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Don’t impose candidates who can’t win elections on APC, Buhari urges party leaders
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure that only candidates who can win elections get the party’s ticket. Speaking at the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, Buhari warned against imposition of aspirants who can’t win. According to him, having cost the party some strategic seats in times…
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Buhari seeks update on COVID-19 local vaccine production
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, to submit a progress report on the indigenous production of vaccines in the country by the end of May. The President gave the directive on Wednesday, while receiving the leadership of the Nigeria Integrated Biopharmaceuticals Industries Consortium (NIBI), led by Mr Vilarugel Cuyas, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Fredlab.…
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National Chairman’s call for ‘Owambe Convention’ means APC will pick Yoruba presidential candidate, Gbajabiamila jokes
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says there are indications already that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will pick its presidential candidate from the South West. APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu had in his opening remarks at the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, said the party should prepare for an ‘Owambe Convention’. In his speech, Gbajabiamila…
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2023: Crisis rocks Lagos4Lagos movement
….Group’s Chairman removed over bribery scandal Crisis has engulfed a political group in the Lagos Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos4Lagos movement over alleged collection of N100million bribe from the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu by its Chairman, Mr Sunday Ajayi in order to facilitate the return of the group’s members to the APC.…
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APC NEC confirms indirect primaries, pegs presidential form at N100m
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has confirmed that indirect mode of primaries will be used to pick the party’s flagbearers for various elective positions in the 2023 general elections. This was one of the decisions taken at the NEC meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday. WesternPost had earlier reported that governors elected on the…
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INTERVIEW: Why I withdrew my lawsuit against APC- Former Lagos lawmaker
Hon. Dipo Olorunrinu is a former lawmaker who represented Amuwo-Odofin constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly between 2015 and 2019. In the last local government elections in 2021, Olorunrinu was initially declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government before being substituted with the incumbent Council Chairman, an act that made him…
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Battle of ego between governors, predecessors tearing APC apart – National Chairman
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Abdullahi Adamu says the party is under the threat of tearing apart due to battle of ego between serving governors and their predecessors. Speaking at the 11th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party held at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, Adamu said the former governors should accept the serving governors as…
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2021 council election: Chairmanship aspirant, Olorunrinu withdraws court case against Lagos APC
A chairmanship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Hon. Dipo Olorunrinu, has withdrawn a court case filed against the party and the immediate past Chairman, Alhaji Tunde Balogun. WesternPost can authoritatively report. Olorunrinu, a former lawmaker who represented Amuwo-Odofin Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly in the 8th Assembly (2015-2019),…
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Implication of APC’s NEC powers to NWC
By Kennedy Friday Let me start by saying that one of the wisest, nay, prescient decisions taken by NEC today at its first post-Buni meeting is the vesting of its powers in the NWC of the party. It is a decision dictated by exigencies of the time and if properly managed will be in the best interest of the party.You…
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