Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has said supporters and members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, should expect the good, the bad and the ugly in the ongoing party national convention. The governor was reacting to the stampede that happened at the venue of the convention on Saturday. Bello spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, in Abuja. He expressed hope that the convention would end in good fate and empower the party ahead of the 2023 General elections. “This is the largest party in Africa and its convention will attract the good,…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
President Muhammadu Buhari has just arrived at Eagle Square Abuja, venue of the ongoing All Progressives Congress, APC, national convention. Buhari got to the venue at exactly 8:24pm. Prior to the convention, most of the governors had indicated that they will support whoever President Muhammedu Buhari puts forward to occupy the chairmanship seat. They had met with Buhari over the week, after being led to the State House by the Chairman of the Interim Committee of the party and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni. While Buhari had last month said he was in support of the consensus mode…
After several hours of uncertainty, the All Progressives Congress may have produced a final harmonised list approved by major stakeholders of the party. The list was obtained by the media at the ongoing national convention ground in Eagle Square, Abuja. In the list, which was signed by the governors, Senator Abdullahi Adamu from Nasarawa State was endorsed as the National Chairman while Senator Abubakar Kyari from Borno was picked as Deputy National Chairman (North). Chief Emma Enekwu from Enugu state was endorsed as Deputy National Chairman (South) while Senator Iyiola Omisore was endorsed as the National Secretary.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Digital and New Media, Bashir Ahmad has revealed why security personnel are struggling to control the crowd at the ongoing APC convention. InfoStride News reports that a crowd at the venue was seen forcing themselves to gain entrance. Writing on his Twitter page, Bashir said security personnel are finding it hard to control the crowd because APC has the numbers. According to him, the APC convention is the largest political gathering in Africa. “This must be the largest political gathering in Africa. Media should fact-check this and bring us a proper report. Every part…
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, visibly irritated, on Saturday demanded Western nations provide a fraction of the military hardware in their stock piles and asked whether they were afraid of Moscow. Several countries have promised to send anti-armor and anti-aircraft missiles as well as small arms but Zelenskiy said Kyiv needed tanks, planes and anti-ship systems. “That is what our partners have, that is what is just gathering dust there. This is all for not only the freedom of Ukraine, but for the freedom of Europe,” he said in a late night video address. Ukraine needed just 1% of NATO’s aircraft and…
Gbenga Daniel, a former Ogun Governor, said on Saturday that skeptics will be proven wrong at the end of today’s All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention. Daniel told NAN at Eagles Square, Abuja, the venue of the convention, that the APC was a great party. He said,” APC is a very big party. We’re going to have a safe convention at the end of the day.” The former governor said that the exercise would be successful while the outcome would be acceptable to everyone. The APC chieftain said,” Where there’s consensus, it’s okay, and where there is none, elections will…
Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has denied reports that he is contesting for the 2023 presidential election. Amaechi made the confirmation to AriseTV on Saturday. Recall that some groups had called on the APC chieftain to run for presidency in 2023. Also, Governor Nasir El-Rufai had also said he would only run for the 2023 presidency either as a presidential aspirant or a running mate to the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi if President Muhammadu Buhari insists. Reacting, Amaechi said “The people that want me to run for the presidency in 2023 should just give me the money. I need…
The Abia State chapter of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has announced its position on the zoning of the gubernatorial ticket ahead of the party’s primaries and main general elections in 2023. In a communique dated and signed by the Abia chairman of the party, Rt. Hon Allwell Asiforo Okere, and issued to newsmen in Umuahia, on Saturday, the State PDP leadership, zoned the governorship seat to Abia North and Abia central Senatorial districts. It revealed that it arrived at the decision after wide consultation with leaders, critical stakeholders, teeming members and supporters and the recently concluded tour by…
There was a mild drama on Saturday when some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Ekiti State staged a protest at the ongoing national convention of the party, rejecting the primary election that produced Biodun Oyebanji as party’s governorship candidate. Oyebamiji, who was anointed by governor Kayode Fayemi emerged as the governorship candidate after other aspirants boycotted the primary election. But the aggrieved members under the aegis of Ekiti Mandate Group noted that party leaders and the incoming National Working Committee (NWC) members must note that they are aggrieved and nothing will percify them unless the preferred candidate…
The new Chairman of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, in Kwara State, Chief Dele Ogunbayo, has declared that the party will capture political power in 2023 and liberate the state from the hands of the “cabals and bad eggs”. In his speech at the state congress of the party in Ilorin on Saturday, Ogunbayo appealed to the new executive who were all elected through consensus arrangement to work as a team for the realisation of the desired result in 2023 elections. “It is important to remind all of us that we are in a race that must be won. Let…
Members of the All Progressives Congress from Southern Kaduna have appealed to Governor Nasir el-Rufai to, in the spirit of equity and fair play, support the call for a shift of the governorship position to the Southern Senatorial District in 2023. Addressing newsmen, spokesman, Joseph Bege Gaya, noted that just like Nigeria, which is politically carved into North and South based on the country’s power equation, Kaduna State too, though made up of three Senatorial Zones is politically Northern and Southern Kaduna. He noted, “We hereby call on His Excellency, Governor Nasir El-Rufai to in the spirit of equity and…
Ukrainian authorities said on Friday Russian forces had effectively surrounded the northern city of Chernihiv and were bombarding areas where residents were stuck without electricity, heating and water. Chernihiv’s mayor, Vladyslav Atroshenko, said bombing had destroyed a bridge linking the city to Ukraine’s capital to the south, severing the main route for humanitarian aid and the evacuation of wounded people. Reuters could not confirm the accounts from Chernihiv, which lies near the border with Belarus. Russia’s defence ministry earlier said its forces had “blocked” Ukrainian cities, including Chernihiv, to tie down the Ukrainian military while Russia focused on taking control…
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Friday, decried the twin monster of power outage and fuel scarcity that have crippled many businesses in the first quarter of 2022. HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, said it was pathetic that the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari and his ministers gathered in Abuja for the All Progressives Congress Convention while ordinary Nigerians suffer perpetually due to erratic power supply and unending collapse of the national grid as well as fuel scarcity. The group also said it was very unfortunate that all university students…
The Bayelsa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Emmanuel Alex-Hart, has urged eligible voters in the state to go for their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to equip themselves as the general election draws closer. The REC gave the charge in a press briefing on Friday at the INEC headquarters in Yenagoa, the capital city. Alex-Hart, in his statement, said, “The 22nd of March, 2022 marks the end of 3rd quarter of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise which started in June, 2021 and the end of the 1st quarter in 2022.” The quarterly break is to allow for the display…
A constitutional lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo, says the consensus arrangement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for its national executive officers is a violation of the Electoral Act 2022. Ajulo made this assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, making reference to Section 82(3) of the Electoral Act, 2022. He said, “It provides that the election of members of the executive committee or other governing body of a political party, including the election to fill a vacant position shall be conducted democratically.’’ He said the section further allowed members of the party…
National Assembly’s crucial session on a no-trust motion against embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan (pictured) was adjourned on Friday without tabling of the resolution, amid vociferous protests from opposition lawmakers. National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser said that the session was adjourned till 4pm on March 28 due to the demise of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmaker Khayal Zaman on February 14. Several prominent opposition members, including Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan Peoples’ Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and co-chair Asif Ali Zardari were in the Parliament House on Friday to participate in the much-anticipated session. As Speaker Qaiser…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) stakeholders in Abia State have dragged the national leadership of the party to court over a list of delegates to Saturday’s National Convention submitted by a faction of the party in the state. The stakeholders led by Mr Ibe Ogwuma in a suit no: FCT /HC/CV/1012/2022 demanded for the dissolution of the purported Congresses conducted by Chief Ikechi Emenike-led faction ahead of Saturday’s exercise. The stakeholders approached an Abuja High Court, demanding the disqualification of the Emenike-led faction. The stakeholders prayed for an order mandating the National Caretaker Committee of APC led by Governor Mai…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has been appointed Head of the Technical Committee for Saturday’s national convention of All Progressives Congress (APC). Uzodinma’s appointment was contained in a letter addressed to him by the Chairman of APC Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Alhaji Mai Mala Buni. While congratulating Uzodimma on the appointment, Buni said that his committee would be responsible for the smooth conduct of the convention. The appointment was made public by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser, Ogubundu Nwadike, NAN reports. “You have been selected as Chairman of the Technical Committee because of your…
Ahead of Saturday’s national convention, Governor Abudulahi Sule of Nasarawa State, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, leadership is still working on getting an acceptable consensus candidate as first option. Sule said the consensus was to ensure a peaceful and rancor-free national convention. The Chairman of the APC Sub-Committee on Media and Publicity, disclosed this at a press conference at the party’s national secretariat on Friday, NAN reports. According to Sule: “Before we go into the convention, our first choice is always consensus, and we are still on that first choice. “However, democracy demands, even our party’s constitution and…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the immediate resignation and investigation of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, following his appearance in All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign posters. PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, said the campaign posters confirmed the CBN Governor’s partisan affiliation and entanglement with the APC, describing it as the height of impunity of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The major opposition party said the action amounts to poking its fingers in the eyes of Nigerians and daring them to do their worse. The statement…