The coalition being formed by a the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi; a former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, and others ahead of the 2027 elections to tackle President Bola Tinubu has decided on...
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Senate caucus of the Peoples’ Democratic Party(PDP), has assured its members that the party remains strong, contrary to insinuations that it is in shreds and at the verge of collapse. Minority Leader of the PDP in the Senate, Sen. Abba Moro gave the assurance at a news conference in...
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Malam Abubakar Abdullahi, has said that there is no way defections can be avoided in Nigerian politics. Abdullahi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, attributed cross carpeting by some politicians to desire for political protection....
Deputy Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, Mrs Maria Oligbi-Edeko (PDP- Esan North East II) has voluntarily resigned her position due to the minority status of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Oligbi-Edeko was elected Deputy Speaker of the...
The kidnapped Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ward 5, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Mr Nelson Adepoyigi, has been reportedly killed by his abductors. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Adepoyigi was abducted on Monday, May 13, while parking his vehicle at his residence...
The National Leadership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has cautioned Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso to stop using the party’s name for unwarranted attacks on the Presidency and All Progressives Congress (APC). The Party’s National Publicity Secretary, Dr Oginni Olaposi said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos....
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani, has said that the North West zone is faring better under the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration and that the zone is the heartbeat of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at the APC North West Stakeholders meeting which...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna– The North West zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has endorsed and passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the 2027 presidential election. The endorsement was made after a stakeholders’ meeting, comprising all Governors of the North West, Speaker of...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has dismissed media reports alleging that its national leader, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, is considering a political realignment with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 elections. The party described the reports as fake and called them the work of mischief-makers....
The 2023 PDP Governorship Candidate in Lagos State and Lead Visioner of the Lagos4Lagos Movement, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), has said his assignment presently is working towards the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Adediran said this during a rally to announce his return to the APC in...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) members remain steadfast in backing President Bola Tinubu’s administration, in spite of persistent opposition criticism. He made the remarks while briefing journalists following a closed-door meeting with progressive governors and ministers in Abuja on Wednesday. Uzodimma, also...
A former Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate in Bayelsa, Mr Udengs Eradiri, has called on Gov. Douye Diri and his predecessor, Sen. Seriake Dickson, to integrate the Ijaw nation into the government at the centre. Eradiri, in a statement on Wednesday in Yenagoa, told the two political leaders that...
Leader of the Senate Opeyemi Bamidele, has said that President Bola Tinubu was not coercing opposition lawmakers to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) contrary to public criticism. He said this during plenary on Tuesday, while justifying the defection of all the three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
Some members of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State on Tuesday staged a protest over the results of last Saturday’s primaries of the party. The party members, chanting words rejecting the outcome of the primaries during the protest at Oke-koto area of Agege,...
The three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators from Kebbi, on Tuesday, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that their letters of defection were read separately on the floor of the chamber by Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, who presided over...
The three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators from Kebbi, who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), have expressed reasons for their actions. The senators – Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central); Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North) and Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South), announced their defections at the plenary on Tuesday. The...
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – Gunmen suspected to kidnappers have abducted a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Nelson Adepoyigi in Ondo State. Mr. Adepoyigi, who is the chairman of Ifon Ward 5 in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, was abducted on Monday evening at...
The demand by the Ondo South Senatorial District for the chairmanship position of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is generating tension within the party in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that PDP has, of recent, been facing some challenges, as its members are defecting in droves...
Mr Idowu Daramola (Ebony), an APC chairmanship aspirant for Odi-Olowo/Ojuwoye LCDA, has protested the primary election outcome, describing it as laughable and unjust. In a statement on Monday by Mr Morufdeen Bello, Spokesperson for the Ebony Campaign Team, Daramola labelled the outcome as illogical and fraudulent. The News Agency...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has faulted Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso for describing members of the Kwankwassiya Movement, who defected to the APC as betrayers, insisting that Kwankwaso is the betrayer. Recall that Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State and National Leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, slammed some...