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December 3, 2020

2023 Presidency: ‘Young and wild’ Yahaya Bello got this amusing endorsement

When Nigerians feel strongly about something you can’t miss it because it becomes a subject of discussion on social media as they are very vocal about their opinions – and that includes subjects around their choice of a presidential candidate. On Wednesday, December 2, 2020, the Kogi House of Assembly reportedly sat and endorsed Yahaya Bello for the 2023... Read More

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October 10, 2017

Makarfi reaffirms PDP’s commitment to zoning agreement

The National Chairman, National Caretaker Committee, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has restated the party’s commitment to honouring its zoning agreement. He stated this on Tuesday in Abuja in a meeting with Northern leaders and elders of PDP to harmonise the region’s position on the zoning arrangement for the 2019 general elections and... Read More

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What will Fani-Kayode bring as PDP chairman?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Femi Fani-Kayode will be contesting the position of the national chairman of the PDP, if the position is zoned to the South-West, according to The Punch. The former aviation Minister was one of those who cheered to the victory won at the Supreme Court by the Ahmed Markafi faction over the... Read More

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February 28, 2017

Presidency: Igbos are political slaves in Nigeria – MASSOB

by Dolapo Adelana The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, on Tuesday said Igbos are political slaves in Nigeria. In a statement signed in Enugu by MASSOB leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu, entitled ‘We insist on Biafra through non-violence, not Igbo presidency’, the pro-Biafra group said Igbos have no chance of ruling Nigeria.... Read More

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September 29, 2016

Southeast will produce Nigeria’s president in 2023 – Osita Okechukwu

The Director General of the Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu says the Southeast geo-political zone will produce Nigeria’s president come 2023. Okechukwu said this on Wednesday in Abuja at a colloquium organized by the Federal Capital Territory Chapter of the Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo. He said, “We are aware that the zoning convention of rotation... Read More

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August 10, 2016

Opinion: A letter to an ailing Nigeria

by Adetayo Adegbemle Dear Nigeria, Trust my letter meets you well. Doxology. Scratch that, because I know you are not well. I am aware that the cancer eating deep into your bone structure is giving you pains, causing you debts, even to your unborn. Like the proverbial leper, nothing you touch, or touches you, is whole... Read More

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OBJ says PDP is dying – here are 4 reasons why he’s exactly the cause

by Olaoniye Roqueebah Following the last PDP gathering, (inauguration was it?), claims about the country’s main opposition party have been making rounds and we all know who started it don’t we? Yes, former president Olusegun Obasanjo. Upon hearing rumours that he had attended the event, he quickly responded saying: “If I quit a party when it was... Read More

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‘It doesn’t make sense to zone chairmanship, Presidency to the North’ – Markafi

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Caretaker Committee, Ahmed Markafi, on Friday, said that the forthcoming convention of the party will produce duly elected leaders and not anointed leaders. Markafi stated this while inaugurating the 88-man committee on the zoning of the party’s position in Abuja. He noted that it doesn’t make sense... Read More

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PDP sets up ‘zoning committee’

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a committee to zone national offices within the party. Senator Abdul Ningi, a member of the National Caretaker Committee announced that the committee would be inaugurated on Friday July 22, 2016 at the Yar’adua Centre in Abuja. The National Caretaker Committee of our party has approved the... Read More

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PDP ‘in crisis’ as they move to choose their NASS leaders

The zoning of ministerial seats to lawmakers in the National Assembly (NASS) which caused crisis in NASS and the All Progressive Congress (APC) seems to be extending to the People Democratic Party (PDP). There are indications that a crisis is also brewing in PDP over the choice of who should occupy some positions in NASS... Read More

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This is how PDP zoned its principal positions in the National Assembly

The National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has directed all its the Senators and members of House of Representatives, to elect their principal officers through the caucuses in the National Assembly. The directive was communicated after a meeting of the National Working Committee of the PDP on Wednesday, July 1. National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said... Read More

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Bukola Saraki, APC sing different tunes on zoning of Senate President

by Kolapo Olapoju Bukola Saraki, Senator-elect for Kwara Central, had tweeted earlier today, that the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, had zoned the Senate Presidency to North Central, where he comes from. APC stands for internal democracy as displayed during the Presidential primaries of our dear party. I believe same should happen... Read More

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What Tinubu said about Senate Presidency after meeting with Buhari yesterday

by Kolapo Olapoju The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, says merit will be a key factor when choosing the next Senate President. After holding a closed-door meeting with the President-elect, retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Thursday, May 21, Tinubu said he would not go against whatever decision the party... Read More

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December 29, 2014

7-days ultimatum! Rivers state elders warn PDP to withdraw Wike as governorship candidate

by Azubuike Azikiwe For some reason, the elders in Rivers State don’t want Nyesom Wike as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. To register their disapproval, they have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the PDP to withdraw Wike, from the governorship race. Speaking on the platform of the Rivers Leaders and Elders’ Council,... Read More

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October 10, 2014

Opinion: 2015 elections in Niger state – We should not sacrifice merit for zoning

by Ibraheem Yahaya “Leaders must have that sense of trusteeship, that they are only temporarily in charge of the destinies of their people and that their duty is not only to discharge that trust, but also to pass it on to equally trustworthy and competent hands.” Lee Kuan Yew A nation governs best when its leader governs free... Read More

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October 5, 2014

@MaxSiollun : Is it time for a female President in Nigeria?

by Max Siollun Ever since the political crisis fermented by former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua illness, the word “zoning” has taken on extra significance in Nigeria. The talk has been of whether the ruling Peoples Democratic Party’s “zoning” arrangement would be applied to permit the emergence of a new President from the south, the north, the east, the south-south etc... Read More

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October 4, 2014

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Tinubu says why he met with OBJ | Northern leaders score GEJ low | Who is afraid of Mimiko? | More stories

As you count down to the February General Elections, we show you what to read and what to skip today Northern leaders score GEJ low Nation Why I met with OBJ – Tinubu Leadership Let’s be our brothers’ keepers, Mark tells Nigerians Nation PDP’s Mu’azu has a tough job ahead Leadership PDP talks about making sacrifices... Read More

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Demola Rewaju: NBA elections – How the Yorubas got it wrong (Y! Superblogger)

by Demola Rewaju The mistakes of the core Southwest (Egbe Amofin) lawyers in this case is clear: they failed to present a consensus candidate thereby dividing their own votes into three, confusing their loyalists in other zones who would prefer to go for a neutral Alegeh or Erhabor than be caught in the crossfire of... Read More

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Opinion: Understanding the politics of zoning in Rivers

by Saatah Nubari As the 2015 general elections draw near, there will be different calculations and theories put forward by both sides of the divide concerning who has the RIGHT to rule Rivers State. There is the insinuation, that the politics of zoning is only a prerogative meant for the federal level of government. This... Read More

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January 1, 2014

Opinion: Why Obasanjo had no choice but to write that letter

by Wole Ameyan OBJ’s main grouse against president Goodluck Jonathan is based on the 2015 elections and rightly so. Ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo, sure knows how to have a laugh. When it comes to making bare faced innuendos, challenging people on issues he loathed to be challenged on in the past, he sure takes the cake.... Read More

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September 12, 2013

Ralph Egbu: 2015 – The regretful things

by Ralph Egbu They are not quarrelling over roads, education, how to fight the world’s economic wars or better still, how to make our nation a contributor nation. They are rather ready to destroy the rest of us over which group and zone takes control of wanton allocation and discredited “values” Some teachers when... Read More

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September 7, 2013

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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Opinion: Zoning amnesty to (the North) Boko Haram

by Godson Ogheneochuko Despite all this, we must learn to forgive those who have hurt us and our loved ones. If we continue on the path of revenge, we will all be victims one way or the other. Nigerians have an unusual obsession with certain words and phrases – some of which are coined or... Read More

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Akintunde Oyebode: Zoning, violence and treachery (Ynaija FrontPage)

“Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” There are many to whom the name Mohammed Marwa remain meaningless. He was the infamous religious scholar, known as Maitatsine, whose narrow interpretation of Islam and inciting teaches led to... Read More

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