Tag: APC

“Why I joined APC” Cross River Gov., Ben Ayade

Aminu Imam

Cross-River State governor, Ben Ayade, has explained that he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), to the All Progressive Congress, (APC), in order to ‘help build Nigeria’. Ayade announced his defection yesterday after meeting with some APC governors in Calabar, the State capital. Citing the reason for his defection, the governor stated that he is committed to joining forces with President Muhammadu Buhari in building a country we can be proud of. Having seen and known the president and his commitment to this country, his nationalistic disposition and all…

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‘Nigerians are starving, dying’, PDP tells Buhari, APC

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government to end what the party referred to as their insensitivity and take urgent steps to address the worsened food insecurity and the attendant hunger and starvation across the nation. The PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, made this assertion in a statement issued yesterday.  The Party lamented that under Buhari, over 82.9 million Nigerians can no longer afford their daily meals due to the failure of the administration to take practical…

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Oyo: APC challenges Makinde to justify monthly N1bn security vote

Aminu Imam
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State

The All Progressives Congress, (APC), has lamented reported cases of killings, banditry, kidnapping and related vices across the 33 local government areas of Oyo State and called on the State governor, Seyi Makinde, to justify his collection of N1 billion monthly as security vote. A chieftain of the party, Fatai Adesokan, made the allegation while featuring on a political programme on IBR 92.5FM at the weekend in Ibadan. He expressed dismay that despite the huge monthly security vote, the situation still remains as it is now in Oyo State, adding…

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‘APC has destroyed Nigeria’ – Rivers Gov. Wike

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that the baffling state of insecurity and the killings of citizens by outlaws is a clear manifestation of bad leadership of the All Peoples Congress, (APC). Governor Wike made the assertion during an interactive session with traditional rulers, political and opinion leaders of Andoni nationality at the Government House, Port-Harcourt, yesterday. He said it is now obvious to those who threw caution to the wind to foist such bad leadership on the people, that Nigeria has collapsed. According to Governor Wike, instead of…

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‘Insecurity in Nigeria overwhelming, hydra-headed’, APC finally admits

Aminu Imam

Against the backdrop of the worsening insecurity as bandits, terrorists and gunmen run riot across the country, the All Progressives Congress, (APC), has called for greater unity among Nigerians to surmount the challenge. The ruling party for the first time has admitted that the insecurity across all regions of the country is tending to overwhelm effort at finding solutions and is hurting the collective well-being of the nation. The Secretary of APC Caretaker /Extraordinary Convention committee, (CECPC) , John James AkpanUdoedehe, in a statement said the APC has to admit…

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2023: Arewa group tips Amaechi, Tinubu, Orji Kalu, others as potential Buharis successor

Aminu Imam

A political pressure group, the ‘Arewa Mandate Initiative’, (AMI), has tipped ex-governors of Lagos, Rivers and Abia States as among potential successors to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The group said the endorsement was in line with the gentleman agreement reached by the leaders of the party at the formative stage in 2015. The AMI, in a statement issued by its FCT Coordinator, Muhammad Mubarak and Sokoto Secretary, Aminu Muhammed, noted its survey among the All Progressives Congress, (APC) supporters on the 2023 presidential power shift indicated that the majority of the APC family…

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“Neither APC nor PDP can deliver Nigeria” Elder statesman, Yakasai

Aminu Imam

Neither the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) nor the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is capable of returning Nigeria to the path of progress, an elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has said.  Speaking against the background of problems plaguing the country, he said the country has become a cesspool of corruption occasioned by politicians in collaboration with bad elements in the civil service. The Second Republic adviser to the late President Shehu Shagari noted that the experience Nigerians had been going through in the last few years had shown…

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2023: PGF DG warns APC against self destruction

Ishaku Yohanna

Says partys electoral advantage more on account of President Buhari By Godwin Amunde The Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum, Dr. Salihu Moh’d Lukman has warned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to be mindful of enemies from within as the 2023 general elections draw closer. He made the position known in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja and expressed worry over the chances of the ruling APC to retain power at the end of President Muhammadu Buharis tenure. How was the APC able to…

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2023: N/Central APC asks Bello to drop presidential ambition

Aminu Imam

Demands Party’s National Chairman slot The North-Central council of the All-Progressives Congress, (APC), has appealed to the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello to drop his 2023 presidential ambition, and join it in the campaign to ensure that the North Central produces the next APC National Chairman. Bello, who was asked by the APC- dominated Kogi State House of Assembly to go for the 2023 Presidential slot, has his campaign posters for the nations plum job pasted all over Abuja and other states of the Federation. However the APC…

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APC: Dont repeat Oshiomholes mistakes PGF DG warns Buni

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum, (PGF) the umbrella body of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has warned the Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the party not to repeat the mistakes made by the partys immediate past national leadership. He therefore urges the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led CECPC to quickly set in motion the process that will lead to the National Convention of the ruling party. Lukman, who faulted the extension of…

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