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The Peoples Democratic Party has stepped back from the edge of a damaging internal rupture, with camps loyal to Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike opening peace talks aimed at steadying the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. For months, the crisis had played out in courtrooms, public exchanges…
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has held a high-level consultation with Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde in Abuja, in what party insiders describe as part of quiet but strategic moves to rebuild alliances and strengthen the opposition party ahead of the 2027 general elections….
The African Democratic Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party have issued sharp criticisms of President Bola Tinubu’s handling of national security following coordinated suicide bombings in Maiduguri that killed at least 23 people and injured over 100 others, with both opposition parties demanding the president’s immediate return from his state visit to the United…
A senior official of the All Progressives Congress has issued a sweeping dismissal of Nigeria’s opposition parties, declaring them intellectually bankrupt and existentially unprepared to contest the 2027 general elections while asserting that the ruling party has already secured insurmountable political and governance advantages under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Tolu Bankole, who serves as the…
Adamu Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has resigned as Commissioner for Works and Energy Development in Adamawa State, days after Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. In a resignation letter dated March 2, 2026 and addressed to the governor,…
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has defended his political positions and reaffirmed his loyalty to the Peoples Democratic Party, insisting the party would recover from its current challenges. At a media parley in Abuja on Monday, Wike left no one in doubt about where he stands. “I am not going to pretend….
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has delivered a comprehensive judgment affirming the legality of the Peoples Democratic Party’s 2025 elective national convention, which produced Dr. Kabiru Turaki as the party’s substantive National Chairman, resolving a significant legal dispute over the legitimacy of the exercise. Justice Ladiran Akintola, delivering the ruling on…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has publicly revealed that his political fallout with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, originated from a pledge Wike allegedly made to “hold down” the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ensure President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. Governor Makinde made this disclosure on Tuesday during a…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has publicly stated that he regrets his decision to support President Bola Tinubu during the 2023 presidential election, conceding that the choice has not yielded his expected results for the nation. Governor Makinde made the revelation on Tuesday during an interaction with journalists at the Government House in Ibadan….
In a decisive move to address the escalating leadership crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has summoned the party’s two rival factions to a critical reconciliation meeting at its national headquarters in Abuja. The intervention by the nation’s electoral umpire underscores the severity of the internal conflict, which…
