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4 days ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Dirisu Yakubu
In a wider consultation on how to address the wave of defections and the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, governors elected on the platform have invited former governors and other stakeholders of the party to a meeting today (Sunday) in Abuja. Our correspondent gathered from an insider that the governors also summoned members of the Board of Trustees and former presiding officers of the National Assembly.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Wale Akinselure |Abdulrahman Zakariyau
The ruling All Progressives Congress, on Thursday, hit back at prominent economic, Prof Pat Utomi, for likening Nigerians experience under the administration of President Bola Tinubu to “the fascist conditions in Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany.” In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the APC condemned Utomi’s remark, describing it as “reckless, irresponsible and insensitive,” adding that such a comment “should be beneath a man of Utomi’s standing but has clearly cast...
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau
In this interview with ABDULRAHMAN ZAKARIYAU, a former National Secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change and a key figure in the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Buba Galadima, warned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar against running in the 2027 presidential election.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Gbenga Oloniniran |Abdulrahman Zakariyau
The Oodua People’s Congress has declared support for President Bola Tinubu’s reelection in 2027 while warning against what it described as attempts by “self-appointed leaders of the North” to undermine the zoning principle and prematurely oust the President.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, former state chairmen of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change have declared that their continued stay in the All Progressives Congress is rooted in loyalty to their political leader and former President Muhammadu Buhari.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau
The Forum for State Chairmen of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change has stated that it is its duty to support the administration of President Bola Tinubu. In a statement released on Sunday by its National Secretary, Sulaiman Oyaremi, the forum stated that it respects the decision of individuals to either stay in or leave the APC, viewing it as an exercise of their democratic rights.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau
Governors elected under the Peoples Democratic Party and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, may have agreed to make concessions to foster unity within the party ahead of the 2027 presidential election. A reliable source told Sunday PUNCH that the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, represented PDP governors in a meeting with Wike in Lagos last week.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Daniel Ayantoye |Abdulrahman Zakariyau
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu over the allegations of assault and abduction against his son, Seyi. Seyi has come under fire over allegations of assault and abduction, allegations his camp has firmly denied and described as politically motivated.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau
President Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has called on President Bola Tinubu to rein in his family over an alleged attempt by his son, Seyi Tinubu, to influence the leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students. The former vice president, through a statement issued by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, on Friday, warned that Nigeria should not be treated as personal property.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Moses Adewole
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has dismissed allegations that President Bola Tinubu is using the anti-graft agency to target members of the opposition. Olukoyede insisted there is no political interference in the Commission’s operations, emphasising that a closer look at EFCC’s records would show that more members of the ruling All Progressives Congress are currently facing prosecution than opposition politicians.
