The European Union (EU) has no preferred candidate in next year’s election, it said yesterday. EU Delegation Head Amb. Ketil Karlsen gave the assurance at an audience with Buhari Campaign Organisation Director-General Rotimi Amaechi. Amaechi told the EU that the…
2019: Ondo APC members protest, reject senatorial candidate (Punch)
Thousands of members of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Ondo State on Thursday took to the street of Ore, the headquarters of the Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, to protest against the alleged imposition of Senator Yele…
I’m too old to learn new tricks, says Oshiomhole (Guardian)
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, is set in his old ways and cannot be changed. He disclosed this about himself at the State House, Abuja yesterday after he visited President Muhammadu Buhari. “And those…
We don’t fear whether Atiku holds meetings in Dubai or jungle –Tinubu …opposes call for Oshiomhole’s removal (Punch)
A national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said he and other party chieftains are not moved by the decision of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to hold strategic meetings…
Announce Imo gov candidate, APC councillors urge Oshiomhole (Punch)
Councillors numbering 645 elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress on Wednesday protested in Owerri, Imo State, over the controversy trailing the outcome of the party’s governorship primary in the state. The protesters who blocked the Government…
Osun Poll: Adeleke Got 250,000 Votes by Dancing, Says Osinbajo (ThisDay)
As the 2019 general election draws nearer, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said at the weekend that it took the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the recent Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, to “dance” to secure…
FG, APC plotting to disrupt our convention, says PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that the Federal Government and the ruling All Progressives Congress are planning to disrupt its Saturday national convention. But the former ruling party was not categorical on the type of the alleged plots against…
Tinubu reaffirms control in Lagos as Ambode bows (Guardian)
Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has admitted defeat in the state’s gubernatorial primary, ending weeks of intrigues amid failure by the presidency to stave off the incumbent’s fate. The governor’s press conference on Sunday where he dismissed his challenger as…
Minister defeats stepson to win Yobe federal constituency seat (Punch)
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hajiya Khadija Ibrahim, defeated her stepson, Mohammed Ibrahim, to clinch the All Progressives Congress ticket for Damaturu/Gulani/Gujba/Tarmuwa, Yobe federal constituency. Professor Abba Gambo, the returning officer of the election, announced on Wednesday that Khadijah…
Governors set to battle Oshiomhole as APC fresh crisis brews (PremiumTimes)
A fresh crisis is brewing in the ranks of Nigeria’s ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) with at least four state governors prepared for battle with the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole. The state governors: Abdulaziz Yari of…