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Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, Pastor Umo Eno, has decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Eno made the announcement at the Government House, Uyo on Friday, flanked by the governors of Lagos, Ogun, Edo, Delta, Ebonyi and Cross River. “Earlier this morning I submitted my letter […]
Continue ReadingOctopuses are considered by biologists to be very crafty, clever, cephalopods, who have multiple brains and three hearts, and can easily manoeuvre their ways around even the most difficult circumstances. These Einsteins of the Deep can be very playful, but you can only underestimate their resourcefulness at your own peril. They can dance in and […]
Continue ReadingThe three senators representing Kebbi State on Tuesday, May 13, formally announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the floor of the Nigerian Senate, marking a significant shift in the upper chamber’s political alignment. Senators Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central), Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North), and Garba Maidoki […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed reports suggesting it has officially recognised certain individuals as leaders of the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). INEC, in a statement issued on Thursday via its X handle, described the media reports as “false and misleading,” clarifying that no final decision has been […]
Continue ReadingGale of defections hitting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not about to stop, as Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, on Tuesday hinted at a possible defection, ahead of the 2027 general elections, likening his party (PDP) to a faulty aircraft, just as his comments elicited jitters and entreaties from PDP stalwarts. Eno, […]
Continue ReadingExcept for last-minute changes, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) and the Governors Forum (GF) are scheduled to hold a strategic meeting on May 11 to address the gale of defections and other challenges facing the party. Reports say a trusted member of the NWC, who would not want to be named, […]
Continue ReadingAfter the gale of defections sweeping through the ranks and strongholds of the country’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its National Working Committee has scheduled a meeting for Tuesday to address the wave of defections and other internal crises that have plagued the party over the past years. Recall that PDP’s former vice presidential […]
Continue ReadingFormer Kwara State governor and ex-president of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has assured members of the opposition PDP that there was no cause for alarm in spite of the switching of parties by Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori; and Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the former running mate to the PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have filed a suit at the Supreme Court challenging President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. President Tinubu had, on March 18, declared the emergency rule in Rivers State, citing Section 305(5) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended), and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has said it will take legal action against the Nigerian Government over the suspension of one of its own. President Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu; as well as members of the state House of Assembly for […]
Continue ReadingIt appears now that Nigerian Supreme Court may have on Friday reinstated Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), even though it didn’t specifically pronounce him as such. This is because the Nigeria’s apex Court, in a unanimous judgment of a five-member panel said the matters bordering on the […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) has castigated president Bola Tinubu and insisted that Sim Fubara remains the Governor of Rivers State despite the declaration of a state of emergency. National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba, speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, stated that the Nigerian Constitution does not grant President Tinubu the […]
Continue ReadingPerhaps the most important political event, this week in Nigeria, so far, nobody knows if there would be a free-for-all fight in Rivers state tomorrow, or some melodrama in Osun state or elsewhere, before the week runs out – is the announced defection of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai from the All Progressives Congress party (APC) to […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement on Saturday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed claims that it conducted its South-South Zonal Congress, stating that a reported gathering in Calabar, Cross River State, was not an official event of the party. The statement further explained that the party had officially […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in all the 30 local government areas of Osun State. Hashim Abioye, Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), made this known at a press conference on Saturday in Osogbo, the state capital. He also said the PDP also cleared the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday rejected the request of the embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Anyanwu, to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from giving effect to his removal as the party’s secretary. Instead, the Presiding Judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, directed Anyanwu to notify […]
Continue ReadingNo fewer than six persons reportedly lost their lives on Monday as the dispute over the status of former local government chairmen of Osun State turned bloody. At least, two persons were feared killed in Iragbiji of Boripe Local Government Areas of Osun State, while several others wounded in other LGs in the state following […]
Continue ReadingNational Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the purported suspension of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT), Senator Adolphus Wabara, describing it as illegal. The party, in a statement on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, faulted the suspension, stating that it violated the PDP Constitution […]
Continue ReadingThe catastrophe in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shown no sign of subsiding, as 11 members of the National Working Committee (NWC) moved against the acting PDP National Chairman, Umar Damagum, and National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, in the ongoing legal battle over the party’s secretary, according to Sunday Punch. Damagum is being asked to […]
Continue ReadingThe Acting National Chairman and National Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagun and Samuel Anyanwu, have threatened to sue Deji Adeyanju, a lawyer and activist, over allegations bordering on defamation. Anyanwu, threatened to drag Adeyanju to court on civil and criminal litigations over the alleged defamatory remarks. The two PDP chieftains made this […]
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