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. […]
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 […]
The PDP will commence the process that will culminate in its 101st NEC meeting. The meeting, during which the date of its convention will be decided, will lead to the election of new national officers. They will take the party through the primaries and the 2027 general election. The PDP National Working Committee, NWC, and […]
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has disclosed that Governor Ademola Adeleke was rejected because he was a liability that would hurt the party’s integrity. The party made this known in a statement signed by its chairman, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, as a response to a communiqué released after a meeting by […]
Sa’idu emerged unopposed following the withdrawal of three other aspirants, Bashir Muhammad Madaro, Walin Kurya, Anas S.Fada, and Ashiru Hamisu Habibu, during the party primary held at Kasuwar Daji Primary School. Thirty delegates from the six wards of Kagara, Dan-Isa, Sakajiki, Kurya, Kyambarawa, and Banga affirmed Sa’idu’s candidacy through consensus. The aspirants who stepped down […]
Binani’s media aide, Maulud Usman, confirmed the incident and said the former senator arrived in Yola and quietly declared her switch to the ADC in the company of close allies and associates. “It wasn’t planned as an elaborate event, and there was no media invite, but the declaration has been made,” Usman said, noting that […]
Onanuga made the remark in a post on social media, following a visit by Governor Eno and Senate President Godswill Akpabio to President Bola Tinubu. According to him, “Akwa Ibom Governor, Umo Eno, and Senate President, Godswill Akpabio visited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday. Governor Eno is the APC leader in his state.” Eno, […]
The group’s convener, Wisdom Ikuli, made the call in Yenagoa, encouraging stakeholders to back efforts to align Bayelsa more closely with the Federal Government. Ikuli, who also serves as Governor Diri’s Technical Adviser on Print Media, explained that the CBSF is a non-partisan body comprising members from diverse political affiliations, including non-indigenes. He stressed the […]