Sen. Obinna Ogba (PDP–Ebonyi Central) has said that the party deservedly lost the 2023 general elections because of mismanagement of affairs by its National Working Committee (NWC). Ogba told a news conference at his Nkalagu hometown in Ishielu Local Government Area that the NWC shot itself in the foot...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun says it welcomes the filing of petition against the re-election of Gov. Dapo Abiodun by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Oladipupo Adebutu. Adebutu and PDP filed a petition challenging the outcome of the March 18 election at the...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Malam Muazu Dansarauniya, has advised the leadership of the party to zone the Senate presidency to the Northwest region. Dansaraunita told newsmen in Kano on Friday that the party in the zone had performed credibly well during the presidential...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun and its governorship candidate at the March 18 election, Mr Ladi Adebutu filed a petition against the outcome of the election on Friday in Abeokuta. Announcing the result of the election on March 19, INEC declared the candidate of the All Progressives...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The North-West Coalition of Youth, a pressure group has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC), to zone Senate Presidency to the North-West Geo-political zone. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Thursday by the Chairman of the group, Mr Zakariya Shuibu...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that there is pressure on him to leave Nigeria. Mr Obi, in a statement on Wednesday night, accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and some government agencies, of trying to divert the country’s attention from the ills...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the Benue State Governor-elect, Hyacinth Alia, at the Presidential Villa Abuja on Wednesday. Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting with the president, Alia frowned at the condition of the Benue State civil service. According to him, the state’s civil...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The executives of the Kukadi/Gundari Ward of the All Progressives Congress in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State, have expelled the State Chairman of the Party, Babayo Misau, for alleged engagement in anti- party activities during the March 18th governorship election. The Ward...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday told a Federal High Court, Abuja that six aggrieved applicants who challenged the party’s Feb. 7 election to nominate delegates for Kogi governorship primaries were not its members. Counsel to APC, Abdulwahab Mohammed, SAN, who told Justice James Omotosho in a preliminary...
Many persons have been feared killed after gunmen on Sunday invaded communities in Oganenigu Ward of Dekina Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State. Authorities suspect that the assailants were herdsmen. Sources say the invaders stormed the communities shooting sporadically, and burning hundreds of houses in the early morning...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River wants all those elected at the just-concluded general elections to work together, irrespective of party affiliations, to move the state forward. APC chairman in the state, Mr Alphonsus Eba, gave the charge on Monday in Calabar when he spoke with the...
Mr Samuel Adaga, a Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa, on Sunday urged the party to review the strategy that gave the party victory in 2019 or risk losing the Nov. 11 gubernatorial poll. Adaga, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Some Muslim clerics on Sunday said that the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, would write his name in gold if he focused on delivering his campaign promises to the people and did not derail. The clerics made the submission at the Companion’s 10th Annual Ramadan Lecture, organised by the Alimosho...
A group- PL-25: Twenty-five APC Progressive Leaders, has endorsed Ahmed Wase, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, as its preferred candidate for 10th Speaker of the House. Mr Lekan Ogunleke, the Secretary of the group said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Elections, has distanced himself from a purported audio recording of a telephone conversation between him and Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide. Obi said the audio recording is a product of the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed no fewer than nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to defend its conduct of the February 25, 2023, presidential election. The team, according to City Lawyer, is to be led by former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A support group, Tinubu Vanguard, has endorsed Sen. Godswill Akpabio as the 10th Senate President of Nigeria. The Director-General of Tinubu Vanguard, Dr Johnny Benjamin, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. According to Benjamin, a proper analysis of the current political...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi has assured Nigerians and the global community that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will perform creditably well in his tenure. Maigari who premised his assertion on the fact that, Tinubu has unimaginable leadership qualities, added that,...
A two-term Lagos lawmaker of Igbo extraction, Mr Jude Idimogu, says politicians against the victory of Sen. Bola Tinubu at the Feb. 25 Presidential election must avoid actions capable of truncating democracy. Idimogu, representing Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, told the News Agency of...
The Amalgamated All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups (AASG) has dissociated itself from its former Director-General, Dr Nasiru Ladan. The group has said anyone who does business with him on behalf of the group does so at his own risk. The Deputy Director-General of the group, Hajiya Maryam Danjaki, made this known on...