Anambra defeat: Kashamu describes Makarfi’s tenure as “disaster, worst nightmare for PDP”

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Anambra defeat: Kashamu describes Makarfi’s tenure as “disaster, worst nightmare for PDP”
November 20, 2017

The senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Buruji Kashamu, has described the tenure of the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, as “a disaster and the worst nightmare for our party.”

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“I will never return to PDP !” -Obasanjo

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“I will never return to PDP !” -Obasanjo
October 17, 2017

Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has vowed ‘never’ to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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Buhari meets with APC, PDP leaders

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Buhari meets with APC, PDP leaders

President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Prof.  Yemi Osinbajo met with the leadership of the ruling APC and opposition PDP at the State House on Friday.

It was the first bipartisan meeting ever presided over by Buhari. 

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President Buhari thanked the leaders for attending the meeting. He also thanked those who prayed for his recovery while in the U.K. for medical treatment.

Here is the President’s short speech:

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PDP Crisis: Makarfi faction blocked from meeting at Abuja conference centre

Premium Times>>>  The meeting of the Makarfi-faction of the Peoples Democratic Party scheduled to hold at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, has been moved to the lodge of Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, after the original venue was barricaded.

We contested against Army, INEC, FG, APC in Rivers rerun – PDP

Punch NG The Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led Peoples Democratic Party has declared Saturday’s rerun elections in Rivers State as a rape of democracy.

It also said that the party contested against many government institutions during the polls.

It listed the institutions to include the Nigerian Army, the Independent National Electoral Commission and the All Progressives Congress.

Sheriff’s Faction Presents Jimoh Ibrahim As Ondo PDP Governorship Candidate

The Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has elected Mr Jimoh Ibrahim as the party’s candidate in the coming Ondo State governorship election.

The primary election which lasted over two hours was preceded by an all-night congress among over 800 delegates at the Premier Hotel, Mokola in Ibadan, the Oyo State’s capital in Nigeria’s southwest zone.

PDP holds convention, extends Makarfi committee’s tenure

THE People Democratic Party has extended the tenure of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of the party by one year.

Delegates of the party, who gathered at the Rivers State PDP Secretariat on Wednesday, took the decision as a result of the seal-off of the Sharks Stadium, Port Harcourt; venue of the party’s botched National Convention.

PDP crisis: Peace talks hits a brick wall

Sen. Ahmed Makarfi and Modu Sheriff have been locked in a battle for control of the PDP

The much talked about peace talks between the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led Peoples Democratic Party Caretaker Committee and the Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction, appears to have hit a brick wall.

This followed the insistence of both sides to negotiate from a position of strength.