Politics

The Executive Director, Technical Services, Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Engr. Umar Abdullahi Umar, has received no fewer than 500 members of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) into the All Progressives Congress (APC). This development is coming as Umar, who is the son of former governor of the state Abdullahi...

A group, Tinubu/Sylva APC Bayelsa Vanguard has staged a solidarity walk on Monday, in various parts of Yenegoa, Bayelsa state capital, in support of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Governo, Chief Timiprye Sylva. The leader and convener of the group, Comrade John Ayebabomote Birakumo, during the rally, said...

The North West APC Youth League on Wednesday firmly disowned a purported coalition of APC support groups in Kebbi State, describing it as “unregistered, unrecognized, and lacking legitimacy” within the party. The league, speaking at a press briefing in Kaduna, reiterated its full support for Minister of Budget and Economic...

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Yekini Nabena, has accused Governor Douye Diri of brain behind arrest rumours linking the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, to alleged coup plot. The APC chieftain added that the rumours...

Governor Dauda Lawal is reportedly preparing to meet with President Tinubu tomorrow, fearing the loss of his re-election bid due to a mass defection of key PDP members. Just today, he lost another PDP state House of Assembly member, Hon. Faru, who represents Maradun II, to the APC. This follows...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State has suffered another setback following the defection of a serving member of the State House of Assembly representing Maradun II Constituency, Maharazu Salisu, to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Salisu, who announced his defection on Tuesday at the APC State Secretariat in...

African Democratic Congress (ADC) has suspended its National Vice Chairman (South-South), Dr. Usani Uguru Usani, with immediate effect, citing actions deemed detrimental to the unity and progress of the party.The decision followed a meeting of the State Working Committee (SWC) of the ADC, Cross River State Chapter, held on Wednesday,...

In a significant political shift in Zamfara State, Hon. Muhammad Lawal Kuryar Madaro, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate who woefully lost the Kaura Namoda South State House of Assembly election, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The move was announced today at a high-profile gathering organised...

A civil society coalition, the Alliance for Energy Stability and Economic Growth (AESEG), has called on Nigerians to rally behind President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, saying his administration has restored investor confidence in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. In a statement issued on Monday by its president, Dr....