The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council has debunked reports that its candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu incited some APC governors to disobey the directive of the President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement on Friday night, the council’s Director of Media and Publicity, Mr Bayo Onanuga said that it is fake news being peddled by an online platforms, adding that the …

With the 11 March governorship election just around the corner, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) rerun primary. He polled 778 votes to defeat Senator Yusuf Yusuf who got five votes out of the 796 accredited delegates. At various times, two Federal High Courts in Jalingo and Abuja had nullified the APC governorship primary election and …

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Chimaroke Nnamani on Sunday justified his preference for the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The former Enugu State governor said that his party breached the North-South power rotation principle provided for in its constitution by fielding Alhaji Abubakar Atiku as its presidential candidate for the 25 February poll. …

The Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal judgment which awarded the Abia Central senatorial district ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Hon. Samuel Ifeanyi Onuigbo. This follows two appeal judgment delivered by the apex court in Abuja on Friday. Both appeals were filed by Hon. Emeka Atuma, and they both went in favour of Onuigbo. Affirming …

The immediate past governor of Adamawa State, Senator Muhammad Umar Jibrilla Bindow has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of this year’s general elections. Bindow resigned his membership of the party through a letter addressed to the APC chairman of Kolere ward, Mubi North Local Government Area, dated 20 January. Bindow added that his “faithful supporters” across the state …

The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday made a U-turn on its decision to not respond to the resignation of one of its directors, Hajia Naja’atu Mohammed, saying she was sacked for incompetence and being a mole in its cold. The PCC said it received with amusement what it called the “hasty resignation” of …

The director of the civil society directorate of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Hajiya Naja’atu Muhammad has resigned from the party. Naja’atu’s resignation from the ruling party comes five weeks to the 2023 presidential election scheduled for Saturday, 25 February. Daily Trust reports that while announcing her resignation in a letter dated 19 January and addressed to party’s …

The request by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to make use of the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Abeokuta for the rally of its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has been turned down by the Ogun State Ministry of Youth and Sports. In a 3rd January letter to the state Commissioner for Youth and Sports, the PDP had requested permission ahead of …

In just a little over a month from now, the All Progressives Congress (APC) would have completed eight years of controlling the central political machinery of Nigeria. As the clock ticks, Nigeria is moving closer to another date with destiny. Come 25th February, millions of Nigerians will go to the poll again to elect the sixth executive president of the …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) launched into a fresh fight on Friday after the opposition party accused the ruling party of scheming to postpone the coming elections. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Barrister Debo Ologunagba said in Abuja that APC had been promoting what he called “many furtive narratives to blackmail critical election stakeholders”. But …