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The Digest: Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has indicated plans to defect to the African Democratic Congress, describing the party as having the potential to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress in 2027. Speaking after a closed-door meeting with an ADC delegation led by former SGF...

The Digest: Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has criticized former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, accusing him of lacking leadership capacity for fleeing the Labour Party when a crisis struck. Speaking at the PDP National Convention in Abuja, Wike...

The Digest: A Federal High Court in Abuja has again nullified the Peoples Democratic Party's November 2025 convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State, and barred the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising its outcomes. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik delivered the judgment in a suit...

The Digest: The Independent National Electoral Commission has officially recognized the faction of the Peoples Democratic Party national working committee backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The party's leadership has been published on the electoral umpire's...

The Digest: Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), led delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to its national convention in Abuja. Officials from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were also present. The convention is expected to affirm the...

The Digest: Fresh tensions have erupted within the Peoples Democratic Party over support for President Bola Tinubu's 2027 re-election, deepening the rift between the party's two factions. The Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led camp has declared it will not back Tinubu, insisting it would be "improper"...

The Digest: The Independent National Electoral Commission has complied with a Court of Appeal ruling by listing Wole Oluyede as the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the Ekiti governorship election scheduled for June 20. INEC also published Ogunsakin Ayodeji as the party's deputy...

The Digest: A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the arrest of Kabiru Turaki, a factional national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, for failing to appear before the court in a case filed by the Inspector-General of Police. Justice U.P. Kekemeke ruled that Turaki, a...

The Digest: The Peoples Democratic Party has stepped back from the brink of a deep internal crisis, with camps loyal to Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike opening peace talks to steady the party ahead of the 2027 elections. Factional PDP National Chairman Kabiru...

The Digest: Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has declared that there is no parallel leadership in the Peoples Democratic Party, insisting that the party remains united despite internal tensions. Speaking after inspecting infrastructure projects in Abuja, Wike said the...

The Digest: Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has alleged that Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, promised to hold the Peoples Democratic Party down for President Bola Tinubu's re-election in 2027. Speaking during a meeting with Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed in Bauchi...

The Digest: Vice President Kashim Shettima is scheduled to formally welcome Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal into the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday, following the governor's defection from the Peoples Democratic Party. Lawal, who announced his move while in Saudi Arabia through his...

The Digest: A serving Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor seeking to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is facing unexpectedly tough conditions that have thrown his camp into dilemma. Sources reveal that while APC leaders in Abuja were open to discussions, home-based party...

The Digest: The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has further consolidated its dominance in the National Assembly following fresh defections, raising its numbers to 87 senators and 261 members in the House of Representatives. Six lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defected...

The Digest: Nine senators from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in a significant parliamentary realignment. The defecting senators include Sen. Ireti Kingibe (FCT, LP), Sen...

The Digest: Adamu Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has formally resigned his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect. In a resignation letter dated March 4, 2026, addressed to the PDP chairman in Jada 1 Ward, Abubakar expressed...

The Digest: Former Sokoto State Governor and serving Senator Aminu Tambuwal has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC). In a letter dated March 11 addressed to his ward chairman in Tambuwal/Shinfiri, the senator representing Sokoto South...

The Digest: The Nyesom Wike-backed faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed May 25, 2026, for the election of its presidential candidate ahead of the 2027 polls. The faction also scheduled state assembly primaries for May 2, national assembly primaries for May 9, and...

The Digest: The Nyesom Wike-backed faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is intensifying preparations for its proposed national convention scheduled for March 29-30 at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. Acting National Chairman Mohammed Abdulrahman led an inspection of the...

The Digest: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) has summoned an expanded meeting in Abuja to chart a way forward following the Appeal Court ruling that nullified the party's November 2025 national convention in Ibadan. The meeting, chaired by BoT chairman Adolphus...