The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Odu Ward 2, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, on Wednesday suspended Senator Jibrin Isah Echocho, the lawmaker representing Kogi East at the upper chamber of the National Assembly, over alleged anti-party activities, in what stakeholders described as a decisive move to protect the unity, discipline and electoral future of the party in Kogi East. The suspension followed a resolution reached by the Ward Executive Committee at its...

…Mobilises Over One Million Members   Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, a former presidential candidate and 2027 presidential aspirant, has formally confirmed his membership of the Accord Party and declares intention to contest the presidential election on the party’s platform. Speaking with journalists on Tuesday in response to enquiries, Hashim disclosed that his political structure has already commenced extensive grassroots mobilisation within the party across the country, stressing that over one million supporters have so far been mobilised into...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday ruled that former President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the 2027 general election. Justice Peter Lifu made the declaration while delivering judgment in a suit seeking to bar Jonathan from participating in future presidential elections, having taken the oath of office twice as president. It will be recalled that Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), last week offered Jonathan a...

….Queries ‘Russian Doctor’s DSS Custody Visit Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has raised fresh alarm over the health and safety of former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, alleging that a foreign doctor of Russian origin was secretly brought in to examine him while in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Frank, in a statement on Friday, claimed that a DSS official contacted...