THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE APRIL 22, 2018 Lawyers react as Nigeria police classify pepper spray as offensive weapon (PremiumTimes) Last Tuesday, a Twitter user, Dolapo Pizzu, alerted Abayomi Shogunle, an Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the Police…
Looters’ list: Again, Secondus dares FG to go to court (SUN)
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Seconds, has, once again, challenged the Federal Government to drag him to court if it has evidence on allegation of corruption. Secondus spoke through his media adviser, Ike Abonyi, and accused…
Any PDP Presidential candidate will defeat Buhari – Secondus (Independent)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said it was battle ready to confront the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2019 presidential election. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Daily Independent in Abuja, Prince Uche Secondus, the…
FG plotting to foist one-party system on Nigerians — PDP (Vanguard)
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said, yesterday, that there was a plot by the Federal Government to foist a one-party system on Nigerians. To achieve this, the party said government had hatched a plot to humiliate and intimidate its members, including…
FG, APC take digs at PDP after apology (ThisDay)
The federal government and the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tuesday took separate digs at the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed, admonishing the PDP to go the whole hog with its…
Your apology not enough, return looted fund, FG tells PDP (Guardian)
The Federal Government says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should complete its apology to Nigerians by returning all the funds looted from the public treasury during its 16 years in power. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the…
The PDP apology: 7 sins Secondus should confess (Vanguard)
Yesterday’s plea for forgiveness by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, profuse as it was, however, did not mark out the sins of the former ruling party in its 16 years in power. The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP…
PDP apologizes for past mistakes, vows to rescue Nigeria (Vanguard)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday reflected on its 16 years stewardship and admitted it made some mistakes and asked Nigerians to forgive its wrongdoings. National chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus stated this at a public discourse on contemporary…
Democracy better off without PDP — Lai Mohammed (DailyTrust)
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said yesterday that democracy would be better off without the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) because its leaders have failed to know when to set politics aside and stand for Nigeria. The…
PDP tackles Buhari over anti-security comment (Punch)
The Peoples Democratic Party has described as undemocratic and completely unacceptable, President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment that security agencies will deal decisively with any person or group that dares to criticise the handling of security under his administration. The main opposition…