2023: Fayemi, Oshiomhole, Akpabio, Badaru swell ranks of APC presidential aspirants
By Omeiza Ajayi, Ezra Ukanwa & Fortune Eromosele, Abuja The race for the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, widened on Wednesday following the entry of the quartet of Ekiti state Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; former National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole; Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, […]
2023: Edo APC aspirants protest directive to drop ambition for G-14
By Ozioruva Aliu SOME All Progressives Congress, APC, aspirants for the Edo State House of Assembly, yesterday, protested the directive of the leadership of the party that they should step down their ambition for automatic tickets for 15 members elected under the party’s platform in 2019 out of which 14 of them were not inaugurated […]
2023: Let’s respect our zoning arrangements, Osun APC members demand
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday demanded that the party should stick to its zoning formula for the party’s success in the forthcoming elections.
2023: It’s unconstitutional for parties to charge for forms — Rights group
The Campaign for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (CCHR) says it is unconstitutional for political parties in Nigeria to charge aspirants for nomination and expression of interest forms.
2023: North divided over power shift to South
AHEAD of the 2023 presidential election, northern leaders are divided over the clamour for a power shift to the South.
APC and the hundred million naira question mark
By JESUTEGA ONOKPASA The recent announcement of expression of interest and nomination fees for the 2023 elections by the All Progressives Congress, APC, has elicited an avalanche of mostly unfavorable criticisms. The amounts are quite substantial and would be expected to raise more than a few eyebrows amongst Nigerians, especially against the background of present […]
APC: Tension in ‘Buhari House’ as Adamu suspends all directors
A pall of gloom descended on the ‘Buhari House’ national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC on Friday following the decision of the National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu ordering all departmental directors at the party headquarters to proceed on an indefinite suspension.
Court sacks ex-Speaker, Dogara for defecting to APC
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, declared the seat of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, vacant, following his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Donatus […]
2023: Edo North APC lauds party automatic ticket for 14 lawmakers
CHIEFTAINS of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Edo-North Senatorial district, have commended the Edo State chapter of the party for giving rights of first refusal to the 14 elected state House of Assembly members, who were “denied inauguration by Governor Godwin Obaseki.”
Senator representing Buhari’s constituency dumps APC for PDP
Senator Ahmad Babba Kaita, representing Katsina North senatorial district in the current 9th National Assembly has officially dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, citing the loss of credibility in Governor Aminu Bello Masari-led government in the state.
2023: APC buckles to ‘forces’, opts for indirect primary
Following resistance by major stakeholders and presidential aspirants to consensus, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has chosen indirect primaries as the mode of choosing its presidential candidate for the 2023 poll.
