•Tinubu jets out President Bola Ahmed Tinubu spent 22 days outside Nigeria in January 2026 alone, according to a review of his officially announced foreign trips. Within the period, the president visited France, the United Arabs Emirates and the Republic of Türkiye, reports Daily Trust. The president’s foreign trips have drawn flak from civil ...
•Tinubu welcomes some defectors to APC With the 2027 general elections on the horizon, cracks are widening within the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as some of its foundation members mount a strong push back against high-profile defectors being courted into the party. The resistance, which has spread across states like Kano, Plateau, D...
•Solomon Dalung Former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, has criticized the wave of defections into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), likening it to a congregation of the guilty seeking redemption. According to Dalung, the mass movement of politicians into the APC is not an endorsement of the party’s performan...
•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 [&...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to institute court cases against federal and state legislators elected on its platform but who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Section 109(1)(g) of the Nigerian Constitution (1999 as amended) states that: “A member of a House of Assembly shall vacate his seat in the House [&hell...
•Okowa and Oborevwori Some former People’s Democratic Party, PDP, members in Delta State who moved with Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and his predecessor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, have, for unclear reasons, refused to resign their membership and yet, want to register as APC members. Sources said the ongoing r...
Former leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State have explained their reasons for defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a move they described as an authentic and widespread defection. The ex-APC members from all 30 local government areas and the Area Office issued a joint statement today, signed by Hon. [&helli...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cleared 17 political parties to participate in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State with only one of them, the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), fielding a female candidate for the contest. In line with the INEC guidelines, all the political parties, in one way or the other,...
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