The court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. On Tuesday June 16 2020, a 3-man panel led by the President of the court of appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem announced that that Oshiomole’s appeal to his suspension is ‘Unmeritorious’. The judgement
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has formally resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor announced this on Tuesday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He made the announcement four days after he was screened out and declared unfit to participate in the APC
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The appeal committee presented its report to the National Working Committee headed by Adams Oshiomhole on Saturday. The Screening Appeal Committee of the All Progressives Congress has upheld the disqualification of Governor Godwin Obaseki, The DAILY VENDOR reports. The appeal committee presented its report to the National Working Committee headed by Adams Oshiomhole on Saturday.
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The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has moved to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. The Governor on Friday even decamped to the PDP with 18 Local Government Chairmen and 12 House of Assembly Members. The DAILY VENDOR reported that yesterday the governor was disqualified from contesting the APC primaries. Announcing the disqualification at the party
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The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has refuted reports in certain quarters that he has concluded plans to dump the All Progressives Congress, APC ahead of the coming Edo governorship election. The governor refuted the claim while speaking at a meeting with a campaign group ‘Obaseki Mandate’ in Abuja on Tuesday. Obaseki maintained that he
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Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has refuted reports alleging he had been mobilising members of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to secure the party’s ticket ahead of the November 2021 governorship election in Anambra State. He described the report as “baseless, unfounded, and devoid of an iota of truth,” THE
Read moreSome All Progressives Congress governors had intensified moves to shop for the sacked National Chairman of the party Adams Oshiomhole’s replacement as there were indications on Wednesday that they would soon convene a meeting of the party’s NEC, where Oshiomhole’s successor might emerge. A high-ranking member of the party, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
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Some supporters of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, have commenced activities to counter moves to oust him from office. The supporters, acting under the aegis of Unity Group of APC and Friends of Oshiomhole in Nigeria, held a peaceful protest at the APC National Headquarters, Abuja, on Friday and planned
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday warned the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress to prepare for eviction following the move to reconcile aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. Makinde, who is the Chairman of the PDP Reconciliation Committee, stated this after a reconciliation parley with stakeholders of
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The All Progressives Congress has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to de-register more political parties to sanitise Nigeria’s electoral system. The Chairman of Ebonyi Chapter of APC, Mr Nwachukwu Eze, made the call in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abakaliki. Eze said the de-registration process should continue until the
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The ruling All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), in Anambra State has described the All Progressives Congress (APC), as a “hate party”. The APC had earlier described the parties that would contest against them in the 2021 governorship poll in the state as “midgets”. It had boasted that the election would be a walkover, stressing that it had long prepared to take over Anambra.
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Report from Imo State indicates that the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Collins Chiji, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Seven other lawmakers in the state equally left the PDP to join the ruling APC. The speaker announced his defection and that of his colleagues
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Mrs Comfort Amwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the rerun election for Sanga constituency seat in the Kaduna State House of Assembly. The Returning Officer, Salihu Kargi of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria who announced the results in Gwantu on Sunday, said Amwe polled
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The ball has been set rolling as consultations are making headway on who takes over as the President of Nigeria in 2023 after the tenure expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari. With the rumours making wave, the former Executive Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu is one of the leading aspirants in APC. Abdullahi
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The National Working Committee, NWC, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has named Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, to head a 10-member National Reconciliation Committee. This was announced by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, yesterday. The development could sound a death knell for a previous reconciliation committee announced by President Muhammadu Buhari
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