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The All Progressive Congress (APC) has again shifted its governorship primary for Lagos State. The ruling party also postponed the party’s primaries for Enugu and Adamawa States. This was announced in a statement by the acting Publicity Secretary of the APC, Yekini Nabena on Monday. The Lagos primary earlier scheduled to hold today, Monday, October 1, 2018, was shifted to Tuesday, October 2, 2018. “The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescheduled governorship primaries in the Lagos, Enugu and Adamawa states,” Mr Nabena said. The ruling party spokesman said the shift in Enugu and Adamawa was because of the new mode of primaries adopted by both states. He said the two states changed theirs from indirect primaries to direct primaries. The both states will now hold their primaries on Thursday, October 4, 2018, according to the Nabena.

Following his disqualification from the Oyo gubernatorial race by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for skipping NYSC, Communications Minister, Adebayo Shittu, has claimed Governor Abiola Ajimobi equally skipped the mandatory national youth service scheme. The ruling APC had on Friday disqualified Shittu from the Oyo governorship race after the minister admitted that he deliberately skipped NYSC because he felt his membership of the Oyo House of Assembly after he graduated from the university had served as national youth service. But in a revelation he made on Channels Television flagship programme “Politics Today” on Sunday, Shittu said Ajimobi, who recently indicated that he would be running for senate after his tenure as governor, allegedly does not have NYSC certificate. The minister said the NYSC saga over which he was disqualified was allegedly ochestrated by Governor Ajimobi to get him out of the race because the governor knows that he will jail him if he becomes governor of O

APC Expels Alh. Ishola Balogun-Fulani Led Kwara State Executive Reschedule Governorship Primaries In Ogun, Zamfara. Bauchi, Abia States To Monday Announce Schedule of Activities for Osun, Kwara Direct Primaries The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expelled the Alh. Ishola Balogun-Fulani led Kwara State executive from the Party. The NWC has also rescheduled governorship primaries in Ogun, Zamfara. Bauchi and Abia States to Monday. Kwara State schedule of activities are scheduled as follows: Monday, October 1st, 2018 – House of Assembly Screening Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018 – Senate Primary Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018 – House of Representatives Primary Thursday, October 4th, 2018 – Governorship Primary Friday, October 5th, 2018 – House of Assembly Primary Osun State schedule of activities are scheduled as follows: Monday, October 1st, 2018 to Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018 – House of Assembly Screening Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018 – House of Assembl

The senator representing Adamawa Northern Senatorial District, Binta Garba, has said the Peoples Democratic Party, in the twilight of the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, approached her, as the Chairman of the Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, to dump the APC. Garba said she was offered over N300m by the PDP so that Governor Jibrilla Bindow, the then candidate of the APC, would not scale through. She said her refusal to accept the bait from the then ruling party averted a crisis with the party gaining victory at the governorship polls and the three senatorial seats in the state. The senator, who spoke ahead of the APC primary, urged party members to re-elect President Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Jibrilla Bindow and herself again. She said, “When I was chairman of the APC in the state, the PDP approached me to ditch the party and the candidate of the party then (Bindow), who later became governor. They said he (Bindow) would not go anywhere and

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),Lagos State chapter on said it is not surprised by the developments in the Lagos APC saying God wants to rescue Lagosians from Tinubu’s grip. Speaking with Daily Independent, Dr. Adegbola Dominic, the state chairman of the party said the unholy alliance between Ambode and Tinubu has finally come to an end having committed a lot of atrocities together in the past. “Ambode happens to be another tool in the hands of Tinubu. Tinubu has been using them like that to commit atrocities in Lagos State. He used others before him so we didn’t expect anything less from Tinubu. They should solve their problems between themselves”. “Ambode was Auditor-General when Tinubu was perpetrating all the atrocities and he was covering up for him. They were both committing atrocities together. Tinubu handed over Lagos state to him expecting him to continue to cover his tracks”. “Ambode has done that to some extent and now the relationship has gone sour now. Both of them are

BLOOD BATH, AS AKWA IBOM APC GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARIES END IN VIOLENCE; -AKPABIO, NSIMA EKERE WARSAW HAS STARTED.  - UDOEDEGHE ASSAULTS ITA ENANG AS APC GUBER PRIMARIES END IN STALEMATE - APC GUBER PRIMARY: NSIMA EKERE'S THUGS DESTROY POLICE VAN AT AFAHA OFFOT PRIMARY SCHOOL, CART AWAY ELECTION MATERIALS. The Governorship primaries of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State has ended in a stalemate.  The party had agreed on direct primary format to chose its flagbearer to represent the party in next year's governorship elections.  According to reports, party chieftains had gathered at the state party secretariat along Ikot Ekpene road to fine tune last minute preparations and collection of materials.  An argument ensued between the Senior Special Assistant to President Mohammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang and former Minister of State, FCT, Senator John Akpan Udoedeghe which led to exchange of blows.  Eyewitnesses said Udoedeghe held senat

Disoriented presidential aide bites Udoedeghe’s hand to escape ! The Akwa Ibom State APC Governorship primary opened on Sunday on a bloody note following an exchange of blows between Senator J.J. Udoedeghe and Senator Ita Enang at the party’s Secretariat along Ikot Ekpene road in Uyo. Trouble started when officials and materials meant for the primary arrived the Akwa Ibom International Airport, AKIA, Uyo, on board a chartered flight allegedly owned by APC National Leader, Senator Bola Tinubu. The materials were from the airport moved to the party secretariat in Uyo, accompanied by party chieftains and security forces. The materials had barely arrived the party office when Senator Ita Enang in connivance with Senator Godswill Akpabio, started making moves to hijack materials, a move that was vehemently resisted by Udoedeghe. An angry Enang was alleged to have pushed Udoedeghe in the process, a move that sparked tension forcing Udoedeghe to warn the presidential aide against any attempt

Ogun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) on Sunday conducted two separate primaries and elected two different candidates for the 2019 governorship election in the state. The Sikirulai Ogundele – led group conducted their primary at the Marque, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library(OOPL), Abeokuta, with Hon. Ladi Adebutu emerging winner – sole candidate, garnering 2,369 votes out of the 2,669 accredited delegates. Capt. Mike Williams Hart (Primary Committee Chairman), Ms Barbara Aloma(Secretary), Emmanuel Ekpe (member), Anthony Agbetuyi (member) and Bukola Oyinkasola (member) from the National body, Abuja, conducted the primary that led to the emergence of Adebutu as a parallel candidate. Another group loyal to Senator Buruji Kashamu and where Engr. Bayo Dayo is the state executive chairman, had theirs at the PDP State Secretariat on IBB Boulevard, Oke – Mosan, Abeokuta with officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said to have been on ground to

After several hours of political card games, Bayo Adelabu has finally emerged as All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate for the 2019 governorship election in Oyo State, after seven aspirants including Lekan Alli, Dr. Azeez Adeduntan, Joseph Tegbe, Sola Ayandele, Owolabi Babalola, Alao-Akala, and Adeniyi Akintola all withdrew from the ongoing primary election holding at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan. Adeniyi Akintola, after stepping down from Oyo APC primary, said: “I am taking this decision against the wish of my immediate family. I have listened to the advice of our party leaders, especially Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I feel cheated and I hereby announce my exit from Oyo state party politics.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, whom was declared unfit to govern the state by governor Akin Ambode, has responded to the scathing allegations made the incumbent leader. Mr Ambode, who has been in the eye of the storm, stated this while addressing a press conference at Government House, Alausa, Ikeja. He said the aspirant was arrested for spending fake dollars in the United States and had undergone rehabilitation at Gbagada General Hospital in Lagos. The governor also appealed to the leadership of the APC in Lagos to act in the interest of the development of Lagos.

Press Conference: The 4 Questions Dele Momodu Asked Governor Ambode That He Refused To Answer These were the 4 questions Dele Momodu asked Governor Ambode but he refused to answer them: 1. It is obvious that all is not well between you and your Godfather. Do you think you have exhausted every means of appealing to him? 2. Is it true that the presidency has endorsed your opponent, Jide Sanwo-Olu? 3. If you go ahead with the election and somehow, you are not able to make it, what are the alternatives available to you? 4. Do you think the plan to impeach you is already in the works? 4b. It looks like this is an all-time war. Are you ready to fight all the way? The Lagos Governor, in his response, said: ” …The Kind of questions you have asked, I am not willing to answer them.

Reps Majority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila led Lagos Federal Lawmakers to Jide Sanwo-Olu home, endorsed his aspiration for Governor.

1. Tomorrow, our party and the people of Lagos will have an encounter with destiny. We shall hold our governorship primary. 2. With the holding of direct primaries to elect governorship candidates in Lagos and other states, the APC takes a groundbreaking step toward greater internal democracy and progressive governance for the benefit of all people. 3. While our party is young, it has grown fast and has travelled far in a short time. This speaks well of the character of you, the party’s rank-and-file members. What, in other nations, has taken political parties generations to achieve, we have done in a few brief years. 4. No other party in Nigeria dare attempt what we have already dedicated ourselves to do. I thank and commend all APC members and all Lagosians who have lent their support to this historic and humane mission upon which our party has embarked. 5. We are democrats in the truest sense of the word. As such, we forever search for what is good and right for the people. With thi

Nigerians have taken to social media to react following the allegations made by governor Akin Ambode against another aspirant in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, whom he claimed he's not fit to govern Lagos state. Mr Ambode, who has been in the eye of the storm, stated this while addressing a press conference at Government House, Alausa, Ikeja. He said the aspirant was arrested for spending fake dollars in the United States and had undergone rehabilitation at Gbagada General Hospital in Lagos. The governor also appealed to the leadership of the APC in Lagos to act in the interest of the development of Lagos

Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, says Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his opponent in the race to secure the ticket of the APC in 2019, is not fit. Addressing a press conference at government house, Alausa, Ikeja, on Sunday, Ambode said Sanwo-Olu was arrested for fraud in the US. His words:  “We have never responded to the campaign of calumny on social media. We have one family in APC. The aspirant being put up to compete against us is not a fit and proper person to take this job. I have done everything in the last three and half years to serve people selflessly and to serve the poor. This particular aspirant is somebody that has been arrested for spending fake dollars in a nightclub in America, and he has been detained for months. He doesn’t have the competence to do what he is being propelled to do. This is somebody that has gone for rehabilitation before. The records are there at the Gbagada General Hospital. we don’t want to go to far. Our leadership should have a rethink. I plead wi

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has disassociated itself from the purported report of endorsing Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State in 2019. The party shifted its governorship primary election to Monday. The association made its position known following a report that a coalition of youth associations and student groups, under the auspices of Sanwo-Olu Youths and Students’ Campaign Organisation. on Saturday expressed support for the aspirant. In a statement in Abuja on Sunday, the President of NANS, Mr Danielson Akpan, said: “NANS feels embarrassed by this act of impersonation as this goes to show the level of desperation of the characters involved in the act.’’ According to him, no man worth his onions will tow the part of bringing to disrepute the image of an independent organisation like NANS in order to score cheap political popularity and mislead the public. “The attention of the National Association

Body language of most members of Lagos State chapter of All Progressive Congress (APC), before and after a stakeholders meeting at the party’s secretariat yesterday, showed that they were not satisfied over weak level of security and how lives of hundreds of people were exposed to danger during the gathering. From the moment date of the party’s primary election was made known publicly, members of the APC had continue raising concerns and drawing attention of their leaders to relationship between the state’s incumbent Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, and how the latter could manipulate and influence security process in favor of the governor, after leaders of the party turned their backs at his second term moves. The claims were that the if the incumbent governor would not be getting favored on his second term request, his school mate, who is a CP in Lagos, would not deny him of assistance at expense of the party and members of the public. Of that gro

Akinwunmi  Ambode, Governor of Lagos State, says the man “being propelled” to campaign against him, lacks credibility. Although he didn’t expressly mention his name, Ambode was clearly referring to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the anointed candidate of Bola Tinubu, National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to take over from him in 2019. He warned leaders and members of the party that they had been deceived into thinking his opponent was a greter candidate than him. “In the last two or three weeks, they’ve been put up a campaign of calumny in the social media and also disparaging our personality and our character, but we have never responded; we have never abused anybody — because we believe that there’s always a reason for us to come together as a family,” he said on Sunday while addressing a ‘World Press Conference’. “We are one family in the APC, but the truth is this, the aspirant that is being put up to compete against us is not a fit and proper person to take this po

Explosions from dynamites rocked parts of Port Harcourt, Rivers state, amid the governorship primaries in the state. The first one went off around 11am at a distant location while the second one was at Garrison junction, just close to the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The suspected thugs that dropped the second dynamite were being conveyed in a Toyota Camry and immediately sped off after the act. No casualty or injury was sustained in the incident but there is currently palpable tension in the area More to follow…

Stand Down Or Face Impeachment, Tinubu’s Camp Threatens Ambode “they are threatening to impeach him should he refused to bow to their demand to withdraw. The incumbent governor, who is traditionally entitled to another term is being harassed and intimidated by Tinubu’s political machine to withdraw for their new man, even though the governor had agreed to subject himself to primary. They are boasting that they will direct the State House of Assembly to immediatly begin impeachment proceedings against him As high-wired intrigues continue to play out in Lagos State over the incumbent governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode’s re-election bid, competent sources saturday revealed that a key segment of the party led by the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has asked the governor to stand down his second term bid or face impeachment. The threat to impeach the governor is an escalation of pressure being piled on him to drop his quest for second term. A competen

FLASH: Governor Akinwunmi Ambode @AkinwunmiAmbode gets Aso Rock nod to continue as @APCNigeria gubernatorial candidate in Lagos expected to dare APC National Leader Bola Ahmed Tinubu Aso Rock Cabal have also refused Tinubu's request to change the Lagos state Commissioner of Police Edgal Imohimi over his closeness to Governor Ambode

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has not endorsed Lagos APC gubernatorial aspirant Jide Sanwo-Olu who is contesting the ticket against incumbent Governor Akinwumi Ambode, it has been learnt. Sources close to the Vice President said this in reaction to photographs of Osinbajo, the APC gubernatorial challenger and Kunle Hamzat, another APC governorship aspirant widely published on social media platforms on Saturday. Contrary to the impression convened in the photograph, sources close to the Vice-President insisted that he has not endorsed anyone in the Lagos APC primary Saturday night, according to reports by Per Second news. “Nor has the vice-president “approved any pictures, ads or mailers that might be perceived as an endorsement,” the source said. “Vice President Yemi Osinbajo today attended a meeting of the Lagos State General Advisory Council, GAC, where he had been invited by the elders on the council, he said. “Before the meeting, the Vice President who had been in Lagos to participa