The members of the party had last week clashed at the state party secretariat in Abeokuta, the state capital
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The party said the reason it has refrained from joining issues with the PDP, despite its sponsored campaign to portray the APC as an “Islamic” party, is because it knows the dangers that religious politics portends for any nation that brings religion into politics and that no nation which has descended into religious warfare has survived intact
Only three members of the assembly – Bala Musa, representing Yabo; Mustapha Hurumi, representing Bodinga South; and Gatau Mustapha of Isa constituency – remain in the PDP
Ngige was the party’s candidate in the November 16, 2013 governorship poll won by the All Progressives Grand alliance
Nyako said this was contrary to the impression being created that he and the other four governors who defected from the PDP to the APC did so in order to become leaders of their new party
While the PDP put the blame for the bombing at the doorsteps of the Rivers State Governor, Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, the APC said it was a totally misplaced direction in which to look, as it accused chieftains of the PDPincluding the Supervising Minister for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, of being behind it
While the APC said it viewed the act as sabotage, FAAN explained it did not get any notification that the aircraft was going in the direction of Gombe and that it had earlier sent out a notification that there was a maintenance going on at the airport.
Shekarau, who is a former Kano State Governor, gave the assurance when a PDP elders’ delegation, led by Ambassador Aminu Wali, paid him a courtesy visit at his Kano residence
The indices of rejection of the ruling party in Lagos are there for people that care to see. For example, if you observe clearly, you will realise that the present government in Lagos House has become unnecessarily arrogant. They are running the state as if it is their personal business venture
Odunsi and the local government authority in Ado- Odo/Ota are clashing over the reconstruction of the collapsed link bridge between Ota and Lagos State
Oladunjoye said: “Some elected public officers may not be able to showcase what they have done for the people
In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said since the arrest of the lawmakers for carrying out their statutory duty of approving a budget cannot be justified by any law, it is clear to all discerning Nigerians that the only motive can be to harass and intimidate the lawmakers of a state that recently escaped from the hell-hole called the Peoples Democratic Party to join the APC
Kalu made the remark at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, before travelling to Dubai, United Arab Emirates
“We are rebranding the PDP now and we will come out stronger after it,” he said
All Progressives Congress as “a further demonstration of the party’s shameless hypocrisy and desperation for power
Last week, 37 members elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party formally decamped to the APC, citing relevant sections of the constitution
Obasanjo was elected as president on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party
The House members had on Wednesday in a letter to the Speaker, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, announced their decision to defect to APC
Metuh said in the statement: “As lawmakers, the defectors must be aware of provisions of section 68 (1) (g) of the amended 1999 constitution, which states conditions upon which a member of the Legislature will change platforms
The party says that time has come for Nigerians, pushed to the wall by the large-scale impunity and corruption pervading the polity at present, to react so as to save the country from impending perdition
On the status of the 2014 budget, Abaribe said that the Conference Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives met on Tuesday to resolve the matter
However, beyond a terse statement, Jonathan has yet to reply to the issues