All Progressives Congress (APC)
26 Dec
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as laughable the claim by Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso to significantly reduce APC votes in Kano in the 2027 elections. Kwankwaso, on Wednesday, declared that if the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) was formidable enough to send the APC out of power in the 2023 general election, the APC,…
26 Dec
The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, as a refugee politician desperately keen on remaining relevant in the country. The chairman of the state chapter, Prince Abdullahi Abass, in a statement on Thursday, noted that the claim…
26 Dec
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara South Senatorial District, Engineer Opeyemi Olabanji, has cautioned the youths against being used by inordinate politicians ahead of the 2027 general elections. Olabanji, while addressing the youth wing of the APC from Irepodun Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, who yesterday paid him a…
20 Dec
Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu, member representing Ethiope Federal Constituency of Delta State in the House of Representatives and daughter of James Ibori, former Delta State Governor, has vowed to bury the People's Democratic Party (PDP). The member of the House of Representatives also declared the political party dead in her constituency. “The wind and lightning that will…
5 Dec
There was mild drama at the House of Representatives on Thursday after four lawmakers in the Labour Party announced their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter read by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, the four lawmakers—Chinedu Okere (Owerri Municipal/Owerri North/Owerri West Constituency), Mathew Donatus (Kaura Federal Constituency of Kaduna), Akiba Bassey (Calabar Municipal/Odukpani…
20 Sep
Ahead of Saturday's governorship election in Edo State, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Yusuf Aliu, has urged the 2,629,025 registered voters in the state to cast their vote for the candidate of the APC, Senator Monday Okpebholo, whom he described as a homeboy. In a statement yesterday, Aliu emphasised that Okpebholo,…
1 Sep 2024
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jesutega Onokpasa, has again appealed to President Bola Tinubu to stop those around him from hounding former governors Nasir el-Rufai and Yahaya Bello of Kaduna and Kogi states, respectively. He maintained that the continued persecution of the ex-governors, despite the huge role they played in the emergence…
2 Aug 2024
Senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, has appealed to the people of Edo State and other Nigerians to shun acts of violence in their protests against government. Okpebholo, in a statement released by his campaign office, condemned Edo State government…
4 Jun 2024
The Enugu State chapter of the Nigeria Red Cross Society has faulted the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its chairman, Ugo Agballa, on the claim that it lost a baby in the process of demolitions at Holy Ghost, Enugu, where the state government is clearing the old motor park and some…
3 Jun 2024
Chairman Ondo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), Ade Adetimehin, yesterday, boasted that the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Agbola Ajayi, are no match for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the scheduled November 16 2024 governorship poll. Adetimehin, in an exclusive with The Guardian Newspaper, also appealed to all the governorship…
29 May 2024
Kwara State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday appreciated President Bola Tinubu for supporting Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to record several achievements in the state in the last five years. APC flaunted the feats to include several positive accomplishments across all sectors. This is as the party also commended the governor for his…
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The third Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting for the year on Monday approved N733 billion to facilitate various road projects aimed at upgrading the country’s road networks and bridges. Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this while briefing newsmen about the projects approved as part of the government’s strategy to enhance connectivity and economic growth…
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The Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States’ Parliament (ECOWAS Parliament), Memounatou Ibrahim, has reaffirmed the bloc’s commitment to economic integration among member states. She spoke on Monday at the opening of the first Extraordinary Session and seminar of the Parliament for the year 2025 in Lagos State. With the theme, ‘ECOWAS @…
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A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has granted the request by Muhammad Gambo, the second runner-up in the Kogi State congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held on August 31, 2024, to be joined in the suit. The court has equally accepted a notice of appeal filed by Gambo in the suit…
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Kano State House of Assembly has constituted a seven-man committee to investigate the recent demolition of over 500 shops at Rano market in Rano Local Government Area. The decision followed a motion of Urgent Public Importance raised by the member representing Rano Constituency, Ibrahim Muhammad (NNPP-Rano) who expressed concerns over the demolition’s impact on local…
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Operatives of the Imo State Police Command, led by the Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, on Monday stormed an area in Irete, Owerri West Local Council, suspected to be the den of bandits where they keep their victims. Four suspected kidnappers were promptly arrested. In a statement issued at about 7 p.m. by the command's…