Tukur to 5 Northern govs: PDP’s waiting for consultations to end
NATIONAL Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur said, yesterday, that the party was waiting for the five northern governors, who are presently having consultations with former leaders and stakeholders in Nigeria, to determine when reconciliation with them can take place.
2015: 10 govs threaten to dump PDP
A major setback to the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan is looming, as no fewer than 10 governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have served notice of their intention to leave the party ahead of the 2015 election.
Tukur is not a PDP member, this is the proof – Ugochinyere
Barrister Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere is an activist member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and was Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State between 2007 and 2010, a former spokesman of Ohaneze Ndigbo Youths and Director of Youth Mobilisation for the Umaru Musa Yar‘Adua Presidential Campaign in 2007. Ugochinyere has been in the forefront of the campaign for sanity in the leadership of the PDP. In this telephone interview he spoke on topical issues in the party. Excerpts:
PDP Reconciliation C’ttee won’t intervene in Rivers crisis – Dickson
Peoples Democratic Party National Reconciliation Committee will not intervene in the political crisis currently rocking Rivers State, Chairman of the committee and Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, has said.
Tukur apologises to 5 Northern governors
THE National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, yesterday, pleaded with the five governors from the north elected on the platform of the party, saying that there was no way he could have condemned them for visiting President Goodluck Jonathan on trouble-shooting mission.
Court stops PDP National Secretary election in Osogbo
An Osun State high court, sitting in Osogbo, yesterday, stopped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from conducting an election to fill vacant position of National Secretary of the party during the planned mini national convention of the party.
APC reshapes the game
The formal collapse of the three legacy parties, Action Congress of Nigeria, All Nigeria Peoples Party, and Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, into the All Progressives Congress, APC ushers a new era of competitive politics in the polity.
Ekiti PDP chairman, 16 aspirants push for Fayose’s suspension
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State yesterday deepened, as the chairman of the party in the state, Mr Makanjuola Ogundipe insisted that the former governor of the state, Mr Ayo Fayose and four others remained suspended over their alleged roles in the violent attack on the party executive members two weeks ago, urging the national leadership of the party to affirm the decision.
PDP: Court hears motion on Tukur’s sack today
An Abuja High Court at Apo will today hear a motion seeking to sack National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, from office.
S-South PDP passes vote of confidence on Jonathan
LEADERSHIP of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-South zone, has passed a vote of confidence on President Goodluck Jonathan for the success of his transformation agenda, stabilization of national economy and enhanced security of lives and property.
PDP: Shadow boxing for 2015
So, what do Nigerians think of People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and its message to day? Ask its leader, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan! He can speak for the party. Or, better still, ask the owners of the party!
