Atiku, Wike meet at PDP National Caucus meeting (Photos)

Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, attended the PDP’s national caucus meeting in Abuja on Wednesday evening, April 17. The meeting comes prior to the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, scheduled to take place […]

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APC vs PDP: When a woman marries a second husband, By Azuka Onwuka

There is an Igbo proverb that says: When a woman marries the second husband, she understands the true worth of the first husband. It is the same for a man who divorces his wife and marries a second wife. Usually, the first spouse seems bad until the divorce occurs and another marriage takes place. Some […]

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Rivers lawmakers’ defection: PDP asks INEC to conduct fresh elections in 27 State constituencies

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released a Press statement asking Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct fresh elections to fill the 27 state constituencies vacant seats of the defected lawmakers. See the PDP’s Press statement below: December 11, 2023 Press Statement Rivers State Assembly: PDP Demands INEC to Conduct Fresh Elections in […]

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27 Rivers State Assembly members defect from PDP to APC

Twenty-seven members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have on Monday defected from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers  cited division within the PDP as the primary reason for their defection to the APC. The affected lawmakers are said to be the ones […]

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PDP’s Douye Diri wins Bayelsa State Guber election

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of November 11, 2023 gubernatorial election in the state. Returning Officer, Prof Faruq Kuta, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna, announced Diri as the winner of the election at […]

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Election Tribunal dismisses PDP, LP’s petition against Sanwo-Olu, APC

Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal for Lagos State, on Monday, dismissed the petitions brought by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Labour Party (LP), and Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the victory of Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 governorship election. Jandor had contested the results of the March 18 […]

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Wike calls for suspension of Atiku and Tambuwal from PDP

Former Rivers State Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has called for the suspension of Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and former Governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal from the party. In an interview on Channels Television on Thursday, September 7, Wike claimed that PDP lost the […]

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PDP says Chicago State University agrees to release Tinubu’s academic records

Chicago State University (CSU) in the State of Illinois, United States, has reportedly agreed to release the academic records of Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu. Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, who is challenging the emergence of President Bola Tinubu, as winner of the February 25, 2023 presidential election, had written to […]

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Catalogue of Lootings in Nigeria: How Corruption Under PDP Became Child’s Play Under APC, By Femi Falana

1. Diversion of N40 billion from Federation Account A company, Continental Transfert Technique had been hired by the Ministry of Interior to collect the Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Alien Card (CERPAC) Fee of $2,000 per annum from every expatriate in Nigeria. The revenue from 2019 comes to an average of N40 billion per annum. […]

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PDP, LP attacks Nigerian govt as Presidency rejects EU poll report

Presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, have lampooned the Presidency for rejecting the European Union (EU) final report on the February 25 presidential election. The EU Observer Mission in its report faulted the polls owing to “enduring systemic weaknesses.” The Presidential […]

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Big upset looms in Senate: 22 APC Senators set to decamp to PDP

Barring any last minute change of mind, a major upset will occur in the Senate, Sunday Sun can authoritatively report. This was revealed to Sunday Sun by a reliable Senator from the Northwest, who said that 22 All Progressives Congress (APC) senators have perfected plan to dump the ruling party by decamping to the Peoples Democratic Party […]

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Tinubu that attended South West College was female ―Atiku, PDP tell election tribunal as they tender Tinubu’s Chicago State University, NYSC, Mobil certificates

Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) sitting in Abuja, Nigeria has admitted certified copies of Academic and work records of President Bola Tinubu tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The documents include a B.Sc certificate from the Chicago State University, NYSC Discharge Certificate, and Mobil Nigeria Oil Plc certificate of […]

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Southwest PDP national vice chairman, Adagunodo is dead

The Southwest zonal Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Vice Chairman, Mr. Olasoji Adagunodo is dead. He died on Tuesday evening at the age of 62. Close sources to Adagunodo, revealed that the politician travelled to the United States (US) shortly after the general elections for a routine medical checkup but he did not come back. […]

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Why PDP lost presidential election —Party chieftain

Senator Obinna Ogba of the Peoples Democratic Party (Ebonyi Central) said on Sunday that the party deservedly lost the 2023 general elections because of the mismanagement of affairs by its National Working Committee. Ogba told a news conference at his Nkalagu hometown in Ishielu Local Government Area that the NWC shot itself in the foot […]

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PDP lifts suspension of Fayose, Anyim, others

In a statement signed by the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, the National Working Committee (NWC) of PDP has on Thursday reviewed and reversed the suspensions of some of its chieftains. PDP chieftains whose suspension was lifted include former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose; former Secretary to the Government of […]

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PDP appoints acting National Chairman following Ayu’s suspension

National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Umar Damagum, to oversee the affairs of the party as chairman but in acting capacity. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, announced this at a press conference on Tuesday, at the party’s secretariat. He said: “The National Working Committee (NWC) of […]

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PDP in Benue suspends Ayu with immediate effect

The crisis rocking the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Benue State worsened on Sunday as the ward executive of the party slammed suspension on the party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu. Ayu’s suspension is coming barely a few days after the party’s National Working Committee had dragged the State Governor, Samuel Ortom, to its […]

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Fayose, Anyim, others suspended from PDP

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose; former Senate President/Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim; and other party officials like Prof. Dennis Ityavyar and Dr. Aslam Aliyu from the party for alleged anti-party activities. The party also referred Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom to […]

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