The Peoples Democratic Party’s state chairmen have split over the National Convention of the party scheduled for today (Sunday) in Abuja. The convention is being organised by the faction loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Speaking with our correspondent, the Chairman of the PDP in Edo State who also doubles [&...
•Hashim and Wike A presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Gbenga Hashim, has cautioned the faction loyal to Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, against staging another factional convention, warning that such a move could further fracture the party. Hashim in a statement today described the...
The Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has faulted the judgment of the Appeal Court, nullifying the national convention held on November 15 and 16, 2025, in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. Reacting to the court judgment, the National Publicity Secretary of the group, Ini Ememobong, said the party wil...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the judgment barring the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from validating the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The appellate court delivered the judgment with members of the opposition party from both divides present in court. … developing story
The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) slow-motion disintegration has reached critical mass, with stakeholders warning that personal ambition, compromised judicial interventions, strategic defections by sitting governors, and Nyesom Wike’s determination to “pull down the house” have made the party’s planned Ibadan convention impossible and its 2...
•Eddy Olafeso Former National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eddy Olafeso, has accused those opposing the party’s national convention of working to establish a one-party state in Nigeria. Olafeso made the allegation last night on Channels Television. Reacting to the Federal High Court’s order stopping the PDP from holding...
The hearing of the case challenging the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) planned National Convention was today adjourned again by Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, under intense security as journalists were barred from covering the proceedings. Justice Akintola adjourned the hearing of the Motion on Notice filed by ...
•Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal, yesterday, inaugurated the Accreditation and Special Duties subcommittees of the Peoples Democratic Party, in preparation for the party’s convention. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced November 15 and 16 as the dates for its 2025 Elective National Convent...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 31 for judgement in a suit seeking to stop the 2025 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the grounds of alleged violations of the party’s rules. Justice Omotosho fixed the date after taking arguments for and against the suit […]
•Sam Anyanwu A forgery allegation raised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, against the party leadership has deepened the crisis ravaging the main opposition party ahead of its November 15 convention in Ibadan. The National Secretary claimed that a letter from the party on the proposed National Convention...
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