A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olabode George, has joined the call for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, while making a case for the position to be filled by a southerner. George who was a former deputy national chairman of the PDP, said the present arrangement in the party
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No fewer than 1,868 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of next year’s general elections. This was contained in a statement issued by the state PDP spokesman, Malam Hassan Sanyinnawal, in Sokoto on Thursday. According to Sanyinnawal, the defectors, who are businessmen
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The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, gave conditions for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu. According to Atiku, Ayu’s resignation must be done in accordance with the party’s constitution, rules, regulations and practice. He said: “We cannot do anything outside our constitution except if
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The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has called for the resignation of Senator Iyorchia Ayu as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Makinde said Ayu has to step down for the people of the South to feel a sense of belonging in the party. He made this call at the South-West
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The Imo State government and the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) have clashed over the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state on Tuesday. Buhari, during his visit, will inaugurate the rebuilt State House of Assembly complex, the first phase of the Owerri- Okigwe Road, and the Owerri- Orlu Road, according to
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A former national chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus has congratulated Atiku Abubakar and the National Executive Committee of the party for stabilising the former ruling party, which he said was an indication that victory was imminent in 2023. Secondus said in a statement on Friday that the outcome of the party’s NEC meeting
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The PDP National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, has described the new Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara, as an elder statesman of immense preparation, saying the party currently needs his diplomatic skills. He implored the new BoT chairman to use his diplomatic experience by reaching all aggrieved party members, with a
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An aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Anambra State House of Assembly for the Onitsha South 1 Constituency seat, Hon. Chris Arinze had dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, PDP, and Hon. Ejike Umeojiako, to the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged falsification of documents. Arinze prayed the court to declare him
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that the time of reckoning is coming for those who continue to insist that they can take the national leadership in the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). The governor maintained that nobody can silence him from speaking against such injustice and demanding that the right thing be done. Wike spoke
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The general public has been informed that the Sokoto State Governor, Rt Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has not resigned as the chairman of PDP Governors’ Forum. The notice was contained in a press statement dated 8th September 2022, signed by the Director General(DG) PDP Governors’Forum, Hon CID Maduabum. “This is to inform the general public
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Senator Walid Jibrin has resigned his position as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He disclosed this on Thursday at the 97th BoT meeting of the party in Abuja. He said the decision was made to ensure the party’s presidential candidate emerged victorious in the 2023 elections. Jibrin said
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to accept and publish the name of one Sani Yakubu Noma as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Argungu/Augie Federal Constituency of Kebbi State for the 2023 general elections. The court nullified the substitution of the name of
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The National Executive Council(NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party will hold its meeting on Thursday, September 8, 2022. A member of PDP NEC who pleaded for anonymity disclosed this to Daily Vendor Newspaper. It is expected that the crisis involving the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike would take the front
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, were identifying with former President Goodluck Jonathan, to beguile Nigerians ahead of the 2023 elections. The main opposition party maintained that both Tinubu, Shettima and other APC critical actors have been taking
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A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has urged the Rivers State Governor, Nyeson Wike, to stop making outrageous demands from the party. Babatope who was a former Minister of Transport said the demands allegedly made by Wike that the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku
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