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“Ignoring Akeredolu, others’ advice on zoning recipe for fractured NASS” – APC youths

Aminu Imam

Some youths of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) have called on President-elect Bola Tinubu and the party to heed the ‘patriotic advice’ of some leaders of the party to jettison the zoning arrangement adopted for the yet-to-be inaugurated 10th National Assembly. The youths, under the aegis of APC Youth Alliance for Progress, (APC-YAP) said ignoring the advice of Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu and other stakeholders on the protests against the zoning adopted by the party was a recipe for a fractured parliament, especially the House of Representatives. The APC-YAP, in…

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Zoning Crisis: APC pressured to dump Akpabio, Barau, Abbas, Kalu over Senate, H/Reps leadership

Aminu Imam

The Amalgamated All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups say the contest for the president of the 10th Senate is a Constitutional matter, and Senators-elect must be allowed to exercise their constitutional rights to vote for leaders of their choice. The group’s Director-General, Kailani Muhammad, said this on Wednesday, at a news conference in Abuja. Muhammad, who is also the national chairman of the Tinubu/Shettima Network (TSN), described the endorsement of Godswill Akpabio for Senate president as a rumour. He said, “The rumours going around of endorsement is indeed a total…

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10th NASS: Senators-elect reject APC zoning arrangement

Aminu Imam

…Insist on producing own leaders A group of Senators-elect across different political parties have kicked against zoning arrangement and insisted on producing their own leaders in the red chamber. The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had yesterday zoned the Senate leadership position to South-South and North West; however, some Senators-elect, at the 10th National Assembly Induction programme organized by the National Assembly, kicked against this development. According to earlier reports, the APC’s National Working Committee (NWC), anointed former Governor of Akwa-Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio as the…

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NASS Leadership: ‘One zone mustn’t produce two presiding officers’, Tinubu, APC told

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Integrity Group, has advised President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the party not to allow one geo-political zone to produce two presiding officers, in the 10th National Assembly. The group’s Coordinator and Secretary, Dawu Mohammed and Chisom Nwakanma, in an issued statement yesterday, argued that sensitive positions should be distributed evenly in order not to avert crisis. They claimed that there were already alignments and counter-alignments that would be injurious to the unity and existence of the party should they be allowed to exist. It is…

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Gombe APC expels Senator, Rep. for anti-party activities

Aminu Imam

Gombe State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expelled two of its members for allegedly working against the party’s interest during the 2023 general elections. The chapter announced the expulsion of Senator Bulus Amos, who represents Gombe-South Senatorial district and a House of Representatives member representing Yamaltu/Deba Federal Constituency, Yunusa Abubakar, yesterday.  The State chairman of the APC, Muhammad Kaka, who made the announcement, said the lawmakers’ dismissal was informed by the gravity of their actions. The lawmakers had earlier been suspended by their executive wards on April…

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10th NASS: North-West Progressives Forum endorses Yari for Senate president

Aminu Imam

The North-West Progressives Forum has endorsed former Zamfara State Governor, Abdul-Aziz Yari, as the Senate President of the 10th Senate. This was as the group cautioned the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, not to allow politicians from other geopolitical zones of the country to ambush him over the Senate presidency seat. Convener of the group, Nasir Dambatta, at a press conference in Kaduna on Saturday, said the North-West geo-political zone that gave the All Progressives Congress the highest votes in the last presidential election, deserved the Senate President’s slot. According to…

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Tinubu-Shettima grassroots independent campaign council dissolves 

Aminu Imam

The National Coordinator of Tinubu-Shettima Grassroots Independent Campaign Council, (TSGICC), Hon. Silas Ali Agara, has disclosed the dissolution of the council. Agara, who made the announcement yesterday, said the TSGICC, which campaigned at the grassroots across the country leading to the resounding victory of All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the February 25 elections, is formally dissolved. According to him, the Planning and Strategy Committee (PSC), which had existed for over two years under the excellent leadership of some eminent and notable personalities, under whose…

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Race for Governors’ Forum Chairman heats up 

Aminu Imam

…As Buni, Zulum emerge favourites Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State and his Borno State counterpart, Prof. Babagana Zulum, both of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), have been rated as top contenders for the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). According to sources who spoke to newsmen, Buni and Zulum had been tipped for the office because they enjoy strong support from both the party and the Forum. Also, the APC has produced the highest number of governors in the just-concluded election, which qualifies it to pick the NGF…

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APC formally dissolves Presidential Campaign Council

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dissolved its presidential campaign council (PCC) set up to undertake the just concluded presidential elections. The dissolution of the campaign council was contained in a statement issued by its director-general, Simon Lalong, and its secretary, James Faleke, on Saturday night. President Muhammadu Buhari was Chairman of the Council, and was present on a number of campaign stops for Bola Tinubu, who is now President-elect. The statement read in part: “We have concluded that it is in the best interest of the campaign and its…

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$1m per vote allegation: Lawmakers reply APC Governors

Aminu Imam

Some members of the House of Representatives have denied the allegation by Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) that two candidates seeking to become Senate President and Speaker are offering to bribe their fellow lawmakers with as much as $1 million each to get elected. Governors elected on the platform of Nigeria’s ruling party, All Progressives Congress, (APC), had claimed in a memo to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, that two aspirants to the positions were offering bribe. Recall that the PGF had, in a memo, called for the intervention of Mr Tinubu…

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