Speaking during a visit to the governor in Yola, General Muhammadu Buhari, who led the delegation, said that the team was touring the states controlled by the G7 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party to woo them to the APC
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Speaking during a courtesy visit on Lamido in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, on Thursday, the interim National Chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande, said that the party was on a rescue mission to save the country
In a motion filed before a High Court in Enugu, the party sought the suspension of the November 2 council poll in the state following the disqualification of some its candidates from the elections
He said: “I will sit down with all stakeholders because there is no decision a governor can sit down and take on his own without consulting the stakeholders of the party
The party said Tukur’s statement that the President will rule till 2019 is nothing but an empty boast aimed at ingratiating himself to Jonathan
The national publicity secretary maintained that the party would begin the registration of its members nationwide in November
The statement by Mohammed said: “The truth is that in proposing the conference, the government has no sincerity of purpose, does not believe in engaging in any dialogue with anyone but itself and has only used it to distract the attention of Nigerians from the total absence of governance and sense of direction by the Jonathan Administration
When we think about how best to choose leaders, we assess the challenges and opportunities confronting our society, and then look for the one person who has the best array of skills to address those challenges and opportunities
The APC said: “Anyone who thinks this alarm by the Rivers Peoples Forum is outlandish should remember what happened to then Anambra State Governor Chris Ngige, who was abducted and rough handled in 2003 in what is undoubtedly the most egregious violation of democratic institutions in our country’s history
It described as particularly ridiculous the crowd-for-hire protest in Abuja on Monday by the so-called National Market Women Association, in which their leader vowed to chase lecturers out of Nigeria and replace them with “jobless Nigerians”
At a rally held at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, Ado-Ekiti, Fayemi’s administration was commended for its achievements in three years
In a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said if the First Lady and her advisers had been perceptive enough, they would have known that embarking on such a jamboree at this time is an assault on the sensibilities of Nigerians in general and the students, who have been marooned at home for almost four months, in particular
Their poor performance was linked with four recent incidences that occurred in the oil rich state, few days to the conduct of the election
At a mega rally of the All Progressives Congress in Warri, Delta State on Monday for the APC candidate in the election, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, Oshiomhole said: “There would be threat, there would be intimidation, there would be blackmail, but what would live for ever is what we should be remembered for
The APC Lagosians to treat the Lagos PDP as an seriousness bunch of gossips who have shown no knowledge of governing Lagos besides salivating on how to milk Lagos, in the known tradition of the PDP, which has left Nigeria wrecked and prostrate today
They are allegedly planning to hang the phantom kidnap around the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Yemi Adaramodu, and other principal officers of the state and the ruling party
The APC also alleged that they also plan to use what it has tagged a Third Force to bamboozle Nigerians and project the image of a performing Presidency, even when they admit that the current public perception of government is less than salutary because of its weakness and lack of vision; Engage in the destabilization of the APC using moles and fifth columnists; Instigate chaos in the South-West using what they called the “Old Afenifere Guards”; as well as infiltrate and weaken socio-cultural and socio-political organizations in areas they deemed to be unfavourable to the President
Keyamo, who was two weeks ago endorsed by his kinsmen for the race, said he pulled out of the primaries because of the fraudulent way it was being handled by the APC in the state
In a statement issued in Awka, Anambra State on Wednesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said nothing in the world justifies such an inhuman and sadistic attack
Ogbuka said in the statement: “The attention of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abia State has been drawn to spurious allegations by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that “10 youngmen armed with guns, machetes and wooden sticks” purportedly disrupted APC’s meeting in Abia State on the 17th of Sept. 2013