Ahead of the July 24 National Executive Committee meeting of the All Progressives Congress to take a position on the substantive national chairman of the party, former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello may have decided to throw his hat into the ring. Our reporter sighted on Thursday, posters of the former Kogi governor on the busy…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has assembled a team of 97 lawyers to challenge what it describes as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s ‘fake lawsuit’ against its interim leadership, including former Senate President David Mark and former Minister Rauf Aregbesola. The legal team, led by Barrister Mohammed Sheriff, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday,…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has dismissed speculations that he plans to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing the reports as baseless and politically motivated. Mr Zulum, in a statement on Sunday by his spokesperson, Dauda Iliya, said the rumour making the rounds in some sections of…
Hadi Sirika, the former minister of aviation, has denied reports that he has joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the platform for opposition politicians seeking to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Sirika is reacting to comments by Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), during an interview on Arise TV and a…
Seven members of the House of Representatives from Akwa Ibom State have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Young Progressive Party (YPP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), citing unresolved internal crises in their former parties. Their letters of defection, led by the leader of the Akwa Ibom caucus in the House,…
Former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, says Nigeria is completely destroyed as he resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to join the coalition-adopted African Democratic Congress (ADC) to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. “It’s not about changing the government, if it is about changing the government, there is no…
Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has officially resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Malami announced his defection to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Tuesday, July 2, 2025, citing the party’s alignment with a new coalition aimed at rescuing Nigeria from what he described as…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan, has claimed that PDP governors are being forced to abandon their party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ologbondiyan made this statement against the backdrop of the recent meeting between President Bola Tinubu, the suspended governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, and Nyesom Wike,…
Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji yesterday led other party leaders to receive no less than 5000 defectors into the Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The defection took place during a rally at Aku town in Igbo-Etiti local government area of the state. Nnaji was accompanied by the…
The ruling All Progressives Congress has boasted of wooing at least five more governors to its camp amid a wave of defections by opposition bigwigs, federal lawmakers, and endorsements for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election.” The move comes in the wake of Friday’s resignation of the immediate past National Chairman of the APC, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje….