Four senators and three members of the House of Representatives have dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). SaharaReporters gathered that Senator Sampson Ekong, who represents Akwa Ibom South, and Senator Aniekan Bassey of Akwa Ibom North-East, formally announced their defection on Wednesday during plenary. …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bNOQLtkAw0?si=yf-totn77gN5FVq9 Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has reportedly issued a bold directive to members of his administration, urging all commissioners and political appointees to follow him in defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) or step down from their positions, Truetells Nigeria reports. The announcement was said to have been made during a…
The bid to select the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship candidate for Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) has left the camp of Lagos political heavyweight and GAC member, Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Basorun, in disarray. A controversial shadow primary election, criticized as a “kangaroo process,” has plunged the Justice Forum (JF), the dominant APC faction in…
An explosive believed to be dynamite rocked the All Progressives Congress secretariat along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, today October 5, destroying some windows, gates and other parts of the building. Speaking to Channels TV’s correspondent, the Chairman of the faction of APC in Rivers State, Tony Okocha narrated how…
Results have started coming in from the polling units in the Edo State governorship election as the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are locked in a tight contest. SaharaReporters at the polling units in Oredo Ward saw that the APC and the PDP are closely following each other while…
Mercy Johnson has come under fire for campaigning for APC Candidate, Okpebholo in Edo State. Truetells Nigeria reports that Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie has come under fierce criticism on social media amid her public endorsement of Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the upcoming Edo State gubernatorial election. In a…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ibrahim Modibbo, has said Advisers and Ministers of President Bola Tinubu are incompetent and deserve to be sacked. Truetells Nigeria reports that the Taraba State APC chieftain, Ibrahim Modibbo, said ministers of President Tinubu are newspaper tigers. He accused them of relying solely on textbook economics as…
Three months to the governorship election in Ondo State, no fewer than 12,000 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state have announced their defection to the Peoples Democratic Party. This came a few days after 29 aides and associates of a former governor of the state, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, announced their defection…
Members of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos State attacked the party’s chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, at the party’s secretariat, in Acme, Ogba, Ikeja. The party is currently engulfed in crisis due to a dispute among stakeholders over leadership in Local Government Areas (LGAs). The crisis snowballed into an attack on the…
Charles Idahosa, who was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of the Trustees (BoT), has defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State. Idahosa, a former ally of the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, defected from the APC to the PDP in 2021 along with Governor…
