Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, should have defected to the PDP when the whole exercise was fancifully tagged ‘gale of defections’, when it was still cool to defect and when everyone expected him to defect.
Instead, the 4th most …
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Sen Rabiu Kwankwaso urged President Muhammadu Buhari to name the weak and selfish politicians that dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The former Kano state governor and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said this while reacting to Buhari's...
Former Governor of Kano state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has formally defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has offered former Governor of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, the senatorial ticket for Kano Central District in next year’s general election.
The offer was part of the terms reached by both sides which culminated in Shekarau formally parting ways with...
A BENIN high chief and Edo state chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (rAPC), Chief Osamede Adun has placed a …
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The Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna State says there is no automatic ticket for anybody seeking elective positions in the state.
Chairman of the party in the state, Hassan Hyet, told Channels Television on Wednesday that all the candidates would emerge through a free and fair primary. …...
A two-time governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, Engineer Sunday Babalola, has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Babalola participated in the 2011 and 2015 electioneering processes in Kwara state. The politician said...
All 23 members of the 24-member House of Assembly in Kwara, including the speaker, have denied financial inducement for their recent defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
NAN reports that the lawmakers were alleged to have each collected...
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Senator Lanre Tejuoso has finally revealed how President Muhammadu Buhari advised him to remain with APC and not quit along with other senators.
The Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District, who made this known to reporters in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, while declaring his...
The flag bearer of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the September 22 governorship poll in Osun State, Alhaji Fatai Akinbade, has revealed how former President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, convinced him to pick the party’s ticket...
Late M.K.O Abiola’s daughter and the Special Assistant on New Media to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rinsola Abiola has quit the APC.
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Aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress are poised for a showdown with the party leadership over the cost of nomination and expression of interest forms.
It was gathered in Abuja on Saturday that aspirants, seeking the party’s nomination to contest the governorship, national...
A former Lagos State governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Michael Olawale-Cole, has left the party for the All Progressives Congress.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Olawale-Cole’s decision was informed by what he described as the impressive performance of...
In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Ben Ezeamalu, the immediate past chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Moshood Salvador, speaks about his decision to leave the party, his frustration with the leadership, and his plans for the future. Excerpts.
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Three members of the Osun State House of Assembly, including the lawmaker representing Ilesa West at the assembly, Mr Tajudeen Famuyide, have defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress to the Action Democratic Party.
Famuyide represents the incumbent Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s...
Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Wednesday evening, said it remained strong and indivisible, insisting that it shall continue to forge ahead with preparation for the 2019 general election, notwithstanding former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s defection to All...
Two Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) governorship aspirants- Prof Eugene Aliegba and John Tion-have defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC) in West Local Government Area of Benue State.
The aspirants and their supporters defected at a ceremony in Naka, the headquarters the local...
Some senators are threatening to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress should the party fail to adopt direct primaries for the 2019 elections, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.
Some of the lawmakers who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES warned that the party will experience mass defection if it fails to …...
Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, yesterday, gave an insight into the circumstances that made him part ways with his political mentor and predecessor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso who defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
Bode Ayorinde, a member of the House of Representatives representing Owo/Ose constituency in Ondo State, said he left the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because of impunity in the party.
Mr Ayorinde addressed journalists shortly after he obtained a PDP …...
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