Category: Politics

Will transaction politics hold sway in the lead up to the election of Governor Willie Obiano’s successor on November 6, 2021? This poser becomes relevant when viewed against the backdrop of recent court and shock attacks on the platforms of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and governing All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the state. The […]

Group urges President, party to intervene in revalidation Former Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Broadcast Media and Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Ibrahim Sharada, has been suspended from the All Progressives Congress (APC). The member representing Kano Municipality Federal Constituency was suspended from all party activities both at […]

SWAGA insists it is South-West’s turn to produce next president Says only traitors will compete with ex-governor The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), yesterday, said it was in support of power shift to the South-West in the 2023 presidential election, adding that if Tinubu gets the ticket of his party, it will support him. Secretary-General […]

Senator Liyel Imoke, a former governor of Cross River State as well as former Minister of Power and Steel, in this interview with select journalists, said Governor Ben Ayade’s defection to All Progressives Congress (APC) did not alter the strength or cohesion of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Recently your successor, Governor Ben […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the All Progressives Congress will decide who succeeds him as president and not himself. He said this on Thursday while fielding questions from journalists of Arise TV during an exclusive interview. The President said, “About succession, what this admin can do is to make sure APC lasts beyond this administration. “We […]

President Muhammad Buhari has said no one has the power to decide for the ruling All Progressive Congress on zoning. “You cannot sit there in Lagos, for instance, and decide on the fate of APC on zoning,” he said during an interview with Arise TV on Thursday. “Therefore we should allow the party to decide.” […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has raked in N315 million from the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms to aspirants jostling for the party’s governorship ticket for the November 6 Anambra State Governorship elections. At the close of sales and submission of nomination and expression of interest forms yesterday, it was gathered […]

The defection of Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), on May 20, 2021, has dismantled and disorganised all political permutations for 2023. There is total confusion in PDP and APC even though the stakeholders say all is well. In PDP, former governor […]

A supporter of the late Chief M. K. O. Abiola, Chief Abimbola Aboderin, has urged politicians to not only immortalise the late businessman and politician, but also emulate him. He said this in a statement on Sunday to herald the presentation of his book, ‘Democracy and the untold story of June 12,’ billed to hold […]