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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has explained why it expelled eleven of its top members during its ongoing Elective National Convention in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Those expelled include the incumbent Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike; former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose; former National Secretary, Emmanuel Anyanwu; Umar Bature; Adeyemi […]

confirms Damagum national chairman The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expelled its former National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu; Federal Capital Territory minister, Mr Nyesom Wike; and ex-Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, and eight others. Simultaneously, the party unanimously confirmed Umaru Damagum as its substantive National Chairman. Also expelled are the party’s National Legal Adviser, […]

Scenes from the 2025 PDP Convention in Ibadan | Credit: PDP Voting points The Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday launched its 2025 Elective National Convention. Tagged #Ibadan2025, it is holding at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Adamasingba, Ibadan. Scenes from the 2025 PDP Convention in Ibadan | Credit: PDP “Over 3,000 delegates, governors, National Executive […]

It was an anticlimax on Friday as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja stopped Nigeria’s major opposition party the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from going ahead with its National Convention to pick its new national officers. Scheduled to hold in Ibadan the Oyo State capital between Saturday November 15 and Sunday November 16, 2025, […]

Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, is abuzz with last-minute preparations for the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party amid a potential showdown between factional camps in the opposition party. Billed to take place on Saturday and Sunday, the convention is perhaps the most controversial in the PDP’s history, as a faction of the […]

Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has described Tuesday’s confrontation between the Federal Capital Territory minister, Nyesom Wike, and a naval officer, Lieutenant A. Yerima, over an alleged land dispute, as unnecessary and avoidable. The standoff arose from a disagreement over the ownership of a piece of land in Gaduwa District in Abuja guarded […]

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has urged Nigerians to remain calm and refrain from panic buying of petroleum products. This is as the agency assured Nigerians that there is “adequate supply of petroleum products in the country, within the acceptable national sufficiency threshold during this peak demand period.” This was detailed in […]

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has stated that the proposed implementation of the 15 per cent of valorem import duty on imported Premium Motor Spirit and Diesel is no longer in view. According to a statement posted on its X handle on Thursday, the Director, Public Affairs Department, NMDPRA, George Ene-Ita, said, […]

File: Altercation between the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and a military officer Former military Generals have expressed outrage over Tuesday’s clash between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and a naval officer identified as A. Yerima, over alleged land grabbing. The veterans, in separate interviews with The Punch on Wednesday, asserted that […]

The House of Representatives on Wednesday granted approval for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu‘s proposal to source an additional N1.15 trillion from the domestic debt market to bridge the funding gap in the 2025 national budget. The decision followed the adoption of a report by the House Committee on Aids, Loans and Debt Management, led by […]