In a landmark shift for Nigeria’s political landscape, the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Governor Fintiri announced his decision during a statewide broadcast, revealing that he is moving to the ruling party alongside his entire cabinet and all PDP […]
The unforgettable year 2020 couldn’t stop political surprises from springing out of Nigeria’s political space. Beyond the unprecedented amazement the Coronavirus unleashed on Nigeria, we also saw defection between the two major political parties in Nigeria – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressive Congress (APC) – that left party faithful and non-partisan […]
The crisis of misgovernance in the country has been accentuated by the official impunity of members of the ruling class. Hence, the executive is justifying disobedience of court orders, while legislators regularly suspend their colleagues and carry out the impeachment of governors outside the ambit of the Constitution. Even though it has been decided by […]
The member representing Oshodi-Isolo state constituency 02 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Jude Emeka Idimogu, has debunked a report by a national daily (not The Daily Times) recently that he and other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the assembly are set to decamp to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday had its fold swelled up by an additional member in the Senate as Senator Nelson Effiong (Akwa Ibom South) ditched his former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to become an APC Senator Effiong defection to APC now brings the total number of APC senators in the Senate to 64 […]
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has described the decision of the State House of Assembly to declare the four seats of its members, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a step in the right direction. In a statement issued by the Governor’s Chief Press […]
A s the dust raised by the 2015 general election is gradually settling down, it is essential to begin taking stock of certain issues and events that characterised the elections. Since the return of the country to democracy in 1999, no election has generated so much fretfulness and tension like the 2015 elections. Many soothsayers […]
A former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the November, 2012 governorship election in Edo State, Maj. Gen. Charles Airhiavbere (retd.), has defected to the All Progressives Congress. Airhiavbere, whose defection came eight days after the 2015 presidential election, where the standard bearer of the APC, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), was declared winner, […]
Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Alhaji Ali Olanusi, who announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party Thursday morning, has given his reasons behind his sudden defection to the APC few days to the conduct of the presidential elections In a statement Thursday afternoon, Mr. Olanusi said he decided to join the All Progressives […]
The much rumoured palace coup in the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA, Anambra State was hashed when over 5000 members of the party defected to the People’s Democratic Party PDP. Among the APGA members that defected to the PDP include aggrieved chairmanship and councillorship aspirants whose names were allegedly changed with those that did not […]