A week to the weekend local government election, the All Progressives Congress, APC has suffered a major setback following the defection of over 5,000 of its members to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Ika North East local government area.

All Progressives Congress, APC,  weekend, suffered a setback, following the decamping of over 5,000 of its members to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,   in Ika North East Local Government Area, Delta State, ahead of the January 6 local government elections.

Uyo—A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State, one Bassey, on Sunday attacked the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Udom Emmanuel, Mr. Amanam Nkanga, giving him machete cuts on both hands and head

The suffering in the land is too much; the division in the land is alarming; there is high level of insecurity, unprecedented kidnapping and so on

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday described as an unpardonable national embarrassment, the appointment of deceased persons as members of various federal boards by President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.

The chairmen of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi, have endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for the 2019 presidential election.

A former Kebbi governor, Alhaji Sa’idu Dakingari and his deputy, Alhaji Ibrahim Aliyu, on Friday defected to All Progressive Congress (APC) from PDP.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State has debunked a recent report credited to its state working committee over the adoption of Chief Osiobe Okotie as its consensus candidate, noting that the party has not conducted its primaries.

BENIN—AHEAD of the local government elections slated for February 2018 in Edo State, a chairmanship aspirant for Oredo Local Government Area,  Gabriel Iduseri, has said his priority if given the opportunity to serve, will be job creation and empowerment of the youths in the area.

PORT-HARCOURT—THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has said that it will not be moved by what it claimed, yesterday, was  Senator Magnus Abe’s apparent inclination towards pairing with Governor Nyesom Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

A two term Speaker, Katsina State House of Assembly, Alhaji Umar Yau Gwajogwajo during the immediate past administration of Ibrahim Shehu Shema has said he decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, in the state because he was satisfied with the leadership qualities of Governor Aminu Bello Masari.

THE APC would sweep the LG polls on January 6, 2018, if the State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC keeps to its words and conducts a free and fair election, the spokesman of the opposition party, Leonard Obibi has said.

CHAIRMAN of the PDP in Ethiope East, Felix Erhimedafe has, however, dismissed as inconsequential the presence of Chief Great Ogboru in the APC saying the serial governorship candidate is not even a threat to the PDP in his base in Ethiope East.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, yesterday inaugurated the 16 newly-elected local government chairmen with a charge to them not to distance themselves from their people.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied a statement credited to Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi that ‘the cause of the current fuel scarcity was because the economy has improved so much that more Nigerians are buying cars.’