2015: Why PDP NEC is silent on automatic ticket for Jonathan
...To force aspirants to step down for him...
ABUJA—FRESH facts have emerged why the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was last Thursday silent at its National Executive Committee, NEC, on planned moves to amend the constitution to pave the way for President Goodluck Jonathan to have automatic ticket towards 2015 election.
Rumpus as PDP disciplinary c’ttee commences work on govs’ cases
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, disciplinary committee constituted by the National Working Committee, NWC, has commenced deliberations on cases of alleged indiscipline by senior party members, it was learnt, Tuesday.
S/West PDP: Bode George is a drowning man, I won’t go down with him – Filani
CHIEF Ishola Filani is the South West caretaker committee chairman of the People’s Democratic
Party, PDP. In this interview with Vanguard, Chief Filani lampooned former Deputy National Chairman, South, of the PDP, Chief Olabode George, describing him as the major problem of the party who has singularly impeded the party’s chances of election victory in Lagos State. Excerpts:
APC has nothing to offer Nigerians – Abba Moro
MAKURDI —Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has described the newly registered All Progressives Congress, APC, as an amalgamation of diverse interests that have nothing to offer Nigerians insisting that the party lacks the capacity to dethrone the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
2015: PDP okays Nsukka zone for Enugu guber seat
ENUGU—Enugu State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has endorsed the earlier decision by Governor Sullivan Chime’s state caucus to zone the 2015 governorship seat to Enugu North senatorial zone, specifically Nsukka.
Group flays call for Amaechi to step down
A group, the Broad Minded Youth Assembly has flayed recent calls on Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State to step down as chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, describing same as undemocratic.
I ‘ll not resign as PDP chairman – TUKUR
ABUJA—NATIONAL chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, said Monday, that he was neither resigning as the head of the present National Working Committee, NWC, nor contemplating doing so.
2015: Kolade recommends Katsina model for PDP
Chairman of Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programe, SURE-P, Mr. Christopher Kolade, Monday, advised the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to emulate the bottom-up approach of Katsina State to governance as strategy for winning the general election in 2015.
LG autonomy: APC leadership anti-people – PDP
ABUJA—NATIONAL leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday, described governors of the newly registered All Progressives Congress, APC, as anti-people and undemocratic for opposing the proposed financial autonomy for local governments in the country.
PDP slams Fashola, says he is a dictator
ABUJA—NATIONAL leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday, took a swipe at Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, describing him as the new dictator for sealing off a property belonging to former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, for criticising the recent deportation of Nigerians from the state.
My problem with Jonathan, PDP, by Bisi Akande
A former Osun State governor and Interim National Chairman of the newly registered All Progressive Congress,APC, Chief Bisi Akande, was quoted as describing President Goodluck Jonathan, last weekend, as a ‘Kindergarten Leader’, sparking angry reaction from the Presidency. Below is the full interview of Akande who spoke in his ancestral home, Ila-Orangun, Osun State.
