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Tuesday, 07 June 2022 06:37

Southern govs denounce APC national chair for announcing Lawan as ‘consensus’ candidate

PRESS RELEASE My attention has just been drawn to the expensive joke purportedly enacted by the National Chairman of APC, Abdullahi Adamu. The speculation is rife that the Chairman took a flight of fancy and decided to make a pronouncement beyond his competence. He has, allegedly, made public his preferred choice as the candidate of the APC for the Office of the President in the next general elections. This alleged pronouncement runs contrary to the position of majority of Northern Governors in APC and their counterparts in the South. Our agreement is unanimous on this issue. The office of the…

Sunday, 05 June 2022 07:04

Buhari meets APC presidential aspirants at Aso Villa, urges consultations to produce ‘consensus candidate’

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the presidential hopefuls of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to “come up with a formidable” consensus candidate before the party holds its primary election. The president said this during a meeting with the aspirants on Saturday at the presidential villa, Abuja. The ruling party has fixed June 6-8 for its special convention to elect its presidential flagbearer. In a statement signed by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, Buhari was quoted as saying: “Looking at this assemblage of personalities and considering your rich pedigree of accomplishments in life, I have come to the conclusion that our party,…

Sunday, 05 June 2022 07:03

Northern APC governors, other leaders concede party presidential ticket to southern aspirants

PRESS RELEASE APC governors and political leaders from the northern states of Nigeria today met to review the political situation and to further support our Party in providing progressive leadership amidst our national challenges. During our discussions, we welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari’s invitation to governors and other stakeholders to contribute to the emergence of a strong presidential candidate for the APC. After careful deliberation, we wish to state our firm conviction that after eight years in office of President Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the APC for the 2023 elections should be one of our teeming members from the…

Sunday, 05 June 2022 07:03

Tinubu will suffer consequences for his attack on Buhari - APC

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, has warned all presidential aspirants on the platform of the APC to desist from attacking President Muhammadu Buhari. Adamu also said the party took exception to the recent comments by former Lagos State governor and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, against the president. He condemned the comments and warned that the party would take punitive action against any of the aspirants who makes scathing comments against Buhari. The national chairman spoke while addressing journalists at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja on Saturday. Tinubu had on Thursday while addressing APC…

Saturday, 04 June 2022 06:39

INEC has released 2023 election guidelines. These are the major highlights

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the guidelines for the 2023 elections. The commission issued the document on Friday. The 37-page document contains 106 guidelines, along with health measures that must be adhered to during elections. According to section 18, verification of voters will be done using the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS). “18. (a) In accordance with Section 47 (2) of the Electoral Act 2022, a person intending to vote shall be verified to be the same person on the Register of Voters by the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) or any other device approved…

Saturday, 04 June 2022 06:38

Saraki to Tinubu: Please stop sulking over past losses, Nigeria bigger than your ambition

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has stated that when he opposed the plan to foist a Muslim-Muslim presidency on Nigeria in 2014 he acted in the national interest and believed Nigeria was bigger than anybody’s ambition, including that of Bola Tinubu. Saraki, in a statement signed by the head of his Media Office, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in response to the speech by Tinubu in Abeokuta yesterday claiming that Saraki and others opposed his desire to be running mate to President Mohammadu Buhari in the 2015 elections, noted that he will oppose any plan that causes a religious crisis in a multi-religious…

Friday, 03 June 2022 06:30

I made Buhari president, Osinbajo vice-president, Abiodun governor, Tinubu boasts in Ogun

Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential hopeful, says without him, President Muhammadu Buhari wouldn’t have won the presidential election in 2015. Tinubu spoke on Thursday at a meeting with APC delegates in Ogun state. Describing the election as a “battle”, Tinubu also spoke on how he “surrendered” the vice-presidential ticket to Yemi Osinbajo, when concerns were raised over a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the APC. “Buhari asked me to be his running mate, but Saraki campaigned against a Muslim-Muslim ticket. He felt it would affect his ambition to be senate president. The senate president could…

Friday, 03 June 2022 06:30

Osinbajo meets APC national chair, 5 govs in Aso Rock

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, met with Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Also on Thursday, five APC governors met with Osinbajo at his residence in the presidential villa, Abuja. Osinbajo’s meeting with the APC chairman and the governors, comes ahead of the party’s convention to select its presidential candidate for the 2023 elections. Identities of the governors were unknown as at the time of filing this report. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had shifted the date for submission of list of candidates by political parties, with the ruling party postponing its presidential primary election earlier…

Wednesday, 01 June 2022 06:19

Buhari to APC govs: I’ll pick my successor just as you choose yours

PRESS RELEASE Moments before traveling out to Spain on a state visit, President Muhammadu Buhari had a meeting with governors of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State House, Abuja. Below is the full texts of the president’s address to the governors: I am delighted to address this gathering of the Progressive Governors’ Forum as part of the consultative processes that have always strengthened the internal dynamics of our Party, the All Progressives Congress, (APC). 2. You will all recall that APC came to power at the center in 2015 through a cohesive machinery, notwithstanding its status…

Tuesday, 31 May 2022 06:35

Peter Obi emerges Labour Party presidential candidate

Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra, has been declared winner of the Labour Party (LP) presidential primary. The former Anambra governor won the LP presidential primary, which took place in Asaba, Delta state, on Monday. He was declared winner of the primary around 4:50pm. Pat Utomi, a professor of political economy, Eragbe Anselm, national youth leader of LP, as well as Olubusola Olufolake, had earlier stepped down from the presidential race. On Friday, the former Anambra governor joined LP, hours after announcing the resignation of his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said his decision to join LP…

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Sunday, 29 May 2022 06:50

Atiku has again won PDP presidential ticket. This is how the former vice-president beat Wike, 11 others to emerge candidate for 2023 election

Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has again emerged as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Abubakar defeated 12 other candidates in a keenly contested presidential primary held at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja on Saturday. Of the 767 accredited ballots at the election, he polled 371 votes while his closest challenger, Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, came second with 237 votes. Nigeria’s former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, scored 70 votes to come a distant third while Governor of Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel, came fourth with 38 votes. The only female in the race, Oliver…

Saturday, 28 May 2022 06:26

INEC extends deadline for party primaries

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjusted the electoral timetable, extending the deadline for political parties to conduct primaries, by six days. The commission extended the deadline after meeting with the leadership of the 18 registered political parties. At the meeting which held at INEC headquarters in Abuja, the Inter Party Advisory Commission (IPAC) asked for a week extension for political parties to conclude the conduct of their presidential conventions and primaries. IPAC chairman, Yabagi Yusuf Sani, urged INEC to adjust its June 3rd timeline for the conduct of primaries. Sani said, “I want to thank you for giving us…

Saturday, 28 May 2022 06:25

Jonathan can contest presidential elections next year, court rules

Former President Goodluck Jonathan can run in next year's presidential election, a court ruled on Friday, clearing doubts over his eligibility and paving the way for him to return to national politics. Jonathan, who was president from 2010 to 2015, has not yet said if he intends to contests the election. His spokesperson said this month he would not seek the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) party's ticket although a group of supporters from northern Nigeria bought nomination forms for him. However, some APC members brought a case to disqualify Jonathan based on term limits which a person can serve…

Saturday, 28 May 2022 06:24

Peter Obi has joined Labour Party. The presidential aspirant explains why

Former governor of Anambra State and presidential aspirant, Peter Obi, has said he defected to Labour Party from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because he is desperate to make Nigeria work again. Obi stated this when he appeared on “Politics Today,” a programme on Channels TV, on Friday, shortly after he announced his defection to the Labour Party. The former governor had dumped the PDP on Thursday. “I am not desperate to be president. I am desperate to see Nigeria work (again) especially for the youths of this country,” he said. The presidential aspirant said he left the PDP “quietly…

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