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The Peoples Democratic Party has blasted the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, for urging former President Goodluck Jonathan to reject the party’s presidential nomination for the 2027 election. PDP recently had its say via a press statement, and Nigerians have been reacting. Accusing Keyamo of attempting to ...

Former Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, has criticised moves by a PDP faction to draft former President Goodluck Jonathan into the 2027 presidential race. He recently had his say via a post on his X platform on Monday while reacting to the adoption of GEJ as the presidential candidate of ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared Alhaji Mustafa Sule-Lamido the winner of the party’s ticket to contest the governorship seat in 2027. The son of former Jigawa governor recently clinched the party’s ticket, and Nigerians have been reacting. Affirming Sule-Lamido as the sole candidate, Mr Isa Ahmed, the Returning ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan is set to run for the presidency as a Peoples Democratic Party candidate. A top official in GEJ’s team recently confirmed to VanguardNG, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to the source, the decision to use the PDP followed extensive deliberation over where his chances were ...

Spokesman of the Senator Samuel Anyanwu camp of the PDP, Jungudo Haruna Mohammed, has insisted that the Supreme Court judgment is clear and settled. This comes after a fresh war of words erupted over the Supreme Court ruling on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership crisis. Dismissing attempts to invalidate ...

The Supreme Court of Nigeria is set to deliver judgments in two high-stakes political appeals involving the leadership crises rocking the African Democratic Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party. Checks on the official website of the apex court recently showed that the matters will be decided on Wednesday, and Nigerians ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being responsible for rising political tension and any potential violence ahead of the 2027 general elections. This comes after Makinde was blasted for addressing the national summit of All Opposition Political Party Leaders ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that Nigerians are not following politicians defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The party’s factional National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, recently had his say while briefing journalists on the interim results of the PDP’s digital membership registration. According to him, ...

An Abuja High Court has vacated a bench warrant it issued on March 26 for the arrest of the factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Turaki. Justice Peter Kekemeke vacated the arrest warrant while ruling on an oral application by Turaki’s lawyer, Chris Uche SAN, following ...

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, has declared that the PDP has been taken back by loyal members. He recently blasted defectors, stressing that the Peoples Democratic Party has been reborn in a new form. According to him, he and other well-meaning members have reclaimed and ...

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has warned that it would be shameful if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) fails to appear on the ballot in the 2027 general elections. He recently had his say while speaking to Channels Television at the party’s 2026 National Convention held at the Moshood Abiola ...

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee has elected Mr Adedeji Doherty as South-West Zonal Chairman. Doherty, a former Lagos PDP chairman, emerged by consensus with 16 other executives at the South-West Zonal Congress in Ikeja, Lagos. Chairman of the Congress Committee, Mr Olalekan Rotimi, confirmed ...

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives and ex-Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, has formally resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). He recently announced his defection via a statement posted on X in the early hours of Thursday, and ...

The National Executive Committee NEC of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP has released its 2027 election timetable. The Pro-Wike faction of the party recently fixed its presidential primaries for May 23, 2026, and Nigerians have been reacting. In a communique signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the Caretaker Committee, ...

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has come out to say that members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are not worried about the party’s shrinking number of governors. He recently had his say while speaking in Abuja during an expanded meeting of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT). According to ...

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has welcomed the Court of Appeal judgment voiding the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention held in Ibadan on Nov. 15 and Nov. 16, 2025. Recall that the appellate court recently ruled that the party acted wrongly by proceeding with the convention in ...

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He recently had his say via a statewide broadcast on Friday, and Nigerians have been reacting. Noting that members of his cabinet and the PDP have moved with him to the ruling party, he revealed that ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the newly assented electoral amendment bill exposes the ruling All Progressives Congress’s (APC) fear of defeat ahead of the 2027 general elections. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, recently expressed concern over the swift approval of the bill despite widespread opposition ...

PDP Contrary to assurances by the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led PDP National Caretaker Committee, the party’s national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, remained sealed on Monday. Recall that the committee recently indicated that the office would reopen following engagements with electoral authorities and internal consultations. A PDP faction backed by FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken its festering leadership crisis to former President Goodluck Jonathan. Members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) recently held a closed-door meeting with him in Abuja to seek guidance, reassurance and direction at a critical moment for the opposition party. According to Taminu ...