The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the call for resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the economy downturn of the country, is “preposterous”.The minister stated this on Friday in Abuja at a forum with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Mohammed said “it is very […]
Continue ReadingThe caretaker committee chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmed Makarfi, says rather than play politics, all hands must be on deck to salvage the economy. Makarfi spoke with journalists in Kaduna on Thursday and explained that if the economy was bad it was the political class that would be blamed as a whole. He […]
Continue ReadingA high court sitting in Abuja, presided over by Nwamaka Ogbonnaya has upheld an earlier judgement sacking Ali Modu Sheriff as national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Danladi Ayuba, the plaintiff, sought to know the subsistence of Valentine Ashi’s judgment that sacked Sheriff as PDP national chairman on June 29. Recall that Valentine Ashi had held […]
Continue ReadingThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the tenure of Ahmed Makarfi-led caretaker committee by one year. The extension was effected through vote of confidence by the national delegates at the party’s secretariat in Port Harcourt, the River State capital. This is coming after the unresolved legal tussle over the party’s leadership, and the sealing […]
Continue ReadingThe crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is on the rise, as the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction says its convention in Port Harcourt will go on as planned despite “reckless” a court order stopping it. Earlier on Monday, Okon Abang, justice of the federal high court, Abuja, had ruled that the convention be suspended pending […]
Continue ReadingA federal high court in Abuja has granted the application filed by the Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop the convention scheduled to be organised on August 19 by the Ahmed Makarfi caretaker committee. The plaintiffs are Sheriff; Wale Oladapo, national secretary; Dennis Alonge-Niyi, deputy national youth leader; Bashir Maidugu, […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has recognised former Governor Ahmed Makarfi as the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is contained in a statement issued by Nick Dazang, INEC’s Deputy Director, Voter Education and Publicity, on Tuesday in Abuja. He said INEC ratified the administrative approval granted Makarfi, based on […]
Continue ReadingOsagie Ize-Iyamu, is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Edo Sept. 10 governorship election, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Nick Dazang, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Deputy Director for Voter Education and Publicity, disclosed this in an interview with NAN on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr. Dazang said the decision to […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would await final outcome of court cases in deciding on Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate for the governorship election in Edo.Mr Nick Dazang, Deputy Director, Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. NAN […]
Continue ReadingThere seem to be no peaceful settlement in sight, as the ongoing PDP Crisis has taken another dimension, with the Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) calling on the police to arrest Ali Modu Sheriff for issuing a Certificate of Return to Matthew Iduoriyekemwen as the governorship candidate for Edo 2016 […]
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