The Deputy Governor of Kogi, Mr Joel Salifu on Sunday received over 600 defectors from opposition parties into the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ofu Local Government Area of the state. Salifu received the defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) during a grand reception organised in his honour by…
Two lawmakers in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Musa Gude (Uke/Karshi) and Onarigu Kana (Udege/Loko), have defected from the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaker of the House, Dr. Danladi Jatau, announced the development during plenary on Monday in Lafia. Jatau commended the lawmakers for their “wise decision”…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has rejected the membership claim of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, and has announced his 30-year expulsion from the party. The decision was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, following reports submitted…
…Chairman Gabam, Auditor, and Youth Leader Suspended A crisis has engulfed the Social Democratic Party (SDP) just months after the former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, joined its ranks. El-Rufai left the All Progressives Congress (APC) after failing to secure a ministerial position in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabinet. He has since resorted…
Political tensions have flared in Ondo State as the Social Democratic Party (SDP) blames the ongoing judicial strike on the government’s alleged failure to uphold constitutional financial autonomy for the judiciary. Judicial workers under the banner of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) commenced an indefinite strike on 13 June, protesting what they describe…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has elected Hon. Gloria Sarauniya Usman as its new State Secretary in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), marking a fresh chapter in the party’s leadership drive. Her emergence was confirmed during the SDP State Congress held on Tuesday, 6 May 2025, at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. The event…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate in 2023, Adewole Adebayo, has described former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai’s defection to the party as a welcome development, saying it is time for good politics. Adebayo, while reacting to el-Rufai’s defection from All Progressives Congress (APC) on his X handle, described the former governor as…
