Bala Ali of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the by-election for Dass Constituency in the Bauchi State House of Assembly. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for the election, Professor Ahmed Mohammed of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University announced Ali as the winner of the poll on Saturday at the collation centre … Read more
 Former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, said the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a united force and nothing can break its ranks. Speaking during a two-day mid-term retreat held in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state capital, Shettima said APC will emerge victorious at the 2023 presidential poll. He said the protracted issue of zoning will … Read more
The Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat has delivered his Polling Unit 004, Ward 4, Oke-Balogun registration area for the candidate of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tokunbo Abiru. Abiru scored 97 votes out of the 111 votes cast at the unit, while his closest challenger, Babatunde Gbadamosi of the Peoples’ Democratic Party … Read more
Kalu Kalu, a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is seeking a restraining order stopping the national executive committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling party slated for December 8 from holding. The motion was contained in a notice filed on Thursday at the federal high court in Abuja. Kalu through his lawyer, Ukpai Ukairo, … Read more
Lagos East By-Election APC, Vote-Buying All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) have engaged each other on allegations of vote buying ahead of the senatorial district by-election holding tomorrow. In a separate statements by the parties, both APC and PDP raised the alarm of attempt to buy votes on the date fixed for … Read more
APC, Ogun State A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State, Comrade Tunde Oladunjoye, has urged Lagos East Senatorial District voters to choose wisely by voting for party’s candidate, Tokunbo Abiru, in the by-election slated for Saturday. Speaking to reporters at the Ikorodu, during a solidarity visit to the office of Tokunbo … Read more
A former deputy governor of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Wakkala, has defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Wakkala, who made the declaration on Wednesday while briefing journalists in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, was deputy governor under the administration of Former Governor Abdulaziz Yari. Read also: Two Reps … Read more
APC, Borno The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in Saturday local government elections held in 27 local government areas of Borno State. The Chairman of Borno State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC), Abdu Usman, who announced the election results on Tuesday, said APC won all the positions on offer … Read more
APC, PDP, Lagos Elections The All Progressives Congress(APC) in Lagos State has faulted the prediction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that its candidates would win in four of the five Local Government Areas where bye-elections are expected to hold on Saturday. The PDP in a statement by its spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, described the PDP’s … Read more
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the second term of five years. The confirmation on Tuesday followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on INEC, led by Senator Kabiru Gaya, All Progressives Congress(APC), Kano South which submitted … Read more
Kano State government has asked the National Drugs Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to conduct drug tests for all candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The candidates for the elections ( chairmanship and councillorship) will emerge from the ongoing primaries at the local government and ward levels in the state. This was contained in a … Read more
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it will begin a fresh membership registration and revalidation exercise from December 12, 2020 to January 9, 2021. Chairman APC’s National Caretaker Extraordinary/Convention Planning Committee and Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni made the announcement in a statement on Monday. The party, in the statement, also stated … Read more
Kwara, APC Scores of All Progressives Congress (APC) members from Ilorin South local government have protested against an alleged plan by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to install transition implementation committee (TIC) chairmen in the 16 local government areas of the state without consulting APC executives. Tenure of the 16 suspended local government chairmen in the state … Read more
APC, meeting December 8 The All Progressives Congress (APC) will hold an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on December 8. The party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yakubu Nabena, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the meeting would hold at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. Read Also: Police Arrest … Read more
Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe, has reacted to claims that he’s not always on ground to manage the affairs of the state. Buni has come under heavy criticism over his purported absence from the state since he took over as the caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking in an interview with … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 29TH NOVEMBER, 2020 The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Abia Statehas dismissed the claim of a former governor in the state, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu on social media that the incumbent, Okezie Ikpeazu had planned to defect from PDP to the APC, as a precondition to winning his last electoral mandate at the Supreme Court. … Read more
Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, says the issue of the state’s gold reserve has instigated bad blood between him and some south south governors. In October 2020, the Zamfara government had said it started its gold reserve to reduce dependence on federal allocations. But Olamilekan Adegbite, minister of mines and steel development, had said the … Read more
Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo state, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not get complacent in attracting new members to its fold. The party has recorded some high-profile addition in recent weeks with the defection of Ebonyi governor, David Umahi and Adamawa senator, Elisha Abbo from peoples democrats party (PDP) to the ruling party. … Read more
Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been able to achieve so much in the face of dwindling revenue and meagre resources. Lawan made the assertion on Thursday during the presentation of the party’s flag to Adamawa state senator, Elisha Abbo, who joined the ruling party from the peoples democratic party … Read more
Elisha Abbo, senator representing Adamawa north, has likened his Defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as movement from darkness to light. Abbo said this when he received the flag of the ruling party from Mai Mala Buni, chairman of the caretaker/extra-ordinary convention planning committee, at the APC national … Read more