Former Benue State governor, Chief Samuel Ortom, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will survive its internal crisis, calling on supporters to remain steadfast. Ortom spoke on Sunday in Makurdi while hosting former aides who paid him a solidarity visit. He said the party’s leadership was working to strengthen its structures nationwide and expressed…
The factional National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday inaugurated Local Government Area (LGA) Caretaker Committees across all 20 council areas in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inauguration underscores the deepening…
The Lagos chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has downplayed the departure of Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, insisting the party will feel no loss after his defection to the All Progressives Congress. Mr Hakeem Olalemi, the PDP Vice Chairman (Central), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Fubara’s move was less a reflection…
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has officially left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing the PDP’s failure to protect the people of the state. Speaking to stakeholders at Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Fubara emphasized that his continued tenure as governor is due to the support of…
With the tenure of the current National Working Committee (NWC) set to end on 9 December 2025, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed a National Caretaker Committee to manage its affairs while preparations for a national convention continue. The decision, announced at the party’s 104th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Sunday,…
The Vice Chairman (West) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Chief Sunday Olaifa, says he is confident the party will overcome its internal divisions before Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, Olaifa—who also leads the New Era Political Movement—said he believed the PDP would…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki, on Tuesday said the party has not officially received any communication from Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, regarding his purported resignation from the PDP. Speaking to journalists after the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja, Turaki noted that while Adeleke has the…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect. Adeleke announced his decision in a letter dated November 4 and addressed to the chairman of Sagba Abogunde Ward 2, Ede North Local Government Area. The letter was made available to journalists early Tuesday in Osogbo. In…
More than 2,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors were formally received on Tuesday by the State APC Chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Kana-Zuru, in Birnin Kebbi. Speaking on behalf of the group, former PDP House of…
Umar Damagum, former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has assured that the party will overcome its current difficulties and emerge stronger. The assurance came during a formal handover ceremony to the new National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja on Tuesday. Damagum acknowledged that the party had faced setbacks, including the loss of…
