Politics

Sen. Anthony Adefuye, a member of the council, who announced the GAC decision, noted that the meeting was chaired by national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and featured the presence of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Speaker of the state House …

Immediate past Governor of Delta State and Delta South Senatorial hopeful, Dr. Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan has said that his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) would put to an end the era of the party’s “barrenness” in winning elective positions and also terminate the reign of the Peoples Democratic Party …

There was pandemonium in the early hours of Wednesday (Today) as aggrieved stakeholders and party faithful stormed the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja to protest against the alleged directive by the party’s national secretariat that automatic ticket be given to the incumbent senator representing Kogi …

18 for direct primary 19 choose indirect system Accuses PDP of votes-buying, cloning PVCs Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday approved the mode of primary elections for the party’s governorship ticket scheduled to hold on Saturday across the 36 states …

Following the declaration of the Saturday’s Osun gubernatorial election as inconclusive and the scheduling of re-run on 27 September by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the senate president and presidential aspirant for the forthcoming 2019 presidential election, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Monday stormed the home of Sen. Iyiola Omisore of …

Ahmed Makarfi Mohammed Aminu in Sokoto A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, Sunday said PDP is a party to beat in the forthcoming 2019 elections in the country. Makarfi made the assertion at the weekend while addressing party supporters at the PDP Secretariat in Sokoto. He …

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved a revised time-table for the conduct of the 2018 primary elections. Under the new schedule issued wednesday by its National Organising Secretary, Mr. Emma Ibediro, the presidential primary election will now take place …

  Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano The new Kano State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf-Gawuna, was wednesday evening sworn-in at a ceremony presided over by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The event was conducted at the Coronation Hall, Government House Kano and was attended by thousands of supporters. The State Commissioner for …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that all the 13 governorship aspirants of the party in the state will go through primaries, saying that the party has no favoured candidate among the contenders. “We have not and do not intend to predetermine who our candidate …

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC has endorsed the review of the table-table for the conduct of the primary elections. A statement issued yesterday by the APC National Organising Secretary, Emma Ibediro, showed that the presidential primary election had been rescheduled for September 25. The governorship primary election …