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Former Lagos State Governor, Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has asked the Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, to step down as chairman of the party. This was contained in a communiqué from his media office; he said ...

Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate and former Senator President, Senator David Mark has been declared winner of the Benue South Senatorial District Re-run election, held on the 20th of February. Senator Mark polled a total of 84, 192 while the ...

A member of the British Parliament, Rt. Hon. Mark Field, has advised the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to hold dear its brand name no matter the victimisation of the government in power. In a statement by Special Adviser to ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the election of Nyesom Wike as governor of Rivers State. It will be recalled that, Wike, who was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Rivers State, ...

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has called on the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to release thr names of name the 15 ex-governors and 55 Nigerians that he claimed stole N1.34 trillion between 2006 and 2013 or ...

Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr. Chris Ngige has said idle youths would not benefit from the N5,000 stipend that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government promised to give the unemployed. The N5,000 stipend which a been a talk of ...

James Faleke, running mate of the late Abubakar Audu, who was the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) candidate in the November 2015 governorship election in Kogi state is in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), Duro Meseko, spokesman ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has invited the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) Spokesman, Chief Oliseh Metu, for questioning. However, not much is known about the reason for the invitation, but when Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC’s head of media and ...

National leader of All Progressives Congress, (APC), and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday described the powers controlling petroleum products subsidies in the country as demons that must be stopped In his address titled, “Towards the ...

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Wednesday upheld the verdict of the Rivers State governorship election petition tribunal which nullified the victory of Nyesom Wike in the April 11 governorship election in the state. The court’s three-man panel led by ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have released a statement, following the arrest of Raymond Dokpesi, Former Chairman of DAAR Communication, owner of Africa Independent Television (AIT), by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing his arrest as political persecution. ...

Eleven lawmakers in representing the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state, have endorsed Mohammed Audu, the 43-year old son of the former governor and gubernatorial candidate in the just concluded governorship election in the State, late Abubabar Audu, threatening to ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to immediately vacate his office for “harrying and misleading” the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) into arriving at “an unconstitutional decision” to allow the APC ...

Abubakar Audu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 21 governorship election of Kogi state, is dead. A source confirmed this to TheCable, saying he died after suffering stroke on two different occasions on Sunday. Audu, who ...

Governor Ayodele Fayose, of Ekiti State, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as someone who is “begging for relevance now” Fayose was speaking with journalists on Friday after the Ekiti state house of assembly declared him the ‘leader’ of the ...

The All Progressive Congress (APC), while expressing confidence at the calibre of men appointed ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari, has described the ministers as tested and trusted. This is coming as the party’s national secretary, Mala Buni, dismissed the Peoples ...

The All Progressives Congress has cornered itself on the issue of N5,000 stipend to be paid to 25 million unemployed Nigerians; how the party intends to manipulate itself out of it without losing face will require more tricks than Harry ...

The Taraba State Election Petition Tribunal rules that Darius Ishaku was misappropriately picked as Governor of Taraba State, and has declared the governorship candidate and mister-designate of the All Progressives Congress (PDP) in the State, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan (Mama ...

The All Progressives Congress has assured Nigerians that it will not renege on its campaign promise to pay 5,000 Naira each monthly to 25 million most vulnerable Nigerians, while calling on the citizens to ignore the mischievous attempt by the PDP ...

Following the rowdy session at the senate on Wednesday over the “pre-election promise” of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to pay N5,000 a month to jobless Nigerian youths, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the ruling party never set out ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in the Senate on Wednesday voted against the immediate implementation of the payment of 5,000 Naira to unemployed Nigerians, a campaign promise made by the APC during the last presidential election. The motion was ...

Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech at the just concluded, India-Africa Forum Summit, in New Delhi, India, as well as other foreign trip attended by the President, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a statement, saying the President is “de-marketing ...

Drama ensued in the National Assembly today, during the confirmation of Ministerial Nominees, as Senators belonging to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), staged a walk-out from the red chamber of the National Assembly in protest of the confirmation of former ...

The Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Executive Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose of gross mismanagement of the bailout fund he recently received from the Central Bank. The opposition party (APC) also maintained ...

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has said he will not reply the negative comments made about him by the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu. While denying claims that he was conspiring with the Senate ...

Following the demise of former Governor of Bayelsa State and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), chieftain in Bayelsa, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has sent its condolences to his family and friends over his death. Contained in a ...

Worried that some of his ministerial nominees may not scale through the screening process by the Senate, which is expected to commence next Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari, has begged senators of the opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for a ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, has rejected the nomination of Mr Adebayo Shittu from the state for minister. The party, in a statement yesterday, said Shittu would not serve the interest of the people in the State, ...

Timi Alaibe, former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has withdrawn from the Bayelsa governorship race. Mr. Alaibe was trying to secure the governsihip ticket under the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the December 5 governorship election. ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and erstwhile Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Tinubu, are locked in a war of attrition over the formation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet. Already, former Lagos State Commissioner for Finance and a nominee of Tinubu into ...

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-East on Sunday asked Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State to fully accept responsibility for the fate of Ndigbo, especially their inability to secure any appointment so far in the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will no longer stomach the continued unlawful use of state apparatus of power by the APC-led Federal Government to harass its elected officials at any level across the country. The party said the APC-led ...

Former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Mr. Timi Alaibe has described an online news linking him with the death of All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Bayelsa State, Col. Sam Inokoba (retd) as “false and malicious.” ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed yesterday that the promised one-meal-a day for all primary school pupils will in addition to creating jobs in the agriculture sector, attract investment of N980 billion. He listed the areas to include poultry, catering and ...

Former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, Col. Sam Inokoba (rtd) who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was feared dead yesterday night after slumping at a meeting in Lagos. The news of his ...

Amid accusations of reneging on campaign promises, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari never promised “to do anything” in his first 100 days in office. Lai Mohammed, APC spokesman, countered claims that Buhari made certain ...

The past elections were an epic confrontation between two opposing political camps. Those who believed in the progressive governance of the people gathered under the banner of the APC. Those who harkened to the conservative elitism that had cast this ...

THERE was an outrage in the ruling All Progressives Congress on Thursday over the announcement of new appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari. Leaders of the APC, who spoke to The PUNCH, complained that the appointments tilted in favour of the ...

Governor ‎Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, has stated that the reason he is borrowing to finance projects in the state is because predecessor, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led-government in the state, “bled the treasury dry.” ‎ He made the statement ...

The Rivers State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has petitioned EFCC over claims that the immediate past governor of the state, Rotimi Amechi engaged in corrupt practices while he served as governor. The PDP deputy chairman, Mr. Samuel ...

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to head the Ministry of Petroleum for 18 months before appointing a substantive minister for the ministry. The President said this while meeting with some members of his political party, the All Progressives Congress, in ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to go after corrupt leaders and members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as well. Receiving a delegation of members PDP in the senate at Legacy ...

Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha has corrected the notion that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the APC Leader and dictator stating that President Muhammadu Buhari is de facto leader of the party. Okorocha made this known during a parley with ...

THERE appears to be a crack within the ranks of the Femi Gbajabiamila’s camp in the House of Representatives as some members of group have disassociated themselves from the letter emanating from the camp to the National Chairman of the All ...