The Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Organisation has described the 11 Northern All Progressives Congress Governors as worthy patriots for their decision to support power shift to the South. The campaign organisation in a press statement on Sunday, signed by its Director of Media and Communication, Mr. Bayo Onanuga noted that all lovers of peace, progress, equity, justice and stability of Nigeria should celebrate and honour the Northern APC Governors. The 11 Governors of APC from the North in a press statement endorsed by them on Saturday announced that they took a decision to support the next President of Nigeria…
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Less than 12 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari urged APC presidential aspirants to meet and come up with a consensus candidate, one of them, Godswill Akpabio, said he will not withdraw from the race. Akpabio’s position also comes less than 24 hours to the commencement of the presidential primary of the ruling party, APC. There have been rumours online that the former Senate Minority Leader has withdrawn from the race in favour of an aspirant from the South-west. But Akpabio, in a post on Facebook on Sunday morning, described the news as “wicked lies” and urged delegates to disregard it.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged all presidential aspirants on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) to hold consultations, and come up with a formidable candidate before the party holds its primary election between June 6 and June 8. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, in a statement, said the president made the call when he met with all the aspirants at State House, Abuja on Saturday night. The president said the meeting was a continuation of the ongoing consultative process aimed at ensuring a smooth and strategic emergence of a flag bearer. According to him, such candidate will lead…
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on ECOWAS leaders to revisit the report presented by former President Goodluck Jonathan, the ECOWAS Mediator on Mali, on a transition timetable for the West African country. The President, according to a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, made the call on Saturday in Accra, Ghana at the 6th Extraordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State on the Political Situations in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea. Buhari noted that Jonathan had recommended a 16- month transitional timeframe ‘‘as well as his further personal appeals and observations to us to give the military…
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has ruled that statutory delegates are constitutionally qualified to participate in all meetings, congresses and conventions of any registered political party in Nigeria. Sen. Mas’ud El-Jibrin Doguwa, Hon. Habibu Sani and Hon. Bilyaminu Yusuf Shin’Kafi, (all aspirants of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) at the just concluded National Assembly primaries, had filed a suit challenging the disenfranchisement of statutory delegates from participating at the primaries. The suit marked FHC/KN/CS/13712022, has the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; National Chairman of APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila…
Tension on Friday enveloped the camp of Bola Tinubu after John Oyegun announced that his screening committee had screened out 10 aspirants for only those considered youthful. Mr Oyegun said 13 out of 23 aspirants seeking the ruling party’s ticket for the 2023 presidential election were cleared to run at the convention on June 6. Mr Oyegun made the announcement on Friday in Abuja, capping a long week of aspirants’ screening. The list of qualified aspirants has not yet been made public. It was reported on Monday that Mr Oyegun might disqualify Mr Tinubu, 70, because of their bitter political…
Arsenal have officially announced that Alexander Lacazette would be leaving the club at the end of this month. The club made this known in a statement on their Twitter handle on Friday. “Alex Lacazette will be leaving us at the end of his current contract, which runs until June 30. “Since joining us from Lyon in July 2017, Laca made 206 appearances in all competitions, scoring 71 goals. “The 31-year-old was our top scorer in two seasons during his time with us – in 2017/18, and also in 2020/21, when he scored his 50th Premier League…
The suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in a N174 billion fraud, The PUNCH can confirm. Idris was released on bail from the custody of the anti-graft agency on Wednesday night in Abuja and has since been reunited with his family. The EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed this to our correspondent on Thursday morning. “The suspended Accountant-General is out on bail. He was released last night,” Uwujaren said. Idris was nabbed by the operatives of EFCC on May 16, 2022, in connection with a…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled hearing for Friday in the extradition proceedings initiated against suspended Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Abba Kyari by the Federal Government. Justice Inyang Ekwo chose the date on Thursday to enable the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) file a formal response to Kyari’s notice of primary objection challenging the competence of the extradition application filed by the AGF. The AGF applied to the court for permission to surrender Kyari to authorities of the United States in relation to his alleged link with international fraud suspect, Abbas Ramon (aka Hushpuppi).
With only a few days till the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, holds its special convention for the presidential primaries, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ondo State, has re-emphasized the necessity for the party to zone its ticket to the south. According to Akeredolu, the APC must not consider the unwritten north-south rotation agreement. On Wednesday evening, Akeredolu, who also serves as Chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum, was named Chairman of Security and Compliance for the party’s special convention. On Thursday, the Governor reiterated his colleagues in the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum’s position…