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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 10:31 am The Peoples Democratic Party has said it would be wrong to continue keeping the embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, as a member of the Federal Executive Council. Pantami is currently under fire over some controversial comments he made in the past in support of global terrorist groups, Al-Qaeda and Taliban. The PDP said going by the public outrage against the Minister, the best “is for him to resign and even tender...

Unemployment in Nigeria The March 15, 2014, stampedes that left at least 16 people dead during a recruitment exercise by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) had served the major purpose of drawing global attention to the alarming rate of unemployment in the country. About 520, 000 people were shortlisted for the NIS recruitment exams, at the end of which only 4,556 would have been recruited based on the available vacancies. To register for the exams, the applicants had paid N1000 each, meanin...

The group in the South-West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to the former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has expressed...

Chuks Okocha in Abuja and Oko George in Makurdi Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of utmost urgency, stem the tide of endless ethnic and religious tension spreading like wildfire in the country. The governors also called for a review of the current revenue sharing formula for better management of the nation’s resources. Lamenting the growing divisions on ethnic and religious lines, the governors i...

ANALYSIS: Inside the endless crises in Southwest PDP The PDP controls just one of six South-west states but its seemingly unresolvable crises may lead to even the loss of that state. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had planned to hold its zonal congresses this weekend. That of the South-west was, however, rescheduled for Monday in Osogbo, Osun State, following a disagreement over the initial arrangement to hold the event in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Saturday. Like that of the South-west, that o...

Governors elected on the platform of the country’s main opposition group, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), met in Makurdi, Benue State, on Friday and gave the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari the thumbs down for the troubles bedevilling Nigeria. Meeting under the aegis of the People’s Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, PDP–GF, the state chief executives reviewed the country’s affairs and common developments and returned their damning verdict. With Cross River�...

Open letter to Senate President Lawan and Speaker Gbajabiamila By Sat Apr 10 2021 My very Distinguished Senator Ahmed Lawan and Right Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila; I write to you over a pressing matter concerning Nigerian women.  Let me quickly do a disclaimer that I pen these thoughts as a Nigerian woman and not in any official capacity. Permit me to cast your mind back to Nigeria’s democratic course since the 4th Republic and return of democracy in 1999. Nigerian women have grappled with n...

By Dirisu Yakubu Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday condemned the worry state of security in the country and blamed same on what they see as the failure of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to demonstrate sufficient capacity for governance. Rising from a meeting which held under the auspices of the PDP Governors Forum in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, the governors accused the ruling party of deploying intimidating tactics to cajole ...

Vanguard News Translate Buhari’s lack of capacity to govern fueling ethnic, religious tensions ― PDP governors  On By Dirisu Yakubu Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday condemned the worry state of security in the country and blamed same on what they see as the failure of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to demonstrate sufficient capacity for governance. Rising from a meeting which held under the auspices of the...

Insecurity: PDP governors demand devolution of powers, restructuring The PDP governors say Nigeria is in dire need of leadership at the federal level to avert the looming disaster. 4 min read Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose from a meeting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, on Friday and demanded the devolution of power and restructuring of the country, Channels Television has reported. The governors said that Nigerians were more divided along ethnic and re...