Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially written to the state’s House of Assembly, notifying it of its new majority status. The letter was read on Tuesday by the Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, during the plenary on Tuesday in Benin. The letter, personally addressed to the...
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Edo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the State House of Assembly to recall the 18 suspended local government chairmen for effective grassroots governance. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the Edo assembly had in December 2024 suspended the 18 local government chairmen and...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State says it will not miss the party’s 2023 governorship candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran better known as Jandor, who defected to the All Progressives Party (APC). The Lagos State PDP Vice Chairman (Central), Mr Hakeem Olalemi, made this remark in an interview...
The 2023 PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), has returned to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Adediran announced his return to APC at a news conference on Monday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Adediran, leader of the Lagos4Lagos Movement,...
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has dismissed the idea of a possible future merger, and has urged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, and others to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP). This was following his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the ruling All Progressive Party (APC) led government of resorting to overdraft before meeting its obligations. The PDP’s Publicity Secretary in the state, Hassan Sanyinnawal, stated this in a statement issued on Friday in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his commitment to the All Progressives Congress (APC), stating that he is proud to be a member of the party. In a statement, Buhari emphasized that he wants to be addressed as a loyal APC member, expressing his...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), says allegations by former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El’Rufai that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) caused its crisis is false and condemnable. The party spoke on the backdrop of the recent allegations by El’Rufai, that the crises in PDP, Labour Party...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has said he would not dump the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Alia dispelled the rumours of his defection in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Tersoo Kula, on Wednesday in Makurdi. The governor said that he...
Majority Leader in the Edo House of Assembly, Donald Okugbe (PDP – Akoko-Edo II), and three other lawmakers on Wednesday, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The other lawmakers are Bright Iyamu (PDP – Orhionmwon South II); Richard Edosa (PDP – Oredo West); and Sunday Ojezele (LP –...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo has said it was unfortunate for the APC-led administration to accuse its members of responsible for the rising insecurity in the state. PDP Chairman Anthony Aziegbemi said, in a statement on Wednesday in Benin City, that the accusation was an attempt to...
The Progressive Students Movement (PSM), a Pan-African students movement, says recent defection threats by some members of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) are plots targeted at distracting President Bola Tinubu. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu, by the President of PSM, Mr Bestman Okereafor....
Lagos State House of Assembly members have again dismissed reports alleging that 25 lawmakers are planning to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to an unnamed political party. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Security, and Strategy, Stephen Ogundipe, made this known in a statement issued...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu, addressing political leaders from the South-South on Tuesday in Abuja, emphasised the critical need for adherence to the rule of law in Rivers State to ensure lasting peace and prosperity. During a meeting with representatives and leaders of the Niger Delta...
Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed the appeal filed by Agboola Ajayi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, against the candidacy of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressive Congress (APC). In the lead Judgement delivered by Justice Lawal Garba, the apex court dismissed Agboola Ajayi’s...
A former APC National Vice-Chairman (North West), Dr Salihu Lukman, has described former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai’s defection to Social Democratic Party (SDP) as too hasty. Lukman stated this while speaking with newsmen on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that el-Rufai had, in...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra 2025 Governorship Election Screening Committee, has cleared all seven aspirants that bought its Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest its ticket. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- Presidential aide, Daniel Bwala has fired back at Nasir El-Rufai, former Kaduna governor, over his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In a post on his official X handle @BwalaDaniel, Bwala questioned El-Rufai’s motive for joining the SDP,...
Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate in 2023, Adewole Adebayo, has described former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai’s defection to the party as a welcome development, saying it is time for good politics. Adebayo, while reacting to el-Rufai’s defection from All Progressives Congress (APC) on his X handle,...