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Our Worst Days Now Over –PDP

21.04.2026

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that it has overcome its challenges and is now united as one big family. PDP in a communique after a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting by faction loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, said it is not in distress, adding that the...

APC Deploys 24 Campaign Buses In Bauchi To Boost Grassroots Mobilisation

21.04.2026

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has facilitated the distribution of 24 Toyota 18-seater buses to party stakeholders in Bauchi State as part of efforts to strengthen grassroots mobilisation. Speaking at the presentation ceremony held at the Bala Wunti Support Organisation head office in Bauchi on Monday, Yilwatda said the...

Oyo Rep, Olajide Empowers Unemployed Youth With Laptops, Digital Literacy Training

20.04.2026

In continuation of his efforts towards tackling youth unemployment and promoting digital inclusion among youths in Oyo State, the lawmaker representing the Ibadan North-west/Ibadan South -west federal constituency of Oyo State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Adedeji Dhikrullahi Stanley Olajide, on Monday, facilitated a comprehensive digital literacy training and empowerment programme for 210 unemployed...

‘I was tricked,’ Bala Explains Presence In ADC’s Leadership

20.04.2026

Nafiu Bala, the self-acclaimed Acting National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has claimed that he was lured into attending the ceremony where the party’s leadership was handed over to new officials. Bala made this disclosure while clarifying his presence when former Senate President David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola took over as interim National...

Rhodes-Vivour Questions Lagos Govt Spending, Governance

20.04.2026

The 2023 Labour Party (LP) gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has criticised the State Government over what he described as misplaced priorities and lack of transparency in public spending. Raising concerns about infrastructure costs, taxation, and basic service delivery, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship hopeful questioned the cost and timeline of a major...

Wike-Backed PDP Faction Holds First NEC Meeting

20.04.2026

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike’s faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, convened its first National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja following the unsealing of the secretariat by the police. New Telegraph reports that the meeting took place at the Wadata Plaza headquarters,...

ADC Enugu Disowns Chairman Over Facing Forgery Trial

20.04.2026

The leadership crisis rocking the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Enugu State escalated on Monday after party stakeholders publicly disowned Prof. Uchenna Akubue, a university professor allegedly parading himself as the party’s state chairman, citing an ongoing criminal prosecution for forgery. In a statement signed by Comrade Raphael Idoko on behalf of the ADC Enugu...

S’West PDP Supports Makinde, Declares Loyalty To Turaki-Led NWC

20.04.2026

Despite former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose’s recent scathing remarks about the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, the South West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday declared its full support for the only surviving PDP governor, reaffirming its unwavering loyalty to the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) led by Aminu Turaki. The...

APGA S’East Vice Chairman Laments Poor Funding

20.04.2026

The National Vice Chairman (South-East) of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) , Rev. Augustine Ehiemere, has lamented poor funding, calling for deliberate, transparent, and sustainable funding mechanisms to strengthen the party’s institutional capacity and drive its expansion. He described the South-East as the ideological and political stronghold of APGA, stressing that the party must...

Sen Nakudu Secures Key Grassroots Support In Jigawa

20.04.2026

The governorship ambition of Senator Sabo Mohammed Nakudu in Jigawa State received a significant boost on Sunday following the declaration of loyalty by the political structure of Alhaji Shehu Mohammed Sanusi, Dan’iyan Dutse, to his movement under the African Democratic Congress (ADC). According to the statement, the event held in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital,...