By Uche Kenechukwu The All Progressives Congress, APC, has been urged to consider reward system and inclusiveness, especially as it relates to the youths to ensure that its fortunes do not dwindle like the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Chieftain of the party, Senator Rilwan Akanbi, who said this, noted that APC must draw lessons from […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress APC said it is shocked by a statement by Amnesty International AI accusing the less than three weeks old administration of President Bola Tinubu of indifference to the latest wave of killings in some parts of the country, urging the global rights body to allow the president time to focus on governance.

The 10th House Representatives came underway yesterday with the election of the Hon. Tajudeen Abass and Hon. Benjamin Kalu as the speaker and deputy speaker respectively.

The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume said President Bola Tinubu sneaked out to beg some lawmakers to vote for the preferred candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Ahead of next week’s inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, some lawmakers-elect has denounced reports that President Bola Tinubu had at a meeting with them on Thursday endorsed the controversial zoning formula of his ruling All Progressives Congress APC.

Five ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have been okayed to testify as special witnesses in the petition that a former vice president and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, filed to challenge the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.

The Imo state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, on Tuesday, described the Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodimma, as confused and inexperienced.

A witness, Mr Ibrahim Hamza, on Monday, told the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, that he was forced under duress, to sign the results of the presidential election in Nasarawa state.

Hamza, who testified before Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel as the 10th Petitioners’ Witness, PW-10, said he served as a state collation agent for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the presidential election that was held on February 25.

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ondo State has asked the newly inaugurated members of the 10th State House of Assembly, not to be pawns who rubber-stamped the whims and caprices of the Executive.

Chairman of the party in the state, Stephen Adewale, said this in a statement issued in Akure the state capital while congratulating the lawmakers.

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has condemned the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the office of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives to the South-East.

National Vice Chairman, Northwest, of the All Progressives Congress APC, Salihu Moh. Lukman has raised the alarm over the lack of fiscal discipline in the ruling party, saying for over a year, the party has operated without a budget.

In what appeared like a mini induction for its governors on Wednesday, the National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has cautioned them against operating outside the party manifesto, warning that the consequences of such indiscretions would be solely borne by the states chief executives.

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has emerged as the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF) today in Abuja after the forum’s election.

An unusual spat broke out at yesterday’s plenary in the House of Representatives between the speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, and his deputy, Ahmed Idris Wase.

Despite objections by the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, yesterday consolidated the three different petitions seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.