Controversial former spokesman of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Femi Fani-Kayode, has withdrawn his ‘indiscreet’ statement on Bianca Ojukwu claiming that he had an intimate relationship with her many years ago. In his write-up titled ‘Neither a Tribalist Nor a Hater,’ published in the Leadership Newspaper of August 16, 2013, to defend himself over his earlier article…
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PDP Crisis: Baraje Faction Threatens Tukur With Jail
The PDP under the leadership of Abubakar Baraje has said it has asked its lawyers to press a contempt charge against Bamanga Tukur for flouting the orders of a Lagos High Court which asked both sides to maintain the status quo pending the resolution of the case before it on who should lead the party.…
Amaechi's Life Under Threat As Mbu Redeploys Gov's Escort Commander
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Ibim Semenitari, has disclosed that the life of her boss, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, is under threat. In a statement signed by the Commissioner on Thursday in Port Harcourt, Semenitari alleged that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Joseph Mbu, redeployed the governor’s Escort Commander, in charge…
VIDEONEWS: Jonathan, Governors After Meeting Over PDP Faction
A video has been released online showing President Goodluck Jonathan emerging from a meeting with some Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, governors at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Monday night (yesterday). The video link was sent to Aproko247 by one of our ardent followers. In the video, Governor Rabio Kwankwaso of Kano State was seen…
Ex-Militants Talk Tough: Give GEJ One Month To Pay Allowance Or…
If the threat given to the Presidency by a faction of some ex-militants in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria is anything to go by, then trouble looms in the region as there might be a resumption of the activities of the group in the region. This is because the group has handed a one-month…
Osun PDP Disowns Oyinlola, Throws Weight Behind Tukur
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, has disowned the former governor of the state, who doubles as the factional PDP National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola. In a communique released on Monday after the chapter held an emergency meeting to deliberate on the walk out of some party’s delegates on Saturday in…
Hon Rotimi Makinde Broke After Lavish Wedding To 1st Daughter's Age Mate, Creditors Knock At His Door
Recently, Yoruba movie actor turned politician, Hon Rotimi Makinde, married his beau and it was well publicised. Days after, there are reports that he is allegedly broke having spent all his fortunes to stage a classy wedding ceremony. A report by a gossip website, Nigeriafilms.com, is presented below; There is a saying that ‘cut your…
We've Discovered Those Sent By Opposition To Split PDP–Presidency
The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, has revealed that the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, has now discovered those sent by the opposition to cause disaffection in the ruling party. Gulak further alleged that those sent by the opposition entered the party by disguising in PDP cloak. “The opposition out…
Boastful Metuh Says PDP Will Resolve Crisis On Tuesday
Following the mundane crisis rocking the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, the party spokesman, Olisa Metuh, has confidently stated that all issues would be resolved on Tuesday (tomorrow), when the PDP bigwigs meet. Metuh, newly re-elected as the party’s National Publicity Secretary, on Saturday, told newsmen in Abuja on Monday, shortly after the newly elected…
You're An Ingrate–Presidency Tells Atiku
The Presidency has lambasted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for forming a parallel Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday, along with some party’s governors. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Monday, the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, described Atiku as an ingrate and stressed that the ex-Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN,…