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Resign Because of Who? PDP Chairman Bamanga Denies Rumoured Resignation Says "I Am in Power"
Resign Because of Who? PDP Chairman Bamanga Denies Rumoured Resignation Says "I Am in Power"
The Chairman of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has denied stories that made the rounds in most newspapers today that he plans to hand in his resignation at a meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party on Thursday.
He made this known after a meeting earlier today with President Jonathan at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Speaking to newsmen, Tukur said “It is not true that I am resigning. Resign for what? It is not true at all. We are here to run the PDP and we have done so and we will continue to run the PDP.
“We are going to have our caucus tonight, we are going to have BOT tomorrow, we are going to have our NEC on Thursday.”
“The chairman is not only in office, he is in power. In PDP, there is no vacancy in the national chairmanship". Add a comment
Jonathan Calls for International Fight Against Terror as He Receives New Ambassadors
Jonathan Calls for International Fight Against Terror as He Receives New Ambassadors
President Jonathan has again showed that the war against terror is uppermost in his mind by making it the central focus of his discussion as he received new ambassadors to Nigeria at the State House earlier today. The President particularly expressed his eagerness to visit and cooperate with Israel, a nation that has been particularly successful in anti terrorism efforts. This was contained in a statement from the Presidency which appears below;
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
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Pro-Jang govs move to scuttle plans to remove Tukur
Pro-Jang govs move to scuttle plans to remove Tukur
THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday fixed Thursday for the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting just as some of its governors are planning to frustrate moves to remove Bamanga Tukur as chairman of the party during the proposed NEC meeting.
The party leadership also lifted the suspension order on Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko, following the pressure mounted by the PDP Governors’ Forum.
The decision, which was taken at the end of a meeting in Abuja yesterday between the PDP governors and the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), however, left the fate of Rivers State Governor Rotimi Azubuike Amaechi, who was the first PDP governor to be suspended, hanging. Add a comment
PDP lifts suspension on Wamakko
PDP lifts suspension on Wamakko
THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday fixed Thursday for the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting just as some of its governors are planning to frustrate moves to remove Bamanga Tukur as chairman of the party during the proposed NEC meeting.
The party leadership also lifted the suspension order on Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko, following the pressure mounted by the PDP Governors’ Forum.
The decision, which was taken at the end of a meeting in Abuja yesterday between the PDP governors and the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), however, left the fate of Rivers State Governor Rotimi Azubuike Amaechi, who was the first PDP governor to be suspended, hanging.
The inability of the Tukur-led NWC to convene the NEC meeting since July 2012 is one of the issues being held against him by party stakeholders, including the PDP governors. Add a comment
Breaking News: PDP Reverses Suspension of Sokoto Governor, Wamakko
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Part (PDP) at a news conference called at his Legacy House office today announced the decision of the National Working Committee of the party to rescind the suspension of the governor of Sokoto state. This followed a meeting between the Presidential Committee on the PDP Crisis set up by the party and the Presidency. It was also believed that appeals made to the party by the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Chief Godswill Akapbio might have softened the minds of the party.
It would be recalled that the PDP suspended Governor Wamakko after he had allegedly shown disrespect to the office of the party Chairman by refusing to respond to a query issued to him.
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Tinubu Receives Shocker in Dubai as Adeyemi Asks Him 'Why Serve Buhari'?
Leader of the ACN and former governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu got the shocker of his life after he was publicly humiliated by Kogi Senator and former President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Senator Smart Adeyemi who asked him at a party in Dubai why he would serve a man who truncated democracy! Tinubu was stunned at the effrontery of Adeyemi as was the audience. Tinubu, along with controversial former minister of the Federal Capital Teritorry, Nasir Elrufai, immediately left the hall after the incident apparently angered that Adeyemi put Tinubu on the spot.
A large number of the who is who in the Nigerian socio-political and economic strata had stormed the City of Dubai in the UAE for the society wedding of the son of oil mogul, Chief Jide Omokore, Tosin and his heartthrob, Faisal, daughter of Ambassador Azeez Musa.
There were no fewer than 20 senators on hand, including Senate spokesman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senator Smart Adeyemi, Senators Magareth Okadigbo, Zainab Kure, Gbenga Ashafa, Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara, Boluwaji Kunlere, Anthony Adeniyi, Clever Ikisikpo, Aisha Jummai Alhassan, Esther Nenadi Usman, Olubunmi Adetunmbi and a former member of the upper chamber, Senator Joseph Akaagerger.
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