Aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State have petitioned the Ward Congress Appeal Panel alleging that former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, allegedly hijacked nomination forms meant for local government Congresses. Dogara currently represents Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency in the House. In a…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance on Friday inaugurated its National Campaign Council and Committees in Anambra, ahead of the November 6 governorship poll. Leader and Chairman, Board of Trustees of APGA, Governor Willie Obiano, performed the inauguration, with himself as chairman. Other members are National Chairman of APGA, Dr Victor Oye, Dep. Gov. Nkem Okeke,…
By Emmanuel Udodinma The Governorship Candidate of African Democratic Congress ADC, Anambra State, Akachukwu Sullivan Nwankpo(KSJI), Sunday solicited support from residents of Anambra to enable his bid to succeed Governor Willie Obiano’s administration, in order to continue the work of transformation which, according to him the incumbent governor began since the dawn of the current…
THE Peoples Democratic Party has said the exposé by a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II, that the gains made by Nigeria in 35 years had been wiped out in the last five years, vindicated its stance that the President, retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress administration has…
by Emmanuel Oloniruha The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately forward to the National Assembly an amendment bill to the new Petroleum Industry Act. The party gave the advice in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday in Abuja in reaction to the signing of…
The trio arrived the Ondo Street, Bodija, Ibadan residence of the former governor in company of Hon. Dimeji Bankole, a former Speaker, House of Representatives. Buni is the Chairman, APC National Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). NAN also recalled that Ladoja of Zenith Labour Party was the leader of the coalition which supported Governor Seyi…
By Trust Africa News They say politics is not a game for gentlemen; that politics is as dangerous as it is deadly; as devious as it is treacherous. It is a zero-sum game where there is no mark for efforts. But there is a man that is proving bookmakers wrong by all standards. In this…
Alhaji Uba Nana, Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State, has said there is no division in the party. Nana spoke in an interview with that in Bauchi, saying the party had not experienced any division or fracas in the state, before and after the ward congresses. He said the…
Professor A. Carl LeVan American University, Washington, D.C It is tempting to think of Nigeria’s presidential elections in terms of a secular decline since 1999, and as this important book (Rituals of Democracy: Reflections on the 2019 general elections in Nigeria) points out, they arguably are in terms of overall participation. Even though the current…
