Politics

Former National Organising Secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Emeka Atuma, has formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), along with his supporters. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atuma, represented Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency (2003-2007) on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, before moving to …

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has advised people of the Southeast to join the two main political parties, All Progressives Congress, APC, or Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, if they must produce Nigeria’s next president in 2023. Ngige made the remark while urging Southeast politicians to re-strategise and make …

Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has broken his silence on the raging debate on Amotekun, the regional security outfit established by governors of the south-west zone. He said the foundation of the country had not been put at risk with the south-west regional security outfit …

Tambuwal The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the appeal of the All Progressive Congress and its candidate, Ahmed Aliyu, challenging Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as governor of Sokoto State. The seven-member of the apex court , in a unanimous judgement on Monday, dismissed the appeal for …

Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has admonished members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop considering him as governor for APC alone rather than governor of the entire state. His words: “Election is over and it is now time for governance and for our people to enjoy the …

  The All Progressives Congress in Ogun State has said that some chieftains of the Action Democratic Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party will defect to the APC on Tuesday (tomorrow). This is contained in a statement issued by the Publicity Secretary of the party’s Caretaker Committee, Tunde Oladunjoye. The …

 0  Kogi West Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Kola Ojo, yesterday slumped and died while playing tennis. He was said to have slumped while playing lawn tennis at his Lokoja residence on Tuesday evening. He was said to have been immediately rushed to the nearby hospital, …

Some stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the weekend joined the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, at Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The defectors were received by the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the governor on Research and Documentation, Kunle Adebayo. A former PDP Ward …

The Presidency has described human rights activist, Femi Falana as a liar for misinforming the public that President Muhammadu Buhari is planning a third term agenda. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu said in a statement on Monday that Falana, had boarded the free-publicity train, full of those seeking personal media attention …

  As a way of demonstrating its commitment to promoting fitness and healthy living amongst Nigerians, Keystone Bank Limited, recently partnered with Nilayo Sports Management Limited (NSML), to host the maiden edition of the Valuejet IAU African Championship, Remo 2019 competition. The 50km ultra-distance race event held on Saturday December …