Tag: All Progressives Congress

“Your failure is responsible for insecurity in Nigeria”, APC Reps. member tackles President Buhari

Aminu Imam

A House of Representatives member from Plateau State and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yusuf Gagdi, has said that the strategies adopted by the President Buhari-led administration have failed and cannot guarantee the safety of Nigerians. The lawmaker, who stated this in a letter addressed to the president, asked President Buhari to “show leadership” and rise to the task of protecting lives and property in the country.  Gagdi, a lawmaker from Plateau state and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said this in a letter addressed to the…

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2023: APC denies zoning presidency to South 

Aminu Imam

The caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Mai Mala Buni, of Yobe State, has refuted media reports that the party has zoned the presidency to the southern part of the country ahead of the 2023 poll. Buni stated, yesterday, that there was no iota of truth in the speculation making the rounds in a section of the media. According to reports in various on-line mediums indicated that the Buni-led caretaker committee had zoned the Presidency to the South, Vice President to the North, Senate President (South) and Deputy Senate-President…

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APC sets September 4 for LG congresses

Aminu Imam

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed Saturday, September 4, for its local government congresses. This was contained in a statement issued by the Secretary of the Party’s Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, yesterday, in Abuja, indicated the sale of forms for the congress has since begun. The Secretary said the purchase of forms for ward, local government area councils and State congresses would begin from Aug. 18 to 28, while screening of aspirants would be from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2. Akpanudohedehe said…

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Breaking: APC LG Congress holds Sept. 4

Aminu Imam

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed Saturday, September 4, for its local government Congress. A terse statement by the Secretary of the Party’s Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, on Wednesday, in Abuja, indicated the sale of forms for the Congress has since begun. Recall that the Party’s Ward Congress took place on July 31 in 33 States and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), while the Party suspended the exercise in Anambra, Bayelsa and Zamfara States. During the inauguration of the Ward Congress Appeal Committees,…

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APC Congress: Fresh crisis over sharing formula 

Aminu Imam

In what appears a definite stand, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has directed the appeals panels set up last week to work on petitions arising from the just-concluded controversial ward congress, to strictly work with the Party’s Constitution and congress guidelines in resolving the logjam in many State chapters.  The directive, which is contained in the letter of appointment handed over to chairmen of the panels, is reportedly generating fresh tension in many State chapters of the party, where the parallel congress took place, with the crisis in the…

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Katsina ward congress: ‘No single cry of foul play received’, APC claims

Aminu Imam

The National Appeal Committee set up to reconcile grievances that may arise from the recently concluded ward congress of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) party in Katsina State has said that not a single cry of foul play was received from across the State. While submitting a copy of the committee’s report to Governor Masari at the State Government House, the Committee Chairman, Yakubu Bello, said the ward congress held via consensus arrangement in the 361 electoral wards across the State was quite satisfactory as no petition was registered until…

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NDDC Board composition: APC may lose oil states – Group warns FG

Aminu Imam

A group, Vanguard for Transparent Leadership and Accountability, (VATLAD), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to save his ruling party, All Progressives Congress, (APC), from losing the nine oil states by allowing the substantive Governing Board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, confirmed by the Senate on November 5, 2019, to resume work. The group, in an issued statement by the national president, Emmanuel Igbini, said President Buhari has been misdirected all this while, adding the Board does not necessarily have to be inaugurated before it commences work with the latest…

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2023 Presidency: Group lobbies APC governors, Senate President for Osinbajo to replace Buhari

Aminu Imam

The Progressives Consolidation Group, a unit within the ruling APC, has urged the Senate President Ahmed Lawan, and some State Governors to back Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to emerge the Party’s presidential flagbearer in the 2023 general elections. In a letter, titled: “APC And The Future of Nigeria: Why We Must Get It Right And Consider The Osinbajo Option In 2023”, which was signed by the group’s National Coordinator, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed; Secretary, Ezekiel Akinborode and Publicity Secretary, Dr. Eberechukwu Eli Dibia, the group argued that Osinbajo, a second-term vice-president from…

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Fresh crisis looms in APC, as party puts local and State congresses on hold

Aminu Imam

…Says new date now dependent on outcome of Appeal C’ttee report The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) has put on hold scheduled Local Government Areas, (LGAs) and State Congresses pending the submission of a report from the recently constituted Wards Congresses Appeals Committee. National Secretary, APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, made the disclosure while inaugurating the Wards Appeals Committee yesterday at the party’s headquarters, in Abuja. The Wards Congresses Appeals Committee, initially billed to sit between August 2 to 7, according to the…

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Police take over APC headquarters

Aminu Imam

…As Governors pass vote of confidence on Buni Committee The headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was practically a battlefield in the early hours of yesterday, as policemen, loaded in over five Hi-Lux patrol vehicles took over the party secretariat. The Police team, numbering over 30 had strategically positioned themselves within the secretariat, along Blantyre street, without harassing passers-by and the motorists using the street. According to a source who monitored the situation reported,  although the gun-wielding, battle-ready policemen did not allow any vehicle park within the secretariat’s vicinity,…

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