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Oshiomhole can’t make you governor – PDP attacks Pastor Ize-Iyamu over ‘godfatherism’

Oshiomhole Can’t Make You Governor – PDP Blasts Ize-Iyamu

June 23, 2020 5:20 am

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has launched a scanty attack on Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said Ize-Iyamu lacks the quality to become Edo State governor, even with the help of his “godfather,” Adams Oshiomhole, who is the suspended National Chairman of APC.

Ologbondiyan insisted that people of Edo State have said they won’t vote for Ize-Iyamu.

In a statement, the PDP’s spokesman recalled how Oshiomhole once said Ize-Iyamu lacked the character to become governor of the state.

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APC Can’t Hold Emergency NEC Meeting – Hilliard Eta

APC Can’t Hold Emergency NEC Meeting – Hilliard Eta

June 22, 2020 7:07 am

The Acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Hilliard Eta on Sunday said the party would not succumb to the nationwide clamour for it to convene an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.

Following the crisis rocking the ruling party, intensified by the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as its National Chairman, there have been calls for the NEC meeting to resolve its myriad of challenges.

Deputy Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, had at the weekend cried out, urging President Buhari to act fast by at least calling for the party’s emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to address the …

Fayose Lambasts House Of Reps, Call Them Toothless Bulldogs

Buhari Can’t Manage His Party, Family, Let Alone Nigeria – Fayose

June 21, 2020 6:56 am

A former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has ‘attacked’ President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent happenings in the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Fayose said that what is happening in the ruling party pointed to what he described as the helpless situation of Nigeria, adding that Buhari, who is the leader of the APC cannot even run it.

Read Also: Ekiti APC Ask Fayose To Account For ₦10 Bn Airport Project Allocation

The former Governor said that the president cannot even manage the affairs of his immediate family not to talk of his party and the nation.

Fayose had earlier

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Ekiti Govt Finally Resolves Obas’ Dispute Over LG Allocation

Ekiti APC Ask Fayose To Account For ₦10 Bn Airport Project Allocation

June 17, 2020 1:08 pm

The All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Ekiti State has advised the opposition People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) to face its internal wrangling and woes rather than insulting the good people of the state with its incongruously written comments.

The APC, in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, noted that the opposition PDP or any of its distraught members has no moral right to comment on the ongoing cargo airport project currently being executed by the APC controlled administration.

Read Also: We’ll Take Over Ekiti In 2022 – PDP Boasts

The statement, signed by the Director of Media and Publicity of …

‘You Are A Dictator, Sociopathic Disgrace’ – FFK Attacks Buhari

FFK Reacts To Oshiomhole’s Suspension, Appointment Of ‘Sick’ Ajimobi

June 17, 2020 5:35 am

Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the latest developments in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Recall that hours after the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, dumped the ruling party citing his disqualification to contest in the primaries, the Appeal Court in Abuja upheld the suspension of the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

Read Also: Obaseki Bit The Hand That Fed Him – Fani-Kayode

The APC National Working Committee, NWC, had on Tuesday announced that Abiola Ajimobi, who is said to have been sick, will be acting as the party’s

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Obaseki Attends ‘5 Minutes’ Screening At APC Secretariat

Obaseki Attends ‘5 Minutes’ Screening At APC Secretariat

June 10, 2020 2:31 pm

Governor Godwin Obaseki attended the screening of the aspirants for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket in Edo.

The screening of the six aspirants for the ruling party began on Wednesday afternoon at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja.

According to reports, Governor Godwin Obaseki arrived at about 1:10 and left after five minutes.

However, the chairman of the screening committee, Prof. Jonathan Ayuba, said it was only to verify all the documents provided by the aspirants and make recommendations to the party based on its findings.

Read Also: Edo 2020: “I Am Not Afraid Of Ize-Iyamu” – Obaseki

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PDP Vs APC: Alarm Raised Over Tension, Violence In Edo

Edo: APC Weighs Options, Fears PDP Takeover

June 7, 2020 9:03 am

Two weeks to the much-anticipated primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, national party chieftains are worried the ruling party in the state may end up gifting the governorship election to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as major power interests deepen their strife over who should be the standard-bearer.

Already, the national leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, has given solid backing to the national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on direct mode for the conduct of the party primary slated for June 22.

The embattled governor, Godwin Obaseki, is believed to be at a disadvantage going into a …

Why Oshiomhole Wants Direct Primary Election – Shaibu

Why Oshiomhole Wants Direct Primary Election – Shaibu

June 5, 2020 4:35 am
Philip Shaibu, the Edo State Deputy Governor, on Thursday revealed why Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, insisted on Direct Primary Election in picking the party’s governorship candidate.

Shaibu alleged that Oshiomhole insisted on a direct primary in Edo State because he has already written the result.

In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Benjamin Atu, the Deputy governor claimed that the APC National Chairman was trying to usurp the powers of the State Governor, Godwin Obaseki.

Read Also: Obaseki Reveals How He Helped Oshiomhole Become Edo Governor

The APC National Chairman

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Tinubu Meets With 8 Governors In Lagos Over Ondo, Edo Primaries

Tinubu Meets With 8 Governors In Lagos Over Ondo, Edo Primaries

June 1, 2020 9:00 am

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday met with eight Governors elected on the platform of the party.

It is understood that the coming governorship primaries for Edo and Ondo States were discussed.

The governors present include: the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Senator Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Alhaji Sani Bello (Niger), Muhammad Abubakar (Jigawa), Mr. Solomon Lalong (Plateau), Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola (Osun), Mr. Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Chief Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) and their host, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Read Also: ‘Why Tinubu Has More Followership In North Than South’

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Nobody Can Challenge My Membership Status – Ize-Iyamu

Nobody Can Challenge My Membership Status – Ize-Iyamu

May 29, 2020 11:08 am

A frontline aspirant for the All Progressives Congress, APC, guber ticket in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has dismissed claims that he is not a member of the party.

He said those disputing his membership of the party were only engaging in fruitless exercise.

The Pastor had reportedly emerged as the APC consensus candidate for the State governorship election.

Read Also: Oshiomhole Group Picks Ize-Iyamu As Edo APC Consensus Candidate

Reacting to the development, the chairman of the forum of APC chairmen in Edo State, Elder Benjamin Oghumu, on Thursday told journalists in Benin City that Ize-Iyamu was not a

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Buhari Loans - Nigeria Now On Auction Market – PDP Alleges

Buhari Loans: Nigeria Now On Auction Market – PDP Alleges

May 29, 2020 5:18 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Thursday, alleged that with the volume of foreign loans being accumulated by President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC), the nation and her people have been placed on the international auction market.

It also said that Buhari’s moves to take a fresh $5.513 billion (₦2.1 trillion) loan in addition to an earlier $22.79 billion (N8.5trillion), the size of 2020 budget, without operable repayment plans, will totally compromise the fiscal integrity of the nation and open her up for economic annexation by foreign creditors.

The PDP even averred that the portrayed economic index is

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APC Chairman Suggests Why God Made Orji Kalu Go To Prison

APC Chairman Suggests Why God Made Orji Kalu Go To Prison

May 9, 2020 3:06 pm
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi says God may have put Orji Kalu in prison to protect him from harm.

Eze Nwachukwu, State APC Chairman, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abakaliki.

He hailed the Supreme Court verdict which acquited the former Abia State governor.

Read Also: Nnamdi Kanu Reacts To Orji Uzor Kalu’s Acquittal

Nwachukwu called it a victory for democracy and supremacy of the rule of law.

He said: “We applaud the nation’s judiciary and the apex court which saw it necessary that justice was strangled along the line.

“He spent months

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