Category: Politics

– Some members kick against direct primary decision of party leadership – Party warns dissenters against scheduled strategy meeting There is some unease within the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) over the mode of election to be adopted during the primaries for the various elective offices. While the party’s National Working Committee and the National Executive […]

– Crisis looms within party Strong indications have emerged that a fresh crisis is imminent in the All Progressives Congress, APC, over its forthcoming primaries. The party on Friday said it would adopt the direct primary method for the selection of its candidates for all elections. But it was gathered that the party’s latest position […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress has swept the Local Government Chairmanship elections held on Saturday in Imo State, as the party also secured 640 councilors out of the 645 wards. This was just as the Redemption Peoples Party, Accord Party, KOWA, the Young Progressives Party and Rebuild Nigeria Party won one councilor each respectively. However, […]

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday said it had thoroughly reviewed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC, and declared that it has irredeemably failed in every sector of the national life. In a statement issued by Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary, in Abuja, the party alleged that available data, both locally and […]

The All Progressives Congress has dissociated itself from promoters of an online membership registration website — apcregistration.com. The party said its ongoing membership registration exercise had nothing to do with the website. This was contained in a statement signed by the APC acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena, in Abuja on Sunday. The APC […]

Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has responded to reports credited to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Bola Tinubu claiming that he (Saraki) and some others left the party because they could not actualise their selfish personal interests. In a statement personally signed by him and made available to newsmen in […]

Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has dismissed his reported declaration to contest the 2019 presidential election as untrue. His reported declaration which has gone viral, was based on an interview he had earlier granted Bloomberg where his word “considering” was, according to one of his aides, misinterpreted to mean declaration for the plum post. […]

[the_ad id=”1966″] Senator Magnus Abe who is representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District has charged leaders of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to shun encouraging acts of violence that tends to portray the ruling party as a terrorist group. He is therefore, pushing for a level playing field at all tiers of the party’s […]

A former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Bafarawa, who is aspiring for the Peoples Democratic Party ticket to contest the 2019 presidential election says he would not leave the party if he loses in the primary election. “I will remain in the PDP even if I do not emerge its presidential flag bearer. “As a democrat, […]

Osinbajo, Buhari Presidency says APC victories in weekend’s bye elections confirm Buhari’s popularity The Presidency has confirmed that acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo will run with President Muhammadu Buhari again in 2019, under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, hinted this […]