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60 Rep. members demand immediate resignation of PDP chair, Damagun

Aminu Imam
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…Accuse him of anti-party activities Sixty People Demicratic Party, (PDP) federal lawmakers, under the aegis of opposition lawmaker’s coalition, are demanding resignation of the Acting Chairman of Party, Umar Damagun, to pave way for North-Central person to emerge as acting chairman, pending the conduct of convention as required by the party’s Constitution. This is as the lawmakers accused the PDP chairman of anti-party activities, alleging that he has plans to hand over the party PDP to the APC. The lawmakers also threatened to quit the party if the alleged doctored…

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PDP N’Central set to announce Ayu’s replacement

Aminu Imam

…Asks Damagum to return to position As part of efforts to get the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), back in shape ahead of the National Executive Committee meeting slated for April 18, 2024, the North-Central caucus has concluded plans to present a replacement that would serve out the term of the former PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. This was as the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has urged elders of the party in the state to uphold its values and contribute to promoting peaceful coexistence, unity, tolerance, and cooperation within the…

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Alleged Budget-padding: “Step down immediately”, PDP tells Akpabio

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Senate President Godswill Akpabio to “immediately step aside” and allow for an independent investigation into the allegation that the 2024 appropriation act was padded by N3 trillion. Recall that at the weekend, Senator representing Bauchi-central, Abdul Ningi, stirred controversy when he alleged that the 2024 Budget was padded by N3 trillion, and that the country is operating two Budgets concurrently. On Tuesday, the allegation was debated at the “committee of the whole” of the red chamber, amid a rowdy session. Subsequently, the senator…

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Christmas: PDP berates Tinubu for subjecting Nigerians to hardship

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…Urges unity, love The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to use the occasion of Christmas, the festival of the birth of Jesus Christ to strengthen the bond of love and unity despite the hardship, pain and misery brought upon the nation by the divisive and suppressive policies of the Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration. This is even as the Party, the governors under the platform of PDP, congratulated the Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, as he marked his birthday on Christmas day. The PDP, in…

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“Conduct fresh elections in 27 State constituencies in Rivers” - PDP tells INEC

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has demanded that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should immediately commence the process of conducting fresh elections into the 27 State Constituencies in Rivers State, which have become vacant by reason of the defection of the 27 former State lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly to the All-Progressives Congress, (APC). The PDP asserted that by defecting from the party, the political platform on which they were elected into the Rivers State House of Assembly, the seats of the respective 27 former lawmakers…

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“Tinubu’s 2024 Budget, deceitful, strangulating, hopeless” – PDP

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the N27.5 trillion budget for the 2024 fiscal year as proposed by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly as strangulating which if allowed to pass, would further plunge the nation into more economic depression and hopelessness. PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba disclosed the party’s position in a statement on Wednesday. The PDP also described the claim by President Tinubu that the budget is a Budget of Renewed Hope as conjured, unfounded, and deceptive as the budget is completely devoid of…

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‘Tinubu’s intervention in Gov./Deputy’s feud mere window dressing’ – PDP

Aminu Imam

…Sowore insists Akeredolu is incapacitated, must resign The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Ondo, has described the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the feud between Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as a “mere window dressing”. Recall that on Friday, Tinubu called a meeting of the political actors in Ondo to resolve the political feud between Messrs Akeredolu and Aiyedatiwa. The President had asked the loyalists of the governor and his deputy to bury the hatchet in the interest of peace in the State. In a statement…

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“No merger plan with PDP” – LP

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The Labour Party (LP), yesterday, urged Nigerians to disregard the news making around that the party is merging with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in dislodging the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying it is not in its plan to merge with any party ahead of the 2027 general elections. Recall that the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, suggested that opposition parties need to merge to defeat the ruling APC in the next presidential poll. However, the LP’s spokesman, Obiora Ifoh, while reacting to Atiku’s suggestion in a…

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Atiku urges PDP, LP, NNPP, SDP, others to merge, wrestle power from APC

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Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has warned against the likelihood of Nigeria slipping to becoming a one-party State. The former Vice-President made the remarks yesterday, when he hosted the national executive committee of the Inter-Party Advisory Council Nigeria, (IPAC). According to the former Vice-President, “the project of protecting democracy in our country is not about just one man. You have come here today to say that we should cooperate in order to promote democracy. But the truth of the matter is that our democracy is fast becoming a one-party system; and,…

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Bayelsa: Diri declared winner of governorship election

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Douye Diri, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Faruq Kuta, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna, Niger State, said Diri, having polled the majority of votes and satisfied the requirement of the law, is now declared elected. Diri polled 175,196 votes to defeat Timipre Sylva, of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), who scored with 110,108 votes to come second and Udengs Eradiri, of…

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