All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that at least four sitting governors from opposition parties are in “advanced talks” to join the ruling party before the end of 2025, a move the party believes will cement its dominance ahead of the 2027 general elections. Dr. Ijeoma Arodiogbu, APC’s National Vice Chairman (South-East), disclosed this in…
Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State says he is under pressure from political stakeholders to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). However, Mr Mutfwang, who spoke at an event on Saturday at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Jos, vowed not to leave the PDP. The…
President Bola Tinubu has formally received two senators who recently joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), further strengthening the ruling party’s presence in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday evening led Senator Kaila Samaila Dahuwa of Bauchi North and Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe of Cross…
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has denied reports circulating on social media that he has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor’s reaction followed claims by some online platforms suggesting that Otti had abandoned the Labour Party — the platform that brought him to power — to…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun has assured members of the Peoples Democratic Party that he remains loyal and the party’s forthcoming national convention scheduled for November 15 and 16 will proceed smoothly. Mr Adeleke, who serves as the deputy chairman of the National Convention Committee and of the Accommodation Sub-committee, gave the assurance on Monday…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna, has promised President Bola Tinubu that the state will deliver 95 percent of votes to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general election. Sani spoke on Saturday at a mega rally held at the Murtala Square in Kaduna, where four members of the state house of assembly, five…
Former Minister of Interior and National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rauf Aregbesola, has revealed why president Bola Tinubu will lose the 2027 general elections. He stated that regardless the grandstanding of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the African Democratic Congress, ADC, will take over the mantle of leadership in Nigeria and…
Nentawe Yilwatda, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says “notable figures” from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) will be joining the ruling party next week. Yilwatda spoke on Friday during a meeting with APC stakeholders in Jos, the Plateau state capital. “Next week, I will be receiving some notable figures from the ADC,”…
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe, (SAN), has said the Independent National Electoral Commission lacks the constitutional authority to declare the seat of any governor vacant on account of defection from one political party to another. The statement follows public reactions trailing the call on INEC by a chieftain of the African…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Governors’ Forum and Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has said that Nigeria is on the path to renewed prosperity under the reform agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Uzodimma stated this on Friday during a meeting of APC stakeholders held in Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital….