The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration over Nigeria’s rising debt burden. In a post on his X handle on Tuesday, Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, said Mr Tinubu’s government has been on a borrowing spree over the last two years. ‘Unsustainable debt’ On 22 July, the Nigerian Senate approved the 2025-2026 […]
The National Working Committee, Social Democratic Party, has expelled former Kaduna Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, from the party. SDP declared El-Rufai as ineligible to associate with the party in any capacity for the next 30 years. The leadership of the party accused him of falsely parading himself as a party member, manipulating internal processes, and […]
Operating under the umbrella of the Anambra State Former Political Appointees, ASFPA, the defectors formally declared their allegiance to the APC during a gathering at the Dora Akunyili Women’s Development Centre, Awka. Prominent among the defectors were the popular political twins Kingsley and Kennedy Ezekwelu, popularly known as the KKs, along with Ngozi Osy, Agbata, […]
Jackson Adebayo, the spokesperson for the party’s Caretaker Committee in Ekiti, said this in an interview with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Friday. It was reported that Olusola-Eleka, who served as deputy governor from 2014 to 2018 under the administration of former Governor Ayodele Fayose, resigned from the party on Thursday. The resignation was contained in […]
At a briefing in Kaduna , the SDP North West Zonal Secretary, Idris Inuwa, declared that El-Rufai is “not a member of the SDP and has never been,” warning stakeholders and the public to disregard his recent appearances under the party’s banner. “Let it be made unequivocally clear Mallam El-Rufai is not authorised, mandated, or […]
Oyinlola, while featuring on National Television, described the situation as a common trend where the ruling party exerts influence on elected officials, leading to defections. “It feels horrible, I would say, but the fact is that there is always enormous pressure from the ruling party on all the elected officers, and that’s what is producing […]
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Nentawe Yilwatda, has been sworn in as the new national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Yilwadta was inaugurated as chairman following his adoption by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party at its ongoing meeting at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa. […]
Saraki made the appeal in a heartfelt statement posted on his social media page, after attending a PDP Consultative Conference convened by one of the party’s founding fathers, Jerry Gana. “It was an honour to join the founding fathers and stakeholders of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party, today at the Consultative Conference,” Saraki […]
While featuring on National Television, Bamiji, stated that the lawmakers, Francis Fadahunsi, Osun East and Olubiyi Fadeyi, Osun Central, were misled by rumours that Governor Adeleke planned to defect to the APC. “Maybe what I can say is a kind of miscalculation on the part of the lawmakers. The rumour perhaps overwhelmed them, thinking that […]
The Senators are Sampson Ekong, senator representing Akwa Ibom south, and Aniekan Bassey, the Akwa Ibom north-east. Senate President Godswill Akpabio read their letters of defection during the plenary. While several political bigwigs dumped the party for the African Democratic Congress, ADC, others have found solace in the APC. The two Akwa Ibom Senators, according […]