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EXCLUSIVE: How selfishness, regional cleavages stalled APC governors’ decision on presidential candidate
Facts have emerged on the reason for the stalemate and indecision of All Progressives Congress governors at their two meetings in Abuja on Tuesday. The governors met around 3pm at the Kebbi State House, Asokoro, Abuja immediately after their meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari who travelled to Madrid, Spain on a three-day state visit. President Buhari had told the governors…
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APC announces chairmen of primary election subcommittees
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced chairmen of subcommittees for the presidential primaries scheduled for Abuja next week. This was contained in a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka. According to the statement, Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya will head the budget subcommittee which will be co-chaired by Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed. Lagos State Governor,…
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Damasak: Bagudu, Zulum tour Borno’s 3,000-hectare rice farm
Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Bagudu, was, on Wednesday, led by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on a tour of the 3,000-hectare rice farm in Damasak, headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area. The mega farm is one of Zulum’s ongoing programmes in agriculture. The farm’s location, Damasak, is on the fringes of lake Chad and it was one of Boko Haram’s…
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Igbo delegates and the future of zoning, By Osita Chidoka
No other group did more damage to the idea of zoning than the 80 out of 95 Igbo delegates to the last Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention who cast their votes against Igbo aspirants. The 80 delegates and their sponsors, in a tragic display of lack of group consciousness and primacy of personal interest, sent the country a clear and…
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Ganduje joins Tinubu in visit to Cross River APC delegates
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje was on the delegation of National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as he visited Cross River State to meet with party delegates ahead of the presidential primary election. Tinubu was received in Cross River by Governor Ben Ayade, who described the former Lagos State governor as a trans-generational leader and…
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PHOTO NEWS: Tinubu visits Cross River ahead APC presidential primaries
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu visited Cross River State to meet with delegates of the party ahead of the presidential primaries.
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Open letter to APC national convention delagates, By Opeyemi Olayinka
OPEN LETTER TO ALL THE DELEGATES OF THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS BILLED FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES/SPECIAL CONVENTION Dear Delegates, There is no better way to put the fact that loyalty to one’s political party is a gainful adventure than the fact that you, our adhoc delegates hitherto seen as the “junior” delegates will be voting to the exclusion of all…
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Army denies complicity in Methodist Prelate’s kidnap
The Nigerian Army has denied complicity of its troops in the kidnap of Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Samuel Kanu-Uche. This was contained in a statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu. The statement said news making rounds on the alleged complicity of the troops was untrue. “While the Nigerian Army expresses concern and sympathy for the…
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PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT: Stop buying, selling bushmeat, FG tells Nigerians
The Federal Government has advised Nigerians to desist from the sales and consumption of bushmeat because of the cases of monkey pox in the country. This was contained in a statement by the Minister of Agriculture, Mohammad Abubakar. He said the advice became necessary after the report of 21 cases and one death recorded in the country. “Hunters and dealers…
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Court orders interim seizure of NOK University, other properties linked to former federal director
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, ordered the interim forfeiture of every asset of NOK University, based in Kaduna. The University, built by a former Director of Finance and Accounts, DFA, in the Federal Ministry of Health, Anthony Hassan, was suspected to have been built from the proceeds of unlawful activities traced to its…
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