Nigeria:   A Calculation That Didn't Add Up

Daily Trust, 20 January 2014

How did it happen that an old political warhorse such as Bamanga Mohamed Tukur, wealthy businessman, former state governor, former minister and former presidential aspirant could… Read more »

Nigeria:   With Tukur's Exit, Is It Yet Uhuru for PDP?

Vanguard, 18 January 2014

AFTER months of intrigues, manoeuvring, backstabbing and political intrigues, the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur on Thursday… Read more »

Nigeria:   No Tears for Tukur

This Day, 18 January 2014

The political crisis rocking rivers state assumed a new dimension last Sunday when the police scuttled a planned rally of the Save Rivers Movement (SRM), and in the process… Read more »

Nigeria:   Tukur - Exit of a PDP National Chairman

Vanguard, 18 January 2014

Pride, they say, goes before a fall. This age long maxim sure does find expression in the eventual exit of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as the Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic… Read more »

Nigeria:   Tukur's Exit, Political Maturity - PDP

Vanguard, 18 January 2014

NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday described the exit of its National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as the climax of political maturity and an… Read more »

Nigeria:   'Tukur Should Have Resigned Before Defection of G-5 Governors'

Daily Trust, 20 January 2014

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in Kwara State that defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have described the resignation of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as a belated… Read more »

Nigeria:   Tukur's Resignation Long Overdue, Says Tsav

This Day, 19 January 2014

Former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, yesterday said the resignation of the embattled National Chairman of the ruling Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP),… Read more »

Nigeria:   On Bamanga Tukur - Mr. President, You're Wrong, Very Wrong

Vanguard, 18 January 2014

However, Mr. President goofed on grounds of facts and morality. Therefore, he needs to recant; or, better still, somebody should explain what he was trying to say to Nigerians… Read more »

Nigeria:   How Jonathan Forced Tukur to Resign

Leadership, 18 January 2014

More facts have emerged on the sudden exit of tough-talking Bamanga Tukur as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Impeccable sources within the PDP and the… Read more »

Nigeria:   Jonathan, Tukur and a Government of Jezebels

Premium Times, 19 January 2014

I must commend President Goodluck Jonathan for removing Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as National Chairman of the PDP and finally dumping him. It really is good riddance to bad rubbish… Read more »

Nigeria:   With Tukur Gone, New Future Beckons to PDP

This Day, 20 January 2014

After months of a sustained campaign, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur was last week forced to quit his post as national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. With his exit, Chuks Okocha… Read more »

Nigeria:   PDP Crisis Is Beyond Tukur - Nyako

Vanguard, 17 January 2014

Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State has observed that the crisis in the ruling People's Democratic Party PDP, is beyond the just resigned National Chairman of the Party, Alhaji… Read more »

Nigeria:   Tukur's Resignation Is a Good Development-Lawmaker

Daily Trust, 17 January 2014

A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Jerry Manwe, on Friday in Abuja, described the resignation of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as National Chairman of PDP a good development. Read more »

Nigeria:   Tukur's Resignation Proves Our Political Maturity - PDP

Premium Times, 17 January 2014

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the voluntary stepping aside of its former National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur, and the peaceful resolution of its leadership… Read more »

Nigeria:   How PDP Disgraced Six of Its Chairmen in 15 Years

Premium Times, 18 January 2014

From its pioneer chair, Solomon Lar, to Barnabas Gemade, Audu Ogbeh, Ahmadu Ali, Vincent Ogubulafor, Okwesilieze Nwodo to Mr. Tukur, only one PDP chairman, Mr. Ali, served out his… Read more »

Nigeria:   Tukur Is a Victim of Resistance to Change - Aide

Daily Trust, 19 January 2014

Prince Oliver Okpala served as Special Assistant on Media to the ousted national chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. In this interview, Okpala said contrary to claims that… Read more »

Nigeria:   Exclusive - Tukur's Last Days in Wadata Plaza

Daily Trust, 19 January 2014

For 79-year-old Bamanga Tukur, his last days at Wadata Plaza headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may be considered as the most tensed up in his life. Thinking that… Read more »

Nigeria:   Tukur's Many Sins and a President's Dilemma

Vanguard, 19 January 2014

This is the story of the fall of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the former National Chairman of the People's Democratic Party, PDP. It is also the story of how Nigeria wastes its best; the… Read more »

Nigeria:   We Warned Bamanga On the Governors - Ex-NWC Member Kaoje

Daily Trust, 19 January 2014

Alhaji Muhammed Bala Kaoje is the immediate past National Treasurer of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP]. The former Minister of Sports, in this interview, traces the genesis of… Read more »

Nigeria:   Tukur's Resignation Sacrifice for Soul of PDP - Ugboho

Leadership, 20 January 2014

The president of National Consolidation Group, Hon. Ajon Ugboho, has described the resignation of the former national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Bamanga Tukur,… Read more »