The Caretaker, Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed a former National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, as the chairman of its South-South reconciliation committee. The decision was announced in a communique signed by Lucky Imasuen, the Secretary of the committee and made public on Wednesday, following a meeting of party leaders from the geo-political zone in Abuja on Tuesday. Other members of the committee include Chief Sunny Jackson, Senator Clever Ikisikpo, Dr. Mrs. Maryam Ali, Dr. Sam Jaja and Chief Emmanuel Nsan. APC leaders at the meeting also reiterated the resolution…
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to his cattle ranch while ignoring parents of students kidnapped from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State. PDP said Buhari places more premium on the welfare of his cattle than the protection of Nigerians. The party described as insensitive the action of Buhari to visit his cattle ranch while ignoring Kankara where the students were abducted. Boko Haram had last week abducted some students of Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. The students were abducted while Buhari was on a private…
A former People’s Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Kodilichukwu Okelekwe, has dumped his party for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Okelekwe told newsmen in Nibo, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra that one of his reasons for dumping the PDP was because the interest of Igbo could be better served in the APC. According to him, Igbo gave the PDP hundred per cent support when the party was in power for sixteen years, no meaningful project was attracted to the South East. “The party promised to build 2nd Niger Bridge under Public-Private Partnership, PPP, but under…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Adamawa State has inaugurated a new caretaker management committee. The committee comprises 57 members who are to serve in an interim capacity for the next six months. The new committee consists of 36 at the state level and 21 as chairmen of the party at the 21 local government areas of the state. The new EXCO is headed by Alhaji Ibrahim Bilal as state chairman, Wafarniyi Theman as Secretary and Mohammed Abdullahi as Public Relations Officer (PRO). The three held the same offices in the previous EXCO. The new committee is mandated to conduct…
Former senators, political leaders and loyalists of former Lagos State Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, stormed Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to launch a campaign movement, tagged: “The South West Agenda (SWAGA ‘23),” for him ahead of the 2023 presidency contest. The loyalists of Tinubu, who said that they launched the campaign movement in a bid to support his candidature, said that the former governor towered over others who may be interested in the bid. It would be recalled that the loyalists had on Monday visited the palaces of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji and Alaafin of…
Former U.S. First Lady and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, on Monday renewed her call for the abolition of the country’s Electoral College. She made the call in a tweet shortly after voting as an elector alongside her husband and former President Bill Clinton in New York. “I believe we should abolish the Electoral College and select our president by the winner of the popular vote, same as every other office. “But while it still exists, I was proud to cast my vote in New York for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,” the tweet reads. The news Agency of the…
Rep. Aliyu Yako (PDP, Kano) and Rep Danjuma Shiddi (APGA, Taraba), have defected to the APC. Announcing their defection on Tuesday in Abuja, Rep Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, said the duo attributed their defection to divisions in their former parties. Gbajabiamila said that Yako confirmed that he was leaving the PDP because of leadership crisis and division in the party in Kano and in his local government. He added that Shiddi in his own case said his defection was due to uncertainty propelled by division in the party, adding that such division would not allow him…
Recall, the APC is asking the court to disqualify Obaseki’s candidacy for the September election he won. The Federal High Court, Abuja adjourned indefinitely, a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking an order to disqualify Governor Godwin Obaseki as governor of Edo. In a short ruling on Tuesday in Abuja, Justice Ahmed Mohammed adjourned the suit indefinitely on the grounds of an appeal filed by Obaseki at the Court of Appeal. RECOMMENDED ARTICLES News Osinbajo-led council approves 5-year plan to curb hunger and malnutrition in Nigeria News NNPC boss Kyari says AKK gas pipeline has reached 15%…
The Senate, on Tuesday, condemned in very strong terms the attack on Government Science School, Kankara, Katsina State which led to the abduction and disappearance of over 300 students. Islamic extremist group, Boko Haram, has since claimed responsibility for the attack. During Tuesday’s plenary, the Senate also rejected a prayer seeking to invite the Minister of Defence, Major-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd); Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar; the Director-General, Department of State Security Service, Yusuf Magaji Bichi; and the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to brief the Senate on…
The former Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Abdulaziz Garba Gafasa and 13 other members loyal to him have described speculations that they are moving out of the APC to PDP in protest of what happened to them as a baseless cooked up story. Gafasa said there was no place or time he spoke about what happened to him or discussed plans to decamp from the ruling APC. “You can see that enemies are at work speculating that I’m moving out of APC to PDP, this is nothing but a baseless lie created to tarnish my name and reputation”. He…