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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Party Politics, Presidency
Saturday, July 19th, 2014
HENRY UMORU FOR daring to accuse President Goodluck Jonathan of encouraging fascism in the nation’s polity following Tuesday’s impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, the Presidency yesterday lampooned the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, saying he has lost focus. According to the Presidency, it was least expected […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Party Politics
Thursday, July 10th, 2014
BY DAPO AKINREFON THE All Progressives Congress, APC, has advised Christians in Osun State to disregard the false information being circulated by PDP agents in some churches that the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has instructed Christians in the state to vote for a Christian candidate in next month’s governorship election. In a statement by […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Ekiti, Headlines, Nigerian Police, Party Politics, State News
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
The suspects (far right, Odeyemi). | credits: Olaleye Aluko The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force, Adeniji-Adele Street, Lagos, on Monday paraded a chief of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Itunnu Odeyemi, and eight others, saying they were notorious for snatching exotic cars in the country. The police said Odeyemi […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
Femi Aribisala sounds like Nigeria’s Salman Rushdie. It seems Mr Aribisala is having endless sleepless nights over the person of Bola Tinubu and indeed the emergence of APC as another big political party in Nigeria. I believe that by standing on the side of the voiceless since 1999 till date, the duo of Buhari, Tinubu […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Party Politics
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode A Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, on Tuesday, said he stood by his comments about the All Progressives Congress and some of its leaders, noting that he looked forward to meeting the party in court. Fani-Kayode, who recently defected from the APC to the Peoples Democratic […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Party Politics, Presidency
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
Olagunsoye Oyinlola | credits: File copy A former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, on Tuesday met behind closed doors with President Goodluck Jonathan inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. A source close to the meeting said the former governor was begged by the President to support the PDP during the election. Oyinlola, a […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Party Politics
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Bola Tinubu is standing on the horns of a dilemma. He became the godfather of the APC out of burning personal ambition to seek greener political pastures for himself in Abuja. The APC calculus is to present a Northern presidential and Southern vice-presidential ticket against the PDP’s Jonathan/Sambo ticket in the 2015 presidential election. If […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
The estranged pioneer member of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Tom Ikimi, on Wednesday attributed his grouse with the party to the tyrannical approach to leadership by some of the leaders of the APC, including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. He said before Tinubu singlehandedly chose the former Edo State governor, John Odigie-Oyegun, he had threatened “fire […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Boko Haram, Headlines, Party Politics
Saturday, May 31st, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent statement on violence in the country, including the Boko Haram attacks, has stirred controversy among socio-ethnic groups and prominent Nigerians. The groups and individuals, in separate interviews with Saturday PUNCH, disagreed with the President that some people are behind the violence aimed at bringing down his government. Jonathan, had at a […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Governors, Party Politics
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
The battle for the control of the structure of the opposition All Progressives Congress appears to have taken a dramatic twist. This followed an unprecedented decision by the Rochas Okorocha-led Progressive Governors Forum, to install the Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko and Senator Chris Ngige as chairman and secretary of the National Convention Planning Committee. […]
