APC Congresses: Osun youths protest alleged hijack of forms

Scores of the All Progressives Congress (APC) youths in Osun State on Friday staged a peaceful protest over alleged hijack of congress nomination forms in the state. The youths, who staged a protest on the Gbongan-Ibadan road, Ogo-Oluwa, Osogbo, accused Osun State governor Isiaka Oyetola and the party chairman in the state Gboyega Famodun of […]

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Why there is persistent, acrimonous demand for restructuring

By Adele Jinadu Missed Opportunities Pursuing the Idea of Nigeria as Ethno-RegionalismIn this section, I turn to the consideration of some milestones and the three missed opportunities from them that continue to frame contemporary demand for restructuring in the country. The Richards Constitution was an historic milestone and a defining moment in the development of […]

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Buni warns against sabotage of APC congresses

As the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) braces up for the ward congress, the chairman caretaker of the extraordinary convention planning committee, Mai Mala Buni, has enjoined party stakeholders and members of the party against sabotaging the exercise. The APC chief in a statement called on officials conducting the Congress to be fair and objective […]

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Kalu asks court to halt party’s congresses, void exercises, convention held under Buni

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barrister Kalu Agu Kalu, on Friday asked a high court in Abuja for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the APC from going ahead with its planned Ward congress scheduled for Saturday, July 31 as well as subsequent local government, state, zonal congresses and the party’s national […]

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2023: Nigerians eager to return PDP – Atiku

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday said Nigerians are eager to have the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) back in power in 2023. He said they were tired of the failed administration of President Muhammadu and the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to him, the APC has failed Nigerians in almost every index. Atiku said Nigerians […]

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Supreme Court verdict on Akeredolu exposes grave danger for APC, Keyamo warns

Wednesday’s Supreme Court judgment, which ratified the victory of Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, has thrown up a major controversy over the legitimacy of Governor Mai Mala Buni as the All Progressives Congress (APC) national caretaker chairman. The Yobe governor was appointed after the removal of elected Chairman Adams Oshiomhole on June 16, last year […]

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PDP is Nigeria’s only hope now – Governors

PDP Governors Say they won’t be intimidated to join APC Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ forum Waziri Tambuwal has alleged that Governors who joined the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) from the party did so to avoid being prosecuted for their alleged corrupt deeds. He stated that the remaining PDP Governors will […]

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2023 presidency: Tinubu better off as APC consensus candidate – VON DG

Founding member of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Osita Okechukwu says the former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu would be in pole position to clinch the ticket of the party under consensus arrangement to vie for the presidency in the 2023 poll. Tinubu, who is the national leader of the party is believed […]

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High drama in national assembly over electronic transmission of election results

The passage of the 2021 electoral amendment bill, especially clause 52(3) by the National Assembly has continued to generate controversy among Nigerians seeking electronic transmission of election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as one of the ways of ensuring free, fair and credible elections. Specifically, Clause 52(3) stated that the electoral body […]

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