Tag: PDP
Unpaid Ground Rent: PDP Moves Caucus Meeting To Bauchi Govt Lodge
A caucus meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today held at the Bauchi State Government Lodge in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The meeting, which was earlier scheduled for 7 pm, was rescheduled following the sealing of the party’s national secretariat by the Federal Capital Territory Administration. The FCTA sealed Wadata Plaza, the building…
PDP Should Look At Bringing Peter Obi Back Into Its Fold, Says Sowunmi
A member of the People Democratic Party, Segun Sowunmi, has said his party needs to explore possible means of bringing back the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, into its fold. Obi left the PDP in May 2022 for the Labour Party, reportedly complaining of massive bribing of delegates and vote…
PDP Threatens Legal Action against Delta Governor, other Defectors
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved to initiate legal proceedings against the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, and other key stakeholders who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party’s leadership, after a marathon six-hour closed-door meeting at its national secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday, directed…
Okowa Hints At Atiku’s Imminent Departure As PDP Moves To Address Defections
A former Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has claimed that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is preparing to leave the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the 2027 general elections. Okowa was Atiku’s running mate on the PDP ticket during the 2023 presidential election. However, Okowa defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, last…
VIDEO: Former Minister Reveals Reason For Massive Defections From PDP
A former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has blamed the need for protection over alleged corruption cases as the reason for the recent gale of defections into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Dalung spoke on Tuesday during his appearance on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief hours after the latest wave of defection,…
Mass Defections: Is The PDP Dead And Gone?
Once upon a time, a political party bestrode Nigerian politics like a colossus. It governed Nigeria for 16 years and vowed to rule for 60 years. But it was utter hubris. Buffeted from crisis to crisis, a deep rot set in, then an existential decline. Charles Darwin famously said that any organism that cannot adapt…
VIDEO: More Troubles For Atiku As Another PDP Gov. Declares Support For Tinubu
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has declared that President Bola Tinubu will remain in power till 2031. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governor said Tinubu has the backing of Nigerians to remain in power till 2031. Eno disclosed this during the flag-off of the Akwa Ibom section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project…
VIDEO: Count Us Out Of Merger- PDP Governors Tell Atiku, Others
Amidst ongoing controversy trailing talks of mergers and coalitions ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum says the party is not prepared to join any coalition or merger. The resolution was made in a communique issued at the end of the Forum’s meeting held in Ibadan, the Oyo state…
PDP Govs Challenge Fubara’s Suspension Before Supreme Court
Eleven Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party have approached the Supreme Court challenging what powers the president has to suspend a democratically elected structure of a state. The suit filed by the governors also challenged the declaration of Emergency rule in Rivers State. While the media previously reported that the suit has been filed before…
PDP Faults Tinubu, Shettima Over Foreign Trips
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT, Adolphus Wabara has said President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima have shown that they are not prepared for governance. Wabara accused Tinubu and Shettima of travelling abroad while Nigeria “burns”. He described Tinubu and Shettima’s foreign trips as “the height of…
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