GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, is dead. He was 78. Ogbeh, who also served as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 2001 to 2005, died peacefully, his family announced in a statement on Saturday. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned party leaders to desist from engaging in anti-party activities or face sanctions. The party’s leadership said it reached the resolution after it reviewed the anti-party activities of certain members of the party “particularly those endorsing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for re-election in 2027.” The PDP national publicity secretary,…
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said his principal’s achievements in the past two years have exceeded what the Peoples Democratic Party recorded during its first eight years in power between 1999 and 2007. In a post via his X handle on Friday, Bwala argued that Tinubu assumed office…
… Facilitates Borehole Projects and Solar Power Installations to Transform Lives Across Wards 1–6 and Beyond In a remarkable show of grassroots leadership, Hon. (Mrs.) Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide, member representing Ibadan North Constituency I in the Oyo State House of Assembly, has launched a massive community development campaign across her constituency—spanning Wards 1, 2, 3,…
Ogun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has thrown its weight behind the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Ogun PDP chairman , Hon. Abayomi Tella, made this known on Monday at the inauguration of the campaign council and official campaign flag off of its candidate for House of Representatives, Remo Federal…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has outlined fresh conditions for reconciliation within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), insisting that the party must reverse recent decisions he considers unjust, including the removal of Chief Dan Orbih as the party’s National Vice Chairman (South-South). Speaking in his monthly television interview, Wike maintained…
Dino Melaye, former senator for Kogi west, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been taken over by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and is no longer a viable opposition. The former Kogi governorship candidate spoke on Friday during an interview on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme. Melaye, who recently defected to the African…
Indications emerged recently that former Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, may be considering a return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. There are fears that Obi’s defection to the PDP could destabilize the emerging opposition coalition, which is gaining momentum under the African Democratic Congress, ADC’s platform. Some watchers now believe that…
Former Kogi West senator and 2023 governorship candidate, Dino Melaye has formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), just hours after announcing his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Kogi State chapter of the ADC presented Melaye with a party membership card on Wednesday, confirming his new affiliation and stating that he had…
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), declaring it an “empty shell” and taunting its members as “Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)” seeking refuge after a wave of defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Abiodun made these remarks that the opposition party nationwide is an…