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Ayu Even Atiku Emerged Against PDP’s Constitution - George

Ayu: Even Atiku Emerged Against PDP’s Constitution – George

September 17, 2022 3:10 am

Amidst the ongoing crisis in the PDP, a former deputy national chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George yesterday asserted that its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, wouldn’t have become its standard bearer had the party stuck religiously to its principle of zoning.

According to him, it was based on an in-house agreement that opposed the provision of the party’s constitution that the former vice president was allowed to contest which he eventually won.

George, who is a former military governor of Ondo State, stated this while appearing on Arise TV, in response to those faulting the calls for the …

2023 I Won’t Rest Until I Unify PDP – Atiku

Flood Victims: Atiku Tasks FG On Humanitarian Assistance

September 11, 2022 5:55 pm

Atiku Abubakar who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the former Vice President of Nigeria has openly urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to initiate some humanitarian assistance for flood victims.

The Wazirin Adamawa who had also acknowledged that climate change is real, had added that flooding that has followed torrential downpours in towns and villages in Nigeria – like other places around the globe, confirms this.

Read Also: 2023: Secondus Praises Atiku, NEC For Stabilising PDP

Atiku, in a statement Sunday, described the damage that has been occasioned on account of the floods as …

Federal Court Nullifies All Ogun State PDP Primary Elections

APC Wants To Launch Insurgency Agenda In Osun – PDP Alleges

September 10, 2022 8:04 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has alleged that the state All Progressives Congress (APC) has launched a statewide insurgency agenda and a fictional security report that had been made to create a false security alarm.

The party had also alleged that the plans were hatched to boost its petition to relocate the Osun Election Petition Tribunal sitting from Osogbo to Abuja.

Read Also: 2023: Secondus Praises Atiku, NEC For Stabilising PDP

The party chairman, Akindele Adekunle, made this revelation in a signed statement on Saturday in Osogbo. Adekunle in the statement had also revealed that the …

PDP Crisis Day Of Reckoning Ahead, Wike Blows Hot

PDP Chair: Wike Vows Not To Give Up The Battle To Sack Ayu

September 8, 2022 5:26 pm

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has on Thursday reiterated his earlier announcement that he will not be giving up on the fight for the removal of Senator Iyorcha Ayu as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Governor Nyesom Wike had made this statement in Port Harcourt, his state capital as some other chieftains of PDP were busy at the National Executive Council, NEC of their party in Abuja where they had also passed a vote of confidence on Ayu.

Read Also: PDP Crisis: Day Of Reckoning Ahead, Wike Blows Hot

Earlier, Walid Jibrin, the octogenarian chairman …

2023 Wike Pledges To Flog, Crush PDP ‘Small Boys’

2023: Wike Pledges To Flog, Crush PDP ‘Small Boys’

September 6, 2022 6:45 am

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has boasted that he would not leave his political opponents for God, insisting that he would deal with them himself saying he has what it takes to do so. 

Wike openly declared that he would flog ‘the small boys.’

Governor Wike spoke on Monday when he inaugurated the Okezuo Abia Flyover along the Aba -Enugu Expressway in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area, and the rehabilitated Aba- Owerri Road in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia State.

“God has given me what it takes to crush these people, for me to crush my …

Our Leaders Are United To Rescue Nigeria, PDP Replies Wike

Our Leaders Are United To Rescue Nigeria, PDP Replies Wike

September 2, 2022 6:52 am

Despite the crisis rocking the party, its spokesman, Debo Ologunagba has said that the leaders of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) were united in their resolve to rescue the country.

Ologunagba, who stated this at an interactive session with journalists yesterday in Abuja, said there was no crisis in the party.  However, he stated that what presently obtains is differences among some party leaders, which is normal in every human endeavour.

Read Also: 2023: Alleged Rapist From Rivers PDP Supporting Atiku — Wike

‘We have differences.  We don’t have crisis. We have disagreement of choice. There is no crisis …

Northerners Shouldn’t Dominate Top PDP Positions - BoT Chair

Northerners Shouldn’t Dominate Top PDP Positions – BoT Chair

August 24, 2022 7:08 am

Amidst the ongoing crisis in the opposition party, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Board of Trustees has given reasons why that the party cannot allow its top positions to be dominated by Northerners.

Senator Walid Jibrin in an earlier statement had observed that the party’s presidential candidate, National Chairman and BoT Chairman were all Northerners.

In another statement on Tuesday, he said his stance has not changed despite criticism, noting that the PDP is a “national party that caters for all Nigerians.”

His comment comes amid continued rift between the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Rivers …

2023: Atiku, Peter Obi, Tinubu’s Running Mate, Shettima Finally Meet

2023: Atiku, Peter Obi, Tinubu’s Running Mate, Shettima Finally Meet

August 22, 2022 2:43 pm

Two of the candidates who are currently running for the 2023 Nigerian presidential election on Monday have met in Lagos State. They include the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi who had met at the Eko Hotel in Lagos.

Both presidential candidates will be speaking at the Nigerian Bar Conference’s 62nd annual general conference.

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Also in attendance were the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential running mate, Kassim Shettima; and Chimamanda Adichie.

More reports reaching Africa Daily News, New …

Insecurity 2023 Polls Under Threat – Ex-Army Chief, Dambazau

Insecurity: 2023 Polls Under Threat – Ex-Army Chief, Dambazau

August 17, 2022 5:55 am
The Minister of Interior, and former Chief of Army Staff, General Abdulrahman Dambazau, hinted that the activities of the members of the self-proclaimed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and terrorists have posed a serious threat to the forthcoming 2023 elections.
According to him, the 2023 elections would possibly be impeded by the upsurge of insecurity in the country, he further said that some percentage of the nation’s population would continue to be displaced, he noted that areas prone to the terrorist attacks are soft and vulnerable targets which would birth fear in the minds of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC
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PDP Crisis Wike Aligns With APC, Gives Tough Conditions

PDP Crisis: Wike Aligns With APC, Gives Tough Conditions

August 13, 2022 3:08 am
Despite the meeting which was held between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  Atiku Abubakar, and the governor of Rivers state Nyesom Wike in Abuja to resolve the party’s ongoing crisis, it appears the efforts has not yielded any fruits. 
Africa Daily News, New York reports that since the two leading opposition politicians met in the Abuja home of the former minister of information, Professor Jerry Gana, tempers appear to have flared rather than brought forth answers.
According to reports made public over the weekend, Atiku’s camp may have resorted to organising for the 2023 general
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Why Wike Is Very Important To PDP – Mimiko Quips

Why Wike Is Very Important To PDP – Mimiko Quips

August 11, 2022 4:01 pm

Olusegun Mimiko who is the former Governor of Ondo State, has reiterated his earlier statement that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) actually need Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and he is very important to them for their rescue mission in the 2023 general elections.

Mimiko had also made this statement at the flag-off ceremony for the construction of the Azikiwe -Iloabuchi Road in Mile 2 Diobu in Port Harcourt.

Read Also: I’m In Charge Of Rivers, Not Electoral Votes – Wike Boasts

According to him, Wike has laboured so much for the PDP and will play a major role …

2023 Atiku Clears Air On ‘Picking’ Ihedioha As Running Mate

PDP: Atiku Appoints Dino Melaye, Bwala As Spokespersons

August 4, 2022 10:41 am

 Atiku Abubakar who is the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the appointment of Senator Dino Melaye and the former Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Daniel Bwala as his spokespersons.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Bwala had also dumped the APC last month over APC candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s choice of a fellow Muslim, former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima as running mate.

Read Also: Atiku Congratulates New CAN President, Mulls Interfaith Relations

Bwala last week joined the opposition party, the PDP.

Atiku in a statement by his media adviser, …

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