PDP crisis
18 Apr 2024
The crisis rocking the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has again taken a new turn as lawmakers elected on the platform of the party in the National Assembly, have raised the alarm over an alleged plot to shift the election of a new national chairman at Thursday's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to August. They claimed…
18 Apr 2024
Ahead of today’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the main opposition’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governors elected on the party’s platform yesterday rose from a meeting and declared that they won’t discuss change of leadership for the party.
18 Apr 2024
Today’s 98th meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has before now been generating issues capable of endangering the party’s chances in the 2027 general elections
16 Apr 2024
On Tuesday, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) faced a fresh crisis during the House of Representatives' caucus meeting. Allegedly, lawmakers aligned with the party's acting Chairman, Umar Damagun, and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike attempted to express confidence in Damagun, but their efforts were unsuccessful. The failed plot was as a result of resistance from a…
9 Apr 2024
Crises in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) slipped a notch lower, yesterday.This was as dozens of PDP House of Representatives members demanded the immediate resignation of Acting National Chairman, Umar Iliya Damagum.
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