Former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, has denied joining the All Progressives Congress. Bafarawa, who resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party in January 2025, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday. He described the…

Alhaji Muttaka Dalhatu, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, alongside members of his executive committee and several ward chairmen. The group was formally…

A coalition of prominent opposition leaders has accused the Federal Government of using anti-corruption agencies to intimidate and persecute opposition figures, warning that the trend poses a grave threat to Nigeria’s multiparty democracy. In a joint statement on Sunday, the…

Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has disclosed that he was never a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Fubara also claimed that PDP caused 90 percent of the political crisis he passed through. He spoke while addressing journalists…

The former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has dismissed as false a viral claim alleging that he stated which region of the country should produce the President in 2027. Reports making the rounds on social media claimed that the African…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State says joining the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was an easy choice he made. The governor said this on Thursday while addressing newsmen at the APC headquarters in Abuja. Recall that the Minister of…

The National Working Committee, NWC, of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, led by Nafiu Bala Gombe, has suspended several key members. Those suspended from the party include Chief Ralph Okey Nwosu, Balarabe Rufai, and others, for alleged anti-party activities and…

A former Speaker of the Osun State Assembly, Mr Najeem Salaam, on Monday emerged as the African Democratic Congress candidate for the 2026 Osun governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Salaam secured the ADC ticket following the…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has criticized Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa over the death of a young man allegedly run over by the governor’s convoy. According to the PDP, the deceased, Good Emiju, was knocked down by the…

A faction of the Accord Party has faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission over its reported disownment of a factional governorship primary in Osun State. PUNCH Online earlier reported that the faction led by its former presidential candidate, Professor Chris…

Abba Moro, the senator representing Benue South and leader of the Senate minority, has reiterated his commitment to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying he has no intention of leaving the party. Moro made the declaration on Wednesday during a…

The All Progressives Congress has emerged winner of the chairmanship and councillorship elections in all 27 local government areas in the December 13 council elections in Borno State. The list of chairmen-elect, earlier declared winners by returning officers, was officially…

Supporters of former Sokoto State governor, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, under the banner of the Bafarawa Akida Movement, have formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. The decision was announced…

A member of the Ogun State House of Assembly representing Ijebu North Constituency I, Rasheed Kashamu, on Monday announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Kashamu, who announced his defection on the floor of…

Gombe State’s 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, gubernatorial candidate, Mohammad Barde, has formally joined the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Barde, who came second in Gombe State’s 2023 governorship election behind Governor Inuwa Yahaya, said he joined the ADC as part…