PDP Congress – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:12:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png PDP Congress – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 PDP NWC Nullifies Cross River Congress, Sets Up Caretaker Committee https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-nwc-nullifies-cross-river-congress-sets-up-caretaker-committee/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-nwc-nullifies-cross-river-congress-sets-up-caretaker-committee/#respond Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:00:09 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=468002 The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has nullified the purported state congress in Cross River and approved the constitution of a Caretaker Committee to run the party’s affairs in the state. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba. [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-nwc-nullifies-cross-river-congress-sets-up-caretaker-committee/feed/ 0 Crisis Deepens in PDP as Damagum, Anyanwu Issue Conflicting Orders on State Congresses https://www.theinfostride.com/crisis-deepens-in-pdp-as-damagum-anyanwu-issue-conflicting-orders-on-state-congresses/ https://www.theinfostride.com/crisis-deepens-in-pdp-as-damagum-anyanwu-issue-conflicting-orders-on-state-congresses/#respond Mon, 29 Sep 2025 10:00:46 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=467904 The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been thrown into fresh confusion after two top leaders of the party issued contradictory directives regarding state congresses scheduled for Cross River, Plateau, and Kebbi States. In a letter dated September 25, the PDP Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, announced that the congresses earlier slated for September 27 had [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/crisis-deepens-in-pdp-as-damagum-anyanwu-issue-conflicting-orders-on-state-congresses/feed/ 0 PDP Releases Timetable for 2025 Congresses Across 13 States https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-releases-timetable-for-2025-congresses-across-13-states/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-releases-timetable-for-2025-congresses-across-13-states/#respond Sat, 02 Aug 2025 13:00:29 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=463908 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has officially released its timetable for the 2025 congresses scheduled to take place across 13 states of the federation. The announcement was made in a statement issued on Friday by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Hon. Umar M. Bature, via his official X handle. According to the timetable, the congresses [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-releases-timetable-for-2025-congresses-across-13-states/feed/ 0 Court Halts Nasarawa PDP Congress as National Headquarters Receives Order https://www.theinfostride.com/court-halts-nasarawa-pdp-congress-as-national-headquarters-receives-order/ https://www.theinfostride.com/court-halts-nasarawa-pdp-congress-as-national-headquarters-receives-order/#respond Sat, 28 Sep 2024 09:00:17 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=390092 The national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja has been officially served with a court order halting the party’s congresses at all levels in Nasarawa State. The court order was delivered via substituted service, following an ex parte motion filed by 16 PDP members, led by Senator Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo, representing Nasarawa [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/court-halts-nasarawa-pdp-congress-as-national-headquarters-receives-order/feed/ 0 No PDP Congress held in Rivers State, Says Ugochinyere, Describes Event as Political Jamboree https://www.theinfostride.com/no-pdp-congress-held-in-rivers-state-says-ugochinyere-describes-event-as-political-jamboree/ https://www.theinfostride.com/no-pdp-congress-held-in-rivers-state-says-ugochinyere-describes-event-as-political-jamboree/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:00:11 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=388641 Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, a member of the House of Representatives representing the Ideato North South Federal Constituency (PDP, Imo), has strongly refuted claims that a legitimate Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congress took place in Rivers State over the weekend. According to Ugochinyere, the event was not an official party congress but rather a gathering organised [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/no-pdp-congress-held-in-rivers-state-says-ugochinyere-describes-event-as-political-jamboree/feed/ 0 Benue State High Court Halts PDP State Congress Amid Legal Dispute https://www.theinfostride.com/benue-state-high-court-halts-pdp-state-congress-amid-legal-dispute/ https://www.theinfostride.com/benue-state-high-court-halts-pdp-state-congress-amid-legal-dispute/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:00:55 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=387574 In a significant legal development, the Benue State High Court in Makurdi has issued an injunction preventing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from proceeding with its planned state congress in Benue State. This judicial order, handed down by Justice Theresa Igoche, represents a substantial setback for the PDP’s organisational activities within the state and adds [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/benue-state-high-court-halts-pdp-state-congress-amid-legal-dispute/feed/ 0 Courtroom Drama Unfolds Over PDP Congress Dispute https://www.theinfostride.com/courtroom-drama-unfolds-over-pdp-congress-dispute/ https://www.theinfostride.com/courtroom-drama-unfolds-over-pdp-congress-dispute/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:00:43 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=387172 On Thursday, a noteworthy scene unfolded at the Federal High Court in Abuja as three prominent Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) simultaneously announced their representation for Umar Damagum, the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This development occurred in relation to a legal challenge concerning the conduct of congresses by the PDP’s [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/courtroom-drama-unfolds-over-pdp-congress-dispute/feed/ 0 Rivers State High Court Restrains PDP from Holding Congresses https://www.theinfostride.com/rivers-state-high-court-restrains-pdp-from-holding-congresses/ https://www.theinfostride.com/rivers-state-high-court-restrains-pdp-from-holding-congresses/#respond Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:00:09 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=385349 A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued a restraining order against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its National Chairman Iliya Umar Damagum, and National Secretary Senator Samuel Anyanwu. The order prohibits the party and its representatives from holding ward, local government area, and state congresses in Rivers State pending the hearing [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/rivers-state-high-court-restrains-pdp-from-holding-congresses/feed/ 0 PDP Schedules Ward Congress in Imo State for September 27 https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-schedules-ward-congress-in-imo-state-for-september-27/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-schedules-ward-congress-in-imo-state-for-september-27/#respond Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:00:33 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=385342 Ahead of the Local Government Election in Imo State scheduled for September 21, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set September 27 for its ward congress in the state. The party has also inaugurated the Congress Planning Committee, led by Mike Ahumibe as chairman and Amby Umeh as secretary. Addressing party faithful, the PDP’s flagbearer [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-schedules-ward-congress-in-imo-state-for-september-27/feed/ 0 PDP Congresses: Party Clarifies Misunderstanding On Membership Cards https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congresses-party-clarifies-misunderstanding-on-membership-cards/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congresses-party-clarifies-misunderstanding-on-membership-cards/#respond Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:00:52 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=323990 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said the only authority vested with the power to authenticate Party membership cards for eligibility to participate in Congresses, including the 3-man Ad-Hoc Delegate Congresses, are the National Chairman and the National Secretary through their signatures on the cards. Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary of the party in a [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congresses-party-clarifies-misunderstanding-on-membership-cards/feed/ 0 PDP Sets New Date For Lagos State Congress Appeal Panel https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-sets-new-date-for-lagos-state-congress-appeal-panel/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-sets-new-date-for-lagos-state-congress-appeal-panel/#respond Sat, 05 Mar 2022 19:00:25 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=319789 The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has approved Tuesday 8, March 2022 for the Lagos State Congress Appeal Panel. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba on Saturday said the panel is to consider appeals arising from the conduct of the State Congress in Lagos State. “The [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-sets-new-date-for-lagos-state-congress-appeal-panel/feed/ 0 PDP Postpones North-West Zonal Congress https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-postpones-north-west-zonal-congress/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-postpones-north-west-zonal-congress/#respond Fri, 11 Feb 2022 09:00:25 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=318318 The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the North West Zonal Congress of the party, earlier scheduled to hold on February 12. PDP in a statement by its National Organising Secretary, Umar M. Bature, Friday in Abuja, said the NWC approved the postponement. It added that “a new date [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-postpones-north-west-zonal-congress/feed/ 0 2022: Oni, Olujimi, Others Reject Ekiti PDP Ward Congress https://www.theinfostride.com/2022-oni-olujimi-others-reject-ekiti-pdp-ward-congress/ https://www.theinfostride.com/2022-oni-olujimi-others-reject-ekiti-pdp-ward-congress/#respond Sun, 16 Jan 2022 10:00:24 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=316742 Confusion reigned in Ekiti on Saturday as the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) held the ward electoral congress to elect three-men ad hoc delegates across the 177 wards in the State. The confusion began when political thugs suspected to be loyal to former Governor Ayodele Fayose allegedly invaded the hotel where the panel members sent from Abuja [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/2022-oni-olujimi-others-reject-ekiti-pdp-ward-congress/feed/ 0 PDP Congresses: Consensus Is Working In Our Party — Edo Deputy Governor, Shaibu https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congresses-consensus-is-working-in-our-party-edo-deputy-governor-shaibu/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congresses-consensus-is-working-in-our-party-edo-deputy-governor-shaibu/#respond Tue, 05 Oct 2021 19:00:14 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=309653 Deputy Governor of Edo, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has declared that consensus arrangement on leadership positions of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congresses is working. Shaibu, who doubles as Chairman, Local Government Congresses of PDP in Oyo State, made this disclosure on Tuesday. He spoke after monitoring the local government congress of the party in some parts [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congresses-consensus-is-working-in-our-party-edo-deputy-governor-shaibu/feed/ 0 Oyo PDP Holds Parallel Congresses https://www.theinfostride.com/oyo-pdp-holds-parallel-congresses/ https://www.theinfostride.com/oyo-pdp-holds-parallel-congresses/#respond Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:00:21 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=309001 Members of the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held parallel congresses across the five geo-political zones in the state. There are five geo-political zones in the state – Ibadan, Ibarapa, Ogbomoso, Oke Ogun and Oyo. InfoStride News recalls that the ward congresses of the party were held across the state on [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/oyo-pdp-holds-parallel-congresses/feed/ 0 Kwara PDP Ward Congress Records High Turnout https://www.theinfostride.com/kwara-pdp-ward-congress-records-high-turnout/ https://www.theinfostride.com/kwara-pdp-ward-congress-records-high-turnout/#respond Sun, 26 Sep 2021 12:00:20 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=308892 The ward congress exercise of the Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, held on Saturday across the 193 wards of the state recorded a high turnout of party members. The exercise, which was conducted on consensus arrangement, was also peaceful across the 193 electoral wards in the state. Executives of the party at the ward [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/kwara-pdp-ward-congress-records-high-turnout/feed/ 0 Osun PDP Ward Congress: Committee Chairman Promises Level Playing Ground https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-pdp-ward-congress-committee-chairman-promises-level-playing-ground/ https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-pdp-ward-congress-committee-chairman-promises-level-playing-ground/#respond Sun, 26 Sep 2021 10:30:44 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=308887 The Chairman of the Osun Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward congress committee, Senator Oker Jev, has promised the party members of the provision of a level playing field as the exercise progresses. The ward congress committee chairman disclosed this at the party state secretariat on Saturday after a brief meeting with party stakeholders. Jev, whilst [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-pdp-ward-congress-committee-chairman-promises-level-playing-ground/feed/ 0 Kwara PDP Ward Congresses Billed For Saturday https://www.theinfostride.com/kwara-pdp-ward-congresses-billed-for-saturday/ https://www.theinfostride.com/kwara-pdp-ward-congresses-billed-for-saturday/#respond Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:30:38 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=308801 The Kwara State People’s Democratic Party, PDP, will hold its ward congresses election across the 193 wards in the state on Saturday. This was disclosed by the party’s state Publicity Secretary, Tunde Ashaolu in a statement in Ilorin on Friday. He urged party members to go out enmass to participate in the ward congresses exercise [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/kwara-pdp-ward-congresses-billed-for-saturday/feed/ 0 PDP Congress Materials Hijacked, Borno Party Secretary Rings Bell https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congress-materials-hijacked-borno-party-secretary-rings-bell/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congress-materials-hijacked-borno-party-secretary-rings-bell/#respond Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:00:51 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=308664 The Borno State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has brought to the notice of the public that materials meant for Saturday’s congress of the party have been hijacked by a group. The State PDP secretary, Yusuf Dikko disclosed this when he spoke with newsmen in Maiduguri on Wednesday. He disclosed that a complaint [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congress-materials-hijacked-borno-party-secretary-rings-bell/feed/ 0 PDP Congress: Aggrieved Members Dare Makinde, Purchase Nomination Forms For 33 LGAs https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congress-aggrieved-members-dare-makinde-purchase-nomination-forms-for-33-lgas/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congress-aggrieved-members-dare-makinde-purchase-nomination-forms-for-33-lgas/#respond Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:00:40 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=308100 Aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State have purchased the party’s nomination forms ahead of the Party’s congresses. This is coming a few days after Governor Seyi Makinde had purchased the nomination forms for other members of the party. Makinde while speaking at the inauguration of local organising committee for congresses of [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congress-aggrieved-members-dare-makinde-purchase-nomination-forms-for-33-lgas/feed/ 0 Kwara PDP Releases Guidelines For Ward, Local Government Congresses https://www.theinfostride.com/kwara-pdp-releases-guidelines-for-ward-local-government-congresses/ https://www.theinfostride.com/kwara-pdp-releases-guidelines-for-ward-local-government-congresses/#respond Sat, 28 Aug 2021 10:30:05 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=305115 Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has released the guidelines for its wards and local government areas congresses slated to hold across the State. A statement by the state party Chairman, Engr. Kola Shittu, said the guidelines were unanimously agreed upon to be followed strictly in choosing the wards and local government [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/kwara-pdp-releases-guidelines-for-ward-local-government-congresses/feed/ 0 PDP Congress: Tanko Beji Emerges Niger State Chairman https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congress-tanko-beji-emerges-niger-state-chairman/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congress-tanko-beji-emerges-niger-state-chairman/#respond Sun, 08 Aug 2021 10:00:02 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=303258 Barrister Tanko Beji has emerged chairman of the Niger State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Saturday Congress, held at the Party’s Secretariat in Minna, State capital, on Saturday. The chairman, PDP Congress committee and Benue State Deputy Governor, Engr. Benson Abounu declared Bar. Tanko Beji as the winner of the contest. [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-congress-tanko-beji-emerges-niger-state-chairman/feed/ 0 Niger State PDP Fixes Date For Congress https://www.theinfostride.com/niger-state-pdp-fixes-date-for-congress/ https://www.theinfostride.com/niger-state-pdp-fixes-date-for-congress/#respond Mon, 02 Aug 2021 06:00:56 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=302695 The Niger State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed August 7 to conduct its state congress to elect state officials that will man the affairs of the party for the next four years. Arising from broad stakeholders meeting at the party’s secretariat in Minna, the North Central Vice-chairman of PDP, Mr Dakas [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/niger-state-pdp-fixes-date-for-congress/feed/ 0 PDP Releases Congress Schedule For Kogi, 8 Other States https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-releases-congress-schedule-for-kogi-8-other-states/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-releases-congress-schedule-for-kogi-8-other-states/#respond Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:00:03 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=302050 The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the schedule for the activities of the 2021 congresses of the party in nine states. The states are Lagos, Oyo, Adamawa, Kebbi, Borno, Kogi, Osun, Kwara and Ebonyi. Kola Ologbondiyan, the party’s spokesperson, noted that the tenure of executives of the aforementioned [...]

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