The embattled 27 Rivers lawmakers have said that their defection from PDP to APC was tied to President Bola Tinubu’s “Renewed Hope Agenda”. The factional Speaker, Martins Amaewhule, who led the mass defection, gave the reason at a “Thanksgiving and stakeholders’ meeting” of APC on Sunday in Port...
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A Federal High Court in Abuja, has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting fresh election to fill the seats of the 26 Rivers House of Assembly members who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Donatus Okorowo, who gave...
Former House of Reps member, Alphonsus Komsol, has urged President Bola Tinubu to replace former Minister of Labour and Employment Simon Lalong with a new minister from the Plateau Central Senatorial Zone, for equity. The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, made the call in an open letter to...
A frontline governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the governorship election holding in the state on September 21, 2024, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, at the weekend, said he was going to free traditional rulers from the excessive power of the state governor...
Concerned members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa have called on the party’s national leadership to sanction party members engaged in anti-party activities at the state’s Nov. 11 governorship election. Speaking with newsmen on Friday in Abuja, spokesman of the forum, Dr Otiti Etionumeya, said some party...
A former Rivers State Governor, Rufus Ada-George has said ex-governors of the state will intervene in the crisis rocking the oil-rich state. Rivers has been in a political crisis for a few months following the impasse between former Governor Nyesom Wike and his successor Sim Fubara....
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has faulted Gov. Siminalayi Fubara’s 2024 budget presentation to four out of the 31 members of the state House of Assembly. Governor Fubara had on Wednesday presented the N800 billion 2024 budget to the four lawmakers believed to be loyal to him at...
The Rivers House of Assembly has moved a motion declaring vacant the 25 seats of members who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The motion was unanimously supported by the four-member assembly, led by Edison Ehie (PDP-Ahoada 11), during Wednesday’s...
The Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate in Bayelsa, Udengs Eradiri, has approached the election petition tribunal, seeking the disqualifications of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Candidate, Senator Douye Diri, and his APC counterpart, Chief Timipre Sylva. Eradiri, who rejected the results of the last governorship polls in the...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers State has charged Gov. Siminalayi Fubara to refrain from acts capable of escalating the political crisis rocking the state. The state Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, Tony Okocha, gave the charge at a news briefing in Port Harcourt. Okocha was...
After months of consultation within and outside Edo State, immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, announced on Tuesday his entry into the race for the Edo State governorship seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), thus...
I featured on an Arise TV Program, last month, where I “advertised” myself as a gubernatorial aspirant in search of a godfather that will help me achieve my gubernatorial aspiration in Edo state, and make me the democratically elected governor of the state come 2024. My interviewer laughed...
The All Progressive Congress(APC)in Rivers, on Monday urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike, to join the party in the state. Its Caretaker Committee Chairman, Tony Okocha, made the remark while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt in reaction to the defection of the 27...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the seats of the 27 lawmakers at the River House Assembly vacant, for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP National Publicity Secretary Mr Debo...
The ongoing political drama in Rivers State has taken a very interesting turn as 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). A member of the Assembly, Enemi George, confirmed to Channels Television...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has not recruited anyone to speak on his behalf in Aso Rock Villa, the immediate past Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Emmanuel Jime has said. Jime stated this on Sunday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Makurdi....
Benue governor Hyacinth Alia says he has special love for his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and will never work against it. Alia’s vow is contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi on...
Some members of the Kannywood industry on Saturday in Kano called on President Bola Tinubu to ensure justice prevailed in the upcoming Kano State governorship election petition at the Supreme Court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Alhaji Sani Danja, a renown Kannywood Actor, made...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A former deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Solomon Ewuga, is set to dump the opposition party, PDP, in Nasarawa State. Senator Ewuga, who is also the former Minister of State FCT, gave the indication while speaking to journalists shortly after...
The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr Husseini Gumel, on Friday, warned leaders and supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the All Progressive Congress (APC) against any security breach. He issued the riot act ahead the Supreme Court ruling on the contentious governorship election in...