Tag: All Progressives Congress

APC moves to bar Senators, House of Rep members from voting in presidential primary

Aminu Imam

A fresh crisis appears to be looming in the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), amidst fresh plans by the APC to bar members of the National Assembly who are not principal officers from taking part in its presidential primaries. Currently, all serving and former members of the APC are allowed to participate in the party’s convention; however, this could change should the amendment scale through. According to Section 12.1 of the current APC constitution, members of the national convention shall include members of the Board of Trustees (BoT), National Chairman…

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2023: Buhari, Party leaders will determine APC’s presidential candidate – Zulum

Aminu Imam

Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, has said President Muhammadu Buhari would decide the next All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate in the forthcoming 2023 General Election. According to Zulum, Buhari would decide APC’s presidential candidate because he is the leader of the ruling party. The governor disclosed this in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Friday, when he played host to members of the Progressive Consolidation Group, (PCG), led by their chairman, Dr. Aliyu Rabiu Kurfias. The group had visited Zulum to promote the presidential ambition of the Vice-President, Prof.…

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2023 Presidency: Buhari to meet Tinubu, Umahi, Okorocha, others

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari shall in the coming days meet with all aspirants who are seeking to contest the 2023 presidential elec­tion on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). According to a presidency source who dis­closed this on Monday, the president, who is the leader of the party, will meet with the aspirants “most likely af­ter the National Convention, when it is expected that all those who are intending to run on the party’s platform would have indicated in­terest”. Among the front-runners who have declared their interest to…

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Kano APC Crisis: Shekarau insists on equal power-sharing

Aminu Imam

Leader of the G-7 faction of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, has said the recent reconciliatory moves between his group and the one headed by the State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, can only end when fairness and justice is guaranteed in the party. The APC National Headquarters led by the acting caretaker chairman, Mai Mala Buni, had on Saturday held another round of meetings with the warring factions where it said a sharing formula and template would be evolved and a committee mandated to…

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APC inaugurates Excos for 34 States in Abuja, excludes Kano, Sokoto

Aminu Imam

…Newly elected chairmen issued certificates After about five hours’ delay, the Caretaker and Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), yesterday inaugurated State executives, (Excos) of the party for 34 States and the Federal Capital Territory ahead of its February 26 National Convention. The party however excluded Kano and Sokoto States. Before the inauguration of the chairmen, security was beefed up at the National Headquarters of the party in Abuja. The heavy security presence at the Buhari House was part of the effort by the Caretaker…

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2023: ‘APC on the brink’, Says ex-PGF DG, Salihu

Aminu Imam

While the All Progressives Congress (APC) is leaving no stone unturned to maintain a grip on power beyond the 2023 general election, a chieftain of the party, Salihu Lukman said the ruling party is on ‘the brink’. Lukman, who recently resigned from the position of the Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), an umbrella body for APC Governors made this assertion in an open letter to party’s leaders, made available to newsmen in Abuja. He said the party’s present predicament is propelled by selfish leaders apart from President Muhammadu…

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‘APC Has Derailed’ – Ex-PGF DG

Aminu Imam

Godwin Amunde The former Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) – the umbrella body of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Moh. Lukman, said the governing party has derailed and departed from the ideals it stood for during its formative stage between 2013 to 2015. In an open letter addressed to all party leaders titled: “Politics of Change: APC on the Brink” issued in Abuja on Sunday, the former PGF DG said some leaders of the party are no longer…

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2023: APC Chairmanship divides North-East governors

Aminu Imam

As the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), sustains its denial on the zoning arrangement for its national offices ahead of its scheduled February national convention, it has been revealed that individual ambitions of certain governors and chieftains with eyes on 2023 general election are partly responsible for the evasiveness trailing which zone gets what in next month’s exercise. According to reports, two governors of the party from the North-East zone have been accused of smarting for the slot of vice-president and are pushing for the zoning…

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‘Welfare of average Nigerian paramount to APC’ – Osinbajo

Aminu Imam

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), remains committed to the welfare of the common man. Osinbajo, according to a release issued yesterday by his Media Assistant, Laolu Akande, made this disclosure when he played host to a delegation of the APC Professionals Forum, at the State House, Abuja. The vice-president attributed this to the party being that of the people and will continually ensure that the common man benefits maximally from the government. According to him, “This is a party of the common man;…

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“Apologise for saying you do not believe in one Nigeria” – APC Chieftain to Tinubu

Aminu Imam

A Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, (APC), in Plateau, Saleh Mandung Zazzaga, has asked the Party’s National leader, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, to apologise to Nigerians over comments made years ago against Nigeria. Zazzaga tasked Tinubu to apologise to the old and young for saying he does not believe in one Nigeria in 1999. Speaking to newsmen in Jos, Plateau State, the APC chieftain said although Tinubu made the comment many years ago, it is now being recalled by Nigerians, especially as he declared his intention to run for office…

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