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October 19, 2018 No Responses

Atiku Will Return PDP To Power

A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, on Thursday said the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would win the 2019 election. Babatope, a former Minister of Transport, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone...

October 15, 2018 No Responses

Travel Ban Will Lead To Capital Flight, Recession

The Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation yesterday warned that the travel restriction placed on 50 prominent Nigerians by the government could lead to capital flight and drag the country back to economic recession. In a statement, the organisation...

October 14, 2018 No Responses

PDP Faults Travel Ban On 50 Nigerians

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected reported plan by the Nigeria Government to place travel restrictions on 50 prominent Nigerians. The party in a statement on Saturday said: “This draconian step is clearly targeted at members of the oppositi...

October 13, 2018 No Responses

Why Atiku Picked Peter Obi As Running Mate

The Director General of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, Otunba Gbenga Daniel on Friday evening gave reasons why former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi was picked as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Demo...

October 12, 2018 No Responses

Obasanjo: Atiku’s Administration Will Be Business-Friendly, Boost Economy

I am happy to welcome the distinguished leaders of goodwill who have led the PDP Presidential Candidate and my former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, to my humble abode and I welcome the Presidential Candidate himself. Let me start by congratulating President-...

October 11, 2018 No Responses

How Discrepancies In Vote Tally Scuppered PDP’s Aniocha/Oshimili primary

Discrepancies in vote tally and emerging proofs that unaccredited persons may have voted in the inconclusive primary election to pick a flag bearer in the Aniocha-Oshimili federal constituency for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led to the stalemate. The pr...

October 8, 2018 No Responses

Atiku Lauds Fellow Contestants

The PDP 2019 Presidential flag-bearer, Atiku Abubakar has commended his fellow contestants for the display of unity and commitment during the convention. He made the remark while speaking at the convention after scoring 1, 532 votes out of the 3221...

October 4, 2018 No Responses

Frank Nneji As APGA’s Joker In Imo Governorship Election

BY MOSES AKAIGWE – Though it has often been argued, and very rightly, that the process of getting to political office in our environment is skewed in favour of the affluent and the powerful to the detriment of quality,...

August 9, 2018 No Responses

Akpabio: Uncommon Change Has Come To Akwa Ibom

Former Senate Minority Leader, Obong Godswill Akpabio says his decision to decamp from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All People’s Congress (APC) was in national interest. Akpabio, the immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom, stated this ...

July 25, 2018 No Responses

Buhari Wishes Decamped Lawmakers Well

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his total commitment to the values of democracy, freedom of choice as well as total willingness to work with all members of the National Assembly, irrespective of their political party, for the benefit of the...

July 22, 2018 No Responses

Atiku Pledges To Revive Nigeria’s Economy, Tackle Unemployment

Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar on Saturday pledged to tackle unemployment in Nigeria if elected President in 2019. Addressing supporters in Yola, Adamawa State during a Mega Rally organized b...

June 18, 2018 No Responses

Makarfi Joins 2019 Presidential Race

Former National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has joined the 2019 Presidential race under the platform of the PDP. Addressing reporters on Sunday, Makarfi said: “I have been consulting acro...

March 31, 2018 No Responses

PDP Faults List Of Looters

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the reported list of alleged “looters” as “hollow and laughable”. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP described the list as an extension of Federal G...

January 24, 2018 No Responses

PDP: Obasanjo’s advice vindicates our position on Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the counsel by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Muhammadu Buhari as courageous, timely and patriotic. The party said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on ...