Tag: PDP

Rising Insecurity: “Nigeria is a failed State” – PDP Reps. member

Aminu Imam

A member of the House of Representatives, Lynda Ikpeazu, says Nigeria is a failed State. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member representing Onitsha-North/South federal constituency of Anambra State, spoke on the floor of the lower legislative chamber during a plenary session, yesterday. The lawmaker was contributing to a motion on the recent attacks in four villages in Plateau state. The motion was sponsored by Yusuf Gagdi, a legislator representing Pankshin/Kanam/Kanke federal constituency of Plateau State. While making her contribution, Ikpeazu said a country that cannot protect its citizens is a…

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2023: War in PDP as Southern Govs dare Atiku, Saraki, Tambuwal over zoning

Aminu Imam

Ahead of its presidential primary election fixed for May 28, a fresh crisis looms for the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) as governors from the South have insisted that the presidential ticket for the 2023 election must not be an open contest. This position has pitched them against two of their northern colleagues, in the persons of Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Bala Mohammed, governors of Sokoto and Bauchi States; former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar; Ex-Senate President, Bukola Saraki and banker-turned politician, Muhammed Hayatu-Deen, all of whom have since joined the presidential race on…

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2023 Presidency: Wike, other PDP aspirants brainstorm on national unity

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has held a closed-door meeting with some presidential aspirants jostling for the ticket on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Those at the closed-door meeting, last Wednesday, which was held at the Government House in Port Harcourt, were governors of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed; Sokoto, Aminu Tambuwal; former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the former Managing Director of FSB International Bank, Dr. Mohammed Hayatu-Deen. Wike, who spoke to newsmen after the meeting, said their interest was to ensure that there was…

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‘PDP zoning panel did not throw open presidential ticket’ – Ortom

Aminu Imam

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has debunked the report that the zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has thrown open the presidential ticket of the party. Ortom, who is the chairman of the zoning committee of the PDP, disclosed this yesterday, in an issued statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur. The governor said the panel has submitted its recommendation to the National Executive Council (NEC) of the party for further action, adding that he was misquoted on the matter. He said, “I want to clear the…

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PDP throws open 2023 presidential ticket

Aminu Imam

As its mandate ended yesterday, the 37-person zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has flung open its presidential ticket to all aspirants. It was gathered that the decision came after a meeting yesterday at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. According to a source who pleaded anonymity, the committee threw open the ticket “due to exigency of time” saying “zoning, as in our party constitution, is affirmed.” Recall that the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed-led committee which reviewed the PDP performance during the 2019 general election had…

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How PDP politicians raided NNPC, carted away $20bn – Presidency

Aminu Imam

…Says under PDP, we had army of phantom soldiers whose pay went to politicians’ pockets The Presidency yesterday slammed the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), alleging that its politicians robbed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), and stole $20 billion during their last year in power. The Presidency was reacting to the PDP governors’ criticism of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration yesterday, in which the party branded the administration as a failure. Recall that the PDP governors had met in Abia State on March 24, after which they declared that…

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2023 General Elections: PDP alleges Presidency, APC’s pressuring INEC to alter election dates

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), yesterday, alleged that there was a plot by the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to pressure the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to alter the newly passed Electoral Act 2022 to introduce clauses that would compromise the 2023 general elections. The main opposition party alerted that there was a clandestine attempt to get INEC to push forward the already set elections dates because the APC was allegedly not yet ready. In an issued statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon.…

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Finally, Kwankwaso decamps, exit PDP to NNPP

Aminu Imam

After weeks of speculations, former Governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, finally announced his exit from Nigeria’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), yesterday. Kwankwaso had, for weeks now, been linked with the New Nigerian Peoples Party, (NNPP), but he reportedly told former Senate President Bukola Saraki that he was still a member of PDP during a recent visit. The former governor had reportedly become aggrieved after he lost control of the Kano chapter of PDP to forces said to be loyal to Governor Aminu Tambuwal, of Sokoto…

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Kaduna Airport Attack: “Buhari fiddles while Nigeria burns” – PDP

Aminu Imam

…Says APC has conceded sovereignty to terrorists Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said the nonchalant attitude displayed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration on matters of insecurity shows that it is either unwilling to stop the menace or complicit in some of the attacks. The opposition party, which stated this in a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, noted that the inability of Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), to take action against the attackers, but instead continue their jamboree…

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Buhari’s headship of Petroleum Ministry reason for revenue leakages – PDP Govs.

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari’s headship of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources was responsible for revenue leakages in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPC). Consequently, the PDP governors have called for the immediate separation of the office of the president from that of the minister of petroleum resources. The Forum, in a communiqué read by its Chairman, Governor Aminu Tambuwal, of Sokoto State, after its meeting in Aba, Abia State, last Wednesday, also called for an audit of daily consumption of…

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