The Majority Leader of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr Sanjo Adedoyin, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party. Adedoyin’s resignation, as of this report, brings the total number of PDP state lawmakers to have resigned to four. Adedoyin (PDP-Ogbomoso South) announced in a statement he signed in Ibadan on Friday that he would…
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum. Newsmen reports that the forum, in a statement, congratulated Makinde on his emergence, describing his appointment as a recognition of his consistent leadership, commitment to democratic governance and contributions to national development. It…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu A frontline governorship aspirant in the 2027 Oyo state gubernatorial election and member representing Ibadan North-West/Ibadan South-West federal constituency of Oyo state in the House of Representatives, Hon. Adedeji Olajide, has urged political actors in Oyo state to embrace issue based engagement and desist from what he described as the growing trend…
By Adebayo Yusuf A governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Oyo state, Otunba Oluseye Opatoki has officially declared his governorship ambition in the 2027 gubernatorial election. Otunba Opatoki made the declaration at Ward 2, Ogbongan, Olanla Village, at Akinyele Local government area of Ibadan, Oyo state. Addressing party’s members…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Friday said the Peoples Democratic Party would participate in the 2027 general elections despite speculations about its future. Wike stated this during a media parley, dismissing claims that the party might not remain relevant ahead of the next election cycle. “I have no doubt that…
The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that Governor Seyi Makinde and his supporters have agreed on a date to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Newsmen reports that the party made these allegations in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Wasiu Olawale Sadare, on Thursday, stating that Makinde…
former presidential spokesperson, Segun Sowunmiformer presidential spokesperson, Segun Sowunmi A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former presidential spokesperson, Segun Sowunmi, has urged the party to urgently rebuild its internal structures or risk further decline. Sowunmi gave the warning during an interview with Arise News on Wednesday while reacting to a recent Court…
A former member of the House of Representatives, Eta Mbora, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), further swelling the ranks of the opposition party ahead of the next election cycle. Newsmen reports that Mbora, who represented Calabar Municipality/Odukpani Federal Constituency in the 9th National Assembly, announced his…
Newsmen reports that Otitoju stated this on TVC’s ‘Breakfast Show’ on Friday, while speaking on the PDP crisis and defections that have rocked the party. He described the PDP’s National Convention held by Makinde’s camp in Ibadan last November as a mere waste of time, stressing that two courts had stopped them from holding it. Otitoju added…
The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party will meet in Abuja on Wednesday, following the fallout from the court ruling that nullified the party’s 2025 national convention. The meeting, scheduled for March 11, 2026, comes after the Court of Appeal upheld an earlier judgment that invalidated the party’s National Convention held in Ibadan…