Politics

It was a jamboree galore on Sunday in Lokoja ,as no fewer than 6,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lokoja Local government on Sunday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors were received into the APC at an elaborate ceremony at the Lokoja Local APC secretariat. The defectors,cut across the…

Former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso says his disagreement with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje started when the governor embarked on borrowing to execute unnecessary projects, causing the state to owe about N185 billion. The former Governor stated this while featuring on Arise News on Friday. Kwankwaso expressed displeasure at the present debt profile of Kano…

Chukwuma Soludo, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), says Andy Uba, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was a domestic staff to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Soludo said this on Monday during the Anambra governorship election debate organised by Arise TV. During the debate, Soludo and Uba levelled accusations against one…

THE numerical strength of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State of Osun is currently dwindling, following defections of members of the party to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) noted that the crisis rocking the Osun APC has given some valuable members of the party, who claimed to be sidelined by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola,…

Many Nigerians are mad at the country’s political leaders — both progressives and conservatives — and they are voicing their anger, which is understandable. The Federal Government, through no fault of anyone in particular, is paralysed and unable to tackle any of the major challenges facing the country or even accomplish basic functions. Most politicians…

The Osun Progressives (TOP) has described as a ruse, the alleged endorsement of Prince Gboyega Famodun as the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, as the State Congress Appeal Committee wants to misinform members of the public. Chairman of the caucus, Reverend Adelowo Adebiyi, said the purported endorsement of Famodun as State…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has  dismissed an application challenging the suspension of Prince Uche Secondus from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A panel of three justices led by Justice Haruna Tsammani dismissed the suit on Tuesday during its sitting in the Rivers State capital. The PDP had filed the application at…

Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello has expressed optimism he will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. He said he has all the qualities to succeed as President, stating he has fixed Kogi since he took over. He spoke on Monday while featuring on Arise TV programme. “By the grace of God when I would have [been]…

The Progressive Consolidation Group (PCG), a political group recently endorsed by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has dismissed speculations that Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has renounced his ambition to contest in the 2023 presidential election. The group said there was never a time the Vice President attended a meeting where he renounced his…

…as Caretaker NEC shuts out prominent members Although the congresses conducted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) have come and gone, but the crises they generated indicate clearly that all is not well, generally in the party from the wards to the national level. Already there are feelers that most aggrieved factions may be plotting…