By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has debunked a report making the rounds on social media that he plans to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 general election. Osinbajo’s spokesman Laolu Akande, who debunked the report in a statement issued on...
Defection
The former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, has denied defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He was reacting to reports which emerged online on Wednesday suggesting that the PDP chieftain has pitched a tent with the ruling APC to work...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Ugya/Umaisha State House of Assembly election in Nasarawa State, Hon. Ibrahim Sa’ad Abdullahi has vowed to take over the constituency from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Hon. Abdulahi stated this during the weekend when he flagged...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than 22 senators from ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are currently planning to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, who revealed this in a tweet on Wednesday, said the senators are...
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi met with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike behind closed-doors on Wednesday in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. Wike who is widely rumoured to be plotting an exit from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP following his loss at the Party primaries and not...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu has expressed concern over the wave of defections of federal lawmakers in the party to opposition parties. He said this on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting with party members at the National Assembly. Senator Adamu admitted that while...
A former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Osun, Mr Kolapo Alimi, on Wednesday, defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alimi, one of staunch the supporters of the Minister of Interior and former governor of the state, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, announced his defection at the PDP secretariat...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – It was celebration galore yesterday in the ancient town of Keffi LGA of Nasarawa State when thousands of supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) defected to the Social Democratic Party ( SDP) spearheaded by an illustrious son of the area, Alhaji Aliyu...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A Borno APC chieftain and senatorial aspirant, Alhaji Idris Gatumbwa Mamman has finally defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined forces with the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) alongside his teeming supporters . With his defection, Alhaji Mamman has now be nominated...
The Minority leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Senator Abribe made his decision known in a letter to the Ward Chairman of the PDP in his ward, Ward 5, Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State. In the letter dated May...
Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau (APC -Kano) has defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). Shekarau said this at a news conference in Kano. He said that he defected alongside his supporters, saying that he would seek re-election to the Senate on the NNPC platform. Shekarau said that he left...
Dr Boniface Aniebonam, Founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has described as divine intervention, the current gale of defections into the party from other political parties in the country. Aniebonam told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos that Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Some stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and supporter’s in Cross River State have threatened a protest vote in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 if it does not zone the governorship ticket to the South Senatorial District of the state.....
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka on Thursday fixed the hearing on a suit seeking the sack of Mrs Stella Oduah, representing Anambra North Senatorial District in the National Assembly. Chief Kingsley Nnalue, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Suit No. FHC/AWK/CS/38/2022 is asking the...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Critical stakeholders from the Kwande intermediate area have dissociated themselves from the decision of the former Chief of Staff to the Benue State Governor, Hon. Terwase Orbunde to leave the PDP and join APC. The former Chief of Staff was one among the many...
Senator Kola Balogun, representing Oyo South Senatorial District, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is contained in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Dapo Falade on Monday evening in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Balogun, a younger brother of the...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi state, has described the judgement which declared the seat of the immediate Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, vacant for defecting from the party, as victory for democracy. The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, declared...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency in Bauchi State. Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleiman, has finally dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC), and joined the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. He made this known during a Ramadan breaking of fast (Iftar) dinner hosted by Governor...
The Federal High Court (FHC)’s vacation has stalled the judgment in suit seeking for the declaration of the seat of Rep Yakubu Dogara vacant on account of his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had, on March 23, reported that the judgment,...