Security Tight as Rival PDP Factions Plan Parallel Meetings
Security was reinforced at the PDP national headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday as rival factions prepared to hold separate meetings at the same venue. Armed police and patrol vehicles were stationed outside the secretariat, where factional national secretary Samuel Anyanwu — aligned with Nyesom Wike — arrived early and took control of his office. Anyanwu […]
PDP Confirms Ibadan as Venue for Crucial Elective Convention
The Adamawa State governor, who chairs the PDP convention planning committee, confirmed that the party will hold its elective convention in Ibadan. He made the announcement following a stakeholders’ meeting at the Bauchi State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro. The meeting was attended by key party leaders, including governors, the national chairman, former Senate president, and other […]
Southern PDP Leaders Reject Lagos Zoning Meeting as Illegitimate
State chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), along with former governors, lawmakers, and key Southern stakeholders, have rejected a zoning meeting held in Lagos on August 21, calling it illegitimate and unrepresentative. In a joint statement signed by PDP chairmen from Imo, Abia, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, and Rivers States—alongside National Assembly members and […]
The Kogi govt blasted as ‘anti-people’ for raising school fees
The Peoples Democratic Party’s Federal House of Representatives candidate for Dekina/Bassa, Usman Okai Austin, has strongly criticised the decision of the Kogi State Government to raise school fees for public secondary school students from N2000 to N4000. Okai said Governor Usman Ododo’s anti-people policy of increasing school fees will worsen the situation in public schools. […]
Wike tags some PDP leaders as political buccaneers
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has slammed some leaders of the PDP in Rivers State, labelling them as “political buccaneers”. Wike, who was governor of the oil-rich South-South state from May 2015 to May 2023, blasted PDP leaders in the state for declaring support for his former political son, Governor Siminalayi […]
Edo Deputy Governor storms PDP national headquarters in Abuja, demands for certificate of return
Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu yesterday stormed the PDP’s national headquarters in Abuja, demanding the party’s CERTIFICATE OF RETURN for the governorship election. Shaibu was declared the winner of a “parallel PDP governorship candidate for the state” while Asue Ighodalo won the main election. Although the PDP had presented a certificate of return to […]
A former Chairman of Sterling Bank, Asue Ighodalo, has emerged the winner of the PDP primary election in Edo State
Ighodalo, who is backed by Governor Godwin Obaseki, was elected at the delegate election of the party held on Thursday, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium. But the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, held a parallel primary elsewhere and was declared parallel winner, after securing 300 votes. Ighodalo scored a total of 577 votes […]
PDP governors urge Federal Government to address insecurity, economic hardship
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, restated their position on state policing, as the solution to the country’s worsening security situation. The Chairman of the Forum, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, who briefed journalists after a meeting of the governors in Abuja, says the governors also decried […]
The PDP Governors’ Forum expresses support for the creation of State Police
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has expressed full support for the creation of State Police, saying it will address the current security challenges confronting the country. The Governor of Bauchi State and Chairman of the forum, Bala Mohammed, said this on Thursday when he led his colleagues in the forum on a visit […]
The Presidency describes the statement of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar reckless
The Presidency has described as “reckless”, a statement by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar calling for the resignation of President Bola Tinubu over rising killings and kidnappings in Nigeria. In a statement, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga said contrary to Atiku’s claims, Tinubu is on top of the […]
