A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Adamawa state, Sunny Sylvester Moniedafe, has declared to run for the national chairman in the forthcoming national convention of the party. Addressing a press conference Friday in Abuja, he said the party’s national secretariat “will see to the increased impact and effectiveness in service delivery under my leadership.” He said, “If Read More
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Adamawa state, Sunny Sylvester Moniedafe, has declared officially to contest the position of the national chairman in the forthcoming national convention of the ruling party. Moniedafe said if given opportunity he will end the era of ‘Monkey dey work, Bamboo dey chop’ in APC.” Addressing a press conference Friday in Abuja, the Read More
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare Chief Ifeanyi Ararume as winner of the December 5, 2020, bye-election for the Imo North Senatorial District of Imo state. Handing down the ruling, Justice Taiwo Oladipupo Taiwo declared Ararume as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election as at Read More
Senator Ifeanyi Ararume’s fresh hopes to be declared winner of the December 5th Imo North bye-election were dashed on Thursday day following a restraining order by a High Court in Owerri. Presiding Justice E.O. Agada issued an interim order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising Senator Ararume as the winner of the bye-election. The suit brought by the Read More
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, has hailed the Appeal Court judgement which cleared him of a certificate forgery case preferred against him by the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the Edo 2020 gubernatorial election. The governor, in a statement, said the ruling by the Court of Appeal vindicates him and reiterates the fact that “the suit was, from the Read More
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the presidency over the revelation of another $2.5bn arms purchase alleged scandal. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary Kola Ologbondiyan, Thursday, alerted that “with this fresh $2.5 billion arms scandal, reportedly involving the National Security Adviser (NSA) Gen. Babagana Monguno, who had earlier revealed Read More
I feel compelled to respond to a poorly argued opinion article published in Blueprint of March 11, 2021, written by one Abdullahi Nura from Utako, Abuja in which he called on Senator Abdullahi Adamu of Nasarawa West to retire from politics. I suspect that this is the opinion of some ambitious politicians who are unable to wait patiently to build Read More
The growing importance of religion as a marker of identity and a tool of political mobilization is reshaping the political landscape in an unprecedented manner in Nigeria. Some politicians are using religion as a weapon for political gain. They are using the media, especially the social media, to brainwash the public through the usage of different faiths in order to Read More
I would like to draw the attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as well a piece of admonition to the present crisis that is happening in the party in Bauchi state.No political party would prosper and succeed with internal crisis within the party, more especially if it’s not the ruling party but at the state level such as in Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to argue with facts over alleged stolen N15trillion and the employment racketeering. The ruling party was reacting to reports of stolen N15 trillion public funds as canvassed by the opposition party, describing it as “unfounded and baseless allegation.” In a statement signed Wednesday in Abuja by the Read More
The Osun State Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Prince Gboyega Famodun, has blamed past administration for the banditry and insurgency all over the country. He said the insurgency was inherited by the present administration from former administration. Speaking with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, in Osogbo, the state capital, Famodun stated Read More
Considering its numerous challenges, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has started shopping for a young presidential candidate ahead of 2023 elections. This was stated by the national youth leader of APC, Barrister Ismail Ahmed, at a parley with stakeholders held at Manpower Development Institute (MDI), Dutse, Jigawa state capital. Ahmed stated Monday that the party will face a stiff political Read More
The former minister of information and communications, Dasuki Salihu Nakande, Monday said Senator Umar Tanko Al-Makura, will deliver good leadership, if elected as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Hon. Nakande said his political weights are fully behind Al-Makura, should the party zonne the position to North Central. The former minister made the statement in a press conference Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has celebrated Nigeria’s Afrobeat stars Damini Ogulu (Burna Boy) and Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (Wizkid) on winning awards at the 63rd 2021 Grammys held in Los Angeles. The ruling party said the duo are now inspiration to Nigerian youths. Burna Boy and Wizkid’s Grammy awards are an inspiration to Nigerian youth as they continue to make Read More
It seems Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state is serious about his rumored interest to contest in the 2023 presidential elections. On March 3, 2021, he convinced the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) and Northern Consensus Movement with their Chairmen from all the 36 states of Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to reach Read More
Members of the Nigeria Youths Movement for Tinubu (NYMT) have urged the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu to join race for the 2023 presidential election. The group said the former Lagos state governor is the best to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in a bid to consolidate on the gains of the APC administration. Director-general Read More
A former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, has met behind closed doors with two governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in his bid to join the party. Bankole, Friday in Abuja, met with the Yobe state governor and chairman, APC Caretaker Committee, Mai Mala Buni, in company of the Jigawa state governor, Abubakar Badaru. Bankole is Read More
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and director-general, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman, has urged the revival of the National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC) to address challenges of negotiation between Labour leaders, employers and the government. The PGF boss said such a model was used around 2005 for instance to resolve the challenge of amending pension law. Read More
As countdown to the 2023 general elections begins, the immediate past Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has returned to the Kwara political scene. Will he bounce back? TOPE SUNDAY asks in this report. In 2019, the over 40 years of political dominance of the Saraki dynasty in Kwara state was upstaged by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in sweeping revolution, Read More
Former Speaker of House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, has met behind a closed door with two governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in his bid to join the party. Bankole, Friday in Abuja, met with the Yobe state governor and Chairman APC Caretaker Committee, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, in company of Jigawa state governor Abubakar Badaru. Bankole is Read More
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the women wing of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) led by the representative in the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Hon. Stella Okotete, has said that it will work to achieve about 108 female members in the House of Representatives. Currently, only 11 female lawmakers are in the House of Representatives out of the Read More
The Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen Wednesday led a high-level women delegation to submit a memoranda listing demands for affirmative action to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Constitution Review Committee. The memoranda was received by the Chairman of the APC Constitution Review Committee, Prof. Tahir Mamman, SAN at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. The minister was accompanied Read More
Oyo state governor, Engr Seyi Makinde on Monday night dismissed the rumour of his purported plans to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying no one can lure him to join the party. The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, (CPS) Mr. Taiwo Adisa in reaction to claims by some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Read More
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, opposition political groups and some other stakeholders have regrouped under the aegis of National Consultative Front (NCF) purposely to dislodge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The group has, however inaugurated a merger committee to negotiate a possible merger with an existing political parties across the country. The group said it will mobilise massive Read More
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Salihu Moh. Lukman, has condemned approach by the current leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the issue of minimum wage review. Lukman said the weapons NLC seem to use so often to win concessions and agreements are strike, blackmails and Read More
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