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Nigerian Senate leader, Mr. Yahaya Abdullahi, has defected from the ruling All progressives Congress to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Kebbi State. Abdullahi’s special adviser on media and publicity Muhammad Jamil Gulma who was reported to have confirmed the defection said: “The Senate Leader Dr Yahaya Abdullahi will on Wednesday by 9 am leave […]
Continue ReadingIn Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s unusually acerbic and desperate political speech in Ogun State on Thursday, he dropped four unmistakably broad hints that he will transition to secessionist Yoruba nationalism should the All Progressives Congress (APC) deny him its ticket, especially if this is done through the circumvention of the established protocols for choosing a party […]
Continue ReadingMr. Rauf Olaniyan, the Oyo State Deputy Governor, announced on Sunday, that he had defected to the All Progressives Congress. He announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party was made in his private office, Ojoo, Ibadan, while addressing journalists. Mr. Olaniyan came after weeks of speculations that he was going to leave the party […]
Continue ReadingChief Adebayo Adelabu, a former CBN deputy governor and his supporters across the 33 local governments in Oyo State have resolved to dump the All Progressives Congress(APC). The resolution was made at an enlarged meeting of his mandate group held at his campaign office in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Senator Ayoade […]
Continue ReadingWith the emergence of a Northerner as its presidential candidate, I wonder how Afenifere, PANDEM, Ohaeneze Ndigbo, the Middle Belt Forum and the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum now feel about their favoured child known as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)? The virulent and avowed opposition that these august and highly respected bodies had against […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari has charged governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure that the forthcoming convention to pick a presidential candidate reflects all the values and virtues of the party. He also said the candidate to be selected has to be one “who would give the Nigerian masses a sense of victory and confidence even […]
Continue ReadingThree months ago, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released the timetable for the 2023 general election. (By the way, why do we call it general “elections”? A general election is one in which the generality of the electorate votes — as opposed to a bye-election which is for specific constituencies). The electoral umpire outlined […]
Continue ReadingOn the opposite side of Ass-o-Rock lies a stagnant, stinking body of water. Once a river of clear water, but the tidal waves of corruption, greed, ego and selfishness have killed virtually all the aquatic creatures therein, making it almost as dead as the Dead Sea. The stinking lagoon is the heritage of the Peoples […]
Continue ReadingOn Sunday, a pregnant woman and her children were killed at Isulo, Anambra State, along with six others identified as northern Nigerians. Initially, she was identified as “Fatima” but media reports later put her name as Harira Jibril. Fatima was one of her four children (the others were Khadija, Hadiza and Zaituna) killed along with […]
Continue ReadingThe story of football dribbling wizard, Godwin Odiye, is told almost like a legend in Nigerian football. A former Nigerian international defender, Odiye’s football career began to luster when he signed on to play with the third division league side, Nestle and thereafter, National Bank of Lagos. While he featured in the Nigerian national football […]
Continue ReadingNightfall in Abuja. Smoke filters through the savannah foliage, skywards. A bird’s-eye view reveals that all is not well under the canopy of forest below as a cacophony of voices rises and falls like traders’ babble on market day. It’s another hunting season in the Forest of a Thousand Demons located in the Ass-o-Rock region, […]
Continue ReadingFormer President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected the N100 million All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination forms bought for him to contest the 2023 presidential election by nomadic Fulani pastoralists and Almajiri communities. Jonathan’s Media Adviser, Mr Ikechukwu Eze, in a statement on Monday, said it was an insult for the community […]
Continue ReadingNigerians are aghast over the ballooning list of people who want to succeed Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) as president. There were at least 40 such people last Friday. As most of these people are known to be the men of easy virtue, many Nigerians are outraged. By the time this story is published, the list […]
Continue ReadingFormer APC member who represented the Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State and Director-General of the Tinubu Support Group, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC). He announced this via his Twitter handle on Saturday. The former federal lawmaker said he would announce his new party soon. “I have done my best for APC. It’s […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) has pegged its presidential nomination and expression of interest forms at N100 million. National publicity secretary of the party, Felix Morka, disclosed this shortly after the 11th National Executive Meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. The nomination form would go for N70 million while expression of interest forms […]
Continue ReadingFormer Minister of Youth and Sports in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet, Solomon Dalung has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC). Dalung, who served as minster in the first term of President Muhammadu Buhari, announced his resignation from the ruling party via a letter dated April 18, 2022. In the letter addressed to his ward Chairman […]
Continue ReadingEx-governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has been declared National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Jigawa State governor, Mr. Abubakar Badaru, made this known at Eagles Square, Abuja, venue of the APC national convention, after an aye-and-nay vote. The party had earlier on released its unity list which named the lawmaker as […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC). In a judgement delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, on Monday, the court held that the lawmakers needed to vacate their seats since […]
Continue ReadingSouthwest politicians from the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) bloc in the All Progressives Congress (APC) are set to lose out at the coming APC national convention following their rejection by governors in the region, reports say. The defunct CPC bloc is made up of politicians, who joined Muhammadu Buhari to merge with the Action […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the 16 lawmakers from Ebonyi to vacate their seats after their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, ordered the lawmakers to stop parading themselves as representatives of the people after dumping the party on […]
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