Category: Politics

There were strong indications in the early hours of Tuesday that critical stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC may have shortlisted five of the party’s presidential aspirants for consideration by President Muhammadu Buhari. Governors of the party had on Monday engaged in series of horse-trading, separately holding meetings along their regional composition and […]

The crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress took another dimension on Monday when members of the National Working Committee rejected the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, as its consensus candidate. The rebuttal is hours after the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu, announced Lawan as the party’s consensus candidate. Adamu had dropped the bombshell […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he has no preferred aspirant for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The APC will hold its national convention from Monday to Tuesday to elect a candidate for the 2023 presidential election in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former transportation minister Rotimi Amaechi, […]

Governors, NWC members kick, insist on fair primary Crisis has hit the All Progressives Congress (APC) following the announcement of Senate President Ahmed Lawan as consensus presidential aspirant by the national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Adamu made the announcement at the meeting of National Working Committee (NWC) on Monday in Abuja. Other aspirants including Asiwaju […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to meet ruling All Progressives Congress presidential aspirants latest Sunday. The president was said to be planning a trip to Ghana today (Saturday), without resolving the consensus crisis rocking the party. A top government official told one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity that the President would return to […]

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has assured that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will have a hitch-free presidential primary election on Monday. He said this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde on Saturday in Akure. Akeredolu is the Chairman, sub-committee on Security and Compliance for the APC Special Convention and […]

The governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 gubernatorial election have been held across all States. After so much intrigue and controversy, different winners emerged. They will fly their party’s flag in the 2023 general elections. While some incumbent emerged unopposed, others withdrew from the race and new faces also emerged. […]

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has disclosed reasons why he stepped down his presidential ambition to support the candidacy of Atiku Abubakar at the recent presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party. The governor, who was also a presidential aspirant on the platform of the party before his late withdrawal where he asked his supporters […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has released 20 names as chairmen and members of sub-committees of the special convention to oversee its primary election slated for Monday and Tuesday. According to the document released on Saturday by the party’s Assistant Director Media and Publicity, Edegbe Odemwegie, those on the list are members of the […]

Gaskiya Youth Movement, a youth group that says it is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to disqualify Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, one of the party’s presidential aspirants. Umar Iliyasu, Suleiman Baba and Abubakar Adamu, on behalf of the group, filed a suit on June […]