The race for Nigeria’s top political office gained new momentum on Saturday as the North Central Renaissance Movement (NCRM) made a bold call for opposition parties to zone their 2027 presidential tickets to the North Central region. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja, the group’s Chairman,
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, will on Saturday, August 23, 2025, host his fellow Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors in Gusau for a strategic meeting ahead of the party’s national convention. The governors are expected to arrive in Gusau Friday evening for a dinner hosted by Lawal, before going into a closed-door session the next […]
State Chairmen of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), former Governors, National Assembly members, serving and former National Working Committee members and other notable stakeholders from the Southern Nigeria have disowned the meeting scheduled for Lagos today, by some group in the party with the aim of zoning positions. The PDP leaders dismissed “any
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Jigawa State Chapter has rejected in totality the outcome of the just concluded by-election conducted at Babura/Garki Federal Constituency in the State. PDP’s rejection of the outcome was reached after careful study of the preparations, conduct and execution of the processes after which the Electoral Umpire, Independent National
The Federal Court of Canada has upheld a decision designating Nigeria’s two dominant political parties—the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)—as terrorist organisations. This ruling has led to the rejection of an asylum request by Douglas Egharevba, a former member of both parties, due to his long-standing
With roughly two years until the 2027 presidential election, members of the Peoples Democratic Party National Executive Committee are divided over moves by certain individuals to facilitate the return of former President Goodluck Jonathan and the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to the party. This comes as the party prepares to inaugurate both […]