Tag: Mai Mala Buni

Just In! Boko Haram ambushes Gov Buni’s escorts, kills police officer

Aminu Imam

Boko Haram ambushes Gov Buni s escorts kills police officer  Suspected Boko Haram fighters ambushed the security escorts of Governor Mai Mala Buni, of Yobe state, on Saturday, killing one policeman and injuring six others. The attack occurred along Jakana-Mainok expressway in Borno State. The security team had reportedly escorted the governor to Maiduguri for the 24th Convocation ceremony of University of Maiduguri, where Vice-President Kashim Shettima was conferred with a honorary doctorate degree. While the team returned to Yobe, Buni was said to have stayed behind in Maiduguri ahead…

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Election: Mai Mala Buni re-elected Yobe Governor

Aminu Imam

…Inuwa Yahaya also re-elected in Gombe The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the incumbent Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni as the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the State. Announcing the result at the INEC headquarters in Damaturu, the State Returning Officer, Prof. Umar Pate said Buni, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 317,113 to defeat his closest rival, Sheriff Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 104,259. Buni, a former caretaker chairman of the APC, is returning as the governor of…

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Former APC caretaker chairman, Buni, hand over to Senator Adamu

Aminu Imam

Power formally changed hands yesterday, when the former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Governor Mai Mala Buni, handed the baton of leadership to the newly elected National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Buni, governor of Yobe State, was on the saddle for about 21 months until last Saturday. The brief ceremony, which took place at the National Working Committee (NWC) Hall at the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja, was witnessed by all the newly elected executive members and Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi…

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Buni returns from medical trip, takes charge of APC

Aminu Imam

Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni, has returned to Nigeria following a medical trip abroad. Buni returned to the country yesterday and took control of the party. The governor’s return was announced by his Director-General, Press and Media relations, Mamman Mohammed. According to the statement, the Yobe State governor asked APC members to support the party ahead of its March 26 National Convention, while urging them to shun issues capable of hindering the party from success.…

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APC Leadership Crisis: Buni’s letter counters el-Rufa’i’s narrative

Aminu Imam

The crisis in the All Progressives Congress, (APC), has deepened following a letter by Governor Mai Mala Buni, which faulted Kaduna State governor Nasir el-Rufai’s narrative on his purported removal as the chairman of the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC). The letter dismissed el-Rufai’s claims that Buni was sacked as the party’s chairman. Buni’s camp claimed that the embattled APC caretaker committee legally handed over the affairs of the party to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello before travelling out. In the letter, dated February 28th, Buni directed Governor Bello to…

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Ramalan celebrates APC National Chairman Mai Mala Buni @ 54

Aminu Imam

The Former Chairman, APC Kaduna State Caucus, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan has felicitated with Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, on his 54th birthday. Ramalan, in a birthday message, described Governor Mai Mala as a Great Leader, Peace maker, Unifier, visionary leader and achiever. He said Mala Buni has done very well since his appointment as the Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), by strengthening the party and bringing in more members into the APC Polling Units membership Registers and thus taking the Party…

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Ramalan celebrates APC National Chairman Mai Mala Buni @ 54

Aminu Imam

The Former Chairman, APC Kaduna State Caucus, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan has felicitated with Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, on his 54th birthday. Ramalan, in a birthday message, described Governor Mai Mala as a Great Leader, Peace maker, Unifier, a visionary leader and an achiever. He said Mala Buni has done very well since his appointment as the Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), by strengthening the party and bringing in more members into the APC Polling Units membership Registers and thus taking…

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Ondo Guber Election: APC Govs Applaud S’Court Judgement, Back Buni-led Caretaker C’ttee

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) – the umbrella body of Nigerian Governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, – has thrown its weight behind embattled chairman of the ruling party and governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, over Supreme Court ruling on the legality of his position in the party. PGF, in a statement signed by its chairman, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state, argued that the Supreme Court judgement has also settled the legality of the National Caretaker Committee. Bagudu said the governors’ stance…

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“We will not impose candidates in 2023” – APC assures

Aminu Imam

The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), has assured aspirants of all elective posts it will not impose any candidates in the lead-up to congresses, National Convention and 2023 general elections.The assurance was contained in a statement issued by the Secretary of the party’s Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Senator John James Akpanudoedehe in Abuja yesterday. The Secretary alleged his earlier statement in reaction to the false allegation by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2023 “self-succession” plan was being twisted and given unintended interpretations in…

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“Under my watch, no strong man will control APC” ― Gov. Buni

Aminu Imam

Yobe State governor and chairman, All Progressives Congress, (APC) Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, has said that the vision of his team is to build a party where no strong individual would be in control of its structures and party organs. He gave the commitment yesterday, while speaking at the 2020 Annual Conference of the APC Press Corps, which was held at Valencia Hotel, Abuja. Represented by the Secretary of his CEPC, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, Gov. Buni maintained that the scheduled membership registration, revalidation and…

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