A renewed leadership crisis has engulfed the African Democratic Congress (ADC) following the emergence of a rival faction that has rejected the authority of the coalition aligned with David Mark and distanced itself from Nafiu Bala Gombe’s camp. The faction, led by Don Norman Obinna, claims to represent the party’s legitimate National Executive Committee (NEC)…
The Chairman, African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Sokoto State, Alhaji Bello Isiyaku-Kigan, has assured that the party’s leadership remained intact at both the state and national levels. He faulted the action of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the removal of the party’s leadership, describing it as a misinterpretation of a court ruling. Isiyaku-Kigan…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, says it is inaccurate to tag President Bola Tinubu as being responsible for the crisis within African Democratic Party (ADC). Oyintiloye, who described the tag as “disturbing”, said this while speaking with newsmen on Monday in Osogbo, Osun. According to him, the leadership…
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has assured residents that the state will continue to enjoy good governance beyond the end of his tenure in May 2027. Speaking on Sunday at a thanksgiving service marking Oyo State’s 50th anniversary at the Cathedral of St Peter’s, Ibadan, Makinde said his administration had built strong foundations for sustained…
Nigeria’s Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, Zaphaniah Jisalo, has formally received former federal lawmaker Micah Jiba into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Jiba, who represented the AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives and served two terms as Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), recently defected from the opposition…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, on Wednesday inaugurated an ad hoc committee to oversee the implementation of the Federal Government’s Naira-for-Crude Oil policy. Abbas said the move was a critical step toward ensuring transparency, accountability, and efficiency in one of Nigeria’s most significant energy sector initiatives. He charged the committee…
Former Secretary to the Katsina State Government, Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa and Sen. Ahmad Babba-Kaita, were among hundreds of people who formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Inuwa, a former factional leader of the PDP, was registered along with other prominent politicians by the party on Sunday…
Gov Abdullahi Sule has debunked reports that he has declared his intention to contest the Nasarawa North senatorial election in 2027. This is in reaction to speculations that the governor had set up a committee for his 2027 senatorial ambition. Sule in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Addra, on Tuesday in Lafia,…
Leader of the Senate Opeyemi Bamidele, has said that President Bola Tinubu was not coercing opposition lawmakers to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) contrary to public criticism. He said this during plenary on Tuesday, while justifying the defection of all the three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators from Kebbi to the All Progressives…
Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, former special adviser on political matters to Vice-President Kashim Shettima, says he did not feel wanted by the Bola Tinubu administration. Baba-Ahmed resigned his appointment in the presidency in March. Speaking on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise TV on Monday, Baba-Ahmed said he would have stayed longer if the job was…
