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 […]
Speaking on during his homecoming solidarity event in Osogbo, the former Minister of Interior said paramount on his political agenda is not the 2027 general elections but winning the 2026 Osun gubernatorial contest for the ADC. He revealed that Adeleke’s purported defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC, may have triggered the general feeling that […]
The former lawmaker gave the warning while addressing journalists in Osogbo. The APC chieftain said that the utterances and actions of many opposition leaders had started causing unnecessary tension across the country. Oyintiloye said that while the general elections were still almost two years away, the tension being generated in the country was becoming worrisome […]
Interim National Publicity Secretary of ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this in a statement while reacting to a tweet by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. He said that Onanuga had alleged that the opposition was planning to overthrow the President Bola Tinubu government before 2027. Abdullahi described the allegation […]