The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been dissolved. This followed the recommendation of President Muhammadu Buhari during the meeting of the committee at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. After the president’s recommendation, those in attendance agreed to dissolve the NWC. Yobe Governor, Mai-Mala Buni, was named Chairman caretaker/extra-ordinary convention...
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Buhari Presides Over APC NEC Meeting In Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) at the presidential villa, Abuja. In attendance at the virtual session are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and most APC state governors. Also present are the acting National Chairman of the party, Victor Giadom...
BAUCHI GOVERNOR ARRIVES IN EDO STATE FOR PDP PRIMARY
As the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship primary kicks off in Edo State today, some top members of the party have started arriving in the state to observe the process. Among those on ground is the Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, who came into the state on Wednesday night. Mohammed, who is the Chairman, PDP...
NWC TO BOYCOTT NEC, AS BUHARI SUPPORTS GIADOM
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, declared support for the suspended Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Victor Giadom, as the party’s acting national chairman. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in an interview with State House correspondents in Abuja, said Buhari would...
FEDERAL HIGH COURT CLEARS OBASEKI FOR EDO PDP PRIMARY IN PORT HARCOURT
The fate of the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday took a favorable turn as a suit filed by a governorship aspirant, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, seeking to stop Obaseki from contesting the Peoples Democratic Party primary scheduled for Thursday (today) was struck out. Ogbeide-Ihama had sworn not to step down for Obaseki, giving that he...
2,229 DELEGATES TO DETERMINE EDO PDP, GUBER FLAG BEARER
A total of 2,229 delegates, are expected to decide who emerges as the standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party for the Edo State governorship election, slated to hold on September 19, 2020. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan disclosed this, in Abuja, on Wednesday. He said the party followed due process in...
BREAKING: BUHARI TO ATTEND GIADOM’s NEC MEETING
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has shown solidarity to Victor Giadom as the acting chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress. He has also expressed his readiness to attend the virtual meeting of the party’s National Executive Council meeting that Giadom announced that will hold at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday. The...
INEC DISCARDS APC’S PRIMARY ELECTION NOTICE
The Independent National Electoral Commission has rejected the notice of governorship primary sent to, it by the ruling All Progressives Congress. The electoral body based its decision on the fact that the notice was signed by only the party’s acting national secretary. It said that was contrary to the commission’s guidelines, which require that such...
FAYEMI, GIADOM VISIT ASO VILLA, MEETS BUHARI’S ABSENCE
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi; and one of the acclaimed acting national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Victor Giadom, are said to be making frenetic efforts to meet the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The duo were said to have visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday but were unable to meet...
BREAKING: Court strikes out suit barring Obaseki from PDP primary
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has struck out the suit, which interim order barred the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, from participating in the governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled for June 25. The court presided over by Justice Emmanuel Obile took the decision following a successful...