As the plenary session reconvened at the House of Representatives on Thursday, four members of the Labour Party (LP) announced their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers involved are Esosa Iyawe from Edo, Tochukwu Okere from Imo, Donatus Matthew from Kaduna, and Bassey Akiba from Cross River. Additionally, Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu from Delta…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has suggested that the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, may have been somewhat misled when he asserted that his party would secure victories in Osun and Oyo states. The governor emphasized that Ganduje’s remarks, which followed the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states, were…
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has declared that he is qualified to aspire for the role of Governor of Lagos State. Obasa stated this in reaction to speculations surrounding his political ambition ahead of the 2027 election. Following the presentation of a ₦3 trillion budget proposal for the 2025…
The Women and Youth Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed strong disapproval regarding President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of two males from the same state to the Humanitarian Ministry. Recall that President Tinubu recently sacked and appointed some persons into key offices in a bid to reshuffle his cabinet. The individuals, however, await…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has asserted that the lingering turmoil within certain opposition political parties in the nation is being orchestrated by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to maintain its hold on power beyond 2027. Ajuji Ahmed, the National Chairman of the NNPP, made this statement during the campaign launch for the…
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, has been suspended from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in his ward. Lokpobiri and David Lyon, the party’s candidate for the Bayelsa governorship in 2019, were suspended due to purported anti-party conduct. In addition to Lokpobiri and Lyon, several other notable members have also faced suspension,…
A former Governor of Kano State and candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the last general elections, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said that Nigerians, most especially northerners, have suffered enough in the hand of the incumbent government led by President Bola Tinubu. According to him, with the current situation of things…
The executive Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, has lampooned the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for flying into Edo State with a private on Saturday for the governorship election in the state. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain described the scene as shameful and a violation of movement restrictions. Fintiri…
On Sunday night, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the Edo State governorship election on Saturday. Okpebholo defeated his closest rival, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to emerge as the winner in the election. The returning officer for the Edo…
Salihu Lukman, a former National Vice Chairman for the North-West region of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has characterized the pricing of petroleum since the initiation of operations at the Dangote Refinery and the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) as being manipulative in nature. In a statement released on Tuesday, titled “Nigerian Democracy in…
