APC declares Ondo State Gov’ship primary inconclusive

In a statement by the Chairman, Gov. Usman Ododo on Sunday morning, the 2024 Governorship Primary Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has declared the Saturday’s primary as inconclusive. The statement said that a rerun election would take place in all 13 wards of Okitipupa Local Government with total validated registered […]

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Attacks on Peter Obi by Omokri, Bwala, and Onanuga show APC lost the presidential election —Dalung

Former Nigerian Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, says the attacks on Peter Obi by Reno Omokri, presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga and David Bwala showed that their principal indeed stole his mandate but is not able to run away with it. Solomon who has been critical of the Tinubu administration stated this on his […]

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APC vs PDP: When a woman marries a second husband, By Azuka Onwuka

There is an Igbo proverb that says: When a woman marries the second husband, she understands the true worth of the first husband. It is the same for a man who divorces his wife and marries a second wife. Usually, the first spouse seems bad until the divorce occurs and another marriage takes place. Some […]

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APC is now crowdsourcing wisdom?, By Abimbola Adelakun

At a recent function in Abuja, Vice President Kashim Shettima expressed his disappointment that some Nigerians would rather be amused by the free fall of Naira value than pour ashes on their heads. According to him, “It is not only disheartening and disenchanting but also heartbreaking that yesterday when the Naira culminated to N1,500 to […]

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27 Rivers State Assembly members defect from PDP to APC

Twenty-seven members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have on Monday defected from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers  cited division within the PDP as the primary reason for their defection to the APC. The affected lawmakers are said to be the ones […]

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APC’s Usman Ododo wins Kogi Guber election

Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Usman Ododo, has been declared the winner of the November 11, 2023 election with 446,237 votes. Announcing the result late Sunday night, the state Returning Officer, Prof Johnson Urama, said Ododo was closely followed by the Social Democratic Party candidate, Muri Ajaka, who scored […]

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Election Tribunal dismisses PDP, LP’s petition against Sanwo-Olu, APC

Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal for Lagos State, on Monday, dismissed the petitions brought by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Labour Party (LP), and Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the victory of Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 governorship election. Jandor had contested the results of the March 18 […]

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The APC beyond Buhari, By Chidi Amuta

The APC was birthed out of Mr. Buhari’s resilient appetite for presidential power. Its victory in the 2015 presidential election satisfied that hunger and lavishly fed it for eight years. His victory then was a product of both his northern regional cultic followership and a nationwide rejection of Mr. Jonathan’s bumbling presidency. Eight years afterwards, […]

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Former Kano gov, Ganduje emerges as APC national chairman

Former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje and spokesperson for the ninth Nigerian Senate, Ajibola Basiru, were on Thursday officially ratified to replace the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu and former National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore respectively. The decision was taken barely an hour after President Bola Tinubu […]

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Catalogue of Lootings in Nigeria: How Corruption Under PDP Became Child’s Play Under APC, By Femi Falana

1. Diversion of N40 billion from Federation Account A company, Continental Transfert Technique had been hired by the Ministry of Interior to collect the Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Alien Card (CERPAC) Fee of $2,000 per annum from every expatriate in Nigeria. The revenue from 2019 comes to an average of N40 billion per annum. […]

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Adamu, Omisore resign as national chairman, secretary of APC

National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the  resignation of the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdulahi Adamu, and the Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore. Senator Abubakar Kyari, the Deputy National Chairman, North, made the announcement after the meeting of the NWC held on Monday at the party’s secretariat in […]

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Election Petition Court reserves judgement in APM’s petition against APC

Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), on Friday, reserved judgement in the petition of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) challenging the conduct of the February 25 elections wherein Bola Tinubu was declared as the elected president. APM is seeking the disqualification of Tinubu on the grounds of unlawful nomination of the Vice President, Kashim Shettima. […]

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There’s no Ministers’ list yet ―Omisore, APC Nat. Sec.

National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Iyiola Omisore has said that the purported list of Ministerial nominees are mere speculations. Omisore who sat for an interview on Channels Television, said the ruling party is still consulting and the Ministerial list is not ready. He noted that it is the prerogative of […]

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I regret campaigning for APC —Actress Ronke Oshodi Oke

Nigerian star actress, Ibironke Ojo-Anthony professionally known as Ronke Oshodi Oke, has revealed reason she regretted campaigning for the All Progressives Congress (APC) following the EndSARS protest that rocked the country in October 2020. Speaking in a recent interview with Chude Jideonwo, Ronke Oshodi slammed the APC-led government for failing on its campaign promises. She said: […]

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Tribunal moves to merge all petitions against Tinubu, APC and INEC

Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), sitting in Abuja, has disclosed plans to merge the three separate petitions seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election by virtue of paragraph 50 of the First Schedule of the Electoral Act to merge all the petitions and decide them together. This view was supported by […]

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In a secret memo in May 2022, Kayode Ajulo warned APC against fielding candidate with dual citizenship, criminal records

In its publication of 23rd May 2022, The Punch newspaper published a story that Kayode Ajulo, a lawyer and rights activist wrote a secret memo to president Buhari warning the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to field candidate with dual citizenship and or criminal records and that 22 of the 25 APC candidates jostling for […]

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