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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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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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Infrastructure Devt: Buhari setting new standards for future administrations to build upon – APC

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde A group, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Legacy Awareness & Campaign, said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is building infrastructure that will drive Nigerias growth and prosperity. In a statement signed by Lanre Issa-Onilu, Ismaeel Ahmed, Tolu Ogunlesi and Salihu Moh Lukman, the group argued that President Buhari has committed more resources on infrastructural development than previous administrations and broken Nigerias decades-old infrastructure development jinx while setting new standards for future administrations to build upon. The statement reads: More road and rail infrastructure are being built and/or completed…

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Buhari, Osinbajo, others to speak at book launch on APC score card

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, are scheduled to speak at the public presentation of a book APCs Litmus Test written by the Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Dr. Salihu Moh. Lukman. According to a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday and signed by former APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, the book is a contribution to APCs quest to bolster its democratic credentials towards engendering political stability,…

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2023: Buharis top ally floats factional APC in Kano

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buharis 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 Buharis 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 Partys 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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