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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 Buhari’s 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 party’s 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 Buhari’s 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 nation’s plum job pasted all over Abuja and other states of the Federation. However the APC…

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APC: ‘Don’t repeat Oshiomhole’s 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 party’s 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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APC extends membership registration by 3 weeks

Aminu Imam

The national leadership of the ruling All-Progressives Congress (APC) has, in apparent response to the calls by the State chairmen of the Party, extended the on-going membership registration and revalidation by three weeks. The exercise was scheduled to terminate on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, but few hours to the deadline, the APC State Chairmen Forum led by Ali Dalori, its chairman, asked the national leadership of the party to extend the registration in the interest of the party. “After the conduct and conclusion of membership registration/revalidation exercise, we urgently call…

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Dimeji Bankole set to defect to APC

Aminu Imam

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, is set to defect from the Action Democratic Party (ADC) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).  Spokesperson to APC caretaker chairman, Mamman Muhammad, disclosed this on Friday.  The APC caretaker chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni, Jigawa State governor, Abubakar Badaru and Bankole had met and concluded arrangements for the former Speaker‘s defection to the party. He said “the three leaders discussed a wide range of political issues including the movement of the former Speaker and his supporters into the party.”  “It is evident that APC’s opportunities…

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APC women demand ‘Option A-4’, 50% representation

Aminu Imam

Female members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC),  have demanded the adoption of the ‘Option A4’ mechanism in picking flag-bearers of the party in various elections, saying it is the only way to ensure gender mainstreaming in Nigeria’s political space. Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen made the demand yesterday in Abuja, shortly after presenting a shopping list to the Prof. Tahir Mamman-led Constitution Review Committee of the party. The minister also demanded a 50 percent representation for women across all elective positions in the party, saying it…

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