Tag: PDP
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Supreme Court: PDP declare 7-days prayer and fasting
The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday declared a one week fasting and prayers for God to restore the mandate of the former governor of the state, Mr Emeka Ihedioha. According to a statement signed by the party’s State Secretary, Nze Ray Emeana, on Saturday, the spiritual exercise would commence…
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Boko Haram: PDP hits Buhari over 90 per cent Muslim casualty claim
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s remark that the bulk of the victims of the dreaded fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram are Muslims, as divisive statement capable of endangering peace in the land. Writing as a guest opinion columnist for Christianity Today, President Buhari had said: “It is the reality that some…
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APC, PDP clash over Nigeria’s drift into one-party state
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got a knock from the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the former’s allegation that the ruling party was railroading the country into a one-party state. The opposition party said the APC attempt will fail. According to the PDP, the deliberate muzzling of the judicial and legislative arms by the executive…
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PDP, Ihedioha, consider 8 grounds to return to office in Imo State
It is no longer news that in line with last week’s decision of the Supreme Court which sacked governor Emeka Ihedioha of the People’Democratic Party(PDP), on January 14, 2020, Senator Hope Uzodinma was declared the governor of Imo State. Starnews NG reports that the Supreme Court declared as illegal, the exclusion of certain votes during…
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Imo Protest: Uzodinma jittery, begs Buhari to call PDP, protesters to order
Says protest is an attempt to overthrow Buhari’s government Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, has decried the nationwide protest organised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), rejecting the Supreme Court judgement that declared him the governor of the state. The Governor also said the brains behind the continuous protest of the PDP were part…
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Imo: PDP members protest across Nigeria’s streets, ask supreme court to reverse self
‘Reverse This Injustice Now’ – PDP Members Tell Supreme Court Hundreds of supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in some states across the nation are currently staging a protest against the supreme court ruling that sacked Emeka Ihedioha as the governor of Imo State. The protesters carrying placards with various inscriptions could be seen calling…
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“An acceptance of failure and lack of capacity” – PDP on presidency’s successor comment
The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday described as an acceptance of failure and lack of capacity, the Presidency’s continuous reference to a presidential successor, less than a year into the second term of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The PDP also alleged that the Buhari regime had no capacity to manage the affairs…
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2020: Agree on a candidate, Tofowomo advises leaders of PDP in Ondo South
says Ondo South stronghold of PDP, best zone to win election in 2020 Senator Nicholas Tofowomo, on Monday, advised the leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southern Senatorial District of Ondo State to come together and agree on a candidate ahead of the party’s primary election in year 2020. The distinguished Senator…
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APC: Nigeria needs better opposition to replace PDP
Nigeria needs am more vibrant opposition party than the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said. It challenged other opposition political parties to fill the gap the PDP is allegedly not fulfilling. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC said: “This is…
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We are expecting Akpabio’s resignation to participate in rerun election, says PDP
“I will still go about my legislative duties as your senator despite court judgment – Senator Ekpenyong Chris Ekpenyong, the man who truncated former governor of Akwa Ibom, Godswill Akpabio’s ambition of returning to the Senate for a second term, has vowed to continue with legislative duties, despite a judgement by the Court of Appeal…