A major confrontation broke out on Tuesday at the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as two rival leadership factions clashed in the presence of high-profile party leaders. The tension stemmed from a power struggle between the Taminu Turaki–led National Working Committee (NWC) and a parallel faction...
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FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike-supported faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Muhammed Abdulrahman, has announced emergency meetings of its National Executive Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) for Tuesday. A notice released on Monday by the suspended National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, stated that the meetings will...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has no choice but to accept ”displaced politicians” from other parties in the wake of rising defections, Sen. Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, has said Ndume said this at the Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe’s 6th Annual Award Lecture 2025(121-Posthumous Birthday Celebration)themed “The Power of Pan-African unity,...
A former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki (SAN), has been chosen as the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His emergence followed the party’s national convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State, where delegates drawn from 17 states voted to fill key leadership...
Newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Turaki, used his acceptance speech to reassure party members that the trust they have placed in him “will not be taken for granted.” Turaki clinched the chairmanship at the PDP’s national convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State, where...
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, host of the 2025 PDP National Convention, has said he is confident the gathering will mark a turning point for the party’s national future. Makinde made the remark on Saturday while welcoming delegates to the convention at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan. He...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the expulsion of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, the factional secretary of the party, Samuel Anyanwu, Austine Nwachukwu and Dan Orbit over alleged misconduct and indiscipline. The motion for their expulsion was read by the former BoT Chairman,...
Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has categorically dissociated and distanced itself from the purported report of the BoT reconciliation committee being circulated in some section of the media. Chairman of PDP BoT, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, disclosed this in a statement issued by the party...
Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from proceeding with its national convention, ruling that the event cannot go ahead until former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, is allowed to obtain a chairmanship nomination form. Delivering judgment on Friday, Justice Peter Lifu held that...
A High Court sitting in Ibadan has fixed December 8 to deliver its ruling on a hotly contested jurisdictional challenge in a suit seeking to halt the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s upcoming National Convention scheduled for this weekend in the Oyo State capital. The suit was instituted by party...
National Judicial Institute (NJI) has clarified that conflicting judgments or orders issued by courts of equal standing should not be interpreted as a collapse of the judicial system. NJI Administrator, Justice Babatunde Adejumo, made the remark on Thursday in Abuja during a media briefing ahead of the 2025 All...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has clarified that its 2025 National Convention will hold as originally planned and has not been postponed. The National Working Committee (NWC) and the 2025 National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC), confirmed that the convention is set to take place in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital,...
In a major setback for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the party from holding its 2025 National Convention, scheduled to take place in Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15 and 16. The court, led by Justice Peter Odo Lifu, also barred...
Newly elected chairman of Lau Local Government Area in Taraba State, Peter Julius, has vowed to transform rice production and livestock farming in the region by linking local farmers with major rice producers across Africa. Julius spoke on Saturday shortly after he was declared winner of the Saturday’s November...
Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed its confidence in the leadership of the Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Iliya Damagum, declaring that the party remains “united, formidable and focused” as it prepares for its elective national convention scheduled for November 15 and 16, 2025,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom has blamed the challenges faced by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on the suspended National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, and five members of the National Working Committee of the party. A statement by...
The internal leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has escalated, with a faction of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) announcing the suspension of National Chairman Umar Damagum and five other top officials for one month. On Saturday, during an emergency meeting in Abuja, the faction, led...
Former Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has condemned the recent court order stopping the party’s planned national convention, describing the decision as a dangerous precedent for Nigeria’s democracy. Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, restrained...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it is appalled by the judgement of the Federal High Court Abuja, presided over by Honorable Justice Kolawole Omotosho today, describing it as an assault on Nigeria’s democratic process. Recalled that the Federal High Court in Abuja had restrained the...
Federal High Court in Abuja has turned down an application by former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, seeking to stop the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its forthcoming national convention. Lamido, through his counsel Jeph Njikonye, SAN, had filed an ex-parte motion requesting the court to issue an...