EKITI State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said he will never leave the Peoples Democratic Party for any other party despite the crisis within the PDP. Fayose said this in Osogbo on Tuesday when he visited Governor Rauf Aregbesola at the Government House, Osogbo in company with about 50 dignitaries including the Speaker of the […]
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday said that Nigeria’s present economic downturn could be an act of God to remind Nigeria on the need to implement and embrace radical change, particularly in the country’s current economic model. Chief Oyegun made the disclosure when he received in audience a 15-member delegation […]
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IF Seriake Dickson the Governor of Bayelsa State is expecting a congratulatory message from President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent re-election for a second term of office, he had better forget it. Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s minister of information and culture told journalists in Abuja on Monday that the President would not follow the habit of […]
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FORMER interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, has warned the party to beware of defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party in order not to allow them to kill the ruling party. Akande, who described those defecting from other parties especially those from the PDP as parasites, said if allowed, they would […]
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FRESH crisis is currently brewing in the All Progressives Congress over the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the political appointees of his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan. Some leaders of the ruling party, who faulted Buhari’s retention of the PDP members, called for their sacking and the appointment of APC members in their stead. Besides, […]
Read More The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said despite the criticism of partisanship trailing President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war, the party owes no one any apology. Origin-Oyegun spoke with State House correspondents on Monday evening after a meeting the party’s National Working Committee members held with Buhari at the Presidential […]
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BAYELSA State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Chief Timipre Sylva alleged yesterday that the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conspired with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to “rig” him out of the election. According to Nation, Sylva, who vowed to challenge what he described as the procured victory of the […]
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A former speaker of the Ondo state House of Assembly, Victor Olabintan, has been reportedly kidnapped in Abuja. Olabintan’s abduction came 48 hours after he declared his intention to vie for the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship ticket in Ondo State. The Secretary of the Olabintan Campaign Organization, Mr. Gboyega Ajayi, confirmed to journalists on […]
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Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson yesterday won a second term after a tension-soaked election. The election came to a conclusion following the declaration of results of Saturday’s supplementary election results in the troublesome Southern Ijaw Local Government Area and 101 polling units across six local government areas. Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won […]
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Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday expressed confidence that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would fight corruption conclusively. Soyinka said this when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, visited him at his home in Lagos. He said that the level of exposure concerning corruption under the Buhari administration showed that government was […]
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There was tension in Bayelsa State, Friday, as voters in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area and over 101 polling units across six local councils, prepare to chose between Chief Timipre Sylva and Governor Seriake Dickson on Saturday. Since it started on December 5, the election has been a two-horse race between the former Governor and […]
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THE former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, says the All Progressives Congress spent more than the Peoples Democratic Party which was in power during the last general elections. Fani-Kayode, who was the spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, said this in a statement on Wednesday while reacting to the probe of some key […]
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