The Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, is defecting from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a presidential aide has said. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla, posted a message on Facebook, Saturday night, saying that Mr Akpabio will be received into APC on Thursday by […]
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The Senators representing Bauchi Central and Kwara South respectively, Isa Misau and Rafiu Ibrahim, have warned their counterpart from Katsina South, Abu Ibrahim, and others in the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to foment any trouble when the Senate resumes on September 25, as the Senate President, Abubakar Saraki, will never resign from the position. […]
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Senator representing Sokoto north, Aliyu Wamakko, says the governor of his state, Aminu Tambuwal, and others who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will regret the move. Before Tambuwal moved to the PDP, Senate President Bukola Saraki, several lawmakers and two governors had already defected from the ruling party. Wamakko commented on the defections […]
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Top lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana, has commented on the defections going on in Nigeria. He said the defection of some lawmakers from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is illegal. Fifty-three members of the national assembly recently dumped the ruling party and moved to the opposition, with most […]
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A controversial member of the house of representatives from Kano state, Abdulmumin Jibrin, President Muhammadu Buhari has highest electoral value in Nigeria and that is the reason at least four governors in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) working with the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2019 election. The lawmaker said the governors have […]
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On Wednesday, Eighteen out of the 30 members of the Sokoto state house of assembly defected from the All Progressive Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Salihu Maidaji, speaker of the assembly, announced this hour after news broke that Aminu Tambuwal, the governor, had returned to the PDP. Maidaji is among the 18 […]
Continue ReadingSenate President Bukola Saraki and Abdulfatah Ahmed, governor of Kwara state, have defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Both men made their decision known via Twitter on Tuesday evening. “I wish to inform Nigerians that, after extensive consultations, I have decided to take my leave of the […]
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The minister of information, Lai Mohammed, has described the defection of some national assembly members from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as “an answer to their prayers”. Mohammed spoke in his country home of Oro, Kwara state, on Sunday when members and supporters of the party welcomed him at the playground of Muslim Community […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday night held a meeting with the All Progressive Congress (APC) caucus in the senate, however, Senate President Bukola Saraki was conspicuously absent. In the absense of Saraki, Ahmad Lawan, senate majority leader, led his colleagues to the meeting, which had Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the party; Boss Mustapha, secretary to […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will tonight meet with members of Parliamentary Support Group of the Upper Chamber Chapter at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Members of the group will be on solidarity visit to the president and will use the opportunity to show their loyalty to the president. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the […]
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