The Old Bende Young Professionals have backed the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu’s to reposition the APC in Abia. This, the group said, would ensure victory for the APC in the state in the 2027 general elections. President of the group, Mr Chima Ogbonnaya,...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Chairmanship seat in last Saturday’s local government elections in Shira in Bauchi State, Bello Mu’azu Shira, has described the polls as a sham. Shira accused the Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission, of deceiving the...
Rep. Obi Aguocha (LP-Abia), has advised Rep. Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, against making statements capable of heating up the polity. He said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja, following Kalu’s remark that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia would take...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – There was serious voter apathy in many polling units visited during the local government elections held across Bauchi State. Journalists while monitoring the local government elections observed that in most villages, there were no sign of elections going on. However, in few of the...
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has berated Governor Godwin Obaseki for failing to recognise him following his reinstatement to office by the court, boasting that he made Obaseki governor. Shaibu, who was a guest on Friday’s edition of Channels Television’s political programme, Politics Today, said that...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that it is not bound by the Rivers High Court judgment that reinstated its dissolved Chief Emeke Beke-led State Executive Committee, as it was not a party to the suit. The party’s Deputy National Secretary, Mr Festus Fuanter, made this statement...
The political drama in the All Progressives Congress (APC) chapter in Rivers State has taken an interesting twist as the state high court on Monday sacked the caretaker committee chairman, Tony Okocha. Justice Sika Aprioku, instead, nullified the sack of Emeka Beke as APC chairman and reinstated him....
Edo State Government has accused Comrade Philip Shaibu, of impersonating Marvellous Omobayo as the deputy governor of the state. This is contained in a statement by the state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Osa Nehikhare on Monday in Benin. The state government alleged that Shaibu had been...
Rep. Ado Doguwa (APC-Kano State) has pledged to reclaim Kano state for the All Progressive Congress (APC) and deliver in 2027 This will be possible if he is appointed Director-General of the 2027 APC Campaign Project in the state. In a statement on Sunday, Doguwa promised the leadership...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has urged state governors to be sincere to President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to end economic hardship in the country. Oyintiloye said that the sincerity of the state governors to the Renewed Hope Agenda of the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for an investigation into the alleged diversion of the rice donated by the Federal Government to the Kano State Government by some officials. The party also demanded the urgent prosecution of those likely to be indicted by the independent probe. The...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The intra party crisis in the main opposition party, the Benue State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assumed a dangerous dimension with the suspension of Senator Gabriel Suswam, Terngu Tsegba, Richard Gbande, Terseer Tsumba and Professor Nicholas Ada from...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for Persons with Disabilities, Aare Hon. Tolu Bankole, has congratulated Barrister Ayuba Burki Gufwan, on his recent appointment as the Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has said challenges and protests against government policies are not peculiar to Nigeria. Ganduje disclosed this while reacting to the ongoing protest on Wednesday in Abuja, when he played host to some leaders of...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said the Edo State Government has not received any rice from the Federal Government or Dangote Foundation. Olu Martins, Deputy Director-General, Media and Publicity, PDP Governorship Campaign Council for Edo, said this at a news conference on Monday in Benin. Martins denied...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Zamfara chapter, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for sponsoring attacks on its members in the name of peaceful protests. The State APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris, made the allegations at a press briefing in Gusau on Friday. Idris further alleged...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – High Chief Adesina Meka Sylvanus, a Philanthropist from Ogori Magongo LGA, has called on traditional rulers, community, opinion leaders and development unions from both Ogori/ Magongo LGA to rally round support for Hon. Rosemary Maria Ohiezu, the Transition Committee Chairperson of Ogori Magongo...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Department of State Services (DSS) has been urged to publicly reveal the sponsors of the planned nationwide protests scheduled for August 1st, 2024. The former Secretary, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee of Diaspora Chairmen, Mr Ayoola Lawal, made the call in a...
Three out of the four opposition members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kebbi House of Assembly have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that defectors are: Umar Na’amore, Argungu Constituency; Hashimu Usman, Yauri Constituency and Yusuf...
A High Court in Makurdi on Tuesday, dismissed two applications filed by former governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom stopping the Benue Government from probing him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov Hyacient Alia constituted two commissions of inquiry to investigate Ortom. Irked by the decision...