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Lamido Set To Shun PDP Convention After Court Order

Awwal Owolabi 15 November 2025 0

Sule Lamido, former governor of Jigawa, says he went to court to “reclaim his right” to contest the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and will not attend the party’s national convention scheduled for November 15. Lamido spoke on Friday during an interview on

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Lamido says he felt ‘like crying’ after suing PDP

Promise Eze 13 November 2025 0

Sule Lamido, former Jigawa State Governor, has expressed sadness over his decision to sue the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Federal High Court in Abuja following his exclusion from the party’s forthcoming 2025 national convention. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday after the court restrained the PDP from holding the convention scheduled for 15 and […]

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PDP: Lamido Threatens Court Action For Shutting Him Out Of Nat’ Chairmanship Race, Turaki  Submits Form 

Tunde Opalana 28 October 2025 0

Uncertainty continues  to trail the national convention of the Peoples Party, PDP as an aspirant for the position of national chairman, Sule Lamido threatens to stop the elective convention with court action. The PDP scheduled the National convention  to hold in Ibadan between November 15 and 16 this year. The former governor of Jigawa State […]

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Lamido threatens legal action if denied PDP chairmanship nomination form

Promise Eze 27 October 2025 0

Sule Lamido, a former governor of Jigawa State, has threatened to take legal action against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if he is prevented from obtaining the nomination form to contest the party’s national chairmanship position. Lamido, who on Monday declared his intention to run for the chairmanship, visited the PDP national secretariat in Abuja […]

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Sule Lamido enters PDP national chairmanship race, vows to restore old glory

Awwal Owolabi 27 October 2025 0

Sule Lamido, the former governor of Jigawa, has disclosed his intention to contest for the position of national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Lamido, a former minister of foreign affairs and one of the party’s founding members, made the announcement in a post on his Facebook page on Monday. He said he would […]

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Sule Lamido: I’ll support any 2027 arrangement that can save Nigeria

Promise Eze 23 July 2025 0

Sule Lamido, former governor of Jigawa State, says he is ready to support any political arrangement — within or outside the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — that can secure Nigeria ahead of the 2027 elections. Speaking with journalists in Kano on Tuesday, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs said saving the country must come before […]

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Lamido unveils Jigawa ADC Chair at PDP rally, says goal is to rescue Nigeria

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By Tunde Opalana Former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido has said the purpose of coming together of opposition politicians under the coalition umbrella is to rescues Nigeria from the brinks of collapse and not for the sake of grabbing power. He stated this at an empowerment event in Dutse where he declared his unwavering loyalty […]

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Alleged N1.35bn fraud: Appeal Court reserves ruling in Sule Lamido’s no-case submission

Ihesiulo Grace 8 June 2023 0

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has reserved ruling in the appeal by a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, challenging the decision of the Federal High Court dismissing his no case submission. The former governor, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, and their companies, Bamaina Holdings Ltd and […]

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Lamido tells Buhari to drop Arrogance and Repent To Allah

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2020 0

Sule Lamido, Former Jigawa state governor, said that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed Nigerians and needs to cry, and repent to Allah for the country to live in peace. Lamido was reacting to the recent killings by Boko Haram terrorists and bandits in some parts of the North. Daily Times reports that in an interview, […]

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PDP governors hail Lamido as national leader, face of democracy in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 27 May 2020 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed their confidence in the pedigree of the former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido as a national leader of the party, the face of PDP and face of democracy in Nigeria. The governor of Bauchi State, Bala Muhammed who spoke on behalf of the chairman of the […]

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“I’m Your Senior So I Can’t Step Down For You” – Sule Lamido Replies Atiku

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2018 0

A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has responded to a statement in which former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, said Mr. Lamido would step down for him in the presidential race. Both men are running for the ticket of opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alongside about ten other aspirants. At a meeting with PDP […]

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PDP presidential ticket: I won’t step down for Atiku, am in politics before him, says Lamido

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2018 0

As the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) tinkers with the idea of picking a consensus presidential candidate, an aspirant and former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido has slammed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for reportedly asking him to drop his ambition. Atiku was reported to have asked Lamido to step down for him […]

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APC NWC meets as PDP picks presidential candidate October

Ihesiulo Grace 29 August 2018 0

…Lamido, Damkwabo obtain PDP nomination forms Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee led by the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole met on Tuesday in preparation for the forthcoming polls. But the party, which seems to be grappling with the challenge on how it will conduct peaceful primaries […]

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Buhari’s corruption fight is lopsided – Sule Lamido

Ihesiulo Grace 19 July 2018 0

A presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido has described the anti corruption fight of Buhari’s administration as lopsided. Lamido disclosed this yesterday in Yola when he visited the PDP state secretariat to make known his intention of contesting the party’s presidential ticket in the forth coming general election. The

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Nigeria is under siege, we no longer sleep with our eyes closed says Sule Lamido

Ihesiulo Grace 16 July 2018 0

Former Governor of Jigawa state and presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido took a swipe at the security situation in the country and declared that Nigeria is under siege. Lamido said “you see, today, we are under siege. It means all the key security chiefs appointed by this government have […]

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Without Buhari APC is dead, says Sule Lamido

Ihesiulo Grace 29 June 2018 0

A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), party as an ad-hoc assembly of politicians whose emergence in 2015 could only be ascribed to President Muhammadu Buhari. The former governor of Jigawa State said without Buhari the APC is a […]

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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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PDP has solution to Nigeria’s woes, not coalition, says Lamido

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2018 0

Former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains the only party that can take the country out of its current woes and reposition it towards attaining its potentials rather than a coalition of parties.   Lamido, who is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the […]

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Lamido for re-arraignment, as judge remits case file to CJ

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2018 0

Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, his two sons, and five others whose corruption trial began in 2015 may be re- arraigned afresh before the Federal High Court Abuja. Fact about their fresh arraignment emerged Monday as the trial Court judge, Justice Babatunde Quadri remitted the case file to the Acting Chief Judge of […]

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APC suffering from leadership ignorance – Lamido

Ihesiulo Grace 14 November 2017 0

The Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on Tuesday, said that the attack on his person by the Presidency showed clearly that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration was ‘suffering from leadership ignorance’. This is even as he described the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, as ‘an […]