The in-fighting within All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, took disturbing dimension, as the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) told aggrieved members to join Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), just as it accused its immediate past national chairman, Mr John Odigie-Oyegun, of accommodating impunity in the party. Party’s spokesperson, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu, insisted that NWC under Oyegun’s watch lacked the courage required to confront political despots who could not operate by the party’s rules. APC argued that certain peculiar issues resulted in the opposition party taking over states like Oyo, Imo, Bauchi, Adamawa and Zamfara. “I would put the painful outcomes broadly…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, to point out the ills of her husband’s government during a “pillow talk.” Twice, recently, the First Lady openly criticised Federal Government’s Social Investment Programme (SIP) as lacking in reach and not getting to desired beneficiaries. She gave instances of her home state of Adamawa, Kano and recently, Katsina, her husband’s home state, where SIP has not reached poor Nigerians it was designed for. She also spoke about security agencies’ approach to resolving banditry in the North. Yesterday, when he hosted the editorial board of a social media platform,…

Erstwhile National Chairman of ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Mr John Odigie-Oyegun has absolved himself of allegations of being behind current travails of his successor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, describing the former labour leader as a master of the art of deception and author of confusion. He described the allegations as “ludicrous and infantile” as well as “an attempt to dream up justifications for the failings of the party under Oshiomhole’s chairmanship”. Since the build up to the June 2018 National Convention of APC and the consequent emergence of Oshiomhole as APC Chair, Odigie-Oyegun had often taken flaks for the numerous…

Since 2008, Action Congress (AC), then later Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and now All Progressives Congress (APC), has held the reigns of power in Edo State when it dislodged Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), thus making Edo the only state in the South-South region outside the control of PDP. Except for 2015 when some key members led by Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu left the party to join PDP as a result of irreconcilable differences, APC has tried to keep its ranks together hence its retention of power for over 10 years running. But now, things are no longer at ease and…