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COURT SHIFTS HEARING IN SUIT TO DEREGISTER ADC, OTHERS TO MAY 5 By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned a suit seeking the deregistration of several political parties to May 5. Justice Peter Lifu fixed the date
BAUCHI PDP SETS UP EXIT COMMITTEE AMID DEFECTION TALKS By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Peoples Democratic Party in Bauchi State has set up a high-level committee to review its future as speculation grows over a possible defection by Governor Bala Mohammed. The
APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS RULING AGAINST PDP 2025 NATIONAL CONVENTION By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the Federal High Court judgment restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the outcome of the 2025 National Convention
APC CONGRESSES: AMINU SANI JAJI SEEKS CANCELLATION OVER ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN ZAMFARA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban A member of the House of Representatives, Aminu Sani Jaji, has called on the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress to cancel the recently concluded
ANAMBRA RESIDENTS REACT TO REMOVAL OF REAL-TIME RESULT UPLOAD By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Some residents of Anambra State have continued to express mixed reactions to the Nigerian Senate’s removal of the real-time upload of election results in the amended Electoral Act Bill
PDP SETS MARCH 28/29 FOR NATIONAL CONVENTION IN ABUJA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Peoples Democratic Party has fixed March 28–29, 2026, for its National Convention, scheduled to hold in Abuja. The decision was taken at the party’s 105th National Executive Committee
FORMER DEFENCE MINISTER DENIES MOVE TO ADC By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Former Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, has dismissed reports linking him to plans to defect to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing the claims as false and misleading. In a
TURAKI LED PDP MEETS JONATHAN, SEEKS UNITY AND SUPPORT By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by National Chairman Dr. Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), have met with former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja as part of efforts
COURT HALTS PDP NATIONAL CONVENTION IN IBADAN By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its national convention, which was scheduled to take place in Ibadan, Oyo State, on the 15th
LAMIDO THREATENS COURT ACTION AGAINST PDP OVER CHAIRMANSHIP FORM By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Former Jigawa State Governor, Mallam Sule Lamido, has threatened legal action against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if he is denied the nomination form to contest for the position