Author: Ishaku Yohanna

Developmental Strides: President Buhari Has Broken The Niger Delta Jinx – APC Group

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Godwin Amunde The APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign (APCLAC) – a voluntary think-tank group of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) – said that no previous administration has paid more attention to the plight of the Niger Delta region like the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the group, the achievements of the President Buhari-led administration in the oil-rich Niger Delta region are phenomenal, noting that the Ogoniland clean-up exercise has commenced, while modular refineries are springing up in the region, among other developmental strides. In a statement…

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Why FG can’t prosecute repentant insurgents – Lai Mohammed

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By Ishaku Yohanna With Agency Report The Federal Government has admonished “naysayers” to stop spewing negative and false narratives around Boko Haram members who are surrendering in droves in the North-East. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Washington. NAN reports that no fewer than 1,000 Boko Haram fighters and their families have handed themselves over to army units in recent weeks in the southern Borno towns of Konduga, Bama, and Mafa. The minister berated those who…

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APC group blames PDP for Nigeria’s worsened insecurity

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Godwin Amunde The APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign, APC-LAC, a voluntary think-tank group of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), has blamed the current wave of heightened insecurity in Nigeria on years of mismanagement and embezzlement of funds meant for procurement of security equipment by the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The group also hailed the Muhammadu Buhari-led government on its stride against criminal elements in the North, noting that the tide is definitely turning against Boko Haram and ISWAP in the North East. The group said this in a press…

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Oil Sector: APC Governors hail Buhari for signing PIB into law

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…Say act presents party’s commitment to restructure economy Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), the umbrella body of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Petroleum Industry Bill into law. The APC Governors said the signing of the Bill into law presents a convincing credential of the commitment of APC to restructure Nigerian economy through democratic process in line with provisions of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution as amended This was contained in a statement titled ‘Petroleum Industry Act: Democratically Changing Nigeria,’ signed by…

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Water Sector: APC group commends Buhari’s Achievements

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Godwin Amunde The APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign, (APC-LAC) a voluntary think-tank group of the governing party, said President Muhammadu Buhari has recorded groundbreaking achievements in the water sector. The group argued that the President Buhari-led administration has inherited and completed dozens of projects in the water sector abandoned prior to 2015. In a statement released on Wednesday in Abuja and signed by the quartets of Barr Ismail Ahmed, Lanre Issa-Onilu, Tolu Ogunlesi, and Salihu Moh Lukman, the group said the administration, following a 2016 technical audit identified 116 inherited projects for…

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APC Governors urge Resident Doctors to call off strike

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Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) – a forum of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend their ongoing strike action. The forum argued that their position was in tandem with the call by the Federal Government through the Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige for the immediate suspension of the strike to allow negotiations to continue. This was contained in a statement titled, “Resolutions of Meeting of Progressive Governors,” signed by the Chairman…

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Ondo Guber Election: APC Govs Applaud S’Court Judgement, Back Buni-led Caretaker C’ttee

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By Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) – the umbrella body of Nigerian Governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, – has thrown its weight behind embattled chairman of the ruling party and governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, over Supreme Court ruling on the legality of his position in the party. PGF, in a statement signed by its chairman, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state, argued that the Supreme Court judgement has also settled the legality of the National Caretaker Committee. Bagudu said the governors’ stance…

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Road Infrastructure: Buhari Has Devoted More Resources Than Previous Administrations – APC Group

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By Godwin Amunde The APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign (APCLAC) – a voluntary think-tank group of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) – said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has cumulatively devoted significantly more resources to road and transport infrastructure than any other administration since 1999. This is contained in a statement signed by the quartet of Barr. Ismail Ahmed, Lanre Issa-Onilu, Tolu Ogunlesi, and Dr. Salihu Moh. Lukman issued to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. The statement reads: “When the President Muhammadu Buhari administration assumed office in 2015,…

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Power Sector: President Buhari’s government completing abandoned projects – APC group

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Godwin Amunde The APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign group, a think-tank group of Nigeria’s governing party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) said the President Muhammadu Buhari led  administration is revamping the power sector in Nigeria by completing abandoned projects, promoting off-grid/renewable initiatives and ensuring robust consumer protection for on-grid electricity consumers. The group said this in a press statement signed by its leaders; the APC national youths leader, Ismael Ahmed, Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Salihu Lukman, a former APC National Publicity Secretary Lanre Issa-Onilu and a presidential media aide Tolu…

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Ondo Election: Supreme Court Upholds Akeredolu’s Victory

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Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State

Ishaku Yohanna The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the victory of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last governorship election in Ondo State. With a split decision of four-to-three, Akeredolu’s victory was affirmed after four of the seven justices of the Supreme Court that heard the case upheld his candidacy in the October 10, 2020 election in the state, while three other justices disagreed with the majority judgement, insisting that Akeredolu’s candidacy in that election is a nullity. In the majority judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel…

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