Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State has accused Governor Umo Eno of political persecution, targeting its members contrary to his promise to provide a level playing field for all the people when he defected from PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in June last year ....
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Speaker, Taraba State House of Assembly, Hon. John Bonzena and 16 other members who were elected under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have defected from the party to the All Progressive Congress (APC). The Speaker began by submitting his own resignation letter, formally leaving the PDP...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart Samuel Anyanwu has dismissed the party’s recent convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, describing the entire exercise as a “jamboree” and insisting it lacked legitimacy. Speaking in an exclusive chat with Channels Television—just hours after the PDP announced his suspension alongside several other party figures—Anyanwu...
If my late good friend, Dr. Onukaba Ojo of blessed memory were alive, he would have perfectly given the Ibadan PDP Convention a most befitting theatrical production, staging it under the genre: Tragicomedy of the Highest Order, or something even better. Not because the actors lacked costumes or a...
Two governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa and Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, have openly opposed the move to expel Nyesom Wike and several other party figures shortly after delegates cast their ballots at the PDP convention in Ibadan, Oyo State. Fintiri, who chairs the...
All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday welcomed top political figures from opposition parties in Plateau State in what party leaders described as one of the most significant political realignments ahead of the 2027 general elections. The reception ceremony at the Polo Field, Jos, drew thousands of supporters and featured...
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo, is set to officially receive former Governor of the state, Capt. Idris Wada, into the All Progressives Congress (APC) alongside his supporters. A statement issued on Saturday by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Ismaila Isah, said Ododo will be joined by other state...
The ancient city of Ibadan, long regarded as the political heartbeat of Southwestern Nigeria, has thrown its gates wide open as it prepares to host what many are already describing as one of the most consequential gatherings in the party’s recent history—the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Elective Convention,...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has drawn a firm line in the sand, declaring that its 2025 Elective National Convention will hold exactly as scheduled—November 15 and 16, 2025 in Ibadan—regardless of what it describes as “persistent judicial distractions.” This resolution emerged from an emergency stakeholders’ meeting that ran late...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed that the suspension of three top national officers — Senator Samuel Anyanwu (National Secretary), Hon. Umar Bature (National Organising Secretary), and Barr. Kamaldeen Ajibade (SAN), National Legal Adviser — remains in full effect. The party also dismissed claims by North Central Vice Chairman,...
Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Bayelsa, Dr Sylbriks Obriki has sent a notice that the next Senator that would represent Bayelsa West Senatorial District in 2027, must as a matter of right, come from Ekeremor. Obriki gave this...
In a strong show of unity and purpose, the Forum of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) State Chairmen has thrown its full weight behind the party’s National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagun, and the National Working Committee (NWC), as preparations heighten for the PDP National Elective Convention scheduled for November 15–16,...
Coalition of Northwestern State PDP Support Groups has thrown its weight behind the suspension of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Umar Iliya Damagun, and five others, describing the move as a bold step toward repositioning the party for future success. In a statement jointly signed by the...
The factional acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abdulrahman Muhammed has cancelled the party elective national convention scheduled for Nov. 15. Muhammed, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike’s backed factional National Working Committee (NWC) announced this on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- Residents of Yenagoa, the capital city of Bayelsa State, were enthralled by renewed hope on Monday, as Vice President Bola Tinubu formally received Governor Douye Diri and his teeming supporters into the All Progressives Congress (APC). President Tinubu described the occasion as one of “those...
President Bola Tinubu has officially welcomed a group of prominent defectors from the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in a major political development for Southern Kaduna. The defection of over 10 influential figures was celebrated at a grand rally held in Kafanchan,...
Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from monitoring or recognising the results of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) proposed national convention. Delivering judgment on Friday, Justice James Omotosho ruled that the PDP did not adhere to the statutory procedures...
Rep. Daniel Amos (PDP- Kaduna) on Friday announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Amos represents Jema’a/Sanga Federal Constituency. Amos made this known while addressing newsmen in Kafanchan, shortly after tendering his resignation letter to the PDP. The lawmaker,...
House of Representatives witnessed a wave of defections on Thursday as five members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Enugu State and one Labour Party (LP) lawmaker from Plateau State officially crossed over to the All Progressives Congress (APC). During plenary, Speaker Abbas Tajudeen read the individual letters...
By JOHN MKOM, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally received and cleared him to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), signaling his imminent defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja during an expanded meeting...