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Edo APC Primary: Sen Osunbor urges Tinubu to save APC from impending loss … .. demands cancellation of the flawed primar

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One of the top contenders of the Edo APC 2024 guber primary, Senator Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor has called on President Bola Tinubu to wade into the looming crisis of the party after a flawed primary conducted last Saturday. Senator Osunbor also called for the cancellation of the primaries which has so far produced three APC guber flag bearers. Osunbor made this disclosure in a press conference on Sunday evening in Iruekpen his hometown where he chronicled what transpired last Saturday declaring that: “On Saturday, 27th, February 2024 all registered members…

Bayelsa Guber polls: Another setback for APC as Lokpobiri settles Wike, Diri rift. * Sylva still in trouble water *Group wants Lokpobiri, Lyon, others punished by NWC

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Another setback has hit the Bayelsa State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) following report that the Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has smoothened the frosty relationship that existed between Governor, Senator Douye Diri and Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Investigation revealed that Lokpobiri was the architect of the reconciliation between Diri and Wike. Diri and Wike fell apart after the PDP presidential primary which produced former Vice President president Atiku Abubakar. It was alleged that Diri supported Atiku against Wike . According…

Bayelsa 2023:Petroleum Minister ,Lokpobiri, Lyon dump APC’s Sylva,align with Gov Diri —– as Diri cajoles Jonathan with 2027 ticket for Ogbia kinsmen

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Ahead of the November 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in State have fallen apart. There are about 10 political parties fielding candidates for the poll, but the incumbent Governor Douye Diri, who is seeking re-election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Minister of State for Petroleum resources Chief Timipreye Sylva of APC are the main contenders . A challenged Diri is said to have made incursions into the divided APC fold to woo key members into the PDP…

Akpabio congratulates Tinubu, Shettima, APC over victory at Presidential Election tribunal

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The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has lauded the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), which on Wednesday unanimously affirmed the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in the 2023 presidential election. Akpabio described the Court verdict as an affirmation of the popular mandate of the Nigerian people for the Tinubu/Shettima ticket of the All Progressives Congress(APC) as delivered at the polls in February. The Senate President heartily congratulated President Tinubu and Vice President Shettima on the resounding affirmation of their popular mandate by…

APC enlists Media Virtuoso, Abdullahi O Haruna for Bayelsa Guber Elections

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Ace journalist and political communication strategist Abdullahi O Haruna fondly called haruspice has been appointed into All Progressives Congress Campaign Council for the Bayelsa State November elections. An official announcement from the All Progressives Congress National Organizing Secretary, Suleiman Muhammad Argungu, has confirmed Haruna’s inclusion as a member of the Bayelsa Gubernatorial Campaign Council. Renowned for his masterful coinage of language and communication techniques, Haruna’s addition to the council is expected to have a profound impact on shaping the public’s perception of the APC gubernatorial candidate, Mr. Timipreye Sylva. With…

BREAKING: APC rejects list of National Assembly Principal Officers announced by Akpabio, Tajudeen Abbas

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A fresh crisis is looming in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu, disowned the list of principal officers announced by the leadership of the two chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday.     The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio announced Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central as the Senate Majority leader and former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, APC, Borno South as the Senate Chief Whip.   He also announced Senator Dave Umahi, APC, Ebonyi South as the…

PDP warning of arrests of legislators-elect, mere distraction – APC

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The ruling All Progressive Party APC has reacted to the press conference addressed by the National Publicity Director of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Debo Ologunagba over the weekend.   Ologunagba said attempts are in the works to “intimidate, harass and threaten lawmakers-elect” through arrests of those of PDP members “who are considered to be strong proponents of the independence of the legislature” before the commencement of the elections of the presiding officers of both chambers on Tuesday, June 13, 2023.     Femi Odere, APC Chieftain and Convener, The…

APC and the echoes of 2015 ~ by Olusegun Adeniyi

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The Election of National Assembly presiding officers should be routine, especially since voting is only by members. But in Nigeria, nothing is ever straightforward. We now have a situation where contenders for the offices of Senate President, Deputy Senate President, House of Representatives Speaker, and Deputy are running expensive media campaigns. And the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) seems not to have learnt any lesson from what happened eight years ago. With ill-gotten money from ‘Paris Club refund’, some fat cats think they can buy the Senate gavel and the…

Buhari in eight years By Lasisi Olagunju

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Exactly one week from today, Muhammadu Buhari will stop being our president; his place another shall take. But what kind of leader has he been? The best assessment of a leader you get, not from his fanatics – boys who eat directly from the leader’s palm – but from men with cocks that crow as his. I take Babatunde Fashola as the gold witness here. Fashola has been Buhari’s Minister of Works and Housing for eight years and was Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff in Lagos for four years. He…