Why APC didn’t lose Osun outrightly and big -Jibrin

One of the All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Nigeria’s House of Reps, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said the ruling party would have lost the Osun governorship elections outrightly if Senator Iyiola Omisore didn’t decamp to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke, polled 254,698 ahead of Isiaka Oyetola […]

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APC lost to PDP in chief Bisi Akande’s polling unit

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been defeated in the polling unit of its pioneer national chairman, Chief Bisi Akande. According to Premium Times, Mr Akande voted at his Polling Unit 12, Ward 4, Ita Atewogbade, Ila Local Government Area. At the end of counting of votes, the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Ademola […]

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APC aligns with Osinbajo on restructuring

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has joined the renewed debate on restructuring by aligning with Vice President Yemi Osibanjo’s position that Nigeria needs good and accountable governance more than the rhetoric of restructuring. The party said that as part of its practical approach to implementing restructuring, its committee’s report on restructuring was being considered by […]

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Primate Ayodele warns Tinubu, APC will use and dump him

Primate Elijah Ayodele of the Inri Evangelical Spiritual Church, has warned the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to beware of some elements in the party, prophesying that the foremost politician would be used and dumped by the cabal allegedly holding the government of President Muhammadu Buhari by the jugular. Ekiti […]

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Ngige asked for help and I donated N5m to APC in 2014 -Ekweremadu

Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Mr. Ike Ekweremadu, said, even as a PDP member, he gave the All Progressives Congress (APC) N5 million to help it gain grounds in 2014. Addressing his constituents in Enugu on Sunday, Ekweremadu said he extended the gesture because Chris Ngige, now minister of labour and productivity, asked him for the […]

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Buhari, APC set to arraign Saraki -Timi Frank says

Ex-Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank has said, Sunday, that the Buhari government has concluded plans to arrest and arraign Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Frank said the planned arraignment was part of a renewed onslaught by the presidency and the leadership of the APC against Saraki. […]

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Ambode dumping APC? Holds emergency meeting with aides

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has entered into an emergency closed-door meeting with his commissioners and aides over his political future in the All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of the commencement of party primaries. According to Daily Post, the governor has been in talks with key stakeholders of his cabinet following reports of a […]

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3 APC chairmen die in road accident in Saudi Arabia

Reports coming in from Saudi Arabia have it that 3 local government chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from Zamfara state, Nigeria, on holy pilgrimage to Mecca, have lost their lives in a fatal road accident in the early hours of Friday. President of Muslim Media Practitioners’ Association of Nigeria (MMPAN), Abdulrahman Balogun, […]

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There are internal issues in APC House caucus -Jibrin

A member of Nigerian House of Representatives, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, Friday, admitted that there are internal issues within the All Progressives Congress, APC, caucus in the lower legislative chambers. Abdulmumin Jibrin, who is from Kano State however pointed out that the internal issues were nothing unusual. In a tweet, the lawmaker pledged his support for the […]

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APC: An Unstable Majority, By Bamidele Ademola-Olateju

Since Buhari won the presidential election in 2015, intra-party wrangling, subterfuge and outright sabotage have become standard fare in the politics of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party is in no way different from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) it replaced. APC learnt nothing from the failure of the PDP. Indeed, Marx was right. […]

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APC wins in Buhari’s Senatorial District By-Election

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmad Babba-Kaita, has defeated his brother, Kabir Babba-Kaita, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to win the Katsina North senatorial by-election held Saturday. Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ahmad polled 224,607 votes to defeat his brother who polled 59,724 votes. The Returning Officer, Hudu Abdullahi, therefore […]

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2 brothers of APC, PDP, battle for Katsina North Senatorial seat

Although there are other parties in contention, by the main battleground is set for two brothers to slug it out for the vacant Katsina North senatorial seat. The district, where President Muhammadu Buhari hails from, will be keenly contested by Kabir Babba-Kaita, hoisting the flag of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), and Ahmad Babba-Kaita donning […]

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Akpabio’s loyalists absent as he declares for APC in Akwa Ibom

Key stakeholders in Akwa Ibom State who were also loyalists of a former Governor of the state, Senator Godswill Akpabio, were glaringly missing as he declared for the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday at Ikot Ekpene, his senatorial zone. The former Senate Minority Leader was until his defection the political leader of the PDP […]

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Saraki, a traitor not fit to be Senate President -APC pub. sec.

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in a statement issued Thursday afternoon, by its National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, has called the Senate President, Bukola Saraki a traitor. Nabena said: “In terms of exemplary personage, the reverse is the case in respect of the current Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki who has been a dismal failure […]

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