Category: Politics

PDP Flag. Photo: GettyIMages The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has appealed to members and stakeholders of the party to remain calm over Tuesday resignation of seven national deputy officers of the party. The forum made the call in a statement issued by its Chairman and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, in Abuja. […]

The State Working Committee (SWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom has suspended 17 caretaker committee chairmen and two other members for allegedly sponsoring youths to protest against Saturday’s ward congress. Akwa Ibom publicity secretary of the APC, Nkereuwem Enyongekere, in a statement, condemned the pockets of protests at the Secretariat by […]

Governors to decide Secondus’ fate next week Keyamo, Ogala insist on Buni’s exit Internal crises are festering within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Leaders of the two dominant political parties are at the centre of the turmoil. Last week at the Supreme Court, the minority judgment […]

The legal status of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Caretaker Chairman sparked another row yesterday. Immediate Past APC National Legal Adviser, Babatunde Ogala (SAN), said the party’s caretaker committee remains illegal. The Delta APC Leaders Council, led by Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), faulted the party for going ahead with […]

Eight out of 11 aggrieved All Progressives Congress Anambra State governorship aspirants have vowed to remain within the party and fight for the restoration of internal democracy within the party. The aspirants also vowed to reclaim the party ticket for the November 6 election which they each believe belonged to them. Speaking on behalf of […]

By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that Wednesday’s Supreme Court verdict on the dispute over the last governorship election in Ondo State signaled what it described as the imminent collapse of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. It said the judgement has put the ruling party in disarray, noting: “This judgement […]

Barely 19 months to Nigeria’s high-stakes 2023 presidential elections, intense lobbying and permutations have heightened among political actors on who or which geo-political zone should produce the next president. In “A Message to Nigerians,’’ released in Abuja on Sunday, elder statesman, Dr Nnamdi Onochie, wrote that the political class should “toe the path of reason […]

The recent Supreme Court judgment, which saved the mandate of Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), came as a sudden blow on the fabric of the federal governing party. Coupled together as a mega political party to challenge the dominance of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it was also […]