Politics

Enugu guber: Ekweremadu makes public declaration, names campaign coordinator This has laid to rest several months of speculations on whether the Senator has an interest in the number one position in the State. Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Friday, formally announced his entrance into the Enugu 2023 guber race. This has laid to rest several months of speculations on whether the Senator has an interest in the number one position in the State. There have been debates on the zoning of the governorship position in Enugu State, with the proponents insisting that it is the turn of…

The All Progressive Congress is facing another setback as the Independent National Electoral Commission rejected Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger as the acting chairman of APC’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee. INEC rejected a letter inviting it to an emergency meeting APC’s national executive committee. The letter, dated March 9 and signed by the commision’s secretary, Rose Oriaran Anthony, noted that the party’s failure to sign the letter of invitation contravened its Regulations and Guidelines for Political Party Operations (2018). “The commission draws your attention to the fact that the notice for the meeting was not signed by the National Chairman…

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has described his counterparts who are on the side of Governor Mai Mala Buni as “Yahoo, Yahoo Governors”. There has been a crack in the rank of APC governors since Abubakar Bello of Niger took over as Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). On Wednesday, Governors Nasi El–Rufai of Kaduna and David Umahi of Ebonyi took different positions on Buni. While Umahi said Buni was still in charge of the party, El-Rufai said he can never return as the party chairman. In a statement titled “Buni, Pocket-filling Black…

APC National Convention: How ex-senate president Ken Nnamani’s ambition is affecting South-East APC The forthcoming national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, may still not favour the south-east in terms of zoning under the leadership of Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello. The convention which is billed to hold on the 26th of March at Eagles Square Abuja is causing a lot of political intrigues in the ruling party. The South-East members of APC are disenchanted by the zoning formula that is not in favour of South East owing to former Senate President Ken Nnamani’s ambition to…

Buni Is Gone As APC Chairman, Bello Has Backing Of Buhari, 19 Govs – El-Rufai Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State can never return as Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said. Recall that Governor Sani Bello of Niger State stepped into the office of the caretaker chairman on Monday in what many have described as fresh crisis in the APC. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, El-Rufa’i said Buni, who is currently out of the country, can only return as governor of Yobe, but not as chairman of…

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…