Former Vice-President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says he will remain loyal to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), even if he loses his bid to secure the party’s ticket for the 2019 presidential poll. Abubakar said this on Friday during his visit to the party’s national secretariat in Abuja to notify PDP’s national working committee […]
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A Former President of Nigeira, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan says he believes the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is getting stronger and poised to take over power come 2019. Jonathan said this on Wednesday when he hosted Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, in his house in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital. Jonathan, who lost to President Muhammadu Buhari, […]
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The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, met with former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar at Akure airport in Ondo state on Monday. Both men were locked in a warm embrace for a short period. Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state; Gbenga Daniel, former governor of Ogun state, were […]
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A U.S.-based Nigerian woman, Princess Oyenike Oyedele Roberts, has declared for the presidency of Nigeria on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 presidential election. Nike Roberts, as she is called, while addressing supporters in New York, also dissociated herself from corruption, vowing never to accept any donation from corrupt […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the 23 chairmanship positions in the Rivers council election. Chukwunenye Uriri, chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), announced the result of the poll on Sunday. Describing the exercise as free, fair and bereft of violence, he said voting commenced in all the units at about 8am […]
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Ahmed Makarfi, the immediate past chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caretaker committee, has revealed his intention to contest for the presidential ticket of the party in 2019. Makarfi made his intention known on Sunday while speaking with journalists in his residence in Kaduna. The ex-governor said he has consulted with stakeholders in the […]
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A federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered Atai Aidoko, senator representing Kogi east senatorial district, to vacate the national assembly. At its sitting on Wednesday, Gabriel Kolawole, the presiding judge, ruled that Aidoko’s emergence as the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was illegal. The judge ruled he was wrongly presented as […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu Buhari is using the name of late Moshood Abiola, presumed winner of 1993 presidential election, to gain “political capital” and sway Nigerians. On Wednesday, Buhari conferred on Abiola posthumously, the award of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) — 20 years after his death. The president […]
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Former members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have pulled out of the planned meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over the crisis rocking the ruling party. Kawu Baraje, leader of the nPDP faction, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday. Accusing the government of President Muhammadu […]
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The opposition pose a formidable threat to the government of All Progressives Party (APC) because of the enormous looted resource in their possession, President Muhammadu Buhari has alerted. President Buhari said on Friday that opposition was in possession of much resource that could sponsor mischief against his administration. He made the allegation when he received […]
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