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Middle Belt Group Lauds Senator Mustapha On Provision of Dividends of Democracy To Constituents

NewsDeskNgJul 20, 2024July 20, 20240

The Middle Belt Youth Network (MBYN) has commended Senator Saliu Mustapha representing Kwara Central for his outstanding leadership and commitment to providing dividends of democracy to his constituents. In a statement co-signed by Comrade Jang John and Yusuf Bello, the youths described Senator Mustapha as an exemplary leader, a great...

LG Autonomy: APC Working Against Tinubu in Rivers – Coalition

NewsDeskNgJul 20, 2024July 20, 20240

The Coalition of All Political Parties Supporters in Nigeria (CAPSN) has vehemently condemned the All Progressives Congress (APC) for obtaining a court order to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the voters’ register for the forthcoming local government elections in Rivers State. According to CAPSN President, Ibrahim...

Zamfara killings: Blame yourselves, not Gov Lawal – Group tells APC

NewsDeskNgJul 20, 2024July 20, 20240

The Concerned Patriotic Citizens Forum (CPCF) has slammed the Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for attempting to shift blame for the state’s insecurity to Governor Dauda Lawal of the People’s Democratic Party. According to the CPCF, the insecurity was created by the APC’s previous administration in...

LG autonomy: Governor Radda identifies potential challenges on financial management, personnel matters, others

NewsDeskNgJul 20, 2024July 20, 20240

Governor Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State said he has, during the week, convened a meeting to discuss the implications of the recent Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy. At the meeting, the Governor said that local governments in Katsina State already enjoy a significant level of autonomy, reaffirming...

Zamfara factional secretary predicts party’s failure in 2027

NewsDeskNgJul 18, 2024July 18, 20240

The secretary of a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, Hon Mansur Khalifa Kaura, has predicted that the internal crisis which led to the failure of forming a government in 2019 may repeat itself in 2027. Kaura said in a statement issued in Gusau, the state...

Southeast APGA rejects Njoku as National Chairman

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

The leadership of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in the Southeast has rejected Edozie Njoku, as the party’s National Chairman. The Southeast APGA also dismissed Njoku’s alleged recognition by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, describing it as a joke taken too far. In a statement on behalf of...

PDP vows to reclaim all leadership positions across Nigeria

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

The People Democratic Party, PDP, Governors’ Forum, have vowed to reclaim all leadership positions occupied by other political parties. The Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Bala Mohammed, made the vow at the opening of the forum meeting on Wednesday at the Government House, Enugu. He said it is a...

Kwara PDP faults election timetable extension

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

The Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has criticised the state Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) over the handling of the forthcoming September 21 local council polls timetable. State Secretary of the main opposition party, Abdullah Kayode Abdulrahman, stated this on Tuesday at a one-day pre-election stakeholders forum organized by KWASIEC...

You can leave APGA quietly, don’t destroy our party – Chekwas Okorie to Gov Soludo

NewsDeskNgJul 16, 2024July 16, 20240

The founder and pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chekwas Okorie, has told Governor Chukwuma Soludo to quietly leave the party if he so wishes. Chekwas said he has uncovered a strategy by the Anambra State Governor to destroy the party, on whose platform he was...

Plateau PDP congress: Group warns against favouritism, subverting will of party members

NewsDeskNgJul 16, 2024July 16, 20240

Ahead of the local government Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State, a group under the aegis of Concerned PDP Members (CPM) has called on the party leadership to avoid favouritism and attempts to subvert the party’s electoral processes. The group warned against a repeat of the...