Chief Hillard Ntufam Etta, immediate past Deputy National Chairman (South) of All Progressives Congress (APC), in this interview with Leo Sobechi, contends that President Muhammadu Buhari as the leader of the party holds the key to political resolution of internal crisis dogging the party. Do you feel vindicated by Supreme Court observations on the leadership of APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention […]
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Group disowns branded items, says ex VP yet to declare intention Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said stability in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is critical to its electoral victory in 2023. Atiku, who was on a reconciliation tour, spoke at the Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt, yesterday, after a meeting with Governor […]
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Scores of the All Progressives Congress (APC) youths in Osun State on Friday staged a peaceful protest over alleged hijack of congress nomination forms in the state. The youths, who staged a protest on the Gbongan-Ibadan road, Ogo-Oluwa, Osogbo, accused Osun State governor Isiaka Oyetola and the party chairman in the state Gboyega Famodun of […]
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By Adele Jinadu Missed Opportunities Pursuing the Idea of Nigeria as Ethno-RegionalismIn this section, I turn to the consideration of some milestones and the three missed opportunities from them that continue to frame contemporary demand for restructuring in the country. The Richards Constitution was an historic milestone and a defining moment in the development of […]
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As the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) braces up for the ward congress, the chairman caretaker of the extraordinary convention planning committee, Mai Mala Buni, has enjoined party stakeholders and members of the party against sabotaging the exercise. The APC chief in a statement called on officials conducting the Congress to be fair and objective […]
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barrister Kalu Agu Kalu, on Friday asked a high court in Abuja for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the APC from going ahead with its planned Ward congress scheduled for Saturday, July 31 as well as subsequent local government, state, zonal congresses and the party’s national […]
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The Court of Appeal in Calabar has declared member representing Obudu/Yala Federal Constituency Hon. Jerigbe Jarigbe of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) as the duly elected Senator for Cross River North. The Judgment by implication removes Senator Steven Odey, also of the PDP who was declared winner at the lower tribunal on June 18, 2021. The […]
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Nigerian athletes protest on the streets of Japan There is little or nothing to celebrate for some Nigerian athletes who were at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after their dreams of performing at the World’s biggest sports games tumbled. Nigerian athletes are protesting local authorities’ “incompetence” during preparations for the Tokyo Olympics. Some Nigerian athletes, who […]
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Lagos State government has empowered about 3,000 agripreneurs with agricultural productive assets and inputs under the 2021 Agricultural Value Chains Enterprise Activation Programme. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the kick off of distribution yesterday, described the intervention as a demonstration of his administration’s commitment to the development, expansion and growth of agriculture in Lagos State. According […]
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Apex Court position that APC is lawless a dangerous signal – Kekemeke All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday insisted that the minority verdict by Supreme Court justices in the judgment upholding Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s victory will not affect its national leadership. Three justices in the minority judgment read by Justice Mary Peter-Odili, contended that […]
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