As the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) crisis in Rivers state deepens with the closure of the state House of Assembly, the Rivers Youth Movement (RYM), has pledged their support and loyalty to the Rivers State Governor, and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Amaechi. The group which claims a two million membership via its coalition also passed a vote of confidence on the Rivers State Governor fo ...

Over 500 members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, have decamped to the All Progress Grand Alliance (APGA) in Obowo local Government area of Imo state. This happened at a sensitization rally by the Imo state government at Obowo local Government area of the state. The Imo state Governor; Rochas Okorocha represented by his Chief of Staff; Jude Ejiogu, commended the indigenes of the area for their continu ...

Former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change; General Muhammadu Buhari firmly stated today that the All Progressives Congress would be too strong for the PDP to resist come 2015. If the optimism being expressed by former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change; General Muhammadu Buhari is anything to go by, then the ruling Peo ...

Yobe PDP has suffered a major crisis as prominent members have shifted their loyalty to the All Nigeria Peoples’ Party (ANPP) ahead of their convention which is billed to hold for this weekend in Gusau the capital of Zamfara State. Former deputy Governor of the state from 1999-2007 Alhaji Aliyu Saleh Bagare, Senator Adamu Talba who lost out in the last election and former Speaker of the State House of Assem ...

The Chairman of Okrika Local Government, Tamuno Williams has described those accusing the Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi as a dictators as 'bad losers'. A lawyer and former Rivers State Commissioner of Information, Emmanuel Okah had on Monday described the leadership style of Governor Chibuike Amaechi as suppressive and dictatorial. Mr Williams, who was a guest on Channels Television's morning prog ...

The Senate President, Senator David Mark has asked members of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to close ranks and work together for the effective implementation of the party’s agenda. The party has been engulfed by several factions in some state chapters with the latest coming from the Rivers tate. Senator Mark made the appeal while hosting members of the party’s board of trustees, where he noted ...

A lawyer and former Rivers State Commissioner of Information, Emmanuel Okah has described the leadership style of Governor Chibuike Amaechi as suppressive and dictatorial. Mr Okah, who was a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, said Mr Amaechi runs the affairs of Rivers state as though it was a one man business. He said the governor determines “who becomes Chairman; he determin ...

Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku has accused media houses of serving as puppets to politicians in Nigeria. Speaking as a guest on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television, Maku said "Unfortunately we have allowed our political biases to infiltrate sometimes the media that we own". Maku who claimed to be a journalist further said "if you pick newspapers today, from the headlines you will kno ...

The National Auditor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Adewole Adeyanju has belled the cat for President Goodluck Jonathan's second term in office, claiming the Ogun state chapter of the party has endorsed the President for another term.  Referring to the controversial rotational politics, Mr Adeyanju inferred that for Nigeria to remain united, President Jonathan must be allowed to continue with ano ...

The crisis rocking the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new twist as the party on Monday, suspended 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The party's leadership also announced that it has given the state Governor; Rotimi Amaechi, 48 hours to "explain to Rivers people why the jet bought with the state government money is bearing a bank’s name on the documents ...