An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Malam Abubakar Abdullahi, has said that there is no way defections can be avoided in Nigerian politics. Abdullahi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, attributed cross carpeting by some politicians to desire for political protection. “You see in Nigerian politics, defections…
Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has urged opposition parties to stop blaming President Bola Tinubu for the defection of their members to the ruling party. Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, made the remarks while speaking with journalists on Sunday in Osogbo. The APC chieftain said that rather than blaming…
Some members of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State on Tuesday staged a protest over the results of last Saturday’s primaries of the party. The party members, chanting words rejecting the outcome of the primaries during the protest at Oke-koto area of Agege, said the announced results did not…
The three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators from Kebbi, who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), have expressed reasons for their actions. The senators – Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central); Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North) and Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South), announced their defections at the plenary on Tuesday. The trio, in separate letters to the…
The Police in Ondo State on Tuesday confirmed the abduction of a Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Nelson Adepoyigi, who was kidnapped on Monday evening by gunmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adepoyigi is the chairman of Ifon Ward 5 in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. DSP…
Mr Idowu Daramola (Ebony), an APC chairmanship aspirant for Odi-Olowo/Ojuwoye LCDA, has protested the primary election outcome, describing it as laughable and unjust. In a statement on Monday by Mr Morufdeen Bello, Spokesperson for the Ebony Campaign Team, Daramola labelled the outcome as illogical and fraudulent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls APC Electoral…
A chieftain of the APC in Bauchi State, Alhaji Sani Al-Amin, has lauded President Bola Tinubu for his decisive financial restructuring reforms that had cleared Nigeria’s long-standing International Monetary Fund (IMF) legacy debt. Al-Amin made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Bauchi. He described it as…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has faulted Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso for describing members of the Kwankwassiya Movement, who defected to the APC as betrayers, insisting that Kwankwaso is the betrayer. Recall that Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State and National Leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, slammed some key members of the NNPP in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain identified as Johnson Akaabo and six others have been reportedly killed in separate attacks by armed herdsmen in Gwer East and Makurdi Local Government Areas of Benue State. In a simultaneous attack, the marauders also invaded Tse Gever in Makurdi LG on the same day, killing three farmers on…
The Senator representing Kano South Senatorial District under the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Sen. Kawu Sumaila has defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio read the letter of the lawmaker’s defection at plenary on Wednesday. According to Sumaila in his letter his…
