Former National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yunusa Tanko, has resigned from his position as Political Adviser to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State recorded a significant political boost in Ogbomoso on Monday as Segun Ogunwuyi, a former Chief of Staff to Governor Seyi Makinde, and 32 other leaders of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) defected to the ruling party.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

News reports that the defection rally, held at Oja’Gbo near Soun Ogunlola Hall, attracted a massive crowd, causing traffic gridlock in the city centre for more than three hours.

Some of the prominent defectors include Rasak Gbadegesin, popularly known as Agbeti; Timothy Oyeniyi; Alabi Olateju; Dr Banji Folaranmi; Isaiah Adegbite; Peter Oyetunji; and Jimoh Sikiru, the APM chairman in Ogbomoso North.

Also among those who moved to the APC were council secretaries, chiefs of staff, supervisory councillors and aides to the chairmen of Ogbomoso North, Ogbomoso South, Surulere and Ogo-Oluwa local governments.

Speaking on behalf of the defectors, Ogunwuyi said their decision was aimed at strengthening the APC, expressing confidence that the party would secure a convincing victory across the Ogbomoso zone.

In his remarks, the Oyo State APC chairman, Moses Adeyemo, welcomed the new members and assured them of equal treatment alongside existing party members.

Folaranmi, while explaining his decision to leave the APM, accused Governor Makinde of running the party as a personal affair.

Similarly, the APC governorship candidate, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, described the mass defection as evidence that the ruling party in Oyo State was losing its political grip.

Alli urged other APM members who had yet to defect to follow the example of the former party leaders.

He said, “For the likes of Segun Ogunwuyi, Alh. Rasak Agbeti and other politicians of substance to abandon Governor Makinde, it means a lot.”

Dignitaries who attended the rally included Senators Ayoade Adeseun and Brimoh Yusuf, Kemi Alao-Akala, the Director-General of the Alli Campaign Council, Yemi Aderibigbe, as well as several APC candidates.

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Alwan Hassan, has dismissed claims that Nigerians are battling widespread hunger, accusing opposition parties of exaggerating the country’s economic challenges for political reasons.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

His remarks come amid growing concerns over the rising cost of living and the financial difficulties facing many Nigerians.

Hassan made the comments on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he responded to the opposition’s description of the 2027 political contest as a battle between President Bola Tinubu and hungry Nigerians.

Describing the opposition’s position as political rhetoric, the APC chieftain insisted that the level of hunger being portrayed does not reflect the reality in the country.

“That is opposition rhetoric. People are not that hungry. They should stop lying.

“People are not that hungry the way the opposition is portraying it. And I’ll say it anywhere. People are not that hungry,” he stated.

Hassan accused opposition parties of using hunger as a campaign strategy to gain public sympathy rather than addressing the country’s actual economic situation.

He further argued that Nigerians were continuing with their daily activities, including going to markets and workplaces, insisting that the opposition’s portrayal of widespread hunger was exaggerated.

His comments came days after the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Abdulaziz Yari, also dismissed claims of widespread hunger in the country.