The Senator representing Gombe Central Senatorial District, Alhaji Danjuma Goje says the All Progressive Congress (APC) was the only party that could address the inadequacies Gov. Dankwambo’s administration in the state. Goje, who was in Gombe for the APC presidential primaries, said this in an interview with newsmen on Friday. He said that APC remained the only party in Gombe that deserved to be voted into office, insisting that the state had not fared well under PDP. According to him, Gov. Dankwambo has left the infrastructures in the state to decay while pensioners have been denied their gratuities for years.…
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All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu says the party’s victory in the Osun governorship election shows that democracy is at work in the country. Tinubu said this after he received Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun and the newly elected state Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola at his Resident in Ikoyi, Lagos on Friday. He polled a total of 255,505 votes to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ademola Adeleke, who polled 255,023 votes. Tinubu said that the people of Osun exercised their rights and chose the best candidate to drive development…
Hajia Aisha Alhassan, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, has withdrawn her membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is coming after she resigned as Minister of Women Affairs In separate letters to the Presidency and her Sarkin-Dawaki ward of the APC in Jalingo, Taraba State, Alhassan attributed her action to “the unfair treatment and grave injustice” meted to her by the party. The APC membership withdrawal letter titled: “Notification of withdrawal as APC member”, Alhassan recalled that she purchased the nomination form to seek the party’s ticket to contest the Taraba governorship seat. “I completed and…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Femi Hamzat has stepped down for one of the contenders, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. This is coming few hours before the APC governorship primaries scheduled to hold on Sunday, September 30, 2018. Sanwo-Olu is believed to be the anointed candidate of the APC national leader, Bola Tinubu. According to reports, Hamzat announced his decision to withdraw from the governorship race at a press conference in Lagos. He also called on his supporters to vote for Sanwo-Olu, who he described as a man of intergrity. The Governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode will be slugging it…
Fela Durotoye has emerged as the presidential candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN). This was made known on Twitter by the presidential candidate on Saturday, September 29, 2018. Durotoye beat Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim during the ANN presidential primaries which held on Saturday, September 29, 2018. He had earlier called on Nigerians to help him raise N3.5 million so he could buy his party’s nomination form which will enable him contest in the presidential primary election. Fela Durotoye was recently elected as the consensus candidate of the Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT) coalition to contest in the 2019 presidential election.…
The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has announced the postponement of the Lagos state governorship primary election. According to Punch, Oshiomhole also said the Imo state governorship primary election has been moved. The APC chairman said the Lagos and Imo governorship primary elections have both been moved to Monday, October 1, 2018 for logistic reasons. The Lagos state governorship primaries was scheduled to hold on Sunday, September 30, 2018. Punch had earlier reported that Femi Hamzat stepped down for the anointed candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Also, reports say 36 members of the Lagos state House of Assembly…
Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia have raised concern over the omission of the names of prominent stakeholders, including Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, from the approved party register for Sunday’s governorship primaries in the state. The Chairman of the party, Chief Donatus Nwankpa, said at a meeting for aspirants in Umuahia on Saturday that the register of members in Ohafia Local Government Area was not in the list approved by the national secretariat of the party. Nwankpa also said that some wards in Umunneochi and Bende state constituencies were also omitted. However, he said that the…
Neymar took a whack to the face, but played on and grabbed his second goal as Paris Saint-Germain won at Nice 3-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday. The Brazil forward was caught by Wylan Cyprien’s flailing arm as they contested the ball near the hour mark of an otherwise one-sided contest. Cyprien was sent off for a second yellow card, and Neymar sat down for a while and had a little blood wiped from his mouth with a sponge. He got up and carried on, playing on for several minutes as he ran around with the makeshift plaster device protruding…
Julen Lopetegui has said his side deserved to take all three points after being held to a 0-0 draw by Atletico Madrid at the Bernabeu. Following Wednesday’s 3-0 defeat at Sevilla, Real have now failed to score in two successive La Liga games for the first time since 2011. The Los Blancos’ coach told the postmatch news conference that he felt his team had dominated the game and deserved to win, while lamenting “adversity” which included another muscle injury for galactico Gareth Bale. “We have not won the game because we have not scored a goal,” Lopetegui said. “But we…
Ernesto Valverde has insisted he still feels supported by the club after coming in for criticism in the wake of an unexpected midweek loss to Leganes. However, talk over a new deal has been replaced by discussions over his short-term future following a disappointing week which saw Barca give up their 100 percent start to the season. “Of course I feel backed [by the club],” he said in a news conference on Friday before adding that he is “feeling fine” despite the scrutiny he has been under. Barca went unbeaten until the penultimate game of last season, but the Leganes…
Jose Mourinho was special, once. But a previously captivating, successful figure is a shadow of his former self, his Manchester United side cast in his sullen, dour image. If now isn’t the time to sack him, when should it be? Just because there’s no eye-catching alternative, it doesn’t mean the incumbent deserves a reprieve. Give the job to Michael Carrick, Zinedine Zidane, Fred The Red — anybody. This is the club’s joint-worst Premier League start, mirroring the wretched 2013-14 season. Saturday’s defeat to West Ham featured a team who sacked David Moyes, losing limply to a team who sacked David…
Juventus CEO and general manager Beppe Marotta will leave his roles with the team when his contract expires next month. Marotta revealed his plans in a surprise announcement after Juventus defeated Napoli 3-1 on Saturday. “The club is carrying out an extensive renewal,” Marotta said. “My mandate as chief executive comes to an end on Oct. 25 and the list of board members, which will be presented on Monday, will not contain my name. “For the time being I will remain in place as chief executive but I wanted to make this statement in order to avoid any speculation. I…
Lionel Messi has said Barcelona have good enough players to not have to depend on him to bail them out every week after helping salvage a 1-1 draw against Athletic Bilbao. Messi, who was introduced in the 55th minute, had already hit the post and seen a free kick cleared off the line when he set up Munir El Haddadi to equalise with five minutes to play. “We have the squad and the players to be a great team, to be a strong team and not depend on anyone,” Messi told BeIn Sports when asked if Barca were too reliant…
Cristiano Ronaldo played a part in all three goals as Juventus came from behind to defeat title rivals Napoli on Saturday. Ronaldo was the star, though, and Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri praised Juve’s new signing after the match. “We started a little tense, gave away too many balls and conceded the goal. Cristiano Ronaldo did well to create two or three promising situations,” Allegri told Sky Sport Italia. “Once Napoli went down to 10 men, we stopped playing, and that made me angry. We ran a big risk on Jose Callejon’s chance and they could easily have equalised. “Ronaldo is…
Frank Lampard will make a quick return to Chelsea as his Derby County side drew his former club from his playing days in the Carabao Cup fourth-round draw on Saturday. Less than two months into his first season as Derby manager, Lampard’s reward for winning at Manchester United in the previous round is a trip to Stamford Bridge, where he spent most of his playing career. In his time at Chelsea from 2001-14, Lampard became the club’s record scorer with 211, made 649 appearances, and was the heartbeat of teams that won three English Premier Leagues, four FA Cups, the…
Manchester United are not in the process of lining up Zinedine Zidane as their next manager despite mounting pressure on current boss Jose Mourinho, sources have said. United were beaten 3-1 by West Ham on Saturday to extend their winless run to three and prompt renewed speculation former Real Madrid coach Zidane, who was in London this week, is in the frame to take over at Old Trafford. However, sources close to the club told ESPN FC dismissed talk of an approach to Zidane, who is available after leaving the Bernabeu in the summer, as “nonsense.” Mourinho’s position is under…
Daniel Sturridge has said his spectacular goal in a 1-1 draw against Chelsea on Saturday was probably one of the best of his career. The striker was introduced as a substitute four minutes from time at Stamford Bridge, with his equaliser cancelling Eden Hazard’s first-half opener. “It was a good goal, the boys worked tirelessly all game,” Sturridge told BT Sport postmatch. “We created a lot of chances in the first half and we were unlucky not to score in the first half. But it was a nice goal at the end for myself. “I’d like to think [I’ve scored…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election conducted on Friday, by Ogun APC, across the state was successful and peaceful, as the party delegates unanimously adopted President Muhammadu Buhari as their candidate. Osoba, while addressing the party faithful, explained that there was need for unity among party members and leaders in order to succeed in the coming 2019 elections. “I have come here today to preach unity to our members. They should embrace peace and forget all differences that might have happened in the past. “My message is simple: we must learn serious lesson from Osun. “We must not…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, has urged party supporters in his ward to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid. Enang made the call during the monitoring of primaries in Ward 2, Ididep clan in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom on Friday. He reminded them that President Buhari had done enough in terms of infrastructure development and appointments of indigenes of the state into political offices. He said the party had put in place an Appeals Committee so that aspirants dissatisfied with the outcome of the gubernatorial primary…
Bukola Saraki has condemned the conduct of the Osun governorship rerun election on Thursday, accusing the ruling All Progressives’ Congress (APC) of committing electoral fraud that puts Nigeria’s democracy in danger. The state’s rerun election took place on Thursday, September 27, 2018, just days after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the original September 22 election to have been inconclusive. This was because the victory margin of 353 votes of first-placed contestant, Senator Ademola Adeleke (254,698 votes) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), over APC’s second-placed Gboyega Oyetola (254,345 votes) was less than the 3498 votes cancelled in seven…