Politics

The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the recommendations of the Committee on Zoning as detailed below: NORTH-CENTRAL: Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger and Plateau States 1. National Chairman 2. National Vice Chairman (North Central) 3. Deputy National Secretary 4. Deputy National Legal Adviser 5. Deputy National Publicity Secretary 6. Zonal Secretary 7. Zonal Youth Leader 8. Zonal Organising Secretary 9. Zonal Women Leader 10. Zonal Special Leader (Persons with Disabilities – PWD) 11. National Ex - Officio Member SOUTH-SOUTH: Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers States 1. National Vice…

The Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, says he has not resigned. There are reports that Senator Akpanudoedehe had resigned following the developments in the party. But addressing newsmen at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday, he said he is still the authentic secretary of the party’s Caretaker Committee. “I have read in social media that I have resigned as Secretary of the APC. I want to state that it is not true; that I didn’t resign. If I have resigned, you would have seen my letter of resignation…

Former Senator Ademola Adeleke was on Tuesday declared winner of the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State. The governorship election is scheduled to hold on July 16. The PDP primary, held at the 10,000 capacity Oshogbo stadium, was also contested by Dotun Babayemi. The primary election held amid allegation of bias and litigations which could have stalled the process. Senator Adeleke was also the PDP’s flagbearer in 2018 when he lost to incumbent Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, the returning officer and deputy governor of Bayelsa, said 1916 delegates took…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it has submitted names of its nominees to replace the sacked Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his Deputy, Dr Eric Kelechi Igwe to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had sacked Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his Deputy, Dr Eric Kelechi Igwe, following their defection from the PDP to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). Addressing a world press conference at the PDP National Headquarters, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, National Chairman, Senator Dr Iyorchia Ayu disclosed that the party’s National Working…

The Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) Senator John James Akpanudoedehe has resigned. The Nation learnt the embattled Secretary submitted his resignation letter to Caretaker Committee Acting Chairman, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello during a routine meeting of the committee at the party Secretariat in Abuja.

A coalition of youth groups in the 19 Northern States, have called on Nigerians to pray for the electoral victory of the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. The group under the aegis of Arewa Summit International urged citizens all over the world to pray for the peace and unity of the nation, noting that only "a united and peaceful Nigeria can attain developmental advancement and progress". According to a statement signed by its Director General, Dr. Bashir Lamido, Tuesday in Yola, urged Nigerians to commit the former Abia state governor into God's hands as He prepares…

THE AFTERMATH: Buni displaced as APC chairman — can Jonathan’s ‘salesman’ recover from the blow? Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe state, was compelled to step aside as the national chairman the All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker committee even as he had fiercely held on to the position. If his ouster is described as a “palace coup”, it will not be far from the truth. With heavy security surrounding APC headquarters in Abuja on Monday, a leadership change was forced with Buni many miles away on medical leave in Dubai. Before the axe fell on the caretaker chairman, John Akpanudoedehe,…

The immediate-past Governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia Central, Chief Theodore Orj, has declared his total support for power shift to Abia North come 2023. This has put paid to the growing tension across the state over which zone will produce the next governor as some individuals, groups and various political blocs are making case for the number one seat. According to Vanguard, Senator Orji invited some key political stakeholders from the 17 Local Government Areas in the state to his Umuahia-country home on Sunday “where he told them in a plain language” that power has to rotate…