Tanimu Kabiru Turaki, former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs,has been adopted as the consensus candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the North for the position of National Chairman ahead of the party’s national convention scheduled for November in Ibadan,
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Zamfara State Chapter, heartily commends Dauda Lawal, for approving the reinstatement of 103 teachers who were earlier dismissed from service due to administrative errors discovered during the state’s civil service verification exercise. The decision, announced by the Honourable Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mallam
The decision was announced on Tuesday after a meeting of the PDP State Chairmen Forum held at the party’s secretariat in Abuja. The meeting was chaired by Edward Percy Masha, acting secretary of the forum. Those suspended are Austine Nwachukwu, chairman of the Imo State chapter, and Amah Abraham Nnana, chairman of the Abia State […]
Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State, on Wednesday ended weeks of speculation about his political future as he officially announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing “obvious reasons” for his decision. The governor made the announcement during an expanded State Executive Council meeting held at Government House, Yenagoa, which was attended by
The Senator representing Bauchi North, Samaila Dahuwa Kaila, has attributed his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to incessant internal crises and factionalization within the party. In a letter addressed to the PDP Ward Chairman in Tsokuwa/Kofar Gabar Ward, Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Kaila said the deepening crisis in the PDP […]
Godswill Akpabio, Senate President, has taunted opposition following the defection of Kelvin Chukwu, senator representing Enugu East. Akpabio, on Wednesday, aimed a dig at the opposition lawmakers in the upper legislative chamber after Chukwu moved to the ruling party from the APC. Chukwu, who announced his defection during plenary, attributed his decision to a lingering
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has praised Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, for his “landmark” infrastructural drive, particularly the state’s first-ever flyover bridge at Ikpoba Hill, Begovernor. Represented by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, at the inspection of the one-kilometre project, Tinubu described the flyover as a transformative intervention that
The crisis rocking the Edo state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worsened on Sunday as a new faction loyal to Nyesom Wike, FCT Minister, elected Nosa Ogieva as factional chairman. Ogieva and 13 other executive members were sworn in after a congress attended by 576 delegates from 192 wards. He pledged to reunite the party and […]
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the constitution of caretaker committees to oversee the affairs of its Cross River and Akwa Ibom State chapters. Debo Ologunagba, PDP National Publicity Secretary, announced this in a statement on Tuesday, saying the move was in line with the party’s constitution (as […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has indefinitely extended the deadline for the submission of nomination and expression of interest forms. Debo Ologunagba, secretary of the publicity sub-committee of the national convention organising committee (NCOC), announced the extension in a statement released in Abuja. He explained that the earlier deadline of September 26 had
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday held its local government congress across the 18 LGAs, electing new executive committees and national delegates. Speaking at the Oredo Local Government Secretariat, the State Caretaker Committee Chairman, Tony Aziegbemi, described the exercise as “the rebirth of the PDP ahead of 2027.” “What […]
Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, confirmed that peace has returned to Rivers State following the lifting of emergency rule by President Bola Tinubu. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today, on Thursday, Wike disclosed that he spoke with Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Wednesday, hours before the president’s announcement. “As I speak to you, […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC that the blanket endorsement of the President ahead of the 2027 presidential election does guarantee his victory. The party described such hasty endorsements across board as a sign that the APC is becoming jittery ahead of the general […]
The Office of the National Vice Chairman, PDP South East Zone, Hon. Goodluck Chidiebere Egwu, has stated that no PDP congress was conducted in Ebonyi State at Ward, Local Government, or State level. Disclosing this in a statement, 𝐇𝐨𝐧. 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈𝐟𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐣𝐢𝐨𝐤𝐞, 𝐒𝐀 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 & 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐏𝐃𝐏 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐙𝐨𝐧e pointed […]
Aminu Tambuwal, ex-governor of Sokoto, has revealed plans to unseat President Tinubu in 2027 as a national consensus, which he is willing to do his best to achieve. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today, the former speaker revealed his commitment to ousting Tinubu and APC from the presidential seat in the 2027 elections. “I am […]
Aminu Tambuwal, former governor of Sokoto, has revealed that he would always choose Atiku over Wike for Nigerian presidency although the FCT minister is his friend. Tambuwal made this statement on Friday during the Politics Today program on Channels TV, while refuting claims that he betrayed the ex- Rivers governor in 2022. In 2022, Tambuwal […]
The Christian Youths in Politics, a group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged the party leadership and Bala Mohammed, Bauchi governor, to zone the 2027 governorship ticket to Bauchi north. At a press conference on Wednesday in Bauchi, Jondes James, chairman of the group, said the endorsement of Farouq Mustapha, commissioner for rural […]
…demand fresh congresses in Ebonyi, Anambra, South-East …reject micro-zoning Leaders and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have drawn a red line for the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), insisting that unless certain critical conditions are met, the forthcoming National Convention would be deemed invalid. Rising from a high-powered meeting in Abuja
Umar Damagum, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the party is not broken and there is no division ahead of the national convention scheduled for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan. He made the declaration at the inauguration of the National Convention (Main) Planning Committee at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. […]
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP will today in Abuja inaugurate its 2025 national convention organizing committee. This followed the approval of the National Executive Committee (NEC), the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. With the inauguration scheduled to take place at NEC Hall, PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, the party officially put in […]
