At least no fewer than 100 fierce-looking policemen on Sunday sealed off the Ikot-Ansa Town Hall, proposed venue of the congress of the All Progressives Congress in Calabar, Cross River State. They said the intervention was meant to avert what…
Okoya-Thomas pledges to protect interests of women in Lagos APC (ThisDay)
The new Woman Leader of the Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Hon. Jumoke Okoya-Thomas, has promised to protect the interest of women across the state. Speaking to journalists after the swearing-in of the new executive members…
* Lagos APC: I am not plotting to displace Tinubu – Banire (PremiumTimes) * Lagos takes medical mission to grassroots (Nation)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE MAY 25, 2018 Lagos APC: I am not plotting to displace Tinubu – Banire (PremiumTimes) The National Legal Adviser of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Muiz Banire, on Sunday said there is no rift…
APC petitions IGP, DSS over vandalism of Fayemi’s Billboard (Independent)
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Ekiti State chapter, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Director General, State Security Service (SSS), over an alleged destruction of the campaign billboard of its governorship candidate, Kayode Fayemi, by agents…
* 2019: PDP shops for governorship candidate in Lagos (NewTelegraph) * Does Ikoyi registry have power to conduct marriages? (Punch)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE MAY 24, 2018 2019: PDP shops for governorship candidate in Lagos (NewTelegraph) Leading opposition party in Lagos State, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is currently shopping for a governorship candidate ahead of the 2019 elections…
2019: APC moves against nPDP group (SUN)
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of its national convention deepened, yesterday, as members protested the composition of the convention sub-committee in Abuja. Party faithful, especially members of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) accused the Presidency…
APC to meet with Saraki, Dogara, Wamakko, others (Nation)
Buoyed by the olive branch from leaders of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party(nPDP),the All Progressives Congress(APC) is to meet with Senate President Bukola Saraki, House Speaker Yakubu Dogara and others. Other aggrieved bigwigs on the radar of the party…
The impending implosion of APC – Reuben Abati
Just take the phrase: “impending” in the title above with a pinch of salt. I use the word because in politics as in life, things happen – as seemingly absolute situations become redeemable and what originally appears impossible could be…
* Inside new Oshodi (Vanguard) * Lagos: Balogun emerges chairman (Nation)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE MAY 20, 2018 Inside new Oshodi (Vanguard) Oshodi was not a place anybody would be proud of. Chaotic in terms of human and vehicular population, it was also everything that was wrong with metropolitan Lagos.…
PDP’s secret deal for Saraki, Dogara, Tambuwal, others (Nation)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given its Contact and Integration Committee a two-week extension to wrap up negotiations with Senate President Bukola Saraki, House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara, and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who…