The Independent National Electoral Commision has replaced Mr Michael Umeoji with a former Central Bank governor, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the November 6 governorship election. This was contained in a statement on Thursday by INEC National Commissioner and chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee), […]
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The caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, has refuted media reports that the party has zoned the presidency to the southern part of the country ahead of the 2023 poll. He stated yesterday that there was no iota of truth in the speculation making the rounds […]
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• Party accusses Salvador, Adediran, Oki of boycotting congress • We were deceived by consensus arrangement, say factions The ward congresses conducted by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Saturday July 31 have left the party more divided in most states of the Southwest. Several factions in state chapters held parallel congresses against the […]
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People Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Raymond Dokpesi, has debunked reports that he is interested in national chairmanship of the party. The opposition party is expected to elect a new chairman in October to replace Uche Secondus. The former chairman of Daar Communications stated yesterday that he would not risk a dent on his integrity, having […]
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… Before they fell apart … By Banji Ayoola Still boiling with rage barely 12 hours after a bloody clash, supporters of Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola and those of the Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, on Sunday resorted to a verbal warfare over the violence which occurred at the secretariat of the Osun State All […]
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Nigeria’s leading opposition party, thePeoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday, raised the alarm over an alleged underhand rigging plan of the 2023 general election by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. It raised the alarm in a statement by its National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, entitled: “APC has begun the rigging of 2023 Polls, Secondus […]
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The crisis rocking the Osun State cahapter of All Progressive Congress (APC) turned bloody on Saturday when loyalists of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and his former boss and Minister for Interior, Rauf Aregbesola clashed at the party’s secretariat during the hearing of petitions by the Ward Congress Appeal Committee. Aregbesola handed over to Oyetola, his former […]
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Banji Ayoola Pandemonium broke out on Saturday at the Osun secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) as sounds of gunshots tore through the tense atmosphere at the sitting of the Ward Congress Appeal Committee in Osogbo. The gunshots which ran out about 4.15pm, forced the heavily armed security operatives to rescue some members of […]
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Banji Ayoola The crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State degenerated on Saturday as aggrieved members of the party stormed the party’s state secretariat in Osogbo to submit petitions against the ward congress to the Appeal Committee which started its meeting same day. They came in hundreds and besieged the party’s […]
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The Osun Progressives (TOP), a faction within the Osun State All Progressives Congress (APC), has alleged that some people within the party and government are planing to attack leaders of the faction. The TOP Chairman, Rev. Adelowo Adebiyi, told a press conference on Thursday in Osogbo, that the planned attack was as a result of […]
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