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2023: Voting Ends At APC Presidential Primary

2023: Voting Ends At APC Presidential Primary

Voting has ended at the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary in Abuja. The voting, which began at around 2am on Wednesday, ended by 7.45 am amid tight security and watch of aspirants’ agents. The event slated to commence at 3.30 pm on Tuesday, started four hours late at 7.30pm. Over 2,000 delegates from across the states and the FCT voted for their preferred aspirants. Those running for APC presidential ticket are: Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu, Rochas Okorocha, Dave Umahi, Yahaya Bello, Tein Jack-Rich, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Emeka…
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Amaechi Engages In Heated Argument At APC Convention

Amaechi Engages In Heated Argument At APC Convention

A presidential aspirant, Rotimi Amaechi, was engaged in a heated argument with some agents at Eagle Square, Abuja, venue of the convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The immediate past Minister of Transportation, was seen raising his voice over an issue, which was not known at the time of this report. According to Daily Trust, as crowd gathered, the aspirant walked away while some of his supporters formed a circle around the agents. Meanwhile, Amaechi while addressing the APC delegates claimed he is the most qualified aspirant to fly the flag of the ruling APC in the 2023 elections.…
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Voting Continues After Disruption At APC Convention

Voting Continues After Disruption At APC Convention

Voting was temporarily suspended at the convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at Eagle Square, Abuja, on Wednesday. According to Daily Trust, the exercise was put on hold as Kano delegates were casting their ballot in the keenly contested exercise. Chairman of Kano APC, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, was seen arguing with some officials before voting was suspended. Less than 20 of the 127 delegates from Kano had voted before the exercise was suspended. Some of the aspirants reportedly had more than one agent at the voting points, leading to protest. To douse tension, the Election committee ordered some persons…
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BREAKING: Fayemi, Akpabio, Amosun, 3 Other Aspirants Step Down For Tinubu

BREAKING: Fayemi, Akpabio, Amosun, 3 Other Aspirants Step Down For Tinubu

Six Presidential Aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have stepped down for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the ruling party. The aspirants announced this at the ongoing convention of the party at Eagle Square, Abuja. They are: Governors Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), Senator Ibikunle Amosun, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, Senator Ajayi Borrofice, and Dimeji Bankole. Details later…
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BREAKING: Jigawa APC Delegate Dies In Abuja

BREAKING: Jigawa APC Delegate Dies In Abuja

Alhaji Isa Baba Buji, one of the delegates of Jigawa State at the ongoing special convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is dead. THE WHISPERER gathered Buji died at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday. Until his sudden death, Buji was the APC vice chairman in charge of Jigawa South west. He reportedly slumped in the morning at the State Liaison Office at FCT, while getting ready to go to the venue of the convention. Confirming the development, the Jigawa State APC Public Relations Officer, Bashir Kundu, told Daily Trust, “Of course, he died this morning”. The public…
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EXCLUSIVE: Buhari, Adamu, Set To Meet Over Choice Of Lawan

EXCLUSIVE: Buhari, Adamu, Set To Meet Over Choice Of Lawan

THE National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu is set to meet President Muhammadu Buhari by 3pm on Tuesday, THE WHISPERER has gathered. A source who preferred not to be named told THE WHISPERER that Adamu is expected to meet President Muhammadu Buhari over the choice of the Senate President as the consensus candidate of the party. Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, had revealed that the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu, and the party’s National Working Committee, are set to present the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, to President Muhammadu Buhari…
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NACJ Inducts Ten Eminent Nigerians As Hall Of Famers

NACJ Inducts Ten Eminent Nigerians As Hall Of Famers

Nigerian Association of Christain Journalists, NACJ, is set to INDUCT TEN EMINENT NIGERIANS into the First Ever INTEGRITY HALL OF FAME, in Nigeria to commemorate the tenth Anniversary of the Association. This was made public in a Press Statement released by the Association today in Abuja. According to the statement, the Ten Eminent Nigerians have been selected in recorginition of their outstanding leadership qualities and high sense of INTEGRITY. In a Press Statement Signed by the National President of NACJ, Dr Charles Okhai, the event is scheduled to hold in August, 2022. He said that it is a higher level…
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BREAKING: Makinde’s Deputy decamps to APC

BREAKING: Makinde’s Deputy decamps to APC

Oyo Deputy Governor Rauf Olaniyan has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He announced his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in his private office, Ojoo, Ibadan in a chat with reporters. The defection puts to rest insinuations on his estranged relationship with Governor Seyi Makinde. THE WHISPERER reports that Makinde had dumped Rauf Olaniyan, ahead of the 2023 governorship election in the state. In his place, the governor picked Bayo Lawal, a former attorney-general in the state. There has been a rift between the governor and his deputy for more than a year, with leaders in the…
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APC Presidential Primary: Lamido Tackles Northern Governors, Says They’re Greedy , Jealous of Lawan

APC Presidential Primary: Lamido Tackles Northern Governors, Says They’re Greedy , Jealous of Lawan

The Director General of Arewa Summit International, Dr. Bashir Lamido has lambasted the 10 Northern Governors who unanimously recommended a southern presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Lamido said the Governors that signed the communique are greedy governors who are jealous of the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan In a statement issued on Sunday, Lamido noted that the issues raised by the northern governors means nothing to the man on the street, adding that what Nigeria needs at the moment is beyond zonal sentiments According to him , the statement credited to the Governors is what led to…
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