The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) Primary Election Appeal Committee as a “gathering of jesters,” noting that they cannot uphold the verdict on a matter that was never appealed. In a statement, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, said the […]

…To strengthen party mechanism for candidates’ selection By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC on Saturday night met via teleconference and agreed to work towards strengthening internal party mechanisms for the selection of candidates in the Edo and Ondo Governorship Primaries. Although a terse statement issued by the governors under […]

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Ahead of the June 22 Edo Governorship Primary Election of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, the National Working Committee NWC of the party has sealed the fate of Gov. Godwin Obaseki by approving the decisions of the Screening Committee as well as the Appeal Committee which had earlier disqualified him […]

Ahead of next month’s governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, the Information and Orientation Commissioner, Donald Ojogo, in this interview, speaks on the alleged frosty relationship between Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and his deputy, Agboola Ajayi, the deputy’s alleged defection from APC, the insinuation that Akeredolu is afraid of direct primary, chaos in Unity Group, the state government’s N4.3b purportedly secretly lodged in bank for over ten years, and the alleged funding of the state’s First Lady’s NGO with government funds amongst other issues.

*PDP plans waiver to accommodate him at polls Tension was thick in Edo State, on Saturday, as Governor Godwin Obaseki considered his next steps after being screened out of participation in the June 22 primary election of All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the September governorship election in the state. Obaseki had, on Friday, been […]

Cites discrepancies in Govs certificates, names As Ize-Iyamu, Odubu, Obazee scale hurdle Oyegun blows hot, says party would be punished in Edo Go on appeal, Oshiomhole tasks Obaseki, others Let us close ranks, Ize-Iyamu pleads By Omeiza Ajayi The Professor Jonathan Ayuba-led Screening Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Edo State Governorship primary […]

Says Obaseki’s NYSC certificate had k-legs He must give account of N350bn Former Deputy Chief Whip Hon Pally Iriase on Friday said the All Progressives Congress, APC screening Committee that sent Governor of Edo State out of the Edo guber Race should be applauded for saving democracy in Nigeria. Iriase a former deputy speaker and […]

Kicks against silence on alleged democratic infractions By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s Democracy Day address as a huge and unpardonable slap on the face of the nation’s democratic process. This is as the party noted that President Buhari’s silence on the values of democracy, as […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The All Progressive Congress (APC) screening committee has disqualified the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, and two others from participating in the party’s primary election to select its flagbearer for the Edo governorship election. Obaseki according to the screening committee was unfit to qualify on the grounds that his High School […]

As Barde hails Buhari for stamping out bad governance By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress APC in Edo state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has called for an improvement in the nation’s style of politics and conducting elections. Ize-Iyamu in his Democracy Day message said in spite of over two […]

A community-based group focused on development in Edo State, Etuno Rebirth Group, has expressed confidence that Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu will scale the screening of the All Progressives Congress and emerge victorious in its internal primary slated for June 22.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun has described the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, as a  “martyr for democracy who paid the supreme price for the democracy the nation now enjoys.” The party said this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abeokuta by Mr. Yemi Sanusi, […]

 Some chieftains of APC have called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the party National leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to intervene and resolve the crisis rocking the party in some parts of the country.

Following concerns raised by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki that he will not get justice from the screening committee of the All Progressives Congress APC, the party has assuaged his fears, asserting the independence of the committee.

The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has launched a fierce counter-attack on the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP for describing it as an enemy of democracy, explaining that the PDP’s definition of democracy is simply a euphemism for looting.