Tag: All Progressives Congress

‘APC is back to life’, Says Buhari

Aminu Imam

…Approves review of Party’s timetable, CECPC timeline President Muhammadu Buhari has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been revived, energised and repositioned for its national convention and future elections. The president stated this at a meeting with members of the National Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), led by Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, in Abuja, yesterday. The president said the fortunes of the Party had been brightened by the re-organisation and reconciliation of members across the Party, saying “with the work done by the committee the party has bounced back…

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Breaking: APC Caretaker C’ttee secures Buhari’s approval for another 6 months tenure extension

Aminu Imam

…To release convention timetable today The Governor Mai Mala Buni-led National Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), has been granted another six months tenure extension. According to reports, the decision was taken after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari this morning (Friday). It was gathered that Caretaker Committee from the Ward, Local government and State levels will be phased-out gradually, immediately substantive executives emerge at such levels. Meanwhile, according to a competent source, the leadership of the party will however, release the timetable for the congresses today.…

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APC: Disquiet, as group mulls another tenure extension for Buni-led Caretaker Committee 

Aminu Imam

The planned tenure extension of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) till the end of the year is already generating tension among critical members of the Party. Some aggrieved members, who confided to newsmen yesterday, lamented that the third tenure extension for the caretaker committee might spell doom for APC or probably be a ploy to erode the confidence some northern politicians have in the leadership of the party when in 2014 they agreed to merge for the purpose of ousting the…

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2023 Presidency: Osinbajo, the ‘ace’ up Tibubu’s sleeve

Aminu Imam

By Aminu Imam As the race towards the 2023 general election begins to rev up, the process of bringing on board fresh heads for the much-coveted number one position, the Presidency, is in full throttle and politicking for who succeeds the incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari, who has less than two years remaining in office, has begun in earnest. With gladiators, interest groups and stakeholders clamouring and canvassing for who and what they deem is the way forward for the country given the current challenges, however, the unabashed interest of the…

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Kano APC affirms suspension of House of Reps. member

Aminu Imam

Kano Municipal local government chapter of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), has affirmed the suspension of the House of Representatives member representing Kano Municipal district, Sha’aban Ibrahim Sharada. The member was earlier suspended by the Sharada ward of the Party for his alleged affront on Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who is also the leader of the party in the State. The letter affirming the suspension of the lawmaker was signed by the chairman and secretary of the party in Municipal local government, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Maifata and Kamilu Sa’idu Bala,…

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Lagos: No fresh primary in any council, says APC

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress, (APC), Lagos State chapter, has said there is no fresh primary schedule for any council in the State . It added that no result from the primaries held in the 57 councils had been cancelled. It added that although there had been petitions against some candidates for the June 24 local government election in the state, the panel set up on the petitions had yet to submit its report. Some aspirants of the party in the state had claimed on Monday that new primary elections had…

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Violence breaks out at APC mega rally in Kano

Aminu Imam

Violence broke out at the mega rally of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano on Saturday. The rally, which was organised to welcome former governorship candidate of the Green Party of Nigeria (GPN), A. A. Zaura and other decampees into APC, took place at Sabon-Gari area of Kano metropolis. While the Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly, Hon Hamisu Chidari, was giving his goodwill message, some of the party members in attendance started exchanging blows. The incident almost disrupted the rally as people fled in different directions.…

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APC releases timetable for Congresses

Aminu Imam

…Silent on National Cconvention All Progressives Congress (APC) Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee yesterday agreed to release guidelines for the conduct of ward, local, State and ward congresses. The meeting, chaired by Yobe State governor and Chairman of the the committee, Mallam Mai Mala Buni, mandated the Director of Organisation, Professor Al-Mustapha Ussiju Medaner, to release the detailed timetable. According to sources within the Party, the congresses had been tentatively fixed to hold between July and the end of October. The meeting was however silent on the gathering of the highest…

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2023: Buhari’s top ally floats factional APC in Kano

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari’s top ally and a former National Chairman, The Buhari Organisation, (TBO), Abdulmajid Danbilki Kwamanda, has created a new APC Akida in Kano, following irreconcilable differences with the leadership of the ruling party in the State. Briefing newsmen on the emerging development yesterday in Kano, Danbilki Kwamanda accused Governor Ganduje and the APC State caretaker Chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, of strangulating the party with unpopular and undemocratic terms. The APC stalwart, known to have championed President Buhari’s ideologies since 2003 when the President first contested under the former All…

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‘Probe APC if you are unbiased’, PDP tells EFCC

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF) has expressed his dissatisfaction over the action of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), to investigate the Party. Recall that a member of the opposition party, Kassim Afegbua, in April petitioned the EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over the alleged misappropriation of the Party’s funds. According to the petition, Afegbua asked that the PDP leadership account for N10 billion allegedly realised from the sale of forms in the 2019 general election.This made the anti-graft agency…

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