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Nigeria:
Ruling Party Splits
ThinkAfricaPress, 4 September 2013
In what could prove to be the most significant political event since the return of electoral democracy in 1999, a powerful faction has broken away from Nigeria's ruling party. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jonathan's Meeting With Governors, PDP Leadership Continues Today
Leadership, 2 September 2013
The meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan, governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the party's leadership on Sunday, a day after a splinter group known as New PDP… Read more »
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Nigeria:
PDP Decides On Atiku, Governors Today
Daily Trust, 3 September 2013
Senior officials of the People's Democratic Party are scheduled to hold a meeting in Abuja today to decide on the break-up of the party by seven governors and others who set up a… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Why Atiku, Others Broke Away
Vanguard, 3 September 2013
Plausible reasons why former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and seven governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, broke out and formed a parallel faction of the party, have begun… Read more »
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Nigeria:
PDP Plunges Into Deeper Crisis As Peace Effort Fails
Premium Times, 3 September 2013
Nigeria's ruling Peoples Democratic Party plunged further into crisis on Monday after a reconciliation effort by President Goodluck Jonathan and the party brass failed to bring… Read more »
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Nigeria:
The PDP and an Inevitable Factionalization
Premium Times, 3 September 2013
The stories that filtered out of the PDP mini convention at the Eagle Square last week was kind of cheap and sad but very much welcome; it's about time. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Senator - Expect More Splits in PDP
This Day, 3 September 2013
The senator representing Ogun Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Gbenga Obadara, had predicted more splits in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying last… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Dissidents Abound in Kwara PDP, Says Governor Ahmed
Daily Trust, 3 September 2013
Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, yesterday confirmed the existence of some dissidents attempting to run a parallel structure of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Standoff, As PDP Factions Hold Grounds - Jonathan Resumes Peace Meeting... .
Vanguard, 3 September 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan and senior party officials are today, set to resume their peace talks with the breakaway governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Read more »
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Nigeria:
PDP Crisis - 26 Senators Back Baraje-Led Faction
Vanguard, 3 September 2013
TWENTY-six serving Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria yesterday hailed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, six northern governors who stormed out of the venue of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Breakaway PDP Can't Thrive in Kwara, Says Gov Ahmed
Vanguard, 3 September 2013
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara yesterday said the breakaway Peoples Democratic Party, PDP would not thrive in the state. Read more »