Tag Archives: Politics

Short of withdrawing its earlier statement condemning the invasion of the National Assembly by the Department of State Services (DSS), the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday backed the action, saying it was aimed at frustrating an alleged plot by ...

Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress has indicted the Senate president Bukola Saraki over the Tuesday National Assembly siege. Masked operatives of the Department for State Services on Tuesday besieged the National Assembly, preventing federal lawmakers and journalists from entering the ...

Lawyers on Tuesday, including Senior Advocates of Nigeria, saluted the acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), for relieving the Director General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura, of his position. Osinbajo, who’s acting instead of President Muhammadu Buhari, ...

The Emir of Daura, Dr. Umar Faruq Umar has declared that the people from the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari are hungry and not getting enough from the Federal Government. Umar Faruq Umar Umar stated this when he received the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday asked supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress not to be disturbed by the recent gale of defections from the party. He said, “God will continue to fish out the bad eggs among us,” as ...

The National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Wada plaza, Abuja, into the Complex, was agog this afternoon as the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki ‎made a triumphant entry into the complex. Saraki arrived the complex at exactly ...

Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).  Ahmed left the ruling APC alongside Senate President Bukola Saraki who announced his defection on his official Twitter handle @bukolasaraki. Saraki ...

I am amused. My Naija pipo na wah. We too get comedians. So, the ‘uproar’ is ‘oh the defections is not in our interests’! ‘oh defections are a slap on our democratic rights’! ‘oh, the PDP is the genesis of ...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was originally scheduled to attend a reconciliatory meeting with Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman ...

A socio-cultural group, Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum, says Tuesday’s defection of some national assembly members from the All Progressives Congress (APC) won’t affect President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid. Akin Malaolu, secretary-general of the group, made this known on Tuesday in ...