Benue State’s Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressive Congress have been at odds over Governor Samuel Ortom’s hurried projects, which include a supposed airport. In a statement on Sunday, the APC Publicity Secretary in the state, Daniel Ihomou, said it was curious that Ortom would embark on an airport project two months to the end of his administration. “How …

The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three lawyers filing proceedings at the election petition tribunal for the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). It also said that five APC support staff working with the legal team to challenge the outcome of last 18th March governorship election in the state were picked alongside the lawyers …

The Benue State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the outgoing administration of Governor Samuel Ortom has embarked on emergency awards of contracts worth billions of Naira. The state chairman of the APC, Hon. Austine Agada told newsmen in Makurdi, the state capital: “Recently, the Benue State Government through the Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism, …

The All Progressives Party (APC) has given the go-ahead for its governorship primaries in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi States to Imo State Governor Hope Uzudimma; Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timpriye Silva; Senator Smart Adeyemi; Kogi State Deputy Governor, Edward David Onoja; and 20 other contenders. The conduct of off-season governorship elections in the three states has been …

The Ogun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to “provide maximum security for its staff and the election materials in its possession, especially all the ballot papers pertaining to the just concluded general elections” in the state. In a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta, the state capital, APC state …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s re-election bid received a major boost on Wednesday as former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Dr Ade Dosunmu; and Labour Party’s Lagos Central senatorial candidate, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri dumped their parties to work for the Governor’s re-election. Dosunmu and Onitiri, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) with thousands of their supporters …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council in Delta State has challenged the outgoing governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa to explain how he acquired a N3 billion mansion in Texas, United States of America; and come clean on the reported plunder of over N250 billion assets of the state during his tenure. Quoting reports published by a leading online newspaper, The …

Jigawa State Deputy Governor and gubernatorial flag bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Umar Namadi has been tipped as the candidate to beat in the Saturday States’ Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections in the country. Aside from incumbency, many factors have been identified to be strongly in his favor in the current race to the Government …

The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Anyanwu has accused some chieftains of the party in Imo State of sabotaging the presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, during the last presidential and National Assembly elections. In a statement by his spokesperson, Ikenna Onuoha, Anyanwu alleged that the unnamed chieftains of the party collected the …

The crisis in the Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has taken a worse dimension with the suspension of its governorship candidate, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, over alleged anti-party activities about one week to the election. Consequently, the party directed Bwacha to “suspend the related illegal activities (campaign) and appear before the fact-finding committee on March 13 2023 to …