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Chairman, National Observers committee of the Ondo state primary election taking place across the 18 local government areas of the state, Chief Wale Ohu has stated restated the determination of the National leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at providing a level playing ground for all aspirants vying for the ticket of the party to emerge as gubernatorial candidate of the party in ondo state. Chief Ohu gave this assurance at a strategic planning meeting of all committees involved in the conduct of the primary election coming up in Ondo state today. According to him, one of the core mandates of the National Observers committee which is on ground to represent the national leadership of the party in monitoring and observing every step of the election, is to put in place, credible hands to handle the conduct of the primary election. "As part of its term of reference towards the successful conduct of the primary election to nominate a suitable candidate for the forthcomin

As part of efforts by the National leadership of the All Progressives Congress at retaining Ondo state under its fold in the November, 16, 2024 Governorship election, a 35 member National Observer Committee has been set up to oversee all processes towards the realization of this objectives. The committee, chaired by Chief Wale Ohu, a chieftain of the party from Oyo state is expected among other things to monitor and observe strict compliance to the rules and guidelines of the direct party primary as stipulated by the constitution of the APC and the electoral act. Ensure transparency, accountability and smooth conduct of the election across the 18 local government areas of Ondo state and also ensure the primary election committee and appeal committees operate within the terms of reference (T.O.R) of their mandate. While the final report of this committee will confirm the credibility or otherwise of the whole exercise, membership of the committee is made up of senior party chieftains fro

The Kano state government has filed an eight-count charge against Abdullahi Ganduje, currently National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and former governor of the state, over allegations of receiving $200,000 as bribe from a contractor. In a charge sheet filed before a Kano high court, the state government said the offence contravened Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission Law of 2008. Listed as defendants in the case are Abdullahi Ganduje as first defendant, Hafsat Umar, Abubakar Bawuro, Umar Abdullahi Umar, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Limited, Safari Textiles Limited, and Lesaga General Enterprises as second to ninth defendants respectively. The state government also accused Ganduje of collecting $210,000 kickback from “people and entities seeking or holding the execution of Kano State Government contract and or project for the remodelling of Kantin Kwari textile market as bribe through one of the contractors (agent)”. In 2018, Da

If reports filtering from Abuja and Osogbo, the osun state capital is anything to go by, a major showdown looms in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun state chapter as a former governor in the state, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola and a former deputy governor, Otunba Iyiola Omisore, are hatching a move to ease out Dr. Ajibola Basiru, as the National Secretary of the party. The duo of Oyetola and Omisore, it was gathered, are moving against Basiru who was elevated to the position of the National Secretary of the APC in August last year, to disrupt his plan to vie for the Governorship  seat in Osun come 2026. Basiru is reported to be nurturing an aspiration for the Osun top job and is already putting up political structures across the state to actualize it, which a knowledgeable source in the party said will  upset Oyetola's ambition, as he is angling to contest the 2026 governorship election on the platform of the APC. By 2026, Oyetola will be 74 years and in Nigeria’s political histo

  The National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress has released names of the Screening, Screening Appeal, Primary Election And Appeal Committees For February 3rd National Assembly  Bye-Elections. Some of the party members appointed into the various committees include, former speaker, Lagos state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, former Minister for Police Affairs, Hon. Jelili Adesiyan, Dapo Lam-Adesina, a former House of Representative member who represented Ibadan North-East/Ibadan South-East among others. See list Below: