APC is becoming a threat to Buhari’s legacy - Former National Chairman, John Oyegun

Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Oyegun has reacted to the crisis rocking the party he once headed. 

APC picks Worgu Boms to replace Giadom

Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Worgu Boms has been chosen by the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State to fill the vacant post of the Deputy National Secretary of the party. 

Senate denies asking the EFCC to probe Akpabio

The Nigerian senate has denied directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio.

We won’t declare any winner if Edo and Ondo governorship elections are disrupted - INEC

Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that no winner will be announced in Edo and Ondo governorship elections coming up later this year if they are disrupted.

Reps reject castration as punishment for rapists

Governors to meet over financial autonomy for state judiciary and legislature

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday May 26, announced that they will be meeting over the financial autonomy granted to state judiciary and legislature by the executive order President Buhari signed into law. 

Nigerian officials in trouble as Buhari govt probes leakage of memos

 

President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has reacted angrily to the leakage of memos to the public allegedly by government officials.

Edo guber: APC National Vice Chairman justifies direct primary, cautious party

Suleiman Wambai, North-Central, National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said direct primary election in Edo was the only way to avoid a repeat of the Zamfara experience.

Photos of Buhari when he was sworn in 1983 and in 2015

Left: Gen. Buhari when he was sworn in as Head of State in 1983 and right n 2015 as he was sworn in as a democratically elected president.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan

Today marks a new beginning in Nigeria’s politics as the country successfully transits power from its erstwhile ruling party, People Democratic Party, PDP to its relentless opposition, All Progressive Party, APC at the Eagle Square, Abuja.

Fuel Scarcity: Seal Stations Hoarding Fuel, Senate Tells DPR

As Nigerians continue to purchase petroleum products at high rates, the chairman of the Senate Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources investigating the lingering fuel scarcity in the country, Senator Magnus Abe, has asked the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to seal any filling station hoarding the products.

This is just as he also assured that the long queues at filling stations across the country would soon disappear.

Senate Receives National Conference Report

The Senate on Tuesday received the report of the National Conference from President Goodluck Jonathan for consideration.

The letter accompanying the report, which was read by the President of the Senate, David Mark, indicated that the conference report had been deliberated upon and approved for implementation by the Federal Executive Council.

How Laudable Is FG’s N9.2bn Clean Stoves Project?

The federal government, in 2014 under the presidential intervention for the clean cookstove, approved the sum of N9.2 billion for the purchase of stoves for women in the rural areas.

The initiative came about because of the effect of the constant felling of trees on the environment. Constant felling of trees has resulted in desertification in the north and erosion problems in the south of the country.

Women Forum Demands 50% Gender Equity In Buhari’s Government

The Women in Politics Forum [WIPF] a network of women groups yesterday demanded for a 50 per cent equity in the distribution of appointments in the incoming government of President Elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari.

The women who held a media briefing yesterday, specifically requested for key positions from the incoming government including the office of the Chief of Staff to the President, the National Security Adviser, Secretary to the Federal Government, the Ministry of Justice among others be reserved for women.

We’re Ready For Queries, Sambo Tells Buhari’s C’ttee

Vice President Namadi Sambo yesterday told the Ahmed Joda-led Transition Committee set up by the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, that he and ministers that served under President Goodluck Jonathan are open to questioning.

He said members of the Federal Executive Council were ready to respond to queries and questions that might be directed at them on how they had administered the country between 2011 and 2015.

Gov. Chime Inaugurates New governor’s Office For Successor

Gov. Sullivan Chime of Enugu State on Thursday inaugurated a multi-billion naira governor’s office for his successor, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi at Government House, Enugu.

 Commissioning the edifice, Chime said it was constructed to ease the work and operations of the incoming administration.

 He said the building would also create conducive environment for workers in government house for improved productivity.

“We want to build a permanent office for the incoming governor. We have looked at things and we felt it will be a lot cheaper and easier to build an office like this.

Abia names structures after Onu, others

With less than 10 days to leave office, Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has named the state’s newly-built ultra modern electronic library, located at Ogurube Layout Umuahia, after the first Civilian Governor of the State and a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu.

Onu was the first civilian Governor of Abia state under the platform of the defunct National Republican Convention  from January 1992 to November 1993 when the then civilian administration was disrupted by the military.

According to a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Charles Ajunwa and obtained by The PUNCH in Umuahia, the  Governor also named the 1st Wing of the new Civil Servants’ Secretariat, Umuahia, after an elder statesman, the late G.C.Okezie.

Mu’azu, Anenih Resign As PDP Chairman, BOT Chairman

Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Chief Tony Anehih , Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), on Wednesday, resigned their positions.

Anenih’s resignation was contained in a statement issued by Prof. Adewale Oladipo, the PDP National Secretary.

APC Governors Adopt Strategies For Improved Governance

Outgoing and incoming Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have resolved to replicate positive governance strategies in all APC-controlled states.

This is contained in a communiqué released shortly after a one-day retreat attended by the APC governors in Abuja on Wednesday.

Boko Haram: 600 Soldiers Face Court Martial In Lagos, Abuja

The Nigerian Army yesterday said about 600 of its officers and soldiers were facing court martial for various offences, before the general courts-martial sitting in Lagos and Abuja.

The army authorities also explained that the Army Council had not sat to either confirm or reverse the death sentence passed last year on 66 soldiers convicted for mutiny by a general court-martial, making it difficult for the victims to appeal the verdict.