The 11 northern Progressive governors’ decision to zone the All Progressive Congress’ presidential ticket to the South ahead of the party’s primary scheduled for the 6th and 8th of this month has been roundly rejected by the northern youths. Following a statement of resolution released by the governors on Saturday, after a meeting with President…
Top leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido, says he foresees a palace coup that will lead to the emergence of Senate President Ahman Lawan and former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Lamido believed Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu is the only presidential aspirant of the…
Less than 12 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari urged APC presidential aspirants to meet and come up with a consensus candidate, one of them, Godswill Akpabio, said he will not withdraw from the race. Mr Akpabio’s position also comes less than 24 hours to the commencement of the presidential primary of the ruling party, APC. There…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, restated its position on statutory delegates ahead of its Presidential Convention slated to begin tomorrow. While the party had stated that only elected ad-hoc delegates would participate in its presidential primary election, there was confusion at the weekend following reports that a High Court in Kano had given…
As part of activities to mark his 54th birthday, the Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr Paul Enenche, commissioned some humanitarian projects in some communities within the Federal Capital Territory. In Wukara community on Airport road, Abuja, the Senior pastor donated a motorised borehole to end the age-long water scarcity in the area….
Suspense was enveloping the political space in Abuja on Friday ahead of the 8.00 pm meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC where the issue of a consensus presidential candidate for the party was expected to be discussed. On the shadows of the meeting, the fate of one of…
The operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Police’s Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) have arrested two men suspected to be suppliers of weapons of war to hoodlums in the eastern part of Nigeria. Acting on credible intelligence for over two months, the FIB-IRT have been on the trail of a network of illegal…
The seven-member presidential screening committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has shortlisted 13 aspirants to participate in the presidential primary election billed to hold on Monday.LEADERSHIP had reported exclusively on Thursday that the committee was preparing a shortlist of nine for the consideration of the party APC leadership. The committee chaired by former national…
As the 2023 presidential election kicks off with parties now conducting elections to pick standard bearers, one party that has continued to attract intense attention is the governing All Progressives Party (APC). It is normal that the ruling party faces more challenges about how to pick its candidate where the incumbent is not seeking a…
A former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has claimed President Muhammadu Buhari will endorse the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, if at all he wants to pick a preferred candidate. Shettima stated this while speaking on TVC on Friday. According to him, it will be “catastrophic” for APC…