Category: Politics

The Newly appointed chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has pledged to unite aggrieved members and reposition the party ahead of future polls. He further expressed the governors’ readiness to boost membership and strengthen the party in every state. He said: “I assure you, my brothers and indeed […]

APC Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. The National Chairman of the All Progress Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has said that he can’t leave the local politics in Edo state because he doesn’t want to be a national chairman who can’t win any election. Oshiomhole stated on Saturday in Auchi, Etsako West local government of Edo state during […]

By Moses Kolo The re-run election for Kaduna State House of Assembly in Sanga Local Government Area, has witnessed voter apathy, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. It would be recalled that the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM), had slated the State House of Assembly re-run election for Sanga and Kagarko local government […]

The All Progressives Congress, APC in Akwa Ibom State said it will not participate in the re-run election scheduled for Saturday. In a press conference on Friday in Uyo, State Chairman of the APC, Mr Ini Okopido said the party has withdrawn from the re-run election in Essien Udim local government area as it was […]

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Wednesday night received the state Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Kwankwasiyya faction Engineer Rabi’u Sulaiman Bichi who defects to the ruling All Progressives Party (APC). During the visit at the Kano Government House, Governor Ganduje received him alongside with all Kwankwasiyya Coordinators from the 44 local governments of […]

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has called on members of the Kwankwasiyya movement to join hands with him in developing the state. He made the call on Wednesday night when he received the state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rabi’u Sulaiman-Bichi who defected from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said the loss of the “strategically important” states of Kano and Plateau would have been a “major blow” had the Supreme Court verdict, which affirmed the elections of Governors Abdullahi Ganduje and Simon Lalong gone otherwise. “I am glad this tortuous journey has ended in favour of the party and our […]

The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the 2019 election of the Kano State governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, as the Governor of Kano State. A seven-man panel led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party’s Abba […]

The Supreme Court has conducted hearing on the appeals filed to challenge the outcomes of the 2019 governorship elections in Bauchi and Plateau States. Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, who heads the seven-man panel of the apex court, said judgments on the appeals would be delivered by 3pm on Monday. The All Progressives Congress and its governorship […]