Politics

The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief John Oyegun and the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto, were absent at the party’s state Congress held on Saturday. The Congress took…

Alhaji Tunde Balogun has emerged the Lagos State chairman of the All Progressives Congress. There was no election as the new state executives were chosen based on affirmation by the delegates. The Chairman of the state APC…

Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, says the All Progressive Congress (APC), will be disgraced during the July 14 governorship election in the state. In a statement on Thursday, Fayose alleged that the APC is planning to rig the…

The Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Oyegun, of collaborating with the National Organising Secretary of the party, Sen. Osita Izunaso, to cause problem…

News coming from the Lagos State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) indicated that Mr. Tunde Balogun has been anointed to take over from Chief Henry Dele Ajomale as the new Chairman of the party in the state.…

Security has been beefed up around the All Progressives Congress secretariat in Lagos, ahead of the chapter’s state congress on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent who was at the ACME Road, Ikeja, secretariat of the…

A total number of 40 candidates on the platforms of various political parties are to contest for the governorship seat of Ekiti State on July 14. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday published the names of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the last governorship election that produced the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was characterised by “hanky-panky,” describing it as an unfortunate saga. He, therefore, called on the…

Ali Modu Sheriff, former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday. He, however, sneaked out of the presidential villa after the almost one hour…

President Muhammadu Buhari last night urged the Southwest caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to take the mission to rescue Ekiti from the opposition Peoples Democratic Partry (PDP) seriously. The President spoke during a…

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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State might have been receiving endorsements from different quarters in the state over his performances over the years, but the whole things might not be a smooth sail for the Governor afterall.…

Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose, has asked former Governor Kayode Fayemi to stop bragging about the use of federal might to win the July 14 governorship election, saying God’s might is bigger than all. This is just…

The Caucus of the All Progressives Congress at the House of Representatives has endorsed former Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, for the position of the National Chairman of the party. Oshiomhole and the lawmakers had met…

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says President Muhammadu Buhari will win the 2019 election without the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP). He said this during an interview with state house correspondents on Tuesday.…

Barr (Mrs.) Toke Benson-Awoyinka is the Assistant Legal Adviser of the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview with TEMITOPE OGUNBANKE, she speaks on her interest in politics and women participation in politics,…

Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has said that he will privatise parts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and allow the naira currency to float to attract foreign investment, if he is elected president in…

Other than its barrage of press statements and attempts at propaganda calling out the Buhari administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC) over their missteps, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), since its December convention…

A leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has vowed never to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying that the party only needed to be strengthened for better performance in future. Speaking when the…

Another group of ex-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders, who joined the coalition that formed the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014, yesterday slammed those who claimed that the group was marginalised. Last week, a one-time…

Despite the crises that dogged the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the conduct of its ward and local government congresses nationwide, the party may be enmeshed in another crisis ahead of its national convention scheduled…

THOUGH yet to formerly declare his intention to run against incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, various groups and political meetings within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are tilting towards…

A presidential aspirant on the platform of National Conscience Party (NCP), Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, on Monday renounced his membership of the party. Mr Ikubese told journalists in Akure, the Ondo State capital, that he was renouncing…

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has called on elders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state to reconcile aggrieved members towards building a formidable and virile party. The governor made the call in Ibadan on…