extends Buni’s tenure The National Executive Committee, NEC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress on Tuesday dissolved all states, zonal, and national party structures. It also extended the tenure of the party’s caretaker extraordinary convention planning committee led by Governor Mai Buni by six months. The decision was taken at a meeting of the committee […]
Continue Reading
The National Executive Committee, NEC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is currently holding an emergency virtual meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. The party had in late November scheduled the meeting to review its position and deliberate on its next line of action as it concerns its national leadership. The National […]
Continue Reading
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday countered the claim by the Presidency that the All Progressives Congress, APC, made a clean sweep of seats in Saturday’s legislative by-elections. In a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the main opposition party said that of the six senatorial by-elections, the PDP won only three. It said: “Moreover, […]
Continue Reading
Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has supported the call for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari. Its Caucus in the House of Representatives, had, at the weekend, called for Buhari’s impeachment, citing alleged failure of the President to protect Nigerians against killings, kidnappings, banditry, and other violent crimes across the country. […]
Continue Reading
By Banji Ayoola The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State on Monday fired back at the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, describing that party’s claims on the last governorship election that produced Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, as baseless and an act of political desperation. In a statement titled: “PDP’s Baseless Claims On Last […]
Continue Reading
By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has given reasons why it wants the election of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, annulled. It unveiled the grounds on which it approached the tribunal in a statement on Sunday by its spokesman in the state, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei. This is coming barely 48 […]
Continue Reading
The Council of Ulamas in Kano state has denied endorsing the National leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2023 presidential ambition. The State Council Chairman, Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil, made the clarification while speaking with newsmen in Kano on Sunday. Bola Ahmed Tinubu was in Kano on Friday where he attended a wedding Fatiha […]
Continue Reading
Five broad issues seem to be fueling upheavals surrounding the buildup to the 2023 election cycle, which is less than two years away. These issues include President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance and leadership style, arguments for and against zoning of the presidential slot, simmering crisis within the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, mutual suspicion within the […]
Continue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday described the ruling All Progressives Congress as a party on its way to extinction. The opposition party alleged that there were underground moves by leaders of the APC to disown the President Muhammadu Buhari administration over his leadership style. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said these in […]
Continue Reading
The Director-General of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Dr. Salihu Lukman, has attributed the crisis within the All Progressives Congress to the resistance of some powerful individuals to the competition. He said this in a statement titled, “Nigerian Democratisation and Internal Party Contest for Leadership,” in Abuja, on Sunday. The PGF is the umbrella body of […]
Continue Reading
