Tag: APC

Ondo governorship election is going to be dicey, APC Caretaker Committee Member warns

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee representing Youths , Barrister Ismail Ahmed, has expressed concern ahead of the gubernatorial elections in Ondo State, assuring that his Party would not take anything for granted especially after losing the recently concluded gubernatorial elections in Edo State to an opposition Party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. Addressing Journalists at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja,  Ismail Ahmed said the Ondo State election was going to be dicey but however assured that his party was not going…

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Edo Election: It was victory for Nigerias democracy APC congratulates Obaseki

Ishaku Yohanna

The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on his re-election for another term of four years. This was contained in a statement by the chairman of the APC national caretaker committee, Mai Mala Buni, on Monday. The statement was released a few hours after Buni and the chairman of the partys governorship election campaign for Edo State, Abdullahi Ganduje, met with the President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors. It was titled Edo State Governorship Election: Victory for Democracy and personally…

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Endure pains of hike in cost of petrol, electricity – APC urges Nigerians

Ishaku Yohanna

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged Nigerians to endure the pains they are likely to experienced following the rise in petroleum pump price and the hike in electrical energy tariff. A statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena and made available to newsmen on Tuesday, pleaded with Nigerians to endure the pains as it claimed that they would enjoy the gains of deregulation in the long run. The APC further claimed that rehabilitation of the nations four refineries was in the pipeline and noted that full deregulation…

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Zamfara: APC members protest arrest of colleague accused of holding secret meeting with bandits

Ishaku Yohanna

Thousands of the All Progressives Congress supporters in Zamfara State on Sunday converged the state police commands headquarters in Gusau to demonstrate over the arrest of 17 of their members. The police had on Saturday arrested the APC members at the residence of one of the partys stalwart, Alhaji Abubakar Dantabawa. The partys supporters, who were angry with the arrest of their political associates, demanded that they should be released and threatened to take drastic action against the police. The police threw tear gas canisters at the protesting APC supporters…

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2023: Crooks within APC want to install serving Gov as Buharis successor – Marafa alleges

Ishaku Yohanna

The political quagmire between the former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari and Senator Kabiru Marafa has taken a new twist as the latter has taken a swipe at the former, saying that Yari was misleading the All Progressives Congress, APC Caretaker Committee chaired by the Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni. Marafa, who represented Zamfara Central in the 8th Senate, said that Bunis Committee was failing to reconcile aggrieved party members because he was listening to the former Zamfara State governor. The former Zamfara governor said he told Buni…

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Ill gun for APC national chairmanship if my zone is favoured, Yari declares

Ishaku Yohanna

Abdulaziz Yari, former governor of Zamfara, says he understands the process of how the All Progressives Congress (APC) produces its national chairman, but it is up to the party to determine the geopolitical zone for the position. He stated this when he fielded questions from journalists on Wednesday after meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the presidential villa, Abuja. He said he was ready to join the race for the chairmanship of the party if it was handed to his zone. APC is currently under the leadership of a…

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Zamfara: Marafa faction dares APC panel over sack threat

Ishaku Yohanna

The Zamfara State faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to Senator Kabiru Marafa, said the decision of the Mai Mala Buni-led National Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee, to sack its chairman would spell doom for the party. State Publicity Secretary of the faction, Alhaji Bello Bakyasuwa, said this in an interview in Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, the decision of the national caretaker committee to empower the faction of the party loyal to the former governor of the state, Abdullaziz Yari, to expel members of the Marafa-led…

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APC wins Nasarawa Central constituency bye-election

Ishaku Yohanna

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Ismail Danbaba, has won the bye-election for the Nasarawa Central State Constituency in the state House of Assembly. Mr Iiyasu Umar, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, announced the result of the bye-election conducted on Saturday in Nasarawa. Announcing the result, Mr Umar said the APC candidate scored 7,475 to defeat Bage Nuhu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 4,608 votes. He said that during the bye-election, 12,217 votes were cast, while 12,083 valid votes were recorded with 134 rejected…

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APC Governors Forums DG seeks constitutional review to regulate conduct of party leaders

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman said there is an urgent need for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider a review of its Constitution and develop proposed code of conduct for elected and appointed officials of the party to serve as bylaws in order to regulate their conduct. The DG of the PGF – a forum of governors on the platform of the ruling party – said to resolve the internal squabbles in the APC, the Governor Mai-Mala Buni Caretaker/Convention Working Committee…

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Ondo Govship Election: Beating PDP candidate may not be easy for me – Akeredolu

Ishaku Yohanna

Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, says defeating Eyitayo Jegede, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the October 10 governorship election may not be easy. Akeredolu had defeated Jegede, who was also PDPs candidate in the 2016 governorship election. Speaking with journalists at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after appearing before the APC primary election appeal committee in Abuja, Akeredolu, who described Jegede as a friend, said he hopes that their campaigns would be issue-based and without violence. Jegede is my friend. We are…

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