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Dalori assumes Office as APC Acting National Chairman, pledges Unity and Support for Tinubu’s Agenda

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Hon. (Dr.) Ali Bukar Dalori has formally assumed office as the Acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), following the resignation of his predecessor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, CON.   The transition was officially announced during the first meeting of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) held in Abuja, where the party’s National Secretary, Senator Suraj Ajibola, presented Ganduje’s resignation letter and moved a motion for Dalori’s appointment in line with Article 14 of the APC Constitution.   “In accordance with our constitution, the Deputy National Chairman, Hon.…

HISTORIC RALLY AS AKWA IBOM BECOMES APC STATE By Joe Iniodu

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The arena spangled with an assortment of colours – white, red, purple , yellow , grey, green, brown- either as uniform worn by different groups or flags fluttering as banners coalescing into a constellation of colourful spectacle. The atmosphere was boisterous as music from the speakers intertwined with varying entertainment from various groups. The mood hightened into an electrifyingly ecstatic symphony. The human traffic within and outside the arena bourgeoned to almost inelastic point. The massive crowd underscored the historic nature of the day. As it could be said, if…

Akpabio predicts more PDP Governors will join APC after Umo Eno’s defection

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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has declared that more defections from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are imminent, named Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri as the next likely defectors. Akpabio made this revelation on Saturday during a grand reception held at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Akwa Ibom State to officially welcome Governor Umo Eno into the APC. He noted that the people of Akwa Ibom were pleased with Eno’s decision and assured the gathering that…

Democracy Day 2025: Nigeria ‘ll never become a One-Party State – President Tinubu assures

Lukman Laleye Babalola

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured Nigerians that the country will never slide into a one-party state under his administration. The President made this declaration on Thursday while addressing a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja, as part of activities marking Democracy Day 2025. Speaking before the lawmakers, President Tinubu addressed growing concerns from opposition parties about the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) allegedly aiming to dominate the political space. He described such claims as false alarms driven by panic. “To those who ring the alarm that the…

Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu and the fish god By Festus Adedayo

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As Ngugi wa Thiong’o says in his Wizard of the Crow, (2007) ire is more corrosive than fire. Make no mistake about it: President Bola Tinubu is angry. When Tinubu was similarly angry, I wrote a piece entitled Tinubu the Ap’ejalodo and his strange fish friend (September 18, 2018). That fable was one of the stories that helped to tame the greed of pre and post-colonial Yoruba society, as well as any tendency within it to play God. By that 2018, Tinubu had made up his mind to replace Akinwunmi…

Governor Umo Eno joins APC, receives warm welcome from party leadership

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially welcomed the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, into its fold, described his defection as a strategic and progressive move that will benefit both the state and the nation.   In a statement issued on Friday, June 6, 2025, in Abuja, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC, led by its National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, expressed delight at the governor’s decision to join the ruling party.   The statement, signed by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka,…

APC debunks report on Automatic Tickets for National Assembly Members

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed as false and misleading a viral report claiming that the party has granted automatic tickets to all current members of the National Assembly.   In a press statement issued on Tuesday, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka., described the report as “FAKE NEWS” and urged party members and the general public to disregard it in its entirety.   “The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to a purported breaking news report tagged: ‘APC Grants Automatic Tickets…

Tinubu’s lifejacket and a deer’s sacred skin By Festus Adedayo

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What hunters see in the forest is enough to make children of men without balls blind. An ethnographic study of hunters in a wild called Ìgbẹ Alágogo conducted by a scholar at the University of Ibadan, Ayo Adeduntan, gave birth to the narrative. Ọláníyì Ọládèj̣ọ Yáwóọ̣ré had gone hunting one day and came face to face with a deer breastfeeding her young. Stupefied by this weird sight, an unusual dizziness pounced upon the hunter. But “an animal is pursuing me” is a disgraceful song that must never be sung by…

Kwankwaso condemns NNPP Defectors to APC, labels action ‘Greatest Political Sin’

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National Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has strongly condemned recent defections from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC), described such moves as a betrayal of trust and “the greatest political sin.” Speaking on Saturday in Kano while welcoming new NNPP members from Takai Local Government Area, Kwankwaso criticised elected officials who abandon the party and its ideals after riding on its platform to win public office. His comments was coming in the wake of the defection…

The battle of coalitions ,by Jonathan Nda-Isaiah

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Nigeria’s political landscape is being reshaped before our very eyes. The chess pieces are moving across the board with calculated precision, as defections sweep across the nation like wildfire in the harmattan season.   Make no mistake about it – we’re witnessing a high-stakes power play that threatens the very fabric of our democratic experiment.   Last month, Delta state governor Sheriff Oborevwori shocked the nation by defecting with his entire cabinet to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). As if that wasn’t dramatic enough, Delta lawmakers in the House…