Mr. Sheriff said he told the peace meeting that the resignation of the Makarfi committee, which he said had no place in the constitution of the party, was a condition for peace to return to the party. Read More…

Factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, has said that he has yet to reach an agreement with the Chairman of the party’s National Caretaker Committee, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi. Read More…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has scheduled the national convention to elect its new officers that would take over from the Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee of the Party for Thursday, August 17, 2016. Read More…

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says Senator Dino Melaye needs psychiatric examination over his threat to beat up Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing Lagos Central.

Factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission cannot reject the candidate of his faction for the Edo governorship election. Read More…

Former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, has blamed the party’s crisis on former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. Read More…

The chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Abdullaziz Yari,  has aappealed both parties,  Okezie Ikpeazu and Uche Ogah,  to respect the  rule of law in the interest of  peace and security of the state. Read More…

Members of the House of Representatives were divided on Sunday along political party lines on the alleged lopsided appointments into key political offices by President Muhammadu Buhari. Read More…

The much talked about peace talks between the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led Peoples Democratic Party Caretaker Committee and the Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction, appears to have hit a brick wall. Read More…

Abia State governorship crisis turned dramatic yesterday as two divisions of the same court gave conflicting orders on the fate of the embattled Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. Read More…

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Caretaker Committee, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, has called on the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to immediately order the arrest and prosecution of the factional National Chairman of the party, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, and Mr. Matthew Iduoriyekemwen. Read More…

Following the issuance of a certificate of return to Mr. Uche Ogah by the Independent National Electoral Commission and his anticipated swearing-in ceremony, security has been beefed up at the Abia State Government House in Umuahia. Read More…

The confusion, triggered by Dr Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, who obtained a court order which sacked Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and affirmed him as governor-elect, expanded, at   the weekend, as the third contender to the Abia governorship emerged. Read More…

Music star Timi Dakolo has denied the claim that he stole veteran artist Majek Fashek’s song. Read More…

The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, has called on the party’s caretaker committee chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi and the party’s governors to join hands with him in moving the party forward. Read More…

The deputy national chairman of the Ali Sheriff-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Cairo Ojougboh, has said they are ready to end the crisis bedeviling the party. Read More…

The absence of the Abia Chief Judge, Justice Theresa Uzoukwu, has stalled the expected inauguration of Samson Ogah as the new governor of the state. Read More…

The Abia chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that it will resist any attempt to inaugurate, Sampson Ogah, as the new governor of the state. Read More…

Senator representing Imo West in the National Assembly, Hope Uzodinma who is also a member of Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that governors are causing huge problems in the party. Read More…

A High Court sitting in Abia State has asked all judiciary officers, including the Chief Judge and the President of the Customary Court of Appeal in the state not to swear in Uche Oga as governor of Abia State. Read More…

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday issued Certificate of Return to Samson Ogah following court order that Okezie Ikpeazu vacate the Office of Governor of Abia. Read More…

A former member of the Edo State House of Assembly, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, has won the Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary organised by the Modu Sheriff faction at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin. Read More…

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has appointed former   national vice chairman (South-South), Dr Cairo Ojougboh as his deputy. Read More…

It is a painful irony that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has paradoxically become one of the biggest obstacles to the successful conduct of free and fair elections in Nigeria. Read More…