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Politics

APC Governors elect Progressive Govs Forum Chairman

Aminu Imam

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has been unanimously chosen to lead the All-Progressives Congress, (APC) Governors Forum. Uzodimma was chosen at a meeting yesterday in Abuja attended by all the APC Governors. According to a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachuku, the selection of Uzodimma for the job was a source of pleasure among his APC Governor-colleagues, who attested to his ability to lead them. He said: “Governor Uzodimma’s latest responsibility came barely three days ago when he was conferred with the honour of Commander of the…

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Soludo pledges loyalty to Tinubu, speaks on his inauguration bounce-off

Aminu Imam

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has stated that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as a party will work with the government of President Bola Tinubu. Soludo, who spoke during the inauguration of the regional headquarters of APGA yesterday in Awka, the State capital, was reacting to his attendance at the inauguration of President Tinubu on Monday. Soludo was alleged to have been stopped by DSS operatives from entering the state box, during the inauguration in Abuja. He descended heavily on the peddlers of the rumour, saying he was…

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Oodu’a group warns against threatening North

Aminu Imam

The Oodu’a Peoples Frontiers (OPF) yesterday condemned the alleged threats by the Oodu’a People’s Congress (OPC) to the North for contesting the National Assembly leadership sharing formula announced by the National Working Committee of the All-Progressives Congress (APC). The OPC had warned northern politicians against blackmailing the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, over the leadership of the National Assembly. But speaking in Lagos yesterday, convener of the group, Moses Odewale, urged the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to distance himself from those it described as agents of destabilisation operating in various guises and…

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“We demand our rights from Tinubu” – Coalition of Northern Groups replies OPC

Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has told the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) that they will continue to demand their rights from the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu because he secured the largest number of votes from the Northern region that led to his victory at the last presidential election. The Spokesman of CNG, AbdulAzeez Suleiman, while addressing newsmen yesterday, cautioned different socio-cultural groups that the North is neither afraid nor apprehensive of their designs and they will remain resolute in protecting its legacy and inherited responsibility to all northerners. He…

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Supreme Court’s verdict: “I’m not ready to walk away” - Atiku

Aminu Imam

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the Supreme Court’s dismissal of his party’s suit seeking the disqualification of Kashim Shettima as the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). The PDP had asked the court to disqualify Shettima over an alleged double nomination, but on Friday, May 26, 2023, the court dismissed the case on the ground that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute the suit. The court also awarded a sum of N2 million against the…

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Supreme Court accuses PDP of blackmail

Aminu Imam

…Dismisses suit against Tinubu, Shettima The Supreme Court has condemned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for allegedly setting a trap through social media to blackmail the apex court. This was made known by the Justices of the apex court when they dismissed the suit by the PDP seeking the disqualification of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 presidential election over the alleged double nomination of the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima. In a strongly worded statement, the court expressed deep disappointment and characterised the situation as both regrettable and…

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“Buhari courageous; corrected IBB, June 12 injustice against MKO Abiola” – Tinubu

Aminu Imam

President-elect, Bola Tinubu, says President Muhammadu Buhari has shown courage by declaring June 12 Nigeria’s Democracy Day in honour of the Late Moshood Abiola. The president-elect made this statement on Thursday in his acceptance speech when he was conferred with the honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (GCFR) ahead of his May 29 inauguration ceremony. Tinubu said, “President Buhari, you have shown courage in taking tough decisions others avoided. One such decision was to recognise the injustice of the annulment of the 1993 election,…

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Middle-Belt leaders, stakeholders back Lalong for SGF, write Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The Renewed Middle Belt Forum (RMBF) has endorsed Plateau Governor, Simon Lalong as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) in the incoming administration. In a letter dated May 22 and co-signed by its President Bala Mohammed and Secretary-General, Dr. Abu James Abu, the group said the stakeholders and leaders from the zone unanimously backed the Plateau Governor for the job. The RMBF said they came to this conclusion after a thorough analysis of all the eminently qualified sons and daughters of the Middle Belt and their impact on…

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10th NASS: Stakeholders hail Tinubu, APC for reconsidering zoning

Aminu Imam

Stakeholders, who are members of a Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, tagged: “Conference of Nigeria Civil Rights Activists (CNCRA)”, have described as a welcome development, media reports that the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), are currently reviewing the 10th National Assembly zoning arrangements earlier released. Convener of CNCRA, Pastor Ifeanyi Odili, in a statement made available to reporters in Abuja, said the latest decision by the party and the President-elect show that Tinubu is a true democrat who believes in…

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Tribunal: Rivers APC withdraws petition against PDP, INEC

Aminu Imam

The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal has struck out the petition filed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) following the withdrawal by the party’s counsel. With this withdrawal, the governorship candidate of the APC, Tonye Cole remains the only petitioner against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Fubara Siminalayi. Cole is challenging the victory of Siminalayi in the March governorship poll in the state. Drama ensued at the Tribunal as the APC filed an application for change of counsel in their petition…

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