Shittu spoke in Ibadan, the Oyo capital, after a meeting with members of the All Progressives Congress from Egbeda Local Government Area and Ajorosun Local Council Development Area.
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Headed by the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, other members include Governors Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun State), Godwin Obaseki (Edo State) and Rauf Aregbesola (Osun State)
In a statement by Chairman of the party, Letep Dabang and signed by the state Publicity Secretary, Chindo Dafat, the APC views reasons for the unrest as needless as there are laid down procedures for channeling grievances as contained in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
A former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has reconciled with renowned economist, Prof. Pat Utomi. Uduaghan and Utomi…
The minister, who had been in the eye-of-the-storm over her comment on her choice of presidential aspirant for the 2019 election, had a closed-door meeting with the party’s leadership at the secretariat.
Alhaji Suleiman Buhari, APC Publicity Secretary in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Ilorin that the 48 aspirants would contest in the parties primaries on Saturday.
The committee is chaired by the Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai
The minister, who said she would support former Vice Presdent Atiku Abubakar, who is her mentor, to run in 2019, met for two hours with party leaders, led by the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, who summoned her to clarify her statement
Two years of Buhari regime has shown that this country needs more than a corruption fighter to keep it one. Two years down the line this democracy needs democrats not converts. Obasanjo and Buhari have shown that soldiers can hardly be converted. It needs a broad minded person whose scope isn’t just his ethnic or religious environment but one with larger and spacious range
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that in the primary election contested by 12 aspirants, the only female among them, Adaobi Uchegbu, got only one vote.
The Party also regrets the incident at the National Union of Journalist Secretariat in Umuahia, Abia State capital, where some journalists were assaulted. Commendably, the Nigerian Army has tendered its apology and is investigating the matter.
Writing on his Twitter handle on Wednesday, Abubakar was specific about being exposed for any corrupt practice while he served in the Nigeria Customs Service
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which lost power in 2015 after 16years was bedevilled by intra party conflicts that lasted for over 14months before the Supreme Court judgement ratified the Makarfi Caretaker Committee as the authentic leadership of the party. A victory that has been described by political watchers to have provided another window for PDP to provide the necessary opposition to keep the ruling APC in check.
Secretary of the three-member committee, Dr Nosa Aladeselu, made this known when she submitted the committee´s report to Senator Osita Izunaso, the party’s National Organising Secretary, in Abuja on Tuesday.
Speaking at the event which took place at Emure-Ekiti, the headquarters of Emure Local Government Area of the state, the vibrant Araoye said he had started the initiative code-named Makinde Araoye Social Security Scheme in his Ilawe-Ekiti country home since 2011 but decided to extend the tentacle to the six local government areas in his senatorial district now as a way of ameliorating the sufferings of the underprivileged senior citizens in his area.
Deputy National Chairman (South) of the party, Chief Segun Oni, that both Prince Dayo Adeyeye, National Publicity Secretary of the Ahmed
Osinbajo said this at a town hall meeting of Niger Delta communities in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State
The All Progressives Congress chieftain also said he would fight corruption like never before if he is given the opportunity to preside over the affairs of the country
Abubakar had in an interview during the week complained of having been sidelined in the affairs of the party, while Alhassan declared her support for the former vice president ahead of Buhari for the 2019 presidential election
The Adamawa State Working Committee of the APC in its own reaction called for the immediate sack of the minister