The much rumoured palace coup in the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA, Anambra State was hashed when over 5000 members of the party defected to the People’s Democratic Party PDP. Among the APGA members that defected to the PDP include aggrieved chairmanship and councillorship
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State chapter has berated the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for its penchant for violence while condemning the shooting of a student at Agbamu, Kwara State by political thugs belonging to the PDP. The APC in a statement issued on Wednesday by its Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Sulyman Buhari, said […]
First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Thursday urged Nigerians to come out en masse to vote during the March 28 presidential and National Assembly elections. Mrs Jonathan gave the urge at the Lagos Women’s Rally in support of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid. The women’s rally, initiated by the first lady, was also to support […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Warri branch, on Thursday dragged President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to a Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, over alleged attempts to stop the use of Card Readers for the general elections scheduled for the 28th of March and April 11th, 2015. Also joined in […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) for trying to link President Goodluck Jonathan to Monday’s protest by members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Lagos. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Wednesday described the allegation as cheap blackmail and part of the mind […]
The president of the Oodua people’s congress (OPC), and the convener of the Coalition of Concerned Nigerians, Chief Gani Adams has said that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has set the stage for rigging in favour of the All Progressives Congress APC presidential candidate,  General Mohammadu Buhari,  in […]
The Nigerian crude oil industry is not only oily but also crude. That was the damning verdict of the Emir of Kano, HRM Muhammadu Sanusi 11, while speaking on the Cable News Network (CNN) on Wednesday. The emir, the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), identified the unÂresolved controversy over keroÂsene […]
The Zamfara State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has embarked on a massive mobilisation of women to vote out the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the April gubernatorial election. The wife of the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Hajiya Saratu Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi, who was on a campaign tour to women strongholds, across the […]
About 120 Atiku Abubakar Support Groups formally defected to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday in Abuja. This came barely 24 hours after former members of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) joined the PDP. The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Affairs, Professor Rurfai Alkali, while speaking at a cer-emony where […]
The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has accused wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, of making empty promises to the people. It will be recalled that Mrs Jonathan spoke in Ado Ekiti, on Monday, during the rally of the women’s wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement by the State Publicity […]
Less than two weeks to the conduct of the presidential elections, groups loyal to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar under the umbrella body, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku (AAA) and People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) in six states in the south-west Nigeria have declared their support for President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming presidential election. Addressing
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has advised Nigerians to reject the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the polls, saying that voting for the PDP will undermine the self-worth of every Nigerian. According to him, if he and some of his colleagues in the National Assembly wanted the easy option for […]
Less than two weeks to the general elections, supporters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, have closed ranks, vowing to guarantee victories for party during the March 28 and April 11, 2015 polls. Women, who have been galvanized by the visit of the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan to the […]
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has promised to separate the Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood from the Ministry of Information if voted for in the coming general election. The President said this during the question and answer session at the Showbiz Interactive forum held with the movie practitioners on Sunday, March 15, 2015 at the Convention Center […]
The leadership of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has sounded an alarm alleging that President Jonathan Administration and the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) are making plans to render card readers ineffective on election day, with a view to justifying their fears about the use of the card readers and ultimately to scuttle the polls. Speaking
The most paradoxical asÂpect of these weird presidential campaigns, which are much more about emotions than issues, is that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former president, is blowing a lot of hot air that President GoodÂluck Ebele Jonathan has not kept his promise of holding office for only one term. When Chief Obasanjo was brought out of […]
Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has boasted that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be victorious in the forthcoming general election, despite the obstacles from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Aliyu, who made the declaration at Bako Kontagora Memorial Stadium, Minna, venue of the PDP Presidential Women rally, said that women were […]
Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, turned from arch opponent to ardent supporter of President Goodluck Jonathan as a self-preservation device, accordÂing to the All Progressives ConÂgress (APC). The APC stated this on Sunday in reaction to a radio broadcast of the governor which the party said was being aired on some radio staÂtions. […]
The All Progressives ConÂgress (APC) has accused the Goodluck Jonathan administraÂtion of sponsoring ethnic militias disrupt the forthcoming general elections using ethnic militia groups, an allegation that was deÂscribed as baseless by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party It alleged that the N9 billion reportedly paid to some ex-miliÂtants and ethnic militias recently is
Elder statesman and National Chairman of the Social DemoÂcratic Party (SDP), Chief Samuel Oluyemisi Falae pulled no punchÂes on Sunday while reacting to a statement credited to the presiÂdential candidate of the All ProÂgressives Congress (APC), Major General Muhammadu Buhari that last year’s national conference was a waste of time and money. The statement, according […]
