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APC National Chair Seat: Court to deliver judgement in suit seeking Ganduje’s removal

Aminu Imam
Ganduje suit

A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, fixed September 18 for judgment in a suit seeking the removal of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress,  (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after Counsel to the Plaintiff, Benjamin Davou, and lawyers to the defence adopted their processes and made their submission for and against the case. The plaintiff – the North-Central APC Forum – led by Saleh Zazzaga, had filed the suit to query the propriety of Ganduje’s appointment as the Chairman of the…

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Court fixes July 5 for suit on removal of Ganduje as APC Chairman

Aminu Imam
Ganduje hearing

The Federal High Court in Abuja, has deferred hearing of a suit seeking to remove the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, from office, till July 5. Justice Inyang Ekwo, adjourned to allow the litigants to respond to a counter-affidavit the embattled APC National Chairman filed to challenge the competence of the suit. When the case was called up for hearing on Wednesday, counsel for the plaintiffs, Benjamin Davou, told the court that he would need time to respond to the fresh process that was…

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Gov. Uba Sani pays a visit to former APC State Caucus Chairman, Ramalan

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Ramalan & Uba Sani

Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, yesterday paid a visit to the former All Progressive Congress (APC) Caucus Chairman, Alh (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, in Abuja, the federal capital. The very strategic meeting was attended by key political leaders and decision makers in Kaduna State, which included Yusuf Hamisu Abubakar Mairago, a senior Councillor with Kaduna State Government. Discussion between centered on moving Kaduna forward. The atmosphere was very convivial even as the interactions were frank, deep and very elevated. The crucial meeting afforded political leaders and stakeholders of the ruling…

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el-Rufai Probe: “Your days are numbered” – Lukman slams Kaduna Gov.

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Salihu Lukman

The immediate-past National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Moh. Lukman, has told Governor Uba Sani, of Kaduna State, that his days in office are numbered, as he would be voted out alongside President Bola Tinubu in the next three years. Lukman berated the governor for waging war against his predecessor, Nasir El-Rufa’i, saying the governor was fighting a proxy war for the presidency. The former Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), warned the Governor that the campaign to defeat APC and President Asiwaju Tinubu…

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APC: Tension over Ganduje’s failure to convene Quarterly APC NEC, meetings

Aminu Imam
APC Ganduje

…As embattled Ganduje’s fate splits Govs. There are growing concerns in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the failure of the Party’s National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to convene National Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings. According to reports, the two organs of the party are key in fine-tuning and ratifying decisions of the National Working Committee (NWC), especially the NEC, which is its second highest decision-making organ. Unlike the NWC, which is saddled with the day-to-day running of the party, the NEC ratifies NWC’s decisions on…

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North-Central APC canvasses for Regional Govt.

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North Central APC

The North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has called for the adoption of the regional system of government in Nigeria, following what it terms the marginalisation of the region amid quality human resources and natural resources endorsement. Speaking to newsmen yesterday in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on: ‘Issues of urgent national importance’, the Forum’s Chairman, Saleh Mandung Zazzaga, said the governance framework where every region could take care of their needs using their natural and human resources to develop their region is obviously the only option since the region…

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“Ganduje, Damagum collaborating with Wike to overthrow Fubara’s govt.” — Clark

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Clark on Ganduje

A prominent South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has taken a swipe at the National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje and the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Umar Damagum, accusing them of planning with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to sabotage the elected government of Rivers State and the governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The Ijaw leader has called on both the National Working Committee (NWC) and the National Executive Committee (NEC) of their Parties and stakeholders to call…

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“?Tinubu will survive, be re-elected in 2027” – APC

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Tinubu2027

…Says Atiku, Obi’s renewed plot shall fail In the wake of the seeming political re-alignment between Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi, of the Labour Party, an All-Progressives Congress (APC) group has declared that no amount of renewed plot can stop President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from being re-elected in 2027. The APC group, under the aegis of National Progressive Hub (NPH), further stated that President Tinubu will survive whatever plot hatched by Atiku and Obi. The position of the APC group is coming few days…

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APC: More Northern groups call for Ganduje’s removal as APC Chairman

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Ganduje

Two different groups from the North-Central geo-political zone have initiated legal actions aimed at overturning the appointment of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). The groups are the ‘Concerned North-Central APC Stakeholders‘ and the ‘North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum‘. One of the groups, the Concerned North-Central APC Stakeholders, in a letter addressed to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Party, dated April 30, 2024, emphasised the need to uphold the zoning arrangement, which designates the Party’s chairmanship to the North-Central…

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“Kano govt. sponsoring protests against me in Abuja” – Ganduje

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National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has alleged that the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)-led government in Kano State is behind the series of protests against him in Abuja. However, the State government has refuted these claims. Protests demanding Ganduje’s removal as National Chairman of the Party, primarily led by groups and party chieftains from the North-Central, have gained momentum. In response, Ganduje, through his Special Assistant on Civil Society and Support Groups, Comrade Okpokwu Ogenyi, accused the Kano State government of hiring protesters,…

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