politics

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Abayomi Mumuni has said the recent defeat of the APC in the 2022 gubernatorial election will not affect the changes of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of APC in 2023. Mumuni, who contested in a gubernatorial election …

The Senate on Tuesday suspended legislative proceedings and adjourned till Wednesday over the death of a member of the lower chamber. The suspension of the plenary is to honour Jude Ise-Idehen, member of the House of Representatives, who died recently. The Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, who stood in for the …

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has once again explained why it chose actress Tonto Dikeh as the party’s governorship candidate in Rivers State. Leader Sampson, the ADC’s state chairman, stated that the decision was made to “encourage women,” particularly “younger ones,” to enter politics. Dike, according to Sampson, has been …

PDP Akwa Ibom Senator Bassey Akpan has defected to the Young Progressives Party (YPP) on Monday in order to pursue his governorship ambitions. According to Newsextra24, Akpan resigned from the PDP on July 15 because he felt that the party could not give him the platform to fulfill the aspirations …

Former governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido has stated that Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike is a responsible man with some youthful exuberance. This was made known by Lamido in an interview with BBC Hausa. Lamido also said some people are inciting Wike after Presidential candidate of the Peoples …

As the same faith ticket fielded by The All Progressives Congress, APC, for 2023 presidency continues to generate controversy, presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu has met with the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye. Tinubu’s meeting with Adeboye was unconnected to …

Two members of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Yusuf Adejojo and Solomon Osho, have pressed charges against two candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for failing to resign their appointments in Governor Dapo Abiodun’s cabinet. The candidates, Dorego Oluwatobi Aaron and Adebiyi Adeleye, were dragged before the Federal …

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers state has continued to lose members for a few months to the 2023 general elections. This time, a former Commissioner for Transport, George Tolofari, has dumped the party. Tolofari, who was a governorship aspirant of the party for the 2023 elections, had served as …

The road to 2023 appears to be rough for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as its legal field operations committee from the Northwest disclosed that no fewer than 30 cases have been instituted against the party at the end of the various primary elections held in the zone. This …

Prophet Bisi Olujobi has advised Osun governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke to ensure good governance in the state. His statement on Monday noted that Adeleke was ordained “to re-write the history of Osun State with a golden pen”. “That is the main reason God chose him above others, the people have suffered …