The All Progressives Congress (APC) North-Central Forum has accused the APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, of blocking Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang’s move to join the ruling party. In a statement, the forum alleged that Yilwatda has failed to provide the needed leadership for the North-Central zone and is placing personal political ambitions above …
Former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, has accused Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors of preventing him from contesting the party’s national chairmanship. In an interview with BBC Hausa Service, Lamido said the governors not only refused to provide him with a nomination form but also ignored a court order directing the party to allow his …
Despite securing a court order directing that he must be granted a chairmanship ticket before the PDP national convention must be held, former Jigawa State governor Sule Lamido failed to gain access to the chairmanship ticket as the convention proceeded without him. Now the party is making fresh moves to win his support and steer …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday accused the All Progressives Congress–led Federal Government of failing in its constitutional duty to protect citizens, following renewed cases of school abductions in parts of the North. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, said the recent kidnapping …
President Bola Tinubu has postponed his planned trips to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda, Angola, as he awaits security briefings on the recent abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi State and the attack on worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State. In response to a request from the Kwara State Governor, President Tinubu directed the …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed gratitude to Nigerians and its members for standing with the party during what it described as an attempt by anti-democratic elements to seize its National Secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday. In a statement issued by the newly elected National Working Committee (NWC), led by National Chairman Kabiru Tanimu …
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for what it described as an irresponsible call for foreign intervention in Nigeria’s internal affairs. In a statement issued on Tuesday, APC National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka criticised the PDP’s new factional chairman, Tanimu Turaki, who urged foreign powers to intervene in Nigeria …
Amid the tensions that erupted at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday, the newly elected National Chairman of the PDP, Taminu Turaki, called on United States President Donald Trump to intervene and “save democracy in Nigeria.” Turaki made the appeal while addressing journalists at the party headquarters following attempts by …
Former Kaduna State Governor, Ahmed Makarfi, has stepped down as secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, insisting the party must uphold its zoning formula to preserve internal equity. His resignation followed the emergence of Kabiru Turaki, a former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, as the party’s new national chairman …
A fierce struggle for control of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reached a boiling point on Tuesday as two rival factions, one led by newly elected National Chairman, Tanimu Turaki, SAN, and the other loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike, converged on the party’s national secretariat in Abuja for …
