APC national chairmanship race gathers steam

The recently concluded ward and local government congresses of the All Progressives Congress are shaping the race for the national chairmanship of the ruling party. In fact, as 2023 draws nearer, the scramble for the control of the structures of the party has started in earnest. When three opposition political parties, namely the All Nigeria […]

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Ozigbo is PDP candidate for Anambra guber poll – INEC

Party inaugurates campaign council APC members in Enugu drags Nnamani before Buni Appeal Court fines APGA chieftains N10m over abuse The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally named Valentine Ozigbo as the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 6, 2021, Anambra governorship election. In a statement, yesterday, INEC’s National […]

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Ekiti 2022 guber race: Internal strife hampers APC, PDP

Going by the timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for the 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State, political parties are expected to conduct primary elections in January 2021. However, less than five months to this crucial aspect of the governorship election, the two dominant political parties, that is, the ruling All Progressives […]

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INEC insists on independence to conduct elections, National Assembly disagrees

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila THE Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it did not need the approval of the Nigerian Communications Commission to transmit election results electronically. This was as the National Assembly told the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, […]

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Anambra guber: Obaseki, Makinde, Ikpeazu on PDP membership drive

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State (left), Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Candidate of the PDP in the November 6 Anambra governorship election, Valentine Ozigbo at the launch of PDP e-registration and Continuous Voter Registration (CRV) drive in the southeastern state Party flags off e-Registration of members […]

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5,890 Boko Haram members have surrendered, says DHQ

Four ISWAP spies killed, AK47 rifles recovered No fewer than 5,890 members of Boko Haram have surrendered to troops in the Northeast following intensive bombardment of their hideouts, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), has said. Some 565 of those who surrendered comprising three Commanders, four Amirs, five Nakibs and others have been handed over to the […]

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APC expels council chairman for ‘insulting’ Buhari

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expelled the party’s Caretaker Chairman for Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Alhaji Sulaiman Adamu, for making alleged derogatory statements about President Muhammadu Buhari. The party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) ratified Adamu’s expulsion from the party at its 16th meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. A statement […]

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Secondus faults suspension from PDP

Why we suspend him – Rivers State party chairman Suspended Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus on Thursday faulted his suspension, saying that only the National Executive Committee (NEC) has the power to discipline him or any member of the National Working Committee (NWC). He said those who purportedly suspended him acted […]

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Despite court restraint on Buni, others, Saturday congresses will hold, APC insists

Vows to punish aggrieved members who went to court Despite a court order restraining Governor Mai Mala Buni and others from parading themselves as members of the Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the committee on Thursday, ordered state chapters of the party to go ahead with the local government […]

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