Tag: PDP
BREAKING: Wike’s PDP Faction Postpones Ekiti Guber Primary Election
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has postponed the Ekiti State gubernatorial primary earlier scheduled for Saturday, November 8th, 2025. The party said the primary election was postponed due to logistics issues. This was disclosed in a letter signed by the acting National Chairman, Abdulrahman Mohammed, and National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu. The letter…
BREAKING: Acting PDP Chairman, Mohammed Cancels Ibadan National Convention
The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abdulrahman Mohammed, has cancelled the proposed national convention scheduled for Ibadan, Oyo State. Mohammed suspended the convention alongside the party’s National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu and some members of the National Working Committee, NWC, in a press briefing on Wednesday. He said the PDP had received…
Court Clears PDP To Hold Scheduled National Convention
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has cleared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to proceed with its scheduled elective National Convention on November 15 and 16, 2025. In a ruling delivered by Justice A. L. Akintola, the court granted an interim order allowing the party to hold the convention as planned in Ibadan,…
Protest Rocks PDP National Secretariat As Wike-Led Faction Takes Over
A protest erupted on Monday at the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, Wadata Plaza in Abuja, as supporters of the factional acting National Chairman of the party, Mohammed Abdulrahman, stormed the premises. The group, chanting solidarity songs, demanded that the National Working Committee, led by Umar Damagum, vacate the headquarters immediately. Abdulrahman was…
PDP Crisis: Wike’ll Fight, Wahala Just Started – Fayose
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to the current leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Fayose warned that PDP leaders should be ready because the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike will fight them for looking for what he described as the Minister’s “wahala.” In a viral…
PDP Leadership Implodes As Rival Factions Suspend Each Other
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slipped into a full-blown leadership crisis as two rival factions of its National Working Committee (NWC) issued suspensions against each other on Saturday, throwing the party into confusion less than two years before the 2027 general election. The tension began after an emergency NWC meeting in Abuja, where one…
Court Judgment Won’t Stop National Convention – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that the judgment of the Federal High Court will not halt its preparations for the forthcoming national convention scheduled to hold in November. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, made this known in a statement on Thursday following the court’s ruling. Ologunagba described the judgment as an…
Court Stops 2025 PDP’s National Convention
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the planned 2025 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) until the party complies with the statutory requirements of the party, the Constitution and the Electoral Act are met. Delivering judgement on Friday in a suit filed by three aggrieved members of…
PDP Postpones Screening Of Aspirants For 2025 National Convention
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the screening of aspirants for its 2025 national convention. In a statement on Monday, the opposition party said it was moved due to “unforeseen” issues. “The National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC) of our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has put on hold the screening of aspirants…
Ben Murray-Bruce Defects To APC
A former member of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has announced his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Murray-Bruce, who was elected to the Senate in 2015 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), represented Bayelsa East until 2019. In a statement shared on social media on Wednesday, the former lawmaker explained that…