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PDP Crisis Deepens as Turaki, Wike Camps Clash Ahead of Stakeholders’ Meetings

…Turaki plans to use the PDP meetings to reassure stakeholders, discourage defections, and reposition the party. ABUJA, NIGERIA- The iNews Times | The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains polarised as the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) and the Nyesom Wike faction continue to assert leadership claims. Despite a handover from former National Chairman Umar Damagum to Turaki…

PDP Crisis Deepens as Turaki, Wike Camps Clash Ahead of Stakeholders’ Meetings

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PDP in Turmoil as Governors Rebel Over Wike’s Expulsion

…“They were bent on destabilising PDP, and we couldn’t allow that.” IBADAN, NIGERIA- The iNews Times | The crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party deepened on Saturday after the expulsion of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, along with 10 other top party figures over alleged anti-party activities. The action was approved during the PDP’s 20th National Convention held…

PDP in Turmoil as Governors Rebel Over Wike’s Expulsion

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Heavy fighting erupted on Sunday around Tripoli International Airport, where rival militias have been battling for control, killing at least four people and forcing thousands from their homes, local residents and witnesses said. The airport standoff is the most serious violence in Tripoli since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi, with Libya's fragile government unable to assert authority over rival brigades of former rebels fighting for political and economic power. "The shells are landing on us from all warring militias," said Mohammed Abdulrahman, a spokesman for the district. The battle pits fighters from Zintan in the northwest and their allies, who controlled the airport since the ousting of Gaddafi, against armed groups tied to Misrata, a western coastal town. Source: Reuters