The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated a seven-member governorship screening committee to screen aspirants ahead of the party’s primary election in Ondo State slated for 25 April. Nze Duru, the party’s Deputy National Organising Secretary, inaugurated the committee on behalf of its NWC on Friday in Abuja. Mr … Read more
Senate panel begins probe of N30trn CBN loan obtained by Buhari The Senate began legislative activities last Monday with the inauguration of a nine-member ad hoc committee to interrogate the disbursement and usage of the 30 trillion Ways and Means loan obtained by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). … Read more
Adetokunbo Abiru, representing Lagos East on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has emerged the chairman, Southern Senators’ Forum (SSF). He took over from Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti), who had been the leader of the forum since the ninth Assembly. Mr Abiru, who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Timipre Sylva, the party’s governorship candidate in the 11 November 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa State, on Monday, seek the disbandment of the state’s election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja over alleged bias. The APC and Sylva alleged that the tribunal, headed by Adekunle Adeleye, was bias in the … Read more
The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has formally declared his intention to contest the governorship election come November this year. The governor dropped the long awaited news, hours after his predecessor, the late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, was buried on Friday. Mr Aiyedatiwa said he would wish to contest and win the forthcoming election as required … Read more
The new senator representing Plateau North, Pam Dachungyang, and his counterpart from Yobe East, Musa Mustapha, have taken their seats in the upper legislative chamber. Anthony Ani, the new senator representing Ebonyi South, also took his seat in the senate chamber. The three new lawmakers were sworn in as senators during the plenary on Tuesday. … Read more
Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, has sworn in Etekamba Umoren, a known member and loyalist of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC). The commission also deployed him in Delta State where he would serve as REC for the next five years. INEC disclosed this in a statement by its spokesperson, … Read more
Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has hailed the verdicts of the Supreme Court on the governorship election petitions. The party, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Felix Morka, on Friday, said it accepted the decisions of the court on the cases. The APC won three cases—Lagos, Ebonyi and Cross River States. … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has implored governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to design and implement policies that prioritise all Nigerians and to always consider the national interest above political affiliations. The president, who received members of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) at the State House in Abuja, on Friday, said … Read more
Pat Utomi, a chieftain in the Labour Party (LP), says major opposition leaders in the country must shun personal interest for talks for a “mega coalition” to progress. He stated this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels TV. Mr Utomi, a former member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said he has had … Read more
