By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Senator Aliyu Wamakko has received scores of defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) business community in Sokoto to the All Progressive Congress, (APC). The defectors led by the Chairman of the State Traders Association, Alhaji Chika Sarkin Gishiri, said their resolution to join...
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has taken possession of Wadata Plaza, the building used by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its National Secretariat, due to 28 years of unpaid ground rent. Director of Lands at the FCTA, Mr Chijoke Nwankwoeze, said the action followed the revocation of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to order the removal of Rep Oluwole Oke as lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP, in a fresh suit filed on Monday by its lead...
Sen. Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe has said that the current crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would not be the end of the party. Atom-Jarigbe, who is Chairman, Senate Committee on Gas, expressed this optimism at a town hall meeting in Obudu on Sunday. He represents Cross River North...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has pulled out of all previous agreements reached to resolve the lingering crisis in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike, who said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, vowed to fight on until he got justice. He said he had told...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – As part of efforts to reposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2027 general elections, the party on Saturday elected new North Central zonal executives during its Congress held at Langfield Leisure Park, Rayfield, Jos, Plateau State. Speaking at the event, Senate...
Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC), has declared Babangida Abdullahi of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the Shira Local Government Council chairmanship by-election. Its Chairman, Ahmed Makama, who declared the result on Saturday in Bauchi, said the PDP candidate polled 47,361 votes, to defeat his closest opponent,...
The Brave New Vision Support Group, a group mobilising for Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State ahead of 2027 presidential election, has called for support from the South-West members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Convener and chieftain of PDP, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, told the News Agency of...
A member of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, has said his party needs to explore possible means of bringing back the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, into its fold. Obi left the PDP in May 2022 for the Labour Party, reportedly complaining...
The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, has directed all his commissioners and appointees to either defect with him to the All Progressives Congress (APC) or resign from their positions. Governor Eno gave the directive during the State Executive Council on Thursday, confirming what has been circulating as...
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Reconciliation and Strategy Committee, led by a former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Friday visited Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State over the party’s crisis. Other members of the committee are former governors of Bayelsa and Gombe states, Mr Seriake Dickson and...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra has rejected any planned political coalitions with other political parties and strongly advises its members and stakeholders to steer clear of such coalitions. The party made this known in a communique issued at the end of an enlarged meeting of the State...
Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the state government to obey court rulings reinstating elected local government chairmen in the state. Chairman of the PDP Caretaker Committee, Dr Tony Aziegbemi, made the call at a a news conference on Wednesday in Benin. According...
South East Zonal Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has re nominated former National Youth Leader, Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the party’s National Secretary. Senate Minority Leader Osita Ngwu, presented the resolution of the caucus to the party acting National Working Committee (NEWC), in Abuja. Ngwu recalled efforts...
Senate caucus of the Peoples’ Democratic Party(PDP), has assured its members that the party remains strong, contrary to insinuations that it is in shreds and at the verge of collapse. Minority Leader of the PDP in the Senate, Sen. Abba Moro gave the assurance at a news conference in...
The Obidient Movement says Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) standard bearer of the 2023 general election is still with the party and has not joined any coalition. The Director, Strategic Communication and Media, Obidient Movement, Nana Kazaure, made this known in a statement signed on Monday in...
Deputy Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, Mrs Maria Oligbi-Edeko (PDP- Esan North East II) has voluntarily resigned her position due to the minority status of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Oligbi-Edeko was elected Deputy Speaker of the...
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has urged opposition parties to stop blaming President Bola Tinubu for the defection of their members to the ruling party. Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, made the remarks while speaking with journalists on Sunday in Osogbo. The...
The 2023 PDP Governorship Candidate in Lagos State and Lead Visioner of the Lagos4Lagos Movement, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), has said his assignment presently is working towards the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Adediran said this during a rally to announce his return to the APC in...
The South-East bloc of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to reconsider its relationship with the party if the zone was denied the position of the party’s National Secretary. This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of South-East PDP Zonal Executive Committee (ZEC) meeting held on...