent challenges that confronted the leadership adding that its National Working Committee (NWC) is firmly in the saddle and very determined to stabilize and re-engineer the party to retake its preeminent place... Read More

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APC, PDP Senators hold separate meetings over Amaechi and Uguru | YNaija.com

May 22, 2015

APC members believe there are PDP spies in their party

by Panshak Ibrahim There are moles in the fold- Some members of the All Progressives Congress are convinced about this. According to a group within the APC in Kogi state, Confluence of Change, there are definitely double agents in the new-ruling party. Owing to this, the group has advised President-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd) and the... Read More

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Mu’azu, Anenih may have resigned but the rest of us are going nowhere – Acting Chairman PDP

by Azubuike Azikiwe The Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, insists that members of the National Working Committee (NWC), would not resign. In spite of calls for the members of the NWC to step down, Secondus said there’s no reason for any of the remaining members to resign. He stated them... Read More

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Today’s Daily Brief: Oil workers want Buhari to declare state of emergency on petroleum sector, May 29: IG orders tight security nationwide, and more

Worried by the worsening fuel scarcity in parts of the country, the Senate Thursday mandated its joint committee on Petroleum Resources ( Upstream and Downstream ) to investigate the remote and immediate cause of the scarcity. The mandate followed a motion by the Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central) who drew the attention... Read More

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Anenih wanted Jonathan to take over as PDP Board of Trustees Chairman

by James Sambo Chief Tony Anenih says he resigned as Chairman Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, so as to make room for President Goodluck Jonathan to take over. In his letter of resignation, Anenih stated that he had proposed to handover to Jonathan as the new Chairman in an elaborate ceremony on Saturday, May 23.... Read More

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