Exercise caution in sanctioning anti-party members, Osun APC chair cousels party leaders

Worried by the evolving development in some of the local government chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, the state leadership of the party has appealed to the statutory leaders of the party at the grassroots level to exercise patience in pushing for the suspension of suspected members and leaders of the […]

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APC NWC, Lukman lock horns over party’s chairmanship

Your views not representative of leadership’s stance, says spokesman NWC ‘timid onlooker, distant observer’, Lukman insists ALL Progressives Congress (APC) has said a statement credited to the party’s national vice chairman (North West), Dr. Salihu Lukman, as regards the chairmanship position, was his personal view and did not represent the stance of the APC. The […]

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APC NWC announces Adamu, Omisore’s resignations

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. The party’s acting National Chairman, Senator Abubakar Kyari, who confirmed Adamu’s resignation, told reporters that the National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, also resigned. Kyari, who until the new development, was the party’s […]

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PDP NWC meets senators today over minority leadership, alleged APC interference

Senators eye Ningi as group flays gang-up against Tambuwal As the National Assembly resumes this week for full legislative duties, attention will shift to the lawmakers as jostling continues for election into principal offices before the 10th Senate commences its first real task of screening President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominees. Unlike the ruling All Progressives […]

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APC NEC meeting: Anxiety over Adamu, Omisore’s fate

There is growing tension over the fate of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and the party’s National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, at the forthcoming meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee on July 11. Multiple sources said on Saurday that they believed that the NEC meeting, which was long overdue, […]

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Aregbesola no longer our leader in Osun APC — Ex-Senate spokesman Ajibola

Spokesman of Nigeria’s ninth Senate, Dr. Ajibola Basiru, has said that the former Interior minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, is no longer a leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State. Basiru, who represented Osun Central Senatorial District in the immediate past Senate, made this known on Wednesday while delivering his scorecard to his […]

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Project refund: I owe you nothing, Tinubu tells Wike

• Insists he won presidential election • Promises to collaborate with governor The president-elect, Bola Tinubu, yesterday, rejected a request made by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, for a refund for construction of some federal roads in the state. Tinubu spoke while inaugurating the Rumuokwuta-Rumuola Flyover, in Obio/Akpor Council of the state. While noting […]

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Senate Presidency: Negotiations, intense lobbying among contenders as APC’s NWC meets

• Why North may outsmart South • Umahi: Southeast deserves No.3 seat • Adopt Northwest for Senate President, group gives Tinubu condition for second term After some lull in political intrigues since the completion of the general elections in March, next month’s inauguration and election of principal officers of the 10th National Assembly is another […]

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APC crisis: You lack powers to expel me, Lukman fires back at Adamu led NWC

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Vice Chairman North West, Dr Salihu Lukman says his colleagues in the national working committee (NWC) lack the powers to unilaterally expel him from the party. He argued that the moves coming from the National Legal Adviser whose legal qualification is not in doubt smacks of deliberate attempts to manipulate […]

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It’s difficult for PDP to reclaim South-East – Enugu LP candidate Edeoga

Labour Party candidate in the March 18 governorship election in Enugu State, Chijioke Edeoga, shares his thoughts with Raphael Ede on the outcome of the election among other issues. Your party alleged that the governorship election in Enugu State was marred by the mutilating and doctoring of results. Can you substantiate that? I don’t know […]

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