PDP govs move to Nigerian Supreme Court to challenge Tinubu’s emergency rule in Rivers State

Peoples 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, […]

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PDP Governors’ Forum heads for court over emergency rule in Rivers State

Peoples 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 […]

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Nigerian Supreme Court reinstates Anyanwu as PDP National Secretary

It 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 […]

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Fubara remains Rivers State governor, PDP insists

Peoples 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 […]

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Nasir El-Rufai’s Defections: PDP, CPC, APC, SDP, By Reuben Abati

Perhaps 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 […]

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PDP rejects the south-south zonal congress

In 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 […]

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Court refuses Anyanwu’s bid to stop PDP, INEC from effecting his removal

Nigeria’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 […]

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Ex-council chair, six others shot dead in APC, PDP supporters war in Osun

No 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 […]

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NWC of PDP overrules Wabara’s suspension, says it is illegal

National 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 […]

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11 NWC members of PDP write to Supreme Court against Damagum, Anyanwu

The 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 […]

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PDP’s acting National Chairman, Secretary threaten to sue Deji Adeyanju over alleged defamation

The 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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To capture Ondo Guber election is to repeat events of 1983, 1963 ―PDP replies Ganduje, APC

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, replied the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Umar Ganduje, and told him that any attempt to capture the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State would be to invite whirlwind and its attendant consequences. The APC chairman had boasted that the party would “capture” the Southwest by […]

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PDP crisis over, says Chairman of PDP Governors Forum

Governor of Bauchi State and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDPGF), Bala Mohammed, announced that the PDP governors have settled the factional crisis affecting the party’s National Working Committee. He said this on Tuesday when journalists approached him at the Private Wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The Chairman of […]

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New PDP acting national chairman, Ahmed Yayari assumes office, issues press statement

Ahmed Yayari Mohammed, the factional acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said he has assumed his position as the leader of the party. Considering the intractable crisis and defection in the party, Yayari was appointed as the acting Chairman by the faction opposed to the leadership style of Illiya Damagum. In a statement […]

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PDP warns police and APC, declares preparedness for Rivers LG election

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the Nigeria Police against derailing democracy, charging the people of Rivers State to participate in the Saturday Local Government Area election. Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers State Governor, reaffirmed on Thursday that the local government election will take place, despite protests from supporters of his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is currently […]

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Wike summoned by disciplinary committee over anti-party activities ―PDP Deputy National Publicity Secretary

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has summoned the former Governor of Rivers State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over alleged anti-party activities. The PDP Deputy National Publicity Secretary (PDP DNPS), Ibrahim Abdullahi, made this known on Monday during an appearance on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily. He stated that Wike […]

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PDP, Labour Party condemn Presidency over new presidential jet

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), on Monday, berated the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government for purchasing a new presidential jet worth $100m without the approval of the National Assembly. Deputy National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Ibrahim Abdullahi, and Deputy Youth Leader, Timothy Osadolor, described the action of the government as insensitive, […]

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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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