Lofty promises allegedly by the presidency and the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are some of the reasons why legislators, high ranking elective office holders and chieftains of other political parties are defecting to the ruling party. In most of the instances, the defectors cite internal party wrangling or perfo...
•House of Representatives Three members of the House of Representatives – one from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and two from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) – have officially dumped their parties for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers who resigned from their parties included Oluwole Oke (Osun, PDP) as well as ...
•Ayodele Adio The candidate of the Youth Party in the upcoming Eti-Osa Local Government Area Chairmanship election, Ayodele Adio, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) carried out a political MMM with its local government primary elections in Lagos State. MMM was a Ponzi scheme in Nigeria that rose and crashed in 2016, dashing [&he...
Yesterday’s defection of three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators from Kebbi State into the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken the ruling party’s majority to 68 members in the Red Chamber. The three senators – Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central), Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North) and Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South) – dumped their party for the A...
Several members of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress are set to stage a mega protest today (Tuesday) at the party’s secretariat on ACME Road, Ikeja, as well as in the Somolu area of Lagos. This comes as the party’s Appeal Committee has set today as the deadline for aggrieved aspirants seeking […]
•Lamido and Ganduje National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has dismissed defection rumours and, in a bold counter to opposition criticism, declared that former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido will soon join the ruling party. In a statement to the press, Ganduje replies Sule Lamido directly, challen...
•Sule Lamido A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said there are signs that the All Progressives Congress (APC) may soon split, with its National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, and others possibly defecting to the PDP. The former governor made this disclosure while delivering ...
•Kwankwaso The national leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement and former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has condemned the defection of some top members of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano to the All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing them of turning their backs on the ideals and loyalty of the movement. He [&...
No fewer than 1,539 delegates from 20 local government areas and 37 LCDAs in Lagos, on Saturday, converged on the All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in Ikeja, Lagos, to elect candidates for the forthcoming local government election. The number represents 27 delegates from each of the 20 LGAs and 37 LCDAs in the state, reports [&hellip...
•House of representatives Three members of the House of Representatives from Katsina State today announced their defection from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers blamed deep-seated crises and leadership failures within the PDP for their defection, reports The Guardian. Th...
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