Tag: SDP
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SDP crisis: Gana throws out VP offer, insists on running for president
The embattled former Minister of Information, Professor Jerry Gana on Saturday disclosed that he is in the Social Democratic Party (SDP), to win the forthcoming 2019 presidential election and not to be running mate to former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke. Gana, at the unveiling of his campaign programme tagged ‘SWIFT’ said the leadership…
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2019: Gana dares Falae, set to launch SDP presidential campaign
The Prof. Jerry Gana Presidential Campaign Team, known as G19, says it is going ahead with its planned commencement of Gana’s 2019 election campaign. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that a Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja on Dec. 14, declared that Gana and not Mr Donald Duke, was the rightful Candidate of…
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2019: Don’t attend Gana’s presidential campaigns, Falae tells SDP members
The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Olu Falae, has appealed to all members of the party not to attend any of the events being scheduled by Prof. Jerry Gana and his Presidential Campaign Committee. Falae, in a statement he issued on Friday in Abuja, said that doing so might amount to contempt of…
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2019: 36 SDP state chairmen reject Gana, insist on Duke as presidential candidate
The 36 state party chairmen of the Social Democratic Party, including that of the Federal Capital Territory have rejected the Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf-led court order which declared Prof. Jerry Gana as the presidential candidate of the party. An FCT High Court had on Friday declared Gana the winner of the presidential primary of the SDP…
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2019: Donald Duke reacts to court judgement removing him as SDP presidential candidate
The Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, (SDP), Donald Duke, says he will appeal the judgement, removing him as the party’s presidential flag bearer. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday declared Jerry Gana, a former Nigerian Minister of Information, as the presidential candidate of the SDP. Duke had been declared as…
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2019: SDP confirms Junaid’s exit, names new running mate to Donald Duke
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has formalised the substitution of its 2019 Presidential Candidate’s running mate, Dr Mohammed Junaid with Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam, who is also the National Secretary of the party. SDP National Publicity Secretary, Alfa Mohammed, who gave the confirmation on Thursday in Abuja, said that the substitution was done long ago.…
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2019: Tough time for Donald Duke as running mate quits, resigns as SDP vice chair
Dr. Junaid Mohammed, running mate of the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Mr. Donald Duke, has stepped down his vice presidential ambition. Junaid, who is one of the fiercest critics of President Muhammadu Buhari, said he decided to step down because of the “many hassles of the SDP.” He said he also…
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2019: Jerry Gana rejects Donald Duke’s emergence as SDP presidential candidate
A former minister of information, Jerry Gana, on Thursday, called for review of the presidential primary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in which he was defeated by a former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke. Duke polled 812 votes to defeat Mr Gana who polled 611 votes at the primary held during the…
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SDP spokesperson resigns, defects to APC
The National Publicity Secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Princess Marian Tolofari, has resigned from the party. Princess Tolofari confirmed her resignation in a letter made available to journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to her, the resignation and defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is with immediate effect. “This to…
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2019: Donald Duke emerges SDP presidential candidate
Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has emerged as the Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party for the 2019 general election. Duke polled 812 votes to defeat his close rival, former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, who polled 611 votes at the party’s National Convention held at Old Parade Ground, Abuja.…