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2019: 6 ex-Govs, 6 Senators, Others To Join SDP

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

Social Democratic Party (SDP) said six former governers, being led by the former governor of Zamfara state Senator Ahmed Yerima, four serving senators and two other former senators among prominent politicians have indicated interest to join the party very soon. The party also revealed that

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BREAKING! Defection: PDP Caucus Asks Saraki To Declare Uba’s Seat Vacant

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

The Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the Senate on Tuesday asked President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, to declare declare Sen. Andy Uba’s seat vacant for defecting from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress. The Minority Leader, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, while making the demand on behalf of the caucus in the day’s plenary, also […]

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Don’t Do Anything That Would Undermine The Country’s Democracy- Okorocha Warns Makarfi and His Supporters

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

The Governor of Imo State and chairman Progressives Governors Forum, Rochas Okorocha, has warned a former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, and his faction not to do anything that would undermine the country’s democracy. Okorocha in a statement issued in Owerri on Tuesday warned Makarfi and his supporters to respect a judgment of a […]

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PDDP Governors, Lawmakers, Abandon Sheriff, Attend Markafi-Led meeting

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2017

The sacked National Caretaker Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ahmed Makarfi and governors of the party met today to decide their next line of action following their defeat by Senator Ali Modu Sheriff at the Court of Appeal. Daily Trust report. Many members of the PDP, devastated by the Port Harcourt Appeal […]

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Sheriff conniving with APC to destroy PDP – Makarfi group

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2017

The Sen. Ahmed Makarfi’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the party’s embattled National Chairman, Sen Ali Modu Sheriff as a “mole out to destroy the only strong opposition in the country.” It made the remark on PDP’s twitter handle @OfficialPDPNig, on Monday. The party also accused the former Borno State Governor […]

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BREAKING:Police Barricade Venue For PDP Stakeholders Meeting

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2017

Men of the Nigeria Police Force have ‎barricaded entrance to the International Conference Centre, Abuja, venue for the PDP Stakeholders meeting, slated for 2:00pm today. In a statement on Monday,the spokesman for the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee of the party, Prince Dayo Adeyeye accused the party’s embattled national chairman, Senator Ali