Tag: PDP

“Nigeria wouldn’t have any economy if you were still in power” – Lai Moh’d hits PDP 

Aminu Imam

Nigeria’s economy would be in shambles if the Peoples Democratic Power (PDP) were in power, according to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. Mohammed stated this yesterday at the second edition of the ‘PMB Administration Scorecard 2015-2023’ in Abuja. The Minister condemned the PDP for engaging in “a deliberate campaign of calumny and falsehood” on the achievements of the APC-led administration. He said it is “absurd” for the PDP to say that the current administration has no achievement to support its presidential campaign. According to him, the PDP…

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2023: Federal Court nullifies PDP Kaduna-Central Senatorial primary election, orders re-run

Aminu Imam

A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has nullified the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election for Kaduna-Central Senatorial district and ordered a re-run within 14 days from the ruling. Recall that Lawal Adamu, popularly known as Mr. LA, was declared as the winner of the primary election and his name subsequently published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the PDP candidate for the Senatorial district, which was challenged by Usman Ibrahim, who came second in the primary election. The presiding Judge, Justice Mohammed Garba Umar, who gave…

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2023: “Cabal won’t run my government” – Atiku

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has said that his government, once he is elected, will not be manipulated by any group of persons intent on controlling the affairs of State. Atiku made his promise during an interview with the Voice of America (VOA) Hausa service in Washington DC, on Tuesday. The PDP presidential candidate while speaking to the Head of the Hausa Service, Aliyu Mustapha Sokoto, said: “It is me, Waziri (Atiku) that will run the administration. You won’t find any cabal…

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Just In! PDP files fresh suit against APC

Aminu Imam

Nigeria’s main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has filed a fresh suit against the All Progressives Congress (APC), asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to sack the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), led by Abdullahi Adamu. In the fresh suit, according to reports, the PDP accused the ruling party of illegality in the process that produced the party’s national officers and candidates. The suit, filed by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ayo Kamaludeen Ajibade, on PDP’S behalf, demanded that all candidates produced by the APC for the…

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Alleged Forgery: PDP expels failed Alpha Bank MD, Jimi Lawal, Muyiwa, others

Aminu Imam

The crisis rocking the Ogun State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), took a new twist as the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party yesterday expelled a governorship aspirant of the party, Jimi Lawal, for gross misconduct, forgery, anti-party activities and disobedience to party’s Constitution. Jimi Lawal’s expulsion followed recommendations by the NWC and NEC set-up disciplinary committee, headed by Barrister Tola Odulaja. Others expelled alongside Jimi Lawal are: Muyiwa Odebiyi, Moruf Olajide and Ademola Ojoye. Jimi Lawal, a former aide to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i joined the…

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Atiku to address largest Chamber of Commerce in the world in US

Aminu Imam

The spokesperson for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign organisation, Daniel Bwala, has disclosed that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, had been scheduled to address the US Chamber of Commerce, which happens to be the largest in the world. Daniel Bwala made this disclosure on a television programme while responding to a question about whether the PDP is still running a full-fledged campaign despite some narrative about the party’s campaign from some quarters. He noted that the PDP is fully prepared for their campaign as…

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2023: “Atiku won’t win; Wike controls 14 States – Buba Galadima

Aminu Imam

A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has predicted that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, will not win the 2023 election. Galadima made the prediction in an interview on a television programme on Thursday. According to the former All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, whom Atiku is looking to reconcile with, controls 14 states in Nigeria. “PDP is not even on the ballot, because its strength is in the South-East, which has been eroded by…

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2023: ‘Atiku’s huge support in Edo, others signpost of APC’s extinction’ – PDP

Aminu Imam

The spokesperson of Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Kola Ologbondiyan, has said that the empty streets that greeted the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Kano at the weekend is a signpost of ruling party’s extinction. On the other hand, Ologbondiyan said the huge crowd of Nigerians that received the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, at his campaign rally in Benin, Edo State, as well as the two separate rallies held in Bida and Jibia in Niger and Katsina…

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2023: “Northerners don’t need Yoruba or Igbo candidates” – Atiku

Aminu Imam

…Says he has enough experience to address security challenges The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has asked his fellow Northerners to vote for him in the 2023 general elections. The former vice-president made the remarks while responding to a question posed to him by the spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, during an interactive session with the Arewa Joint Committee, which was held at the Arewa House yesterday, in Kaduna. Atiku, while appealing to Nigerians to be given the opportunity to bring…

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2023: “PDP can’t win without me”, Wike boasts

Aminu Imam

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has boasted that without his support, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot win the forthcoming 2023 elections. Wike, who stated this yesterday during a media chat in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, said his influence and that of his allies should not be underestimated as the party needs them to win the 2023 polls. The governor and his supporters have been demanding the resignation of Iyorchia Ayu, National Chairman of the PDP. Recall that Wike’s associates withdrew from the PDP presidential campaign council amid…

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