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All Progressive Congress, INEC, Politics

APC may boycott Thursday’s supplementary election in Adamawa

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa has threatened to boycott the supplementary governorship election if INEC insisted on conducting it on Thursday. The State Organising Secretary of APC, Alhaji Ahmed Lawan, made the party position known on Wednesday in Yola. Lawan told Journalist that the party had rejected the Thursday’s date and communicated its position to the electoral body. Newsmen report that INEC had … Continue reading APC may boycott Thursday’s supplementary election in Adamawa

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All Progressive Congress, Business, Education, Election, Entertainment, INEC, LifeStyles, National Assembly, Politics, Presidency, Religion

Nigerian Newspapers: Top 10 Headlines Today Tuesday, March 26th, 2019

1. Presidential Election: APC Demands Arrest, Probe Of Atiku, PDP The APC has called for the arrest and investigation of the PDP leadership and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over their alleged access to the server of INEC. The APC made this known in a petition written to the Inspector General of Police and the Director General of State Security Services (DSS) on Monday. 2. … Continue reading Nigerian Newspapers: Top 10 Headlines Today Tuesday, March 26th, 2019

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All Progressive Congress, NewsStream, Politics, Presidency

Nigeria election: Buhari still military dictator – Amaechi blows hot

A First Republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi has said that the present administration committed treasonable offence by deploying the military during the general election. A First Republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi has said that the present administration committed treasonable offence by deploying the military during the general election. Amaechi maintained that the military should have no part to play in elections and internal … Continue reading Nigeria election: Buhari still military dictator – Amaechi blows hot

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All Progressive Congress, NewsStream, Politics

APC gov insulted Oshiomhole before Buhari

Despite last Saturday’s statement by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole that his encounter with the Department of State Security Services, DSS, was not an arrest as being speculated, Vanguard learned that the forces against him were unfazed in the resolve to achieve preconceived objectives. Already, exclusive reports by some influential online platforms had indicated that the DSS in its report … Continue reading APC gov insulted Oshiomhole before Buhari

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All Progressive Congress, kaduna state, NewsStream, People Democratic Party, Politics

Good brains are in APC, yet Nigeria is not working – Peter Obi mocks El-rufai

The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday reacted to a statement credited to the governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai that there is no single thinking brain left in the PDP. He mocked the Kaduna governor; saying, “All the good brains are in the APC (All Progressives Congress), yet he country isn’t working.” Obi, who was also … Continue reading Good brains are in APC, yet Nigeria is not working – Peter Obi mocks El-rufai

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All Progressive Congress, NewsStream, People Democratic Party, Politics

Dankwambo dumps PDP for APC

About 2000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in Gombe state. Among those who decamped is Buhari Dankwambo, a younger brother of Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo. Buhari Dankwambo, until his defection, had been under pressure from different quarters to reverse his decision. It was gathered that he was given juicy offers but he rejected them. A … Continue reading Dankwambo dumps PDP for APC

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All Progressive Congress, NewsStream, Politics

APC crisis: Amosun, Akeredolu, Fayemi meets Buhari in Aso Rock

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday met behind closed doors with three All Progressives Congress, APC, governors from the South West. The three governors were Ibikunle Amosun from Ogun state who is currently having succession problem with the national chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state. The meeting was held inside Buhari’s office residence at … Continue reading APC crisis: Amosun, Akeredolu, Fayemi meets Buhari in Aso Rock

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All Progressive Congress, Benue state, NewsStream, People Democratic Party, Politics

Alaibe: We left APC because of unkept promises

Bayelsa State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, formally welcomed a former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and former Special Adviser to the President on Presidential Amnesty Programme, Chief Timi Alaibe to the party. Alaibe was received alongside other chieftains of the APC including former Secretary to Bayelsa State Government, SSG, Chief Gideon Ekeuwei, former PDP chairman in the state, Chief … Continue reading Alaibe: We left APC because of unkept promises

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Benue state, NewsStream, People Democratic Party

Benue SSG: I led 3,000 APC members to PDP

The Secretary to the Benue State Government, Prof. Tony Ijohor, SAN, has said he recently led 3,000 All Progressives Congress members from his Gboko constituency to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. Ijohor who stated this through a statement issued by the Principal Information Officer, Office of the SSG, Joseph Iwev, said his loyalty to Governor Samuel Ortom was 100 per cent. Part of the statement … Continue reading Benue SSG: I led 3,000 APC members to PDP

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National Assembly, Politics

‘We’re Not Better Than PDP’- APC Senators, Reps attack party

Ibrahim who was a three-time governor of Yobe State said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC was in many ways not better than the Peoples Democratic Party it defeated in 2015. The APC senator spoke at a dinner to mark his 70th birthday and book launch at Barcelona Hotel in Abuja on Saturday. Ibrahim said he, like most Nigerians, had a dream that the nation would … Continue reading ‘We’re Not Better Than PDP’- APC Senators, Reps attack party

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Politics

VON DG: I’m not involved in suit seeking nullification of APC primaries in Enugu

Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has dissociated himself from a suit before the Federal High Court seeking to nullify primaries of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State. Mr Okechukwu made this clarification in an interview with journalists in Enugu on Monday while reacting to speculations linking him to the suit. “I am not in any way connected to the … Continue reading VON DG: I’m not involved in suit seeking nullification of APC primaries in Enugu

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Election, People Democratic Party, Politics

Politics: Lessons from parties’ nomination process

Political parties constitute the engine of democracy as they are the only entities permitted by law to present candidates for elections in Nigeria. In other democracies, the law permits independent candidature which currently is unknown to our laws.  The selection of candidates to represent political parties for different elective offices in the 2019 elections has come and gone. In some political parties, the tension and acrimony … Continue reading Politics: Lessons from parties’ nomination process

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People Democratic Party, Politics, Presidency

POLITICS: How Buhari’s Finance minister, Zainab Ahmed ‘indicted’ APC govt – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to speak out on the “declaration by Finance Minister, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, that the policies of his administration were hurting the nation and destroying investor- confidence in our economy.” The party said the declaration by the minister was a vindication of its stand that the Buhari administration was “responsible for the nation’s economic woes … Continue reading POLITICS: How Buhari’s Finance minister, Zainab Ahmed ‘indicted’ APC govt – PDP

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