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Buhari remembered you despite low 2015 votes – do better in 2019 – Oshiomhole tells south-east
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged the south-easterners to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection bid. He said supporting the president during the 2019 election would mean…
Akpabio meets Buhari in London — to seal APC ‘transfer’?
Godswill Akpabio, senate minority leader, has met with President Muhammadu Buhari, ahead of a reported plan to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). The former governor of Akwa Ibom is purportedly preparing to dump the Peoples…
Akpabio Visits Buhari in London
All things being equal, former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, may leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) this week and join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a presidential aide has disclosed. Special…
APC, PDP gear up for showdown over Saraki
•APC lawmakers: He must resign or be kicked out •PDP Senators not taking removal threat lightly The two major political parties are oiling their political machines for a showdown in both chambers of the National Assembly when the…
You have my blessings, Babangida assures Makarfi ahead of PDP presidential primary
Ibrahim Babangida, former military head of state, has given Ahmed Makarfi his blessings to contest the 2019 presidential election. Makarfi, a former caretaker chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is hoping to clinch his…
Akpabio visits Tinubu, to be formally received into APC by Osinbajo
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will formally receive the Minority Leader of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, into the All Progressives Congress on August 8, 2018. The information on the schedule to receive Akpabio into the…
Presidential candidate: Leave Nigerians out of it, CSOs tell PDP
Two civil society groups have tackled the Peoples Democratic Party over its promise that it would let Nigerians decide its Presidential candidate for 2019. The Transistion Monitoring Group and the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open…
APC, 15 other parties move against Saraki
A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, has said that the APC in the state is in coalition with 15 other parties to wrest political…
Buhari 2019: What Choice for Some Bank Managing Directors and Businessmen?
As 2019 general elections inch closer at the passing of each day, alignments and re-alignments among political players have started assuming feverish dimension. Political juggernauts are becoming intrepid enough to publicly associate…
More reconciliation challenges for Tinubu in Lagos APC
National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, might be faced with intricate political challenges in the Lagos State chapter of the party following alleged plans by a former Minister of State for Defence, Mr. Musiliu…
2019: Go and settle with your God, not me – Atiku tells Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his erstwhile deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, clashed, again, yesterday, after the former, said God will not forgive him if he supports Atiku’s presidential bid ahead of 2019 elections. Atiku,…
Defections: PDP assures old members of protection
The Peoples Democratic Party has assured its members of adequate protection, accommodation and a level playing ground at every level of political engagement and aspirations ahead of the 2019 general elections. The PDP says it has taken…
Wamakko says Tambuwal, Saraki will regret defecting to ‘dead’ PDP
Aliyu Wamakko, senator representing Sokoto north, says Aminu Tambuwal, governor of his state, and others who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will regret the move. Before Tambuwal moved to the PDP, Senate President…
2019: Dankwambo joins Atiku, Makarfi in race for PDP presidential ticket
Ibrahim Dankwambo, governor of Gombe state, has declared his intention to contest in the 2019 presidential election. Dankwambo made the announcement via his Twitter handle on Saturday. The governor said his decision to run for the…
PHOTOS: Massive crowd troop out as Wamakko returns to Sokoto
Shortly after Aminu Tambuwal, Sokoto governor, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), his predecessor, Aliyu Wamakko, reacted by saying people will know who runs the state when he returns home. And just as he boasted, a…
2019: ADP urges landlords to quit tenants without PVCs
Chairman of the Action Democratic Party (ADP)in Edo State, Mr. George Oloruntobi, has told landlords in the state to issue quit notice tenants without permanent voter cards. Oloruntobi said voting during election was a civic duty…
Pro-Saraki senators insist PDP now majority in senate, to call for head count
Isa Misau and Rafiu Ibrahim, senators representing Bauchi central and Kwara south respectively, have warned against any move to impeach Senate President Bukola Saraki. They said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the…
BREAKING: God will never forgive me if I support Atiku for president — Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Friday that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar should not count on him for support in his latest bid to actualise his life-long ambition of being elected the president of Nigeria. The…
Presidential candidate: Nigerians’ll help us choose among Saraki, Tambuwal, Atiku, Kwankwaso,…
••says FG, APC plotting to remove Senate President, Ekweremadu through court order •Why Akpabio is threatening to dump party –Source As the competition for the presidential ticket of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party gets stiffer…
PDP jittery as APC, Akpabio parley
There were indications that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is in serious talks with the Minority Leader in the Senate, ex-Governor Godswill Akpabio; a move that has unsettled the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Akpabio might…
Looters, politicians interested in juicy appointments must go – Oshiomhole
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has called on members of the party to support efforts by President Muhammadu Buhari to flush out politicians who are bent on looting the nation’s treasury.…
Defections: Sokoto agog ahead of Wamakko’s, other APC leaders’ arrival
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) camp in Sokoto State was in a festive mood yesterday preparatory to the arrival of the APC leader in the state, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, today. Wamakko, who is expected to be accompanied…
Saraki has stepped on banana peel, only God knows how far he’ll slip – Senator Adamu
Abdullahi Adamu, senator representing Nasarawa west, has described the defection of Senate President Bukola Saraki from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a big mistake. Speaking with…
Resign now, Yoruba youths tell Saraki
A group, Yoruba Youths Congress (YYC) Friday urged the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki to resign his position having defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP).…