Tag: Convention
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Five persons arrested as Labour Party bars Journalists from covering its National Convention
The Labour Party has banned Journalists from covering its National Convention holding at Grand Seasons Hotel in Nnewi, Anambra State. There is heavy security presence at the hotel and this is not unconnected with the crisis rocking the political party.
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APC convention: Court of Appeal stops NASS from imposing statutory delegates
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has issued an order restraining the National Assembly from imposing statutory delegates at the ongoing convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a ruling on Monday, Justice Haruna Tsammani also restrained the enforcement of the judgement of a Federal High Court in Kano delivered on June 3 granting…
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APC presidential primary: VP Osinbajo successfully screened
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been successfully screened by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Screening Panel. Osinbajo spoke with newsmen shortly after emerging from the screening held on Tuesday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
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Convention: Buhari meets APC governors, Osinbajo absent
President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed door with members of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, was also part of the meeting, which lasted for about an hour. The outcome of the meeting, which was attended…
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Accord Party: Court fires chairman, orders immediate convention
The High Court of Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja presided over by Hon Justice O. A. Adeniyi has ordered the National Chairman of the Accord Party, Alh Mohammad Lawal Nalado and all members of the party’s National Working Committee to vacate their seats with immediate effect. The court in its verdict on Monday barred them…
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Convention over, APC faces test of unity, continuity – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Many polity watchers, and party members, even across the political divide, hold President Muhammadu Buhari as lacking the requisites for politicking, simply on account of his not perceptively involved in “fixing” party members in elective positions. Save for his aspiration to be president, Buhari has been overly un-interfering, and noncommittal in party affairs, and the…
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APC Convention: Many candidates will emerge via consensus – Lawan
“Thank God we are reaching consensus all over the states and zones and by the time we go into the convention ground, I’m sure there will be very few elective offices that will have to be voted for. Most would have been achieved through consensus,” Lawan said.
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Buhari wades into APC leadership tussle, as party cancels NEC meeting
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the Chairman of Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Committee Mai Mala Buni, be allowed to conduct the party’s planned national convention to avert unnecessary controversies and distractions that may result in litigations. Buhari who gave the directive on Wednesday in a letter addressed to the…
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BREAKING: Confirmed, APC finally shifts convention, zonal Congress to hold on March 26
The All Progressives Congress APC has finally postponed its scheduled national convention slated for February 26 as it notifies INEC of its zonal Congress slated for March 26. The party via this letter has put INEC on notice on the scheduled zonal Congress. In the letter obtained by TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) dated February 21 and signed…
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PDP releases consensus list for national offices
This is the list of the consensus candidates for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national convention taking place at Eagle Square, Abuja. In the list released, former governor Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola was technically knocked off the race for the deputy national chairman (south) of the party. Before the convention, the 13 PDP governors made it…