The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT); Samuel Anyanwu, its suspended national secretary; and Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti. Their expulsion was announced on Saturday at the party’s national convention in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. Others expelled include Umar Bature, Ajibade Kamarudeen, Mao Ohabunwa,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the dissolution of its structures in Imo, Abia, Enugu, Akwa Ibom and Rivers states. Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, moved the motion for the dissolution at the PDP national convention in Ibadan, the state capital, to validate the executives elected through congresses conducted across the country. Makinde said…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, elective convention scheduled for today is progressing steadily as more party chieftains from across the 36 states continue to arrive at the venue. As of 1:35 p.m., the stadium was almost filled to capacity, with 17 states out of the 36 and the FCT already accredited. Although the convention was…
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has distanced itself from the report by a reconciliation committee on resolving the lingering crisis in the party, and the conduct of a peaceful national convention. The committee, chaired by Ambassador Hassan Adamu, was inaugurated on November 5, 2025, following directives from the BoT….
Former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has debunked a circulating report claiming he has withdrawn his case against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and given the party the go-ahead to proceed with its planned national convention in Ibadan. Lamido made the clarification in a statement posted on his official Facebook page on Friday evening,…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to put on hold its national convention scheduled to hold in Ibadan, Oyo state, on Saturday and Sunday. The court, in the judgement that was delivered by Justice Peter Lifu, equally restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from supervising,…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked and abducted a trader and former ward chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Boriya–Shiya Ward, Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, Abubakar Sise. Sise was kidnapped from his residence in the Boriya community in the early hours of Thursday. ‎According to information gathered, the attack…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that its national convention scheduled for November 15 in Ibadan, Oyo State, will hold as scheduled, despite court orders halting it. In a statement by its spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, on Wednesday, the party urged members and the public to “disregard misleading claims being peddled to the contrary by…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended Jude Ezenwafor, its governorship candidate in last Saturday’s Anambra election, over alleged sabotage. The State Executive Committee (SEC) of the PDP in Anambra announced this at the end of its meeting held at the party’s office in Awka on Tuesday. The party stated that the suspension, which will…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has, for the second time, restrained the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its National Convention scheduled to hold in Ibadan, Oyo State, between November 15 and 16. The court also barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from supervising, monitoring, or recognising the outcome of the Convention, where…
