Bloody clash as Edo lawmakers impeach Speaker – The Punch
February 23, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
There was bloodbath at the Edo State House of Assembly on Monday, following a fierce battle for supremacy between the members of the Action Congress and their Peoples Democratic Party counterparts in the House.
190 MPs move to save Yar’adua – Daily Trust
February 19, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Nearly 200 members of the House of Representatives from the 19 Northern States would foil any plan to impeach ailing President Umaru Yar’adua or declare him medically unfit to hold his office by invoking Section 144 of the constitution, Daily Trust learnt last night.
2011: North pushes for PDP Presidential primaries in June – Vanguard
February 19, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Key supporters of President Umaru Yar’Adua in the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, are pushing for the conduct of the party’s presidential primaries in June.
Vanguard gathered in Abuja that the decision to push for an early conduct of the primaries by Yar’Adua’s supporters is to ensure that, if he is unable to return to the country soon, a Northerner would emerge as the party’s candidate to contest the 2010 presidential poll.
Ogbulafor can’t see Yar’adua – Daily Trust
February 16, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman Prince Vincent Ogbulafor has left Saudi Arabia for India to seek medical attention for his eyes after failing to see President Umaru Yar’adua in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Daily Trust learnt yesterday. Also yesterday, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador in Abuja denied that his country was responsible for visiting VIPs’ inability to see the ailing Nigerian ruler.
Senate to pass 2010 budget in three weeks – Daily Trust
February 11, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu yesterday said the 2010 Appropriation Bill presented to them by President Umaru Musa Yar’adua will be passed in the next three weeks.
Speaking at the national secretariat of PDP in Abuja, Ekweremadu said the House of Representatives too is also working on the budget.
Reps to investigate crash of navy aircraft – Daily Trust
February 8, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The House of Representatives committee on Navy said it would investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash of the Nigerian Navy helicopter in the Niger Delta, which killed four naval officers.
Chairman of the committee, Rep Bashir Adamu Kazaure (PDP, Jigawa State) told newsmen in Abuja at the weekend that they have already requested the naval authorities to intimate the committee with its preliminary findings on the accident to determine their next line of action.
Why we lost Anambra, by PDP – Daily Trust
February 8, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday attributed the resounding defeat of its candidate Professor Chukwuma Soludo in Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Anambra State to lack of unity among party members in the state.
Power belongs to God, PDP tells VP – Vanguard
February 4, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Vincent Ogbulafor, yesterday, urged Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to wait for God’s intervention as power belongs to God.
This is coming on the heels of repeated calls by eminent Nigerians, Civil Society organizations, media chiefs and other bodies across the country, that President Umaru Yar’Adua, who has been away in Saudi Arabia on medical attention, in the last 73 days, should properly hand over power to Vice President Jonathan in acting capacity.
FEC resolution divides PDP NWC members – Daily Trust
February 1, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Last week’s resolution of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) which gave ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’adua a clean bill of health has divided the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Controversy trails Anambra governorship debate – Tribune
January 27, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The debate organised on Tuesday for the candidates in the Anambra State governorship election billed for February 6 witnessed a mild disturbance when some of the candidates excluded from the event mounted the rostrum to disrupt it.
