The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will not recognise the Kabiru Turaki-led National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, citing subsisting court judgments and unresolved legal processes. INEC stated this in a letter dated December 22, 2025, and signed by its Secretary, Dr Rose Oriaran-Anthony, which was made available to our correspondent….
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted the national working committee (NWC) of a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun state. The PDP faction visited the former president on Saturday, and Kabiru Turaki led the delegation. Other members of the delegation include Muazu Aliyu, former Niger governor; Jonah Jang, former…
Kabiru Turaki, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called for intervention of Donald Trump, the U.S. President and other developed countries over Nigeria’s democracy. Turaki also shifted the party inaugural national working committee (NWC) meeting earlier slated for Tuesday in Abuja. Speaking to journalists after gaining access to the PDP headquarters at…
Kabiru Turaki, the newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has announced that his leadership will hold its inaugural National Working Committee (NWC) meeting on Tuesday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Mr Turaki, a former Minister of Special Duties, disclosed this while speaking with journalists at the FCT Police Command…
The newly elected Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kabiru Turaki, has assured party members and supporters that his leadership will usher in reforms aimed at restoring internal democracy and ending impunity within the party. In his acceptance speech on Saturday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Turaki acknowledged the weight of responsibility that comes…
Former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Kabiru Turaki has denied having sexual relations with Hadiza Baffa, whom he claimed to be his former protégé, let alone collect the foetuses of the eight abortions, Ms Baffa said he forced her to have. In August 2024, Ms Baffa made serious allegations against the former minister,…
A magistrate court in the federal capital territory (FCT) has granted N1 million bail to Kabiru Turaki, a former minister of special duties and inter-governmental affairs, following his arraignment on false marriage, adultery, and other offences. Turaki pleaded not guilty when the first information report (FIR) was read to him at the magistrate’s court in…
An Upper Area Court sitting in Kado, Abuja, has restrained the police from investigating a paternity dispute against former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki, pending the hearing and determination of the case. The presiding judge, Shehu Ahmadu, in a ruling, ordered the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police and his officers not to…