Politics

As the race for the national chairmanship of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) hots up, MUYIWA OYINLOLA in this report examines the gladiators  By Muyiwa Oyinlola When the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) came on board June last year, not many stakeholders believed the…

•Seeks adherence to APC’s pre-2015 North-South rotation pact Politicians in the north with ambition to contest for President in 2023 were told yesterday to consider All Progressives Congress’ agreement to rotate power between the North and the South. Former governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima, who made the call in his closing remarks as…

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay, on Wednesday criticised the purported Presidential ambition of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. Professor Sagay has stated that he does not know what Governor Bello will use as his achievements during the forthcoming presidential campaign if he is truly serious about contesting…

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has vowed to resist any attempt by the All Progressives Congress to foist a one party state on Nigerians. The Governors spoke in a statement by the Director General of the PDPGF, CID Maduabum, on Thursday. They said the APC constituted a threat to the country’s democracy by its…

The call for Kogi West Senatorial District to produce the next Governor of the State re-echoed on Thursday in Lokoja with the call by Salisu Sagi Usman, Spokesman of Equity, Fairness and Justice Group, leaning his support to the agitations of Kogi West Agenda. In a statement issued to newsmen in Lokoja, the Equity, Fairness…

Following the defection of Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Bello Mohammed Matawalle from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling get All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator representing Zamfara Central Senatorial District, Kabir Marafa, has read his riot act to the governor. The former lawmaker insisted that there were issues to be discussed following the governor’s entry…

The main opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party has protested against the decision of Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party warned that the law only allows defection in a situation of crisis in the party the defector belonged to. Governor Matawalle and some federal…

A Chieftain of All progressive Congress (APC) in kogi state,Hon. Sulaiman Baba Ali has said that he has not taken decision yet on 2023 Governorship of Kogi State. Recalled that there was a Clarion calls by various groups urging the one-time Commissioner of health to join the 2023 guber race. In a press released signed…

***Encourages more youth to get involved regardless of their chosen career A leading aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu 2023, and Otunba Atuluse of Ekinrin Adde, Chief Olaiya Michael Olobatoke has further emphasized the need for political participation and agitation as panacea to a better community development, stable and peaceful societies….

Stakeholders across political divides from Lokoja/ Kogi Federal Constituency, are beginning to mobilize support for the candidacy of former Commissioner for health and a one-time Governorship aspirant under the platform of APC, in 2014 Governorship primary, Hon Sulaiman Baba Ali to succeed govemor Yahaya Bello. A new support group christened, Lokoja/ Kogi Federal Constituency Stakeholders…