Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has declared as invalid the caretaker committee constituted over the weekend to take over the affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from its acting National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff. Read More…
THE crisis-ridden Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is now at the risk of losing most of its elected members at both chambers of the National Assembly especially from the non PDP controlled states to the All Progressive Congress (APC) if it failed to find an amicable resolution to its crisis. Read More…
A plot by some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party and a flurry of text messages triggered the revolt that led to the removal of the National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff; SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Read More…
Fears of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, formally splitting were assuaged, yesterday, after warring party leaders, meeting in factional conventions in Abuja and Port-Harcourt, made common ground with the sacking of the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff executive of the party. Read More…
Heavily armed policemen have taken over the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja. Read More…
Some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party loyal to the Jerry Gana-led faction have dismissed the caretaker committee set up Saturday by the party in Port Harcourt as “unconstitutional”, saying only the party’s Board of Trustees is legally mandated to take over the party whenever there is a vacuum. Read More…
The crisis within the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party is far from over, with Ali Modu Sheriff claiming he remained the national chairman of the party, despite being sacked by a national convention. Read More…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that the 2016 Peoples Democratic Party National Convention will hold Saturday, in Port Harcourt, the capital of the state, despite a court order obtained by a faction of PDP against it. Read More…
Former Peoples Democratic Party governors and ex-ministers on Friday rejected an aircraft sent to them by the embattled National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, to convey them from Abuja to Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Read More…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State on Thursday threatened to expel Senator Shehu Sani for his opposition to the fuel pump price increase. Read More…
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new twist with the party set to hold two separate national conventions on Saturday. Read More…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the source of funds used for his political campaign in 2015. Read More…
THE five South-South governors elected on the platform of the PDP may have decided to take up Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on his claim that he would defeat all of them in their respective states in one on one popularity contests. Read More…
Fighting broke out among members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in the National Assembly on Monday over their party’s ongoing congresses across the country, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today. Read More…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff on Sunday apologised to aggrieved stakeholders of the party over statements credited to him by his personal aides and associates. Read More…
The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Professor . Wale Oladipo, has described the South-west zonal congress, which took place on Saturday as illegal. Read More…
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) alleged on Saturday that Governor Nyesom Wike of the State has mobilized a group of PDP members and sympathisers with the sum of N25m to go and protest at the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) Headquarters, Abuja. Read More…
In this interview with GBENRO ADEOYE, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Minister of Transportation, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, says the internal wrangling in the party could affect its chances in the next general elections. Read More…
The camp of Governors Ayodele Fayose and Olusegun Mimiko on Saturday depleted as some prominent PDP leaders in the South-West shunned the congress of the governors’ faction held in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Read More…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that governors and leaders would do everything legally to ensure that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, retains the South-South geo-political zone. Read More…
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State of causing confusion in the party. Read More…
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, carpeted the five South-South governors of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who said they will take over Edo State in the September 10, governorship election in the state, Read More…
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, said he refrained from criticising the policies of the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government because resolving the crisis in his party was more important. Read More…