PDP crisis

Former Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki has touted the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the best option for Nigerians in 2023. Saraki said this in a terse statement he…

Media mogul and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), High Chief Raymond Dokpesi has said that the crisis currently bedevilling the party could be traced to former President Goodluck Jonathan's jettisoning of the power rotational…

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has described his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki as a "serial betrayer and an ungrateful person". He equally apologised to a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress…

The Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President, Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe has revealed that the former president contributed to the current crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, by losing in the 2015…

Senate President, David Mark is under immense pressure from Peoples Democratic Party loyalists to declare the seats of the defected Senators vacant. Sources familiar with the plot say the intention is to declare the seats of the 11…

Niger State Governor,Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has said that the  seven governors involved in the creation of the “New PDP” faction popularly called G-7 are not rebels but reformers within the Peoples Democratic party (PDP). The seven…

The splinter group of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); New PDP under the leadership of Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has insisted that Alhaji Bamanga Tukur must resign from the position of national chairman of the party. This the…

A threat which source has not been confirmed created a high-tensioned stampede at the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wuse Zone 5 Wadata plaza in Abuja on Friday. All the party officials including the top ones…

Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu has alleged that the presidency is plotting to destabilize his government through unnamed “disgruntled elements” of the Peoples Democratic Party in Niger state. Aliyu revealed this yesterday at the…

The President Goodluck Jonathan’s camp have denied any attempts aimed at initiating impeachment move for the Speaker of the House of Representative, Aminu Tambuwal as the presidency tries its hand on improving the embittered relationship…

G-7, a group of seven governors who kick-started a revolt to form a faction in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the party’s special conference in August have insisted they have rational reasons for their alleged rebellious act…

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has said that the Finance Minister was wrong to remark, “I dey kampe” after calls for her resignation by the G7 faction of the PDP due to the state of the economy. Amaechi stated that Rivers State…

Members of the House of Representatives have warned Alhaji Bamanga Tukur not to come near the National Assembly in order for peace to reign. The lawmakers who spoke to media anonymously said they would not allow Tukur to visit the House…

The PDP crisis seems to have taken a turn for the worse as the members of the nPDP section led by Abubakar Baraje and  G7 Governors have said they have not agreed to certain conditions being reported in the media. After a meeting between…

The co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has said that she will not respond to calls for her resignation made by Rotimi Amaechi and the other members of G7. She made the statement at a press briefing in…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members seem to be dragging gradually towards reconciliation as they have begun ceding their respective agitations and grievances to pursue the cause of “collective and national interests” as well as to…

The warring factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  have agreed to a temporary truce so as to buy time for the reconciliation of the members’ anxiety within the party. This is according to the resolution reached by the members at…

Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, has said the President will made known his intention, or lack thereof to contest the 2015 elections in 2014. The statement was made against a backdrop where PDP chieftain, Tony…

The Presidency is reportedly making clandestine moves to render useless the seven rebel governors by terminating the executives of the PDP chapters in their respective states. The governors expected to be affected by the fell swoop are…

Ex-militant leaders in the Niger Delta have described former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar as an incorrigible enemy of their region, following his vivid role in the crises currently rocking the ambitions of President Goodluck Jonathan in…

The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) men attached to former governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, and the Chairman of the “New PDP”, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje have been detached barely 48 hours after Senator appeared before the…

After marathon meetings on Friday with all the warring factions of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), the Elders’ Committee has prepared a five-point action plan for onward presentation to President Goodluck Jonathan on how to resolve the…

The crisis within the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has acquired a new dimension as a core support base of President Goodluck Jonathan, the South-South caucus, is encountering its own internal crisis over a disagreement between two of its…

As the crisis within the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) drags on, there are strong indications that President Goodluck Jonathan may call the bluff of the seven aggrieved governors of breakaway faction. Dr. Jonathan, who…

Sources who prefer anonymity have said that the dramatic and unexpected creation of a faction of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), now known as the "new PDP" has unsettled President Goodluck Jonathan as he is now jittery over his…

In a bid to rock the crisis rocking the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) which reached a new high on Saturday with the emergence of a faction, President Goodluck Jonathan held at least two meetings, with former President Olusegun Obasanjo…

The ongoing feud between the Presidency and the Rivers State Governor took a new turn as the Chairman of the Nigerian Governor's Forum, Rotimi Amaechi, hosted former Petroleum minister, Professor Tam David-West. The governor said that…

In a move that is likely to worsen the crises rocking the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, the Obio/Akpor Local Government Council Secretariat was yesterday sealed by heavily armed policemen, and the caretaker…

In a move claimed to be aimed at reorganizing the party, the National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has sacked all his 14 political aides, including his son, Mallam Auwal Tukur; the Chairman,…