As the people of Edo State await the formal announcement of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) deputy governorship candidate with several names been touted by political interest groups, Osarodion Ogie Esq, stands out conspicuously as the best for the position. Apart from the fact that several opinion polls by members of the party and outside it are heavily tilted in …

The main opposition political party in Osun State, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the state government are on a collision course over the emergence of new monarchs for Iree and Igbajo communities. In a statement by its chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, on Saturday, the APC accused the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke of promoting crisis in Igbajo and Iree by tinkering …

The crisis that erupted after the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State may not be over as one of the aspirants, Dennis Idahosa, has written to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, not to receive any other name as the candidate of the party apart from him, claiming that …

The All Progressives Congress (APC), along with its candidate in the Bayelsa State governorship poll, Chief Timipre Sylva has accused the election petition tribunal in Abuja of bias. APC and Sylva demanded the outright disbandment of the tribunal headed by Justice Adekunle Adeleye and the reconstitution of another panel. They are challenging the re-election of Governor Duoye Diri, and his deputy, …

All three leading political parties are facing serious difficulties conducting their primaries for the Edo State gubernatorial election. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has produced two candidates. The All Progressives Congress (APC) produced three in the initial botched exercise. Labour Party has not conducted its, but a leading aspirant and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata has …

Nigeria’s politicians have perfected the art of burying themselves with one foot sticking out. And it appears that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will, once again, stage this rite of self-destruction in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State. The party’s primaries on Saturday was such a shambles, it has now been forced to conduct it again, with no guarantee …

The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has commended the Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje-led National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the decision to cancel and reschedule the party’s controversial gubernatorial primarily in Edo State. A former Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Fayemi, however, strongly condemned what he described as the “questionable role” of …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked the opposition parties to stop complaining, but rather, they should offer lasting solutions to the country’s problems. The APC Spokesman, Felix Morka made this call in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. “One of the concerns we have is that opposition is not about condemning. So, it is not …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, on Sunday, expressed its satisfaction at the conduct of the Saturday re-run election which returned its candidate, Ibrahim Shittu, to the state House of Assembly as the lawmaker representing Saki West State Constituency. The Court of Appeal had ordered a rerun election at Unit 07, Ward 06 and Unit 19 in Ward …

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano on Saturday traded blame over the disruptions and irregularities that marred the House of Assembly rerun polls. The disruptions and irregularities, including the hijacking of electoral materials resulting in violence, led to the suspension of the election in the Kunchi/Tsanyawa constituency of the State by the …