Politics

Gov. Ahmed Ododo of Kogi says the restoration of 20 suppressed state constituencies across Kogi, Benue, Delta, and Jigawa by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is a ”bold step for equitable representation and justice for formerly under-represented communities”. Ododo said this on Tuesday in Lokoja during a Stakeholders’ meeting organised by INEC. Describing the restoration of constituencies as more …

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday joked that the African Democratic Congress was effectively dead following a fresh wave of defections that saw lawmakers move en masse to other political parties, including the Nigerian Democratic Congress and the Labour Party. Akpabio made the remark while presiding over plenary, shortly after the Senate formally announced the defection of lawmakers, including Victor …

  The move follows prolonged leadership crises, court cases and regulatory disputes that have weakened the ADC. A wave of defections hit the House of Representatives on Tuesday, as 17 lawmakers dumped the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the fast-rising Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), while one member crossed over to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, …

The National Working Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Abdulraman Mohammed, has dismissed the 103rd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting and the Tanimu Turaki-led Interim National Working Committee constituted at the meeting. Mohammed, in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Jungudo Mohammed, said that no such meeting chaired by Sen. Adolphus Wabara was convened by the leadership …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, led by Sen. Adolphus Wabara, has summoned an emergency National Executive Committee meeting for Monday. Wabara spoke on Sunday in Abuja during the 84th meeting of his faction of the board. He said the decision became necessary to prevent a leadership vacuum following recent developments within the party. According to him, the …

It is time to strip away the mask. Peter Obi is a capitalist, an elite operator who has thrived in the very business and political circles that have raped the Nigerian economy for decades. To see him framed as a grassroots messiah while he treats party politics as a series of hostile takeovers is a cruel irony. A committed democrat, …

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Sunday reacted to claims by its 2023 presidential candidate, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, that his exit from the party was externally influenced. Kwankwaso in a statement on Saturday, addressing what he described as “misleading narratives” in the public domain about leaving the African Democratic Congress (ADC) , said that ongoing discussions about a possible …

Rep. Leke Abejide (ADC-Kogi) has announced his resignation from African Democratic Congress (ADC), citing the leadership crisis in the party as reason for his actions. Abejide, while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Friday, said that the decision to leave ADC was painful but necessary to advance his political career and attract more dividends of democracy to his constituents. The lawmaker, …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has extended the sales of the party’s Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to aspirants from May 2 to May 4. The party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr Durosinmi Meseko, who announced this while speaking with newsmen at the national secretariat on Thursday in Abuja, said the decision was taken at …

The Sen. Adolphus Wabara-led Board of Trustees (BoT) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has assumed leadership of the party, following Thursday’s judgment by the Supreme Court. The BoT, in statement on Thursday in Abuja, said that the constitutional intervention by the BoT was to avert leadership vacuum at the national level of the party, following the apex court …