Category: Politics

Angry members of the All Progressives Congress from the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory stormed the party’s National Secretariat on Wednesday to protest the direct mode of primary imposed on them. The protesters demanded the reversal of the direct primary mode imposed on the FCT by the party’s National Working Committee. Some […]

– accuses Niyi Adebayo, Kayode Fayemi of unfairness – We’re working in line with directives from national secretariat – State Exco An aspirant into the House of Representatives in Ekiti State, Chief Kayode Babade, has faulted the decision of the State Working Committee, (SWC) of the party to apply indirect method to pick its National […]

National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday said the party leadership has sacked the Ahmed Gulak-led committee for the party’s governorship primaries in Imo State. Oshiomhole said this in an interview with State House correspondents after a meeting he had with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. […]

– Chairman “narrowly escaped” – Party suspends exercise indefinitely Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Imo State Governorship Primary Committee, Ahmed Gulak, has alleged that he narrowly escaped being kidnapped in the state. Gulak said this in an interview with reporters in Abuja, on Tuesday. He explained that he and other committee members conducted a […]

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential aspirant and Sokoto State Governor, Rt Hon Aminu Tambuwal, has declared that immediate steps must be taken to set the country on the path of development, following alleged abysmal performance of the APC Federal Government. Speaking at the Government House Port Harcourt on Monday during a consultative visit to Rivers […]

Sporadic gunshots, on Monday night, distrupted a meeting called by the committee in charge of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in Ogun State, with the aspirants. The meeting held at the MITROS Residences and Gateway Annex, Ibara, was scheduled to start by 10.00pm. The meeting, which actually started a bit late had all […]

– Governorship primary may be postponed again over disagreement There are strong indications the Lagos State gubernatorial primary billed for Tuesday would be canceled a fourth time, as the election monitoring committee and party bigwigs in the state failed to agree on the mode of the exercise. The delegates sent by the National Working Committee […]

Ahead of the Presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku, has said that he is the most qualified candidate for the nation’s presidency capable of rescuing her for the current multifaceted challenges come 2019. He stated this in Abuja at a Presidential media chat ahead of the Party’s Primaries […]

On Saturday, Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held statewide primaries to elect their governorship candidates for the 2019 general election. Some of the primaries were still on by Monday while some were postponed to Monday and beyond. In some states like Abia where Orji Kalu’s name […]

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has indicated interest to participate in the rescheduled Adamawa APC governorship primaries election, hours after he withdrew from the race. Alhaji Salihu Bawuro, the Director-General, Ribadu campaign organisation, made the announcement at a news conference in Yola on Monday. The state APC governorship primary is rescheduled for Thursday. Ribadu withdrew from the […]