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Heed Akeredolu, Stakeholders’ on Speakership, Group tells APC

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A youth group in the All Progressives Congress, APC, APC Youth Alliance For Progress, APC-YAP, has called on the party and the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to heed the progressive and patriotic advice of some leaders of the party to jettison the present zoning arrangement.   The APC-YAP in a statement on Sunday in Abuja stressed that ignoring the well-meaning advice of prominent stakeholders like the Governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, was recipe for a fractured National Assembly, especially the House of Reps.   Governor Akeredolu had…

Will north, the Shrew, bite the APC’s nose? By Festus Adedayo

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The ongoing fight-to-finish for principal officers’ positions in the 10th National Assembly by the All Progressives Congress (APC) has only one fitting corollary: It is the famous mythic, destructive squabble between the Shrew, Squirrel and a seemingly impartial arbiter, the Tortoise. Unless carefully resolved, what appears to be a fancy of conquest by the APC, leading to the party magisterially pronouncing who would be its legislative Man Fridays, seems to have boomeranged full throttle at its teething stage. Only last week, the party’s National Working Committee, (NWC) in a peremptory,…

Buhari, Tinubu’s Appreciation Of Supporters In Perspective By Femi Ogunshola

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When the President-elect celebrates a relatively unknown you on your birth anniversary and mourn your losses via a Presidential Press Release, then it’s something to cherish, it suggest how much your support is deeply appreciated, even though you may not have had a physical contact with the president. For me, unlike Buhari, Tinubu will not put his On and Off line supporters under the bus.   You may think it’s too early in the day to commend such gesture as being exhibited by a President yet to be sworn in,…

APC suspends SGF, Boss Mustapha for losing his polling units Presidential and governorship elections to PDP

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State has suspended the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, for losing his polling unit to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the presidential and governorship polls. The party disclosed that the SGF did not contribute to the victory of its presidential and governorship candidates. Announcing the suspension at a press conference in Yola, chairman of Gwadabawa Ward said Mustapha was not committed to APC’s victory at the presidential election. He stated that the indefinite suspension followed complaints from his…

MARCH 18 POLL: DSS arrests 2 suspects for inciting violence in Kano

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the duo of Sharu Abubakar Tabula and Isma’il Iliyasu Mangu for deliberately inciting violence in parts of Kano State. It may be noted that the suspects had separately recorded messages, which they shared through various social media channels. In those potentially harmful messages, they specifically championed certain political interests and directly called on their supporters to violently attack those opposed to them, including security personnel during the 18th March, 2023 Governorship and House of Assembly election in the State. As a result…

BREAKING: Atiku withdraws court application against INEC

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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has withdrawn his application over the sorting of the electoral materials he would need to prepare a petition he intends to lodge against the outcome of the February 25 election. It was learnt that Atiku’s decision to discontinue the fresh application comes after a meeting with officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja on Tuesday.   INEC had promised to allow PDP agents to observe the process of sorting out…

Parliamentary Group lauds Tinubu’s stance on Election of 10th NASS Leadership

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A socio-political group that strives to strengthen good governance through effective parliamentary representation at the National Assembly, Parliamentary Advocacy Network, PAN Nigeria, has lauded the position of the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on a complete non-interference of the members of the Executive in the selection process of Presiding Officers of the two Chambers of the National Assembly scheduled for sometime in June this year. Speaking to selected media men at the National Assembly Complex, Tuesday, in Abuja, National Coordinator of the group, Prince Sunny Anderson Osiebe, said he was…

I have no preferred candidates for 10th NASS leadership – Tinubu

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The President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has met with the Senators and members of the house of representatives elected on the platform of the All Progressives Party (APC) in the last elections at the State House conference centre in Abuja.     In the meeting which was held on Monday, March 13, 2023, among those present were Orji Kalu, senator-elect for Abia north, Ahmad Lawan, former senate president, Abdulaaziz Yari, former governor of Zamafara state and senate-elect, Adams Oshiomhole, former governor of Edo state and Godswill Akpabio.   While addressing the…

Senator Olujimi Loses Return Bid To APC’s Adaramodu

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The incumbent Senator for Ekiti South Senatorial District and former Senate Minority Leader, Biodun Olujimi has lost her seat to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and member of the House of Representatives, Yemi Adaramodu.   The APC candidate polled 63,189 as against Olujimi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 36,191.   Notably, the APC cleared all the National Assembly seats in the just-concluded election in Ekiti.   APC’s Opeyemi Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, polled 69,351 to defeat his closest rival Ajijola Lateef…