The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has directed the North Central Zonal Caucus of the party to submit a nomination for the position of National Chairman for approval by the National Executive Committee (NEC). In a communiqué issued after its emergency meeting in Abuja, the BoT asked the Acting National…

Leaders of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday rose from a meeting in Abuja and resolved to urgently identify and find

The acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iliya Damagum, on Saturday, in Ibadan, joined Gov. Seyi Makinde to inaugurate a newly built zonal secretariat of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun state also joined his Oyo state counterpart to inaugurate the multi…

The internal crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) escalated on Monday as newly declared factional acting National Chairman,

Exactly four hours after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) directed its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, and the National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Adeyemi, to step aside, a counter statement ordering the suspension of the party’s Acting National Chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum, and the party’s National Secretary, Sam Anyanwu, has emerged. The statement, which was signed…

It emerged on Thursday that leading stakeholders in the embattled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the North Central may have given their consent to the emergence of Conrad Terhide Utaan to serve out the tenure of Iyorchia Ayu as national chairman of the party. It would be recalled that former Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswan,…

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resurfaced, following the insistence of the North Central caucus on urgently replacing the acting national chairman, Umar Damagum. Former National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, who spoke on the position of the caucus on Sunday, stated that no other zone or individual can stop…

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagum, has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to urgently review the results of the just concluded governorship election in Edo State. "The PDP demands that INEC within the time stipulated by Section 65 of the Electoral Act, 2022 review the Edo State governorship election…

Former Senator Dino Melaye has said it is the end of the road for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), alleging that the party’s National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, and the National Organizing Secretary, Umar Bature, have destroyed the party. Melaye said this in a post he shared on his X account on Saturday, bemoaning the crisis…

Elder statesman and leader of the Ijaw nation, Edwin Clark, has accused the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Umar Ganduje, and the acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Amb. Umar Damagum, of colluding with former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, to sabotage the elected government and Governor of Rivers…

A Federal High Court, Abuja has issued a restraining order on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from appointing or nominating any person to replace its Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, pending the determination of a suit brought before it.