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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. […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Party Politics
Sunday, May 4th, 2014
The Women Wing of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has joined other women across the country to demand that the Federal Government expedite action in effecting the release of the over 200 secondary school girls from Chibok, Borno State abducted by Boko Haram. It lamented the “slow and lethargic response of the Jonathan-led […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Party Politics
Saturday, May 3rd, 2014
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha A former member of the House of Representatives, Uche Onyeagucha, has stated that the All Progressives Congress will not field Muslim-Muslim candidates for 2015 presidential election. Onyeagucha, who was the chairman of the party’s state congress committee in Enugu, dismissed reports that the APC was planning to field two […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Saturday, April 26th, 2014
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Loyalists of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the Peoples Democratic Party have dumped the ruling party for the All Progressives Congress. Saturday PUNCH learnt on Wednesday that the former President’s supporters, particularly those in the South-West, left the PDP because they felt that they had been sidelined. It was learnt […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, April 18th, 2014
The Peoples Democratic Party has criticised governors of the All Progressives Congress for shunning President Goodluck Jonathan’s meeting to discuss the security challenges in the country. This is contained in a statement by Mr. Olise Metuh, PDP National Publicity Secretary, in Abuja on Thursday. The statement quoted Metuh as saying that the action […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Party Politics
Friday, April 18th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday adjourned an enlarged meeting with state governors on security challenges facing the country till Wednesday. The adjournment was necessitated by the absence of the All Progressives Congress governors. Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State told State House correspondents that the meeting was adjourned till 4pm on Wednesday to give […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
Scene of the blast. | credits: Sam Adeko The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday accused the opposition All Progressives Party of culpability in the bomb blast which killed over 70 people in Nyanya, Abuja, on Monday. While condemning the act which it described as barbaric, monstrous and extremely wicked, the PDP said the attacks were […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Party Politics
Saturday, April 12th, 2014
The Deputy National Chairman (South) of All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Annie Okonkwo has urged all true believers and patriots in the APC doctrine of change to work relentlessly to offer Nigerians a curative relief for the endemic internal political hypertension ravaging the country through the simple prescription of inclusive internal democracy. Senator Okonkwo, who […]
