By Charly Agwam – Bauchi The youth wing of the Bauchi State All Progressive Congress has condemned the attack on the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) by some hoodlums suspected to be loyal to the party while also also dissociating from their activities. Vanguard had reported on Thursday how some thugs stormed the NUJ […]

The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, has flayed claims that the government destroyed campaign billboards of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osagie Ize-Iyamu, noting that the allegations are belated antics of a routinely recycled politician who has nothing to offer to […]

Reconciliation meeting is wasted effort ― Oke Dayo Johnson – Akure AHEAD of the Monday governorship primary of the All Progress Congress, APC, in Ondo State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, said he was ready to apologise to anybody he might have offended since he assumed office in 2017 in order to allow peace to reign in […]

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio is to appear before the National Assembly investigations of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC with the background of a supremacy tussle by political leaders of the oil rich region. The ongoing revelations of sleaze in the NDDC according to sources is directly related to the struggle for positions in the now inchoate board of the commission.

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said it is avoiding some contentious issues in the party in order not to throw itself into another round of crisis having just survived one in June this year. Yobe state Governor and Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the party, […]

Kokumo assures violence-free election The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said the state would continue to strengthen its security architecture to protect the lives and property of Edo people. The governor said this while inspecting a newly procured Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) in Government House, Benin City, the state capital. He noted that […]

Dayo Johnson – Akure GOVERNORSHIP aspirants in the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Ondo State have expressed concern over the continued silence of the National Secretariat of the party on the mode of primary to be adopted, 48 hours to the election. Addressing newsmen in Akure, one of the aspirants, Ife Oyedele said the 11 […]

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Jackson Lekan Ojo has called on the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio to step aside over allegations of financial recklessness in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC leveled against him.

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extra-ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress APC has named Kogi State, Yahaya Bello as head of its Governorship Primary Election Committee for the July 20 exercise in Ondo State. Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Yekini Nabena who announced […]

…Vows to vote PDP By Gabriel Enogholase – Benin Ahead of the Edo State governorship election slated for September, Igbo Women Community in the state have defected to PDP from APC. The women led by Mrs Blessing Ahoruonye were received in Benin by the PDP State Women leader, Mrs Lindsay Sorea. Mrs Blessing Ahoruonye said […]

Defected deputy governor and a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Hon. Agboola Ajayi has said that the gang up against him by the other seven aspirants was because they see him as a threat to their ambitions. Ajayi declared that “you can’t gang up against an aspirant that cannot […]

Dayo Johnson – Akure Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has given reasons why the Peoples Democratic Party would defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress at the October 10 governorship election. Ekweremadu denied that the next week’s Wednesday governorship primary would be postponed because of the disagreement over the delegates list. He assured that […]

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Some political thugs suspected to be loyal to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi state stormed the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Thursday, disrupted an ongoing press conference and beat up factional leaders of the party and some journalists. The hoodlums who attacked the secretariat […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Again, a High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has reaffirmed former Reps member, Igo Aguma, as Caretake Chairman of divided Rivers state All Progressives Congress (APC), nullifying his recent displacement by co-statutory members who form the state Caretaker Committee. Justice M.O. Chukwu in a suit filed by Golden […]

By Omeiza Ajayi The All Progressives Congress, APC, said its governorship nomination Screening Appeal Committee for the Ondo State Governorship Primary Election has cleared 12 aspirants for its July 20 Primary Election. Deputy Spokesman of the Party, Mr Yekini Nabena, who disclosed this in a statement late-Wednesday said the committee has submitted its report to the […]