The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday declared the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Shittu Ibrahim as winner of Saki West State Constituency rerun election for Oyo House of Assembly. Shittu defeated his closest rival, Julius Okedoyin, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Shittu was earlier declared the winner of the 18 March 2023 election by the Independent …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on elected officials and political officeholders appointed on the platform of the party to respect and take party supremacy seriously. Party supremacy was recently put to the test in the build-up to the election of Senate and House of Representatives leaders in July 2023. The APC had micro-zoned the Senate Presidency to …

Ahead of the 21 September Edo State governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared its 10 aspirants to participate in the party’s primary election scheduled for 22 February. One of the 10 aspirants will emerge as the party’s candidate or flag bearer for the main election on 21 September. Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raked in …

Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Friday, rejected the call by the acting National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, to join the ruling party. Yusuf’s reaction came barely 24 hours after Kano APC stakeholders in their majority, resolved to reconcile with the Kwankwasiyya movement. To this extent, it appeared Ganduje may have finally complied with President …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Borno State has won all the 27 chairmanship and 312 councillor positions in Saturday’s council polls in the state. This is even as the newly elected chairmen and councillors of Konduga, Jere and other local government areas have lauded what they described as the “open-door, grassroots politics” of the APC Deputy National Chairman …

The governorship election in Edo State slated for September comes with a lot of exictment, tension and intrigues. The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state is engrossed with internecine strife, as a result of the dog fight between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Phlilps Shaibu on one hand; and Obaseki’s war of attrition with the party Executive …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has ruled out an automatic ticket for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa ahead of the 16 November 2024, governorship poll in Ondo State. APC national spokesman, Felix Morka, made this known on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday. According to him, the ruling party is democratic and everyone who desires nomination must earn it. When asked whether the …

As residents of Nasarawa State anticipate the judgment of the Supreme Court on the 2023 governorship election, the state police command has signed a peace agreement with the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. During the signing of the peace pact in Lafia on Monday, the Commissioner of Police, Umar …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed that it will be difficult to dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 presidential election without a genuine coalition. PDP 2023 Presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, had made a merger proposition, while hosting the National Executive Committee of the Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria. The former Vice President warned …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has sued the former Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola before a Federal High Court in Osogbo for allegedly causing a faction within the party. The APC, through its counsel Ayodele Kusamotu, Yemi Akingbade, R.I.O Oloyede and B.J Nwayen, asked the court to declare that the former minister of Interior cannot validly lead suspended …