By Dirisu Yakubu Few hours after tendering their resignations as national officers of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; the ruling All Progressives Congress has established contact with the affected officers a view to convincing them to switch camps, Vanguard can authoritatively report. The Prince Uche Secondus-led National Working Committee, NWC, of […]

A group under the aegis of Alimosho Youth Development Association of Nigeria (AYDAN) has petitioned the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) and the State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, over alleged electoral fraud perpetrated during the council election held in Agbado Oke-Odo LCDA on Saturday, July 24.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi adopted Option A4 voting system in the conduct of the party Ward Congress in the 171 electoral wards in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Option A4 or open ballot voting system is a method whereby people queue behind pictures of their preferred […]

By Tonnie Iredia It was with mixed feelings that I received the news last Wednesday of the affirmation by the Supreme Court of the election of Rotimi Akeredolu as governor of Ondo State. Before the ruling, I had become quite apprehensive when the irregularity of having a sitting governor serving as the national chairman of […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara says the party secretariat situated at No. 26, Reservation Road, GRA Ilorin, is legally acquired from the owner. The Organising Secretary of the Caretaker Committee of the APC in the  state, Mr Samuel Ndadzoko, declared this on Saturday in Ilorin in a statement made available to the News […]

Mr Gboyega Famodun, the Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Osun, on Friday, said the party would be adopting a consensus system at the party ward congress on Saturday. Famodun made this known at the “Osun APC  Congress Committee Stakeholders’ Meeting on Ward Congress” at the Government House in Osogbo. The party […]

More than 50,000 members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and other parties have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba.

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State lost only two councilorship seats in last Saturday’s local government elections in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won in Ward G, Yaba LCDA, while the Young Progressive Party (YPP) in Ward D of Orile-Agege LCDA. NAN […]

By Chinonso Alozie  Former Governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, has formally joined the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo State.  Ohakim declared his membership of APC, while receiving the APC flag from the State Chairman of APC,  Marcellenus Nlemigbo, at his hometown, Okohia in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, on […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it will continue to support constitutionally-backed innovations by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), gave the assurance in a statement on Monday in Abuja. “Under President Muhammadu Buhari, every election conducted in the country […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, Monday, said Nigeria is fast becoming a failed state because of the bad policies of the All Progressives Congress, APC, led federal government. He lamented that the ruling party has dragged the country 20 years backward thereby eroding all the gains earlier recorded by […]

The Chairman, Ojo Local Government, Mr Rosulu Idowu, has been re-elected with 9,111 votes in Saturday’s local government poll in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Idowu, the All Progressives Congress (APC)  candidate, defeated Oniyide Olajide of the PDP, who got 1,526 votes. Returning Officer, Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Mr […]

Boko Haram militants overrun an army base in Cameroon’s Far North region on Saturday, killing at least seven soldiers and wounding several others, said military and local sources. They hit the base in Sagme locality of the region by 4.00 a.m. local time on Saturday, two soldiers and a local resident told Xinhua. The militants, […]

The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the Badagry Local Government Chairmanship seat in the Saturday election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the results returns Olusegun Onilude, the incumbent chairman, for a second tenure with 8,015 votes. Declaring the result, the Returning Officer for […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has reaffirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari, has no third term ambition or a succession plan as being alleged by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), said this in a statement issued in Abuja, on Thursday. Akpanudoedehe, had earlier […]