By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigeria’s former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has appointed Hon. Tanimu A. Tahir as his Special Assistant on Youth Engagement and Strategy. A young Tahir, who hails from Marama town, Hawul local government area of Borno state was one time the Special Assistant (SA) on...
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Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) is one and will remain the same up to 2027 and beyond. Sani also assured the 50 political stalwarts that defected to the APC that they would enjoy the same rights and privileges like every other members...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Monday visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atiku was accompanied on the visit by former Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River and Aminu Tambuwal, a former Sokoto State governor. Abubakar and his team were received...
Sen. Ned Nwoko on Wednesday at plenary officially notified the senate of his defection from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Party (APC). Nwoko’s notification is contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and read at plenary on Wednesday. Nwoko in the letter titled:...
The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday, received Sen. Ned Nwoko, representing Delta North Senatorial District, into the APC fold. Nwoko formerly of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), recently decamped to the APC citing deep divisions and factionalisation within the party at...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja– The presidency has criticized former Kaduna State Governors, Nasiru El-Rufai and the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi for heating up the polity while President Bola Tinubu was seeking solutions to Nigeria’s energy problems in Tanzania. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public...
Almost mid way into the Tinubu presidency, the face of the 2027 opposition to his perpetuation is on display. An untidy opposition is nearly on full display but in a perpetual stampede. Key opposition figures are lashing out at surrogates of the ruling party from different angles in a...
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said 2027 would be disastrous for the former ruling party, unless it unites and wields the big stick on characters destroying it. George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, made this remark at a news...
The newly elected National Chairman, National Rescue Movement (NRM), Chief Edozie Njoku, on Tuesday, promised to lead the party to victory come 2027 general elections. Njoku, who was the former National Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), made the pledge during his inauguration as the NRM’s national chair in...
The Labour Party leadership says Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has no plan to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of the 2027 general elections. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Obiora Ifoh, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Former Presidential spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande, has said the rotational presidency has come to stay in Nigeria, hence it would be difficult to terminate Southern presidency in 2027 . Akande, a former Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) made the remark in...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has distanced himself from any political campaigns linked to his senatorial ambition come 2027. Governor Sule made this known when he hosted a delegation of traditional rulers and stakeholders from Akwanga Local Government Area led by the Chun Mada, HRH...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that by 2027, the party will produce more state governors from the current 12 and take over governance at the centre. The party’s National Working Committee (NWC) stated this on Sunday during a visit to the Bayelsa State...
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has debunked the rumour that he has left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and has decamped to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A close aide to the former governor told Channels Television that the rumour is the handiwork of mischief makers,...
Kano State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it would beat Sen.Rabiu Kwankwaso-led New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2027 general election in the state. The Chairman of the party, Prince Abdullahi Abbas, said this in a statement on Thursday in Kano. He advised Kwankwaso to...
A former Director-General of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation and erswhile Labour Party’s (LP) chieftain, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said the party’s inability to build an enduring structure after the 2023 elections is responsible for the gale of defections from the party. Okupe made the statement in an interview...
The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu ,has assured that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State is not factionalised as being reported in a section of the media. He gave the assurance on Wednesday in Abuja ,when ,in company of the newly elected party executive in the...
The Oyo Stakeholders Forum (OSF) is pleased to spotlight the transformative vision of Dr. Sir Zaach Adedeji, the current Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), and the only APC ASPIRANT that can transform Oyo State in 2027. Dr. Adedeji’s tenure at FIRS has demonstrated an exceptional ability...
The 2027 general elections would be the 8th in the election cycle of Nigeria’s political landscape since 1999. These elections have throughout been dominated by a cadre of elites who, despite their varying party affiliations, have consistently failed to address the systemic issues plaguing the country. In fact, over...
The All Progressives Congress(APC) Youths leaders Forum (AYLF), on Tuesday said that Nigeria’s ruling party would require former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello’s political sagacity while planning for the 2027 elections. The forum, in a statement by its President, Alhaji Abdullahi Danbaba, and Secretary, Dr Chike Ihedioha, said that...