list of PDP governors to visit President Buhari in London

 

Current news report following the photo of All Progressive Congress, APC Governors with the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari in London which surfaced online some days ago, some Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors have been chosen as delegates to pay the president a

APC to conduct primaries Aug 12 Over Anambra guber

 

The current latest news reveals that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will on August 12 conduct its governorship primaries in Anambra State. About 12 aspirants are said to have collected the governorship nomination forms.
Report gathered according to the timetable obtained Monday, the aspirants would be screened from July 31 to August 4; while the Appeal Screening Committee would listen to

Reno Omokri list out 20 key things that ex President Goodluck Jonathan achieved in his first 100 days

1. Nigeria’s oil exports grew 20% & we reclaimed our position as Africa’s #1 which we lost to Angola

 

2. Its time in history in July 2011 we became the 2nd largest OPEC oil exporter after Saudi Arabia

3. Inflation rate reduced to single digit from 10.2% in June 2011, which dropped to 9.4% in July

4. Foreign Reserves rose by 10% to $35 billion by July 2011!

5. Nigeria’s GDP growth rate month over month grew from 6.7% in May to 6.9% in

POLITICS: Bode George gives reason why I can never work with Tinubu

Here is the latest political news as the erstwhile Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George, has declared that he can never work with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu because he, Tinubu, plays the “Godfather kind of politics.”

George made the remark while reacting to a question in a recent interview.

The report gathered according to George, “I don’t believe in Bola’s (Tinubu) concept of politics. Their concept of operation in the APC is different from the way I was brought up. A tree cannot make a forest. That is the difference between us. Let us collectively take up the

POLITICS: "Buhari has failed, Nigerians must reject APC, PDP in 2019 election"

The current political news update trending now revealed Sheikh (Dr) Ahmad Abubakar Gumi has declared the President Muhammadu Buhari APC-led administration as a failure.

According to report the Islamic scholar said this in his assessment of Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last two years.

He noted that the general assessment of government’s performance was below the expectation of Nigerians, and urged Nigerians to reject both the APC and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) if they really desire a new lease of life.

His words: “The problem is that no matter how good you are as a leader, you should have

Sheriff, Makarfi Agree to Hold Peace Talks

The political news has it that the two warring factions within the fold of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have now agreed to form a truce in a bid to end the leadership crises currently rocking the party.

Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sen Ali Modu Sheriff and the leader of the national caretaker committee, Sen Ahmed Makarfi have agreed to engage in a peace talk in a bid to ending the leadership crises currently rocking the party.

This was the outcome of a meeting held at the instance of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase in Abuja with the aim of ending the feud within the

PDP BoT Groups have Agreed to Work with Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee

Makarfi

The Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says various groups, including the Concerned PDP Stakeholders have agreed to work with the Sen. Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee.

BOT Secretary Ojo Maduekwe disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, while addressing newsmen on the resolutions of the board’s expanded meeting with various organs and groups in the PDP.

Maduekwe said that the groups agreed to work together and support the

Give PDP Chance to Rule The Country Again in 2019

News as the former governor of Akwa Ibom state and Senate Minority Leader, Chief Godswill Akpabio has pleaded with Nigerians to give the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a chance to rule the country again in 2019.

The lawmaker disclosed this to journalists in Abia State after an inter-denominational thanksgiving service in honour of the victory of Senator Mao Ohuabunwa in the Abia North senatorial rerun election.

According to him, “As a party, we are happy with the arrangement made so far. Last week, we met with the National Working Committee (NWC) of our party and we agreed that

PDP Sacks Uche Secondus

 

Prince Uche Secondus, Acting National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party

 

The latest news reaching us has it that in a communiqué issued at the end of the PDPGF meeting, late Wednesday night in Abuja, Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have asked the Acting National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, to handover the leadership to the

PDP Chairman Haliru Bello, Son Get ₦600 MILLION Bail

News update has it that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Haliru Bello and his son, Abba, to the tune of N600m.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed ordered the duo to pay N300million each, as well as produce two sureties each, in like sum.


Whereas the court maintained that one of the persons to stand surety for Bello must be a Director under the employment of the federal government or any of its agencies, the son was asked to produce someone not below grade level 12 to stand surety for him.

Besides, the court, ordered that the second surety must be an

News As PDP Calls For Special Prayers On Eid-El-Maulud, Christmas

News reaching us has it that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday charged Nigerians to use this year’s Eid-El-Maulud and Christmas to offer special prayers for the unity and stability of the nation and recommit their individual and collective security as well as economic welfare into the hands of God.

The PDP said the special prayers have become essential as the nation is now, more than ever before, in dire need of divine intervention, especially as the citizens cope with the sudden hardship occasioned by poor management of the nation’s economy in the last seven months.


The party, in a statement signed by the national publicity secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, said the two important celebrations, coming at this trying time, offers the citizens an opportunity to put aside all political, religious and ethnic differences and unite against their prevailing common challenges.

“Nigerians across the board have in the last few weeks been recalling the campaign promises made by President Buhari and the APC, particularly, their December 24, 2014 Christmas message wherein they promised several reforms and welfare programmes that will, in their own words, ‘begin to positively impact on the citizenry within its (APC) first few months at the helm, to such an extent that Nigerians will have a better Christmas celebration in 2015’.

“Whilst we understand the indignation, frustration and disappointments occasioned by the long list of unfulfilled promises and dashed expectations under the current regime (and justifiably so), we urge that Nigerians should not recourse to hauling insults on the president as such would not bring the succour they seek.

Thirty PDP Staff Resign

We gathered that No fewer than 30 persons employed by the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have resigned.

It was gathered that the mass resignation, which started in the administrative department of the party a few days ago, has also spread to other departments of the party secretariat.

The aggrieved employees said they were not ready to accept the cutting of their salaries by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC).

PDP had informed its staffers that the decision to slash their salaries was reached with the NWC members, stressing that the party would not sack workers if they (workers) agreed to take a wage cut.

One of the workers who turned in his resignation letter blasted the

PDP Official Website Suspended

Latest news has it that the official website of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been suspended as the host has made it inaccessible, requesting the owner of the website is to contact hosting provider for more information.

Although PDP’s officials have not made any official statement explaining the

News As EFCC Set To Probe Bode George and Other PDP Chiefs

Current news reaching us has it that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is concluding arrangements to invite some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party for questioning, a top source at the commission has said.

The plan is part of the ongoing investigations into the arms procurement scam and the party’s 2015 presidential campaign fund.

It was gather that the commission had compiled a list of the PDP chieftains to be invited while the anti-graft agency was awaiting directives to summon them.


The source added that the party’s chiefs might appear before the commission this week.

The top source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that it

PDP Said – Buhari Not Equipped To Lead In Democracy

 Current news reaching us has it that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) raises a rallying cry to all its members, supporters and lovers of democracy across the country to rise up and use all lawful means to resist anti-democratic forces, now using the judiciary and security agencies in their desperate scheme to subvert the will of the people and destroy the nation’s democracy.

The party has Earlie said though it seeks peace, it is not ready to accept the peace of a graveyard, neither is it willing to surrender the mandate freely given to it by the people in any part of the country, particularly in Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Delta, Abia, Taraba and other states where it won in the last general elections.

“Let it be known, and clearly too, that no matter the strong-arming, threats and manipulations by the APC government, the PDP is not willing to, and will never surrender the mandate freely given to us by the people in states where we won in the last general elections, neither are the people of those states willing to allow sectional invaders to exert influence on those to be in charge of their affairs” the

13 PDP Reps Send Petition - Protest Amaechi’s Nomination

Read current news as thirteen Peoples Democratic Party members of the House of Representatives from Rivers State on Friday protested the nomination of Mr. Rotimi Amaechi for appointment as a minister by submitting a petition to the Office of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki.

Amaechi, the immediate past governor of the state, is among the 21 ministerial nominees President Muhammadu Buhari forwarded to the Senate last week.

The list was unveiled by Saraki on Tuesday this week.

The petition by the Rivers legislators is among the rising number of

See As PDP Governors Visit Ex-President Jonathan In Otuoke

 

We gathered that Some Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), on Tuesday, paid a solidarity visit to former President Goodluck Jonathan, in his country home at Otuoke, Bayelsa.

The PDP governors who were said to have paid Jonathan a visit, include: Governors Olusegun Mimiko, Nyesom Wike and Seriake Dickson of Ondo, Rivers and Bayelsa States, as well as four deputy governors said to have represented their principals.

PDP Crisis Worsens As Police Block Staff From Entering Secretariat Read Full Details

The information on our desk has it that the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, following a sharp disagreement between the national leadership and staff over plans to reduce the staff strength, their salaries and allowances by 50 per cent, yesterday took a new turn as men of the Nigeria Police blocked the gate of the National Secretariat.

In the early hours of yesterday, following directives from the leadership of the party, a truck load of Policemen blocked the gate and deprived the staff from entering the secretariat.

Police action, however, met a

PDP Staff Reply Party Leaders

The information reaching us has it that the PDP Staff Welfare Association has described as an absolute bunkum, a clumsy, and blundering blackmail, an allegation by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Olisa Metuh that staff members were being sponsored by the APC to destabilize the PDP.

They thus vowed that such a weak shot from a mortally crippled arsenal of witch hunt is incapable of breaking the resolve of the staff to expose the thieving in the NWC and

APC Is a Party Of Shameless Liars – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as a party of shameless and desperate liars.

The party berated the APC for sticking to its lies and empty denials despite overwhelming evidences that the new Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Alhaji Lawal Daura is an APC member.