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2027: “APC ruling by panic, not governance” – PDP taunts APC

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PDP taunts APC

…Backs Hashim’s stand on zoning …Warns INEC on ‘No BVAS excuses’ The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has intensified its push ahead of the 2027 elections, accusing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of being in “panic mode” and shopping for endorsements to shore up President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid. PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, told journalists in Abuja on Monday that the ruling party’s desperation is a sign of weakness. “If indeed the APC and President Tinubu are doing well, their work should speak for them. Instead, Nigerians can’t…

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2027: PDP in turmoil over Jonathan, Obi, Makinde speculations

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PDP in turmoil

The consideration of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, for the 2027 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket has caused a stir within the party. One of the presidential aspirants from the North, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, in a statement on Sunday, warned against a plot to use Jonathan ahead of the PDP presidential primary. Olawepo-Hashim’s caution follows the statement of the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro, that the PDP had shortlisted three Southern aspirants, including Jonathan, as possible…

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“APC, PDP’s continued rule ‘death sentence’ for Nigeria” –  Umar Arɗo, at launch of ADA party

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Umar Arɗo ADA party

A former Adamawa governorship candidate, Dr. Umar Arɗo, has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) must be voted out in 2027, insisting that the ruling party and its allies have “woefully” failed Nigerians and lack the moral right to remain in power. In a statement issued on Friday, Arɗo said that since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, the country had been on a “relentless drift into economic bankruptcy, political instability, social unrest, and disunity”, despite its vast human and material resources. “By all human standards, Nigeria ought to…

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EFCC arraigns Kaduna PDP Reps. candidate, 1 other for ₦26m money-laundering, vote-buying, in Abuja

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EFCC arraigns PDP

The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, arraigned one Esther Ashivelli Dawaki and Shehu Aliyu Fatange before Justice Emeka Nwite, of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja for financial crimes. Ms. Dawaki was the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives candidate for Chikun/Kajuru federal constituency in Kaduna state during the by-election held in August. The opposition party had earlier accused security operatives of ‘abducting’ Ms. Dawaki. According to the Commission, Dawaki and Fatange are facing prosecution on a…

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2027: “PDP risks not having presidential candidate if it fields Jonathan” – Keyamo

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Keyamo on PDP

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), risks having no presidential candidate in 2027 if it fields former President Goodluck Jonathan. Posting on X yesterday, the Minister said the possibility of PDP fielding Jonathan poses a major constitutional risk. “One of its attractive targets as a Presidential candidate is ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, because of his purported eligibility to run for only one term. “But, if he is fielded, the Party runs the RISK of NOT HAVING A CANDIDATE AT ALL by virtue…

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“Don’t play politics with hunger, poverty” – PDP’s Ogidi warns APC

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'PoliticsNOW' yesterday

…Blasts Tinubu over Brazil comment The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come out strongly against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), warning it not to play politics with hunger and poverty ravaging Nigerians. Speaking on Liberty TV’s flagship programme: ‘PoliticsNOW’ yesterday, PDP National Vice-Chairman (South-South), Chief Emmanuel Ogidi, described as “reckless” the APC’s reaction to the party’s recent zoning of its 2027 presidential ticket to the South. Ogidi also lampooned President Bola Tinubu’s remark in Brazil that “there is no corruption in Nigeria”, saying such comments were “an insult to…

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2027: PDP zones presidency to South, sparks Northern backlash, legal threats

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2027 election logo

…Saraki, Bala out, as Jonathan, Makinde, Obi touted The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has formally zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the South, a move that has ended the ambitions of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed — but opened the field for southern contenders such as Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde, former President Goodluck Jonathan, and ex-Anambra State governor Peter Obi. The decision, ratified by party’s the National Executive Committee (NEC) in Abuja, after reviewing reports from its Convention and Zoning Committees, was hailed…

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2027: PDP zones presidency to South, confirms Damagum as National Chair

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PDP Govs. ADC

…As Govs mock ADC defectors as ‘one-chance passengers’ The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday took sweeping decisions at its 102nd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja, zoning its 2027 presidential ticket to the South and confirming Ambassador Iliya Damagum as substantive National Chairman. The NEC, after receiving the report of the Zoning Committee chaired by Bayelsa Governor, Douye Diri, resolved that the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) positions remain as currently structured, with the North retaining the chairmanship while the South takes the presidential ticket. The move is seen…

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2027: PDP Govs. dare Wike, insist on Nov. 15 Convention

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PDP Govs. dare Wike

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum had warned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike and others against derailing the national convention of the party scheduled to hold in Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15, 2025. In a communiqué issued yesterday at the end of its 7th meeting in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, the governors reaffirmed their full support for the resolutions of the 101st National Executive Committee (NEC) held in July 2025 regarding the November 15, 2025 national convention of the party. The governors urged…

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Canadian court labels APC, PDP terrorist groups

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Court labels APC, PDP2

…Denies ex-member asylum The Federal Court of Canada has upheld a ruling classifying Nigeria’s All Progressive Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as terrorist organisations, denying asylum to former member Douglas Egharevba over his past affiliations.  In a judgment delivered on June 17, 2025, Egharevba’s application for judicial review after Canada’s Immigration Appeal Division found him inadmissible under security provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness had argued that the PDP and the APC were deeply implicated in acts of…

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