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APC Reacts To Calls On Buhari To Resign

Bayelsa APC Members Petition Mala Buni In Protest Against Sylva

September 3, 2020 1:34 pm

The Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has erupted in crisis barely two months month to the two senatorial bye-elections scheduled for October 31, 2020.

Some aggrieved leaders of the APC from Bayelsa Central and Bayelsa West Senatorial Districts have forwarded a petition to the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the party against the conduct of the state’s party leader, Chief Timipre Syva.

The leaders who belong to the APC Constitutional and Due Process Vanguard òf the State chapter include Hon Godwin Sidi, Hon Dressman, Frank Oputu,(Bayelsa Central), Hon Peter Ozobo, Ebide Brown and Moses Hitler from Bayelsa …

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APC Committee: Buhari Appoints Osinbajo, Gambari, Others

September 1, 2020 3:37 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) to end “totally, unnecessary squabbles”, which has caused the ruling party to lose seats in legislative and gubernatorial elections.

Buhari stated this on Monday, while inaugurating the tripartite consultative committee of the executive, legislature and leadership of the APC.

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The 11-member committee will be chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.

“But we must admit to ourselves that our party has been too often embroiled in bitter, and on occasions, totally unnecessary squabbles, causing us seats in the legislative and gubernatorial elections.

“This never

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Tinubu Praises Buhari Over Kastina Schoolboys' Release

Tinubu Congratulates Adesina On Re-Election As AfDB President

August 31, 2020 5:40 am

The National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Amhed Tinubu, has felicitated with Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, on his re-election as the President of African Development Bank, AfDB.

The former Governor of Lagos State said Adesina’s reelection is an affirmation of Africa’s confidence in his ability and commitment to the development of the region.

Adesina was re-elected for another term of five years last Thursday by the Board of Governors of the AfDB Group at its 2020 Annual Meetings in Abidjan, Cote D’Vorien capital.

According to …

APC Records Rich Harvest In Benue

APC Records Rich Harvest In Benue

August 30, 2020 3:45 am

Prof. Bem Angwe, former Executive Secretary (ES), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Saturday joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) with his supporters in Benue State.

Angwe is the latest among Benue heavyweights to join the APC.

Among the high profile defectors in the past month were Sen. Barnabas Gemade and Mr Herman Hembe, a member of the House of Representatives representing Konshisha/Vandeikya federal constituency.

On Saturday, more people also switched to the APC.

They include Rev Aernyi, former Special Adviser to the Governor , A.A Iortyom, former Governor’s Liaison Officer for Buruku Local Government and Mrs Helen Ikpambese, former …

Kaduna: PDP Floors APC Again, Wins Kajuru LG Election

PDP Replies Tinubu Over Attack On Obaseki

August 8, 2020 3:09 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council for Edo state governorship election has replied the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu over his attack on Governor Godwin Obaseki.

Tinubu had attacked Obaseki, berating and accusing him of gravely assaulting democracy and making a mockery of the Nigerian constitution.

He said Obaseki’s governance of Edo has been a throwback to the worst excesses of Nigeria’s military past and represents a direct threat to the democratic order, describing him as an errant, ill disciplined governor and a dictator, who has been contemptuous of the people of …

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Wike Under Fire Over Suspension Of Council Chairmen In Rivers

August 4, 2020 10:39 am
The suspension of three elected local government chairmen by Rivers State governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has sparked a row between All Progressives Congress (APC) and Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) in Rivers State.
Amid the war of words between APC and ALGON, Governor Wike has been facing intense criticism also by civil society organisations, who deemed incessant suspension of council chairmen neither politically correct nor democratically appropriate.

It would be recalled that Governor Wike had, in April, suspended the chairmen of Abual/Odual and Degema Local Government Councils for failure to attend a meeting called for the inauguration of

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‘Oshiomhole Must Be Investigated Over Misappropriation Of Fund’

If They Want Violence, We Will Give Them – Oshiomhole

August 4, 2020 7:33 am

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has said that his party will respond accordingly if the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, decides to turn the September 19 governorship election into violence.

The former governor said the APC would not fold its arms and watch the governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki and the PDP violently steal the peoples’ mandate.

Appearing on Arise Television on Monday, Oshiomhole averred: ‘’We will meet violence with violence.’’

Oshiomhole was reacting to the governor’s alleged threat to deal with APC members and supporters in the guise of dealing with …

Chief Charles Udeogaranya

Rebuilding: Nigerian Presidency Better Than Biafra – Udeogaranya

July 28, 2020 11:22 am

Chief Charles Udeogaranya, a presidential aspirant of All Progressives Congress in the 2019 elections and an interested candidate for the 2023 presidential elections has opined that Ndigbo should forget about the notion of an Independent Biafran republic and work towards the betterment of Nigeria by supporting the 2023 presidency.

Supporting his claim, he states that Igbos are better off when Nigeria prospers than in a fresh separatist state. He also stressed that all other regions have not met the Nigerian dream when saddled with Nigeria’s Presidency, but Igbos will wipe the tears off the face of every Nigerian and …

Forget Apology, Oshiomhole Can’t Be Trusted Again – Edo PDP

Forget Apology, Oshiomhole Can’t Be Trusted Again – Edo PDP

July 27, 2020 2:59 pm
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State, on Monday said former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, lacks the moral rectitude to campaign for the governorship candidate of the party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.

The party warned Edo people to forget Oshiomhole and the apology he tendered for his past statements about Ize-Iyamu, saying that he could not be trusted again.

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The state publicity secretary of PDP, Chris Nehikhare who stated this on Monday in Benin, while briefing journalists, said Oshiomhole ought to be …

APC blasts PDP, Wike for violence in Benin

APC Blasts PDP, Wike For Violence In Benin

July 26, 2020 2:24 pm

The All Progressives Congress has heaped on the PDP, the blame for the fracas that happened in Benin, Edo Capital on Saturday, when Governor Godwin Obaseki launched his re-election campaign.

The APC said the violence represented a glimpse into the “do or die” plot the PDP plans to unleash in the run-up to the September 19 Governorship Election.

In s statement by Deputy publicity secretary, Yekini Nabena, the party said it was disturbed
by the images and reports of the destruction of property and violence meted on hapless victims during Saturday’s campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The statement …

The Woefully Failed Federation, Called Nigeria

The Woefully Failed Federation, Called Nigeria

July 17, 2020 8:14 am

Nigeria as led by the maladministration of the glorified party of treasury looters, All Progressives Congress, APC has been in the most deplorable, and poverty-stricken position irrespective of the abundance of wealth that, nature had bestowed upon the country.

In 2015, when the APC came into power with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Nigerians thought that their messiahs had come to liberate them from the shackles of struggles with whatever challenges they were bedeviled with particularly in the area of finance through the administration of good governance but unfortunately, they were oblivious of the fact that their …

Pastor Ize-Iyamu Risks Arrest For ₦700m Fraud

Pastor Ize-Iyamu Risks Arrest For ₦700m Fraud

July 12, 2020 3:15 pm

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, risks being arrested on July 14.

Ize-Iyamu may be arrested if he fails to appear before a Federal High Court in Benin City, Edo State for allegedly laundering the sum of ₦700m.

EFCC had informed a Federal High Court in Benin City, that Ize-Iyamu and his fellow suspects took possession of about ₦700 million without any contracts.

However, the court had on July 2 adjourned the matter to July 14 due to the absence of Ize-Iyamu, who was said to be indisposed.

The trial …

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