A party’s problematic convention
By AMINU JAHUN Despite two High Court orders against the PDP’s convention and one in favour, the Ibadan Lekan Salami Stadium was last week agog for the occasion. For a party which serially postponed the event and its NEC meetings, is rapidly losing its governors and federal legislators to the ruling party, the convention was exhilarating, even […]
Wike-backed PDP faction announces emergency BoT, NEC meetings
Amid escalating tensions within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the faction loyal to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has summoned an emergency meeting of the party’s Board of Trustees and National Executive Committee for November 18, 2025.
Convention of controversies: How Turaki emerged as PDP national chairman
By Laolu Elija, Adeola Badru & Luminous Jannamike THE emergence of Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, as the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the party’s National Convention in Ibadan was not a tea party. It was the culmination of a long, complicated and politically charged process, shaped by legal battles, internal […]
PDP quakes in Ibadan as Makinde, Bala Mohammed, Bode George, others expel Wike, Fayose, Anyanwu, allies
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was embroiled in a drama yesterday as the faction loyal to its embattled National Chairman, Umar Damagun, expelled the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, the National Secretary, Sen Samuel Anyanwu, the former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, and other party bigwigs.
PDP’s convention in Ibadan is ‘Detty December in November’ — Wike, Fayose react to expulsion
Lere Olayinka, A Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister, has reacted to the expulsion of his principals, Nyesom Wike and ex-Governor of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose, describing it as “Dirty December in November’ coming early in Ibadan.
PDP Convention: Damagum, governors arrive; Kebbi boycotts Ibadan over Turaki
Kebbi State chapter of PDP boycott, the chapter’s Publicity Secretary, Dododo said, is due to the candidacy of Kabiru Tanimu Turaki
