Tag: Peoples Democratic Party

‘N617 per litre is extortion; fuel price should be N150’ – PDP dares Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of extorting Nigerians with the increased N617 pump price of petrol. The PDP, in an issued statement by PDP’s spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, said the price of fuel should not be more than N150 per litre, adding that the increased rate was a maladministration by Tinubu’s government that has shown extreme insensitivity and callousness towards Nigerians. The Party cautioned that the increase is worsening the already suffocating economic situation under the APC, and has the capability of triggering a very…

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PDP raises alarm over alleged threat by APC to intimidate PEPC

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday raised alarm over threat by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to intimidate the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC). The party said that the threat contained in the written address by lawyers to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the APC to the PEPC is a pre-emptive move to intimidate the judiciary. According to PDP, “the statement by the lawyers in the said written address threatening crisis and anarchy in the country in the event of the Court ruling that their clients did not meet the…

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PDP reverses suspension of Ortom, Fayose, Anyim, others

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has squashed the suspension slammed on Governor Samuel Ortom, former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim, former Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose and others. This was made known in a statement yesterday, by the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Debo Ologunagba. The leadership of the PDP also reversed the suspension order on former Governor Ibrahim Shema (Katsina). Ortom, who was referred to the Party’s disciplinary committee, has also had the summons reversed. The statement reads: “The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

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PDP denies suspending Iyorchia Ayu

Aminu Imam

…Signatures were forged for purposes of mischief The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in the home State of the National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, Benue State, yesterday denied the letter of suspension, saying that their signatures were forged. In a letter addressed to the PDP Chairman in Gboko local government area of Benue State, the executive members of Igyorov Ward, explained that they never endorsed Ayu’s suspension for any reason. Describing the letter as a height of mischief, the Exco said the purported suspension was not in line with due process and…

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2023: ‘Amaechi working for Atiku’ – Rivers PDP alleges

Aminu Imam

The Rivers chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council, (PDP-CC), has alleged a former Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi is a member of the ‘wicked’ cabal punishing the people with fuel and naira-swap crises. The Director of Publicity and Communications, PDP-CC, Chief Ogbonna Nwuke, challenged Amaechi to deny that he was not part of persons making life a nightmare for Nigerians. Nwuke said Amaechi was also working secretly for the PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, alleging the former Rivers Governor recently reconciled with members of the PDP-CC in Rivers  He…

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Zamfara: PDP guber candidate optimistic of Atiku’s victory  

Aminu Imam

Ahead of the visit of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential flagbearer in the forthcoming general elections, Atiku Abubakar, to Zamfara State, the State’s governorship candidate, Dauda Lawal, has enjoined the people of the State to turn out en masse to receive the former vice president and his entourage. Atiku Abubakar is scheduled to hold the PDP presidential rally today, in Gusau, the capital city of Zamfara. In an issued statement by the Dauda Lawal Media Centre in Gusau yesterday, the governorship candidate said the PDP mega rally provided another opportunity for…

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2023: Atiku promises to unify divided Nigeria, implement restructuring, address insecurity

Aminu Imam

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has promised to unify a divided Nigeria, revamp the economy and address insecurity. The former vice-president, who made the promises at the presidential campaign rally of PDP on Monday, at the Oxbow Lake Pavilion, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, in continuation of his presidential campaign, was welcomed by a mammoth crowd at the Ox-Bow Lake Pavilion. He also promised that his government will focus on restructuring the country, and assured the people of Bayelsa State and…

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2023 PDP Feud: Former NSA Gen. Gusau wades in, as G-5 again meets in London 

Aminu Imam

The Nyesom Wike-led group of State governors, under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has arrived in London, United Kingdom, in continuation of their meeting to fashion a strategy ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The team that left for the trip on Boxing Day included Governors Sam Ortom, (Benue); Seyi Makinde, (Oyo); Ifeanyi Uguanyi, (Enugu), and Okezie Ikpeazu, (Abia). They have remained consistent in their call for the removal of the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, to pave the way for the emergence of…

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2023: Atiku vows to stop fraudulent petrol subsidy in first 100 days

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar says he will remove the controversial and fraudulent petrol subsidy which could cost Nigeria up to $9bn in 2022, according to estimates by the Financial Times. Atiku, who acknowledges that oil will continue to be key in turning Nigeria’s economy around, said years of under-investment in infrastructure and large-scale theft have depressed oil production and brought untold misery. In an interview with the Financial Times, Atiku said, “I will remove fuel subsidy. Within the first 100 days in office,…

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“Nigerians‘Il never witness APC beyond 2023”, Says Atiku

Aminu Imam

…Wife says husband’ll defeat Boko Haram, provide scholarships to students Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has promised to provide enough funds for education, praying that Nigerians will never witness a repeat of All Progressives Congress (APC)’s government beyond 2023, which he says brought untold hardship on Nigerians. The PDP presidential candidate made this known at the party’s rally in Akure, Ondo State, yesterday. He bemoaned the state of education in the country which he specifically blamed the ruling APC over what he described as poor…

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