Twelve members of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP’s Executive Council including the chairman in Ukpato Ward, Orhiomwon Local Government Area in Edo State, decamped to the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Monday. Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Edo State governor, received the new APC members saying that their exit from PDP further weakens the party’s hold in…
We Would Have Been Richer In PDP – Tambuwal
Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker, Federal House of Representatives said he and some of his colleagues who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the main opposition All Progressives Party, APC would have been richer if they had remained with the PDP ahead of this year’s general elections. The Speaker said their decision to give what…
PDP Faults Accusations Against Jonathan
Femi Fani-Kayode, director of media and publicity of the President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, has dismissed as false, the claims by the All Progressives Congress that the Goodluck Jonathan administration is sponsoring ethnic militias to disrupt the scheduled March 28 and April 11 general elections. He also justified the employment and compensation given to families…
INEC Forbids PVC Collection By Proxy
Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC will not permit anyone to collect the permanent voters’ cards, PVCs on behalf of anybody, however closely related such persons may be to one another. According to him, anyone who is found to have done this would be deemed to have committed criminal offence.…
APC Accuses Jonathan of Trying to Scuttle Elections
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Goodluck Jonathan administration of sponsoring ethnic militias to foment trouble before, during and after the forthcoming general elections. The APC alleged that the N9 billion recently paid out to some ex-militants and ethnic militias was aimed at mobilizing them to scuttle the polls. In a statement issued…
Supreme Court Dismisses Suit Against Kogi Governor
The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit filed by James Ocholi, governorship candidate of the now defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, in the December 3, 2011 election in Kogi State. Through the lawsuit, Ocholi sought an order to sack Idris Wada, the state governor, who won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party,…
PDP Is Afraid of Defeat – Okorocha
Rochas Okorocha, Imo State governor and chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governors Forum has said that the Peoples Democratic Party governors’ position on the use of card readers indicates that the party is apprehensive of defeat in the fast approaching polls. The PDP governors expressed their dissatisfaction at the level of preparedness of…
Danjuma Visits Jonathan, Avoids Endorsement
Former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma, met behind closed-doors with President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Danjuma, who is currently Chairman of the Boko Haram insurgency Victims Support Fund, was received by the president in a meeting which lasted for about 15 minutes inside the residence at the early hours…
AD Adopts Goodluck Jonathan
The Alliance for Democracy, AD, has adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its flag bearer for the March 28 Presidential election. The party also said its National Executive Council, NEC, has suspended Rafiu Salau, its former national secretary, stating that the NEC ratified the report of disciplinary committee that found Salau culpable of anti-party activities. Addressing…
Jonathan Sacks SURE-P Chairman
President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked General Martin-Luther Agwai as the head of his government’s intervention unit, SURE-P. Agwai is a respected former Defence Chief, who led United Nation missions in Sudan, amidst other career successes. Agwai was appointed by Jonathan to head SURE-P, a department created by the government to deploy saved fuel subsidy money…
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