It was a catalogue of woes for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as its attempt to organise governorship primaries in some states ended up stoking fresh controversies and confusion. In Imo, the exercise, which was slated to hold yesterday,…
APC suspends Imo governorship primaries – Official (PremiumTimes)
The All Progressives Congress has suspended the governorship primaries in Imo State indefinitely. Party spokesperson, Yekini Nabena, did not give any reasons for the suspension in a statement Tuesday afternoon. The spokesperson also said the senatorial primaries in all the…
Lagos APC gov primary: Hoodlums allegedly chase members away in Abesan (Punch)
The voting process of the All Progressives Congress governorship primary was disrupted for a while at Ward G North, Abesan, in Alimosho Local Government Area as thugs chased away members of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that…
I rejected N300m bribe to dump APC —Binta Garba (Punch)
The senator representing Adamawa Northern Senatorial District, Binta Garba, has said the Peoples Democratic Party, in the twilight of the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, approached her, as the Chairman of the Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives…
Our deal with Omisore in Osun election – Oshiomhole (Tribune)
National chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has denied that the Social Democratic Party, (SDP) candidate in Osun governorship election, Senator Iyiola Omisore, was financially induced to support the APC candidate in the election and governor-elect,…
Lagos 2019: Ambode dares Tinubu, says I won’t step down (Sun) *Osun poll: PDP attacks Buhari for celebrating ‘stolen mandate’ (Punch)
Lagos 2019: Ambode dares Tinubu, says I won’t step down (Sun) The battle for the soul of Lagos State took a strange twist yesterday when Governor Akinwunmi Ambode boldly told a meeting of leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress,…
PDP to hold convention in Port Harcourt amid members’ worries (PremiumTimes)
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved to hold the party’s national convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The decision was taken at the 83rd NEC meeting of the party which held at…
2019: My disqualification unjust, Okotie cries out (Vanguard)
Governorship aspirant in Delta State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Osiobe Okotie, Friday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the national leadership of the party to intervene in what he described as his unjust disqualification…
Osun rerun: I’ll retrieve my stolen mandate at tribunal —Adeleke (Punch)
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has vowed to retrieve his ‘stolen mandate’ from Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress at the election petition tribunal. Adeleke said this while speaking in…
I am Nigeria’s next president, says Kwankwaso (Punch)
Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, former Kano State governor and PDP presidential aspirant, says he will “easily beat President Muhamadu Buhari” if given his party’s ticket to contest the presidential election in 2019. Kwankwaso, who spoke on Thursday in Jos, during a…