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Understanding APC and the crisis of defections by Reuben Abati

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the “factional” leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has reportedly asked Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki to...

The APC ship is sinking by Reuben Abati

When we wrote much earlier that the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party was a coalition of strange bedfellows and a...

PHOTOS: APC holds emergency talks with furious members in desperate bid to stop decamping to PDP

APC leaders led by the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, Alhaji Bola Tinubu and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has met...

Deputy Speaker Lasun Congratulates President Buhari, Oshiomole, APC New Executive

The Deputy Speaker House of Representatives Hon. Lasun Yussuff, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari for displaying exemplary leadership quality and for sustaining...

The road to Babylon by Reuben Abati

Nigeria is on the road to Babylon: a place of confusion. Three years ago, the people were convinced that they had found...

UPDATE: Police accidentally shot Opeyemi Bamidele at Fayemi’s rally

Reports from Ekiti state indicate that former governorship aspirant Opeyemi Bamidele was shot at the commencement of the Kayode Fayemi’s campaign rally...

The impending implosion of APC by Reuben Abati

Just take the phrase: “impending” in the title above with a pinch of salt.  I use the word because in politics as...

Ojudu ends race for Ekiti governor

Senator Babafemi Ojudu Thursday dropped out of the race for the APC nomination for Ekiti state governor citing unfair contest. Read below speech...

The Day in Pictures: Emefiele, Dangote, Malami in Washington

The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Minister of Investment, trade and Industry, Mr Okechukwu Enalamah, minister of Justice and...

Buhari’s 2019 bid and matters arising

by Garba Shehu The country is gearing itself up for the General Elections in February next year and with President Muhammadu Buhari...

Ayo Adebanjo: The man and his politics by Reuben Abati

When friends, family and political associates gather in Ijebu-Ogbo, Ogun state today, to celebrate the 90th birthday of Chief Ayo Adebanjo, they...

Contemplating Ebri in APC’s open race for national chair 

By Femi Soneye   It took President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention to fault and reverse the decision by the National Executive Committee (NEC)...

Osinbajo: Buhari administration won’t stop talking about corruption under Jonathan

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo,  on Thursday said that no matter the antics of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), the APC government...

Lagos state and the politics of taxation by Reuben Abati

The government of Lagos state seems to be currently in the eye of the storm over its introduction of a law, a...

Hello, PMB is beatable in 2019  

By Sufuyan Ojeifo In 2015, serial presidential contestant, Muhammadu Buhari, emerged victorious through the instrumentality of enclave politics to which the north...

APC in Turmoil as Members in Lagos Kick against Tenure Elongation for Oyegun, Others

It was an extraordinary message, delivered at a time of unparalleled political drama. On Tuesday, members of the ruling party in Lagos...