The National Reconciliation Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says aggrieved members of the party are cooperating with the committee towards an amicable reconciliation ahead of the Party’s National Convention. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on Nov. 23, President Muhammadu Buhari gave the go ahead for the party to hold its national convention in February 2022 to elect national executive officers. The Chairman of the committee, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Keffi Nasarawa State. He said the committee had started reaching out to the hotspots,…
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A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Abdulmajid Danbilki Kwamanda has alleged that the Chairman Caretaker Committee of the party, Mai Mala Buni is planning an out-of-court settlement of the crisis in the party A crisis broke out in the Kano APC shortly after the state congress in the state. The party had split into two factions, led by the incumbent Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje and Senator Ibrahim Shekarau respectively. The crisis escalated by producing two factional Chairmen, with Ganduje’s faction electing Abdullahi Abbas, while Ahmadu Haruna Danzago emerged from the Shekarau side. Addressing newsmen in Kano…
Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Engineer Akeem Olatunji, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state is yet to recover from its defeat during the 2019 governorship election. Olatunji made this disclosure on Friday in Ibadan, the state capital. InfoStride News recalls that PDP’s candidate, Engineer Seyi Makinde, had in 2019 defeated APC’s candidate, Adebayo Adelabu, and candidates of other political parties to win the gubernatorial election. The PDP has however said that the APC is yet to recover from the loss it suffered during the election. It made this declaration…
A Kaduna State governorship candidate in 2019, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Isa Kudan Ashiru believes he won the election but was rigged out. He promised that in the 2023 contest, he would leave no stone unturned and follow due process to succeed. He assured that he is in politics to serve humanity and provide the dividends of democracy to his constituents. Speaking at an interactive session with newsmen in Kaduna, he stated that his aspiration to govern Kaduna State on the PDP platform was still intact. According to him, “I intend to pursue it…
The United Nations welcomes the dialogue between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US leader Joe Biden on security and strategic issues, UN associate spokesperson Florencia Soto Nino told Sputnik. On Thursday, the two presidents held a telephone call to discuss escalating tensions over Ukraine and the upcoming talks on the issue. “We always welcome dialogue between the Member States,” Soto Nino said when asked about the phone call. Tensions between Russia and Ukraine have increased in the past several weeks amid an alleged Russian troop buildup at the Ukrainian border and claims of preparations for an invasion. Moscow has repeatedly…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has sacked Latimore Oghenesivbe, his Executive Assistant on Communications after the latter accused him of unfair treatment in a Facebook post. Oghenesivbe had in the post titled ‘Tribal Bigot’ alleged that the governor had been subjecting him to unfair treatment since he’s been working with him. He added that he had been denied certain benefits that accrued to others in the media department of the state government. He disclosed that out of the recent N25m released by the governor to his media team, he received only N50,000 with two 25kg bags of rice. Oghenesivbe…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Committee of Chairmen in Diaspora (Europe) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and allow the Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee conduct the party’s national convention and the presidential primary. The group said the committee has followed international best practices that must be adopted in charting the way forward for APC ahead of the 2023 general elections. The APC committee chairmen in Europe disclosed this in a statement today in Sweden co-signed by its President, Dr. Maxwell Okolo and its Secretary, Margrette Mark. The statement read in part, “The All Progressives…
The crisis in the Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may have deepened. InfoStride News reports that the minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige was recently sacked as leader of the party by a state executive loyal to Senator Andy Uba. The state executive named Uba the new leader of the party. This happened in a stakeholders’ meeting held in Abuja, a meeting which was held simultaneously with another, being chaired by Dr Ngige. On Thursday, Uba and some members of the Anambra APC touched down in a private jet at the Anambra International Cargo…
Stakeholders of the Anambra chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) have raised the alarm over delay by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to release the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the state’s governorship election result. The party said it suspects that there are things the commission is afraid of, as a court has also made an order for it to release the CTC to the parties. The Acting State Chairman of the party, Sir Basil Ejidike, disclosed this on Thursday, during a Stakeholders’ meeting of the party. The meeting was attended by party bigwigs in the party in Anambra…
Pakistan’s cabinet on Thursday approved a supplementary budget which plans to end exemptions on sales tax and levy new duties as part of fiscal tightening measures aimed at winning funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF approval is also a pivotal endorsement for Pakistan’s economy which is struggling with external and current account deficits, a depreciating currency, struggling foreign reserves and rising inflation. The IMF agreed last month to revive a stalled $6 billion funding programme but demanded further budgetary tightening from Pakistan before the next tranche could be approved. The IMF board meets on Jan. 12 to…