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Photos of Bukola Saraki welcoming Donald Duke back to PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 15 June 2021 0

A former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke has rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party after dumping the Social Democratic Party. A crowd of supporters turned out to welcome Duke back to the PDP. Former Senate President Bukola Saraki took to his Facebook page to share photos of the event

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Donald Duke alleges where Boko Haram obtain weapons from

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2020 0

Donald Duke, the former Governor of Cross River State, alleges that most weapons acquired and  used by the Boko Haram terrorists are obtained from security operatives. Donald Duke said this, even as he called on the federal government to investigate the security forces and fish out the rotten eggs. “Boko Haram insurgents who have been

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Boko Haram: Soldiers are under-motivated — Donald Duke

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2020 0

The Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has ascribed the incessant attacks by Boko Haram and the military’s failure to secure the North-East to under-motivation of the soldiers, Daily Times gathered. The former governor, who spoke last night on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme monitored by the Daily Times, also called for

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Donald Duke emerges SDP presidential candidacy

Ihesiulo Grace 7 October 2018 0

Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has emerged as Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the 2019 general election. Duke polled 812 votes to defeat his close rival, former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, who polled 611 votes at the party’s National Convention held at Old Parade Ground, Abuja. […]

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‘I don’t have OBJ’s backing to run for presidency’

Ihesiulo Grace 13 June 2018 0

A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Donald Duke, on Tuesday said that his ambition was not backed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Duke, a former governor of Cross River, who recently declared his intention to run for the exalted office, told newsmen in Lagos that though he remained close to Obasanjo, […]

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Ambode, Duke advocate more funds for Lagos from FG

Ihesiulo Grace 26 May 2018 0

Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, and former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, on Thursday raised alarm over the danger of abandoning Lagos state to shoulder the developmental challenges posed by incessant migration from all parts of the country alone. Warning that the continued expansion of the 24 million population within a territorial land […]

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Can Newbreed take over Aso Rock in 2019?

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2018 0

* Hurdles before Newbreed politicians nationwide * Party structures, funding, grassroots mobilization in focus * Experts react over generation shift in governance As Nigeria inches closer to the 2019 general elections, more people are showing interest in contesting for the highest post in the country, the presidency. Expressing interest to contest with incumbent President

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Glitz glamour as Ex-Gov. Donald Duke shut down Calabar for daughter

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2018 0

The festivity synonymous with December in Calabar, Cross River State was reenacted in April as the former Governor of the State, Mr. Donald Duke and wife, Onari, last weekend dragged the upper crust of the Nigerian high society to the ancient city when they hosted the traditional wedding of their daughter, Xerona and Derin Phillps, […]

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Donald Duke urges Nigerians to unite to seek better welfare

Ihesiulo Grace 10 March 2018 0

Former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke has called on Nigerians to come together to demand that their welfare is put in the front burner of government agenda. Duke in a letter to Nigerians he personally signed on behalf of Coalition for Nigeria noted that one thing the people have in common regardless of status, […]

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Why I may run for president – Nigeria’s Donald Duke

Ihesiulo Grace 16 January 2018 0

Donald Duke, a former Governor of Cross River State, has indicated his interest to run for president. According to a report by Vanguard, Duke made his interest known at the third Mike Omotosho annual lecture titled: “Millennials as Protagonists in Nation Building” on Sunday night in Abuja. Duke was governor of Rivers State between 1999 […]

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The Way Forward for PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2015 0

  PDP was a great party. It is still a great party, but more instructively, great in the nostalgic sense of what rose from a political party founded on nationalist ideals in the wake of Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, to a behemoth at the prime of its glory in 2007 when former […]