For President Tinubu who is essentially driven by the desire to grab power not for service but for what to derive from it, the more the defections from PDP governors, the merrier. In his thinking, with the leaders of the states where he could not record significant showings in 2023 corralled in APC column, walking over such entities in 2027 …

Governors elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday dismissed speculations of a possible merger of parties ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Forum also lamented the alarming worsening security situation in Nigeria as evidenced in parts of the country, especially in Borno, Katsina and Edo States. The Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Governor of Bauchi …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum has stressed the urgent need for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to review his policies, which have thrown many Nigerians into untold hardship. The forum made the call in a communique in Jos, Plateau State capital by its chairman, Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, after their two-day meeting, which ended on Saturday. “The forum …

Ahead of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Thursday, the reconciliation committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, will brief the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) on its findings and potential recommendations. This comes ahead of a significant meeting of the PDP Governors Forum (PDP-GF), also scheduled for Tuesday. The committee met …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike has said he has no regrets for threatening Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors that he would cause fire in their states. Wike, who spoke in a political interactive section on Channels Television on Friday, said what he meant was not physical fire but the same crisis that the governors intend …

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has solidified his position in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership crisis as the National Working Committee (NWC) endorsed the Rivers State congresses. Wike’s loyalists within the PDP NWC not only secured the approval but also postponed the National Executive Committee meeting, originally set for 26 September, to 24 October, which could …

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday lambasted the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over his threat to destabilize their states for supporting Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The governors’ response was contained in a statement by the Director General of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Emmanuel Agbo. As the political battle …

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP GF), Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has enjoined re-elected and incoming governors of the party to close ranks, love one another and unite in order to continue to set the democratic pace for others to follow. At a special programme of the Forum held at the Transcorp Hilton …

“We won, Adamawa won, democracy won”! These were the words of Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri following his declaration as the winner of the governorship poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The governor, who promised not to take people’s support for granted, said he will serve the state at all times. There was wild jubilation in Yola, the …