The Lagos State House of Assembly has said that the speculation that 27 members are about to defect from the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) to the Labour Party (LP) is not true. In a statement on Wednesday, the spokesperson of the House, Hon. Stephen Ogundipe, who is the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, said …

The gale of defection sweeping through Edo Central Senatorial District has continued unabated with the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the receiving end. The latest is a prominent APC leader, Chief Francis Inegbeneki who has now dumped the party and threw his weight behind the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo. The defection marks a …

A Federal High Court has ruled against the suit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that Cross River Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade and his deputy, Dr Ivara Esu be removed from their positions for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ayade and his deputy, who were elected on the platform of the PDP, jumped ship to the APC last …