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Buhari meets with APC governors amid convention saga John Akpanudoedehe, national secretary of the APC caretaker committee, had said zonal congresses would be held prior to the party’s convention. President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors at the presidential villa in Abuja. The meeting is coming amid the rigmarole surrounding the national convention of the ruling party. The party has fixed its convention for March 26 while March 12 was earmarked as the date it will elect zonal officers across the six geo-political zones. The governors were meant to have met with the president…

Former Governor of Kano State and Minister of Defense, Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso has joined forces with some of his associates to wrestle power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections. Speaking as the convener at the launch of The National Movement (TNM) profiled to be the third force in the coming general elections, Kwankwanso, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before now blames corruption for the challenges in the country. He, therefore, promised a marshall plan to tackle corruption and rescue Nigeria from its present problem. The leader of the Kwankwansiyya movement also…

The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has picked March 26, 2022, for its convention. The exercise initially scheduled for February 26, 2022, was postponed indefinitely. Addressing newsmen at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja after a closed-door meeting, which lasted several hours, Secretary of the Caretaker Committee, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, said the preparation for the convention will commence on 24th of February 2022. He said the zonal congresses will hold before the national convention slated for 26 of March 2022. Details later…

The All Progressives Congress has notified the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of its zonal congresses scheduled to hold on 26th March 2022.’ The notice of the congresses is contained in a memo jointly signed by the Secretary and chairman, Caretaker committee of the party and made available to newsmen on Monday. According to the party, the notice supersedes its earlier notice for national convention. The party enjoined the electoral body to arrange its officials to monitor the exercise accordingly.

Top politicians in Zamfara State have started jostling for the position of the deputy governor of the state following a move by the state House of Assembly to impeach the current occupant, Mahadi Aliyu Gusau. The assembly has already begun a process to impeach the deputy governor. Eighteen members of the House had voted for the impeachment, following which the chief judge of the state inaugurated an Investigative panel to probe Gusau, in line with the procedure for impeachment. The deputy governor has refused to join Governor Bello Matawalle to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), choosing to remain…

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has settled for a shift in date of its national convention following President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval. According to Daily Post, the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, chaired by the Yobe State Governor, Mai Bala Buni, met and took a decision to postpone the party’s national convention, which was earlier scheduled to hold this Saturday. The committee decided on a two-week shift, a development that may not have gone down well with other stakeholders of the party, most of whom are agitating that the convention should hold on February 26 as earlier scheduled. There…

My wife will contest for Anambra north senatorial seat in 2023, says Gov Obiano Willie Obiano, Anambra governor, says Ebelechukwu, his wife, will be contesting for the Anambra north senatorial district in the 2023 general election. According to NAN, Obiano said this while addressing journalists in Aguleri, Anambra East LGA, after a tour of the Awka International Convention Centre and Anambra cargo and passenger airport on Saturday. He said he would not be contesting for any political office in 2023. In January, Okonkwo Ikechukwu, the national president of the united Ogbunike youths association, had urged the governor’s wife to run…

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the duo of President Muhammadu Buhari and ex-President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, commended the leadership qualities of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, saying he has all it takes to be entrusted with higher responsibilities in the future. In their separate remarks at an event in Abuja to honour Anyim on the occasion of his 61st birthday, they described Anyim as a humble leader who sees the entire country as single constituency. President Buhari, represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, noted that…