By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti Going by the pace with which Governor Kayode Fayemi kick starts the year with monumental projects, the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Ekiti state has told people of the state to expect more dividends of democracy in the new year. “The year will be one to be remembered for good by…
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Anambra 2021: PDP, APC express satisfaction with INEC’s timetable
Two leading opposition political parties in Anambra have expressed satisfaction with the timetable for the state’s 2021 gubernatorial election released by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday. According to the timetable, the election will hold on Nov. 6, while the conduct of party primaries and resolution of issues around it will hold from June…
Buhari, APC, PDP mourn, as ex-Finance minister, Martins-Kuye, dies
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Deola Badru & James Ogunnaike FORMER minister of Commerce and Industry, Alhaji Jubril Martins-Kuye is dead. He died, yesterday, at the age of 78, after a brief illness. One of the sons of the late ex-minister said his father died yesterday morning. The late Martins-Kuye was born on August 1942 in Ago…
Kwara APC crisis: Senator Ashiru sues for peace
By Demola Akinyemi – Illorin The senator representing Kwara south enatorial district,in the National assembly, Senator Oyelola Ashiru has urged stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State to “shelve their swords ” amidst the raging political crisis in the party and allow peace to reign. Addressing some party faithfuls across Kwara South, who…
Kwara APC crisis: Lai, Saraki’s loyalists slam Buni’s C’ttee, vow to unseat Gov Abdulrazak
The crisis of confidence in the Kwara state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC took a turn for the worse on Wednesday as loyalists of the Information and Culture minister, Lai Mohammed and those of Minister of state for Transportation, Sen. Gbemi Saraki rejected the verdict of the national leadership of the…
PDP’s Jegede closes case at Ondo governorship election petitions tribunal
Eyitayo Jegede, the candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in the October 10, 2020 governorship election in Ondo state, has closed his case at the Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure on Wednesday. Jegede closed his case against APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) established before the tribunal even when election petitions tribunal…
APC vows to win 2023 elections, plans to triple membership
Contrary to the permutations ahead of the 2023 general elections, indicating that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may lost its grip on power, the party has insisted that it will continue to win every election in the country. Govenror of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello made this declaration in Abuja on Tuesday shortly after his…
EDO: Why Obaseki is yet to form his cabinet — Idahosa
Charles Idahosa *No agreement on power-shift to Esan in 2024 when Obaseki joined PDP By Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor Chief Charles Idahosa, former Commissioner for Information in Edo State and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in this interview, speaks on, among others things, the politics of Edo and the victory of Governor…
APC to triple membership ahead of 2023 poll
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi says the All Progressives Congress (APC) will triple its membership ahead of the 2023 general elections. Bello, who is the chairman of the newly inaugurated APC Women and Youth Sensitisation and Mobilisation Committee for the membership registration and revalidation exercise, stated this on Tuesday…
APC rallies support for Obiozor
All Progressives Congress (APC) has in Abuja, urged Nigerians of Igbo extraction to support Prof. George Obiozor to fulfill his mandate as the new President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo. The party in a statement by Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, Secretary of its Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), congratulated Obiozor for emerging as the President-General…
PDP group condemns attack on Makinde over foreign trip
The Oyo PDP-Visionaries, a group within the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described the attack on Governor Seyi Makinde by some elements in the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the insecurity situation in the state as unpatriotic and uncharitable. It added that the APC elements…
APC targets 2m members in Adamawa in membership registration
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it plans to register 2 million members in Adamawa in the ongoing membership registration across the country. Prof. Tahir Mamman, member, APC National Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee said this at a news conference on Saturday in Yola. “We want to see at least two million residents of Adamawa as…