Gunmen have kidnapped the Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Aziegbemi. According to reports, Aziegbemi was abducted shortly after a meeting with the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki in Benin City on Friday, March 15. Although the state police authorities are …
Read More »I am still a PDP member – Wike
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike maintains he is still a member of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Despite the calls for his expulsion, the FCT minister who sat for a media parley on Friday, March 14, stated that he is an advocate of …
Read More »I hope a woman becomes President – PDP chairman
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Damagum, has expressed hope that the next president of Nigeria will be a woman. Damagum said this at the PDP International Women’s Day 2024 celebration at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja on Friday, March 8. Damagum who was …
Read More »Cost of living: Nigeria almost becoming Venezuela – PDP governors
State governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have compared Nigeria to Venezuela saying the leadership of President Bola Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government should not let the economic situation in the country get any worse. Venezuela for years has been plagued by as persistent …
Read More »God used PDP to promote me, Gov Fubara declares
Fubara said he was first promoted by God, who touched the hearts of the leaders and members of the PDP to present him for the governorship election he won. Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has attributed his success in life and the eventual elevation in his political journey to the …
Read More »Woman killed as police engage abductors of Lagos PDP chairman and other travellers in gun battle
A 37-year old woman, Bilikisu Kazeem, has died from bullet wound sustained during a gun battle between the police and kidnappers on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Confirming this development to newsmen, the spokesperson of the Ogun state police command, SP Omolola Odutola, said as a result of the engagement, nine out …
Read More »Lagos State PDP Chairman, kidnapped on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
The chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos chapter, Philip Aivoji has been abducted. Aivoji was abducted on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway while returning from a stakeholders meeting in Oyo state convened by Governors Seyi Makinde and Ademola Adeleke. His abduction was confirmed by the State PDP Publicity Secretary, …
Read More »PDP G5 vows to support Tinubu's 2nd term as Atiku eyes 2027
Recall that during the build-up to the 2023 presidential election, the G5 group comprising five sitting governors rejected Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of their party. The group members, four of whom are now ex-governors include Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Ifeanyi …
Read More »Court extends order against INEC and PDP over defected Rivers lawmakers
The interim order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission ((INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from taking any action against the 26 Rivers House of Assembly members who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been extended by Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court in Abuja. …
Read More »Late Akwa Ibom PDP chairman?s widow and her sister die in house fire (videos)
Mrs. Elizabeth Ekpenyong, the widow late chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State, Obong Udo Ekpenyong, was killed when a fire broke out at her house in Uyo, the state capital. The inferno which occurred on Christmas eve, December 24, 2023, at Shelter Afrique Estate, also …
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