LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The majority control of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate is currently under threat as no fewer than 20 APC senators have concluded plans to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party and others. The PUNCH learnt that the APC, which had earlier lost 13 senators…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahmed Babba Kaita, the senator representing Katsina North Senatorial District, the senatorial zone of President Muhammadu Buhari, has officially announced his exit from the ruling All Progressives Congress APC. Mr Babba-Kaita announced on Wednesday that he was joining the opposition People’s Democratic Party The defection brought an end to speculations, on local…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWRANGERS)-The spokesperson of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan, has alleged that the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is going about intimidating governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party to join the APC. While appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today monitored by…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former governor of Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode has spoken on his rumoured planned defection from the All Progressive Congress, APC, to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. There have been speculations in some quarters that Ambode was disappointed he did not make the ministerial list President Muhammadu Buhari submitted to the Nigerian Senate….
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain of the PDP, Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, said on Friday that he was set to dump the opposition party for the ruling APC. Ogunlewe, a former Minister of Works, confirmed the development in an interview with a political correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos State. He was reacting…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWRANGERS)-No fewer than 3,252 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi West Senatorial District defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors included two former Kogi Commisioners; that of Water Resources, Mr Tunji Oshanusi and Agriculture, Femi Abolarinwa. APC Zonal Chairman, Mr Ropo Asagun, received the decampees at…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More politicians are ditching the ‘broom’ for the ‘umbrella’ as Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, a former Nigerian Ambassador to Mali, Soni Abang, and Barr. Tony Odey, among thousands of others, have dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State on Thursday. Until his defection yesterday,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“I spent over N25 million on the nomination process but surprisingly, the party hierarchy hijacked the process only to award the ticket to their preferred candidate,” said Istifanus. “Now we have decided to leave that party of impunity; and with a support base of over 30,000 people, we’ll work for all PDP…