Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Osun state does not need a governor who would turn the government house to a disco place.Oshiomhole said this during the APC governorship rally in Osogbo, the state capital, on Tuesday.Ademola Adeleke, senator representing Osun west and the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is renowned for [...]
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Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), wants Yakubu Dogara removed as speaker of the house of representatives.A source told TheCable that Oshiomhole has been meeting with party members, particularly lawmakers in the lower legislative chamber, in a bid to remove Dogara.The source said the APC chairman intensified efforts to oust the speaker after news broke that [...]
Emmanuel Bello, senior special assistant to Darius Ishaku, governor of Taraba, on public affairs, says Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is someone with a terrible record.Bello said this in response to a statement credited to Oshiomhole.The APC chairman had accused Ishaku of being an absentee governor, saying his party would give the state a "resident [...]
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says his party will give Taraba state a resident governor in 2019.Oshiomhole said this on Monday when he swore in Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi as the chairman of APC in Taraba.He alleged that Darius Ishaku, the governor, spends one day in Taraba and six days outside the state.According to him, the Taraba [...]
The Nigeria Consolidation Ambassador Network (NCAN), a group that bought expression of interest and nomination forms for President Muhammadu Buhari says, it did not violate any law.Since it presented N45 million cheque to Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the group has been subjected to criticisms.The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had said the gesture contradicts section [...]
A group known as the National Coordinator of Nigeria Consolidation Ambassador Network (NCAN) has presented a cheque of N45 million to Adams Oshiomhole, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the purchase of presidential nomination form for President Muhammadu Buhari.Presenting the cheque at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja on Wednesday, Sanusi Musa, coordinator of the group, [...]
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the presidential ambition of Senate President Bukola Saraki was destroying the ruling party.Oshiomhole said Saraki's recent declaration to contest the presidential election has vindicated him on his comments in the wake of his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).The former Edo state governor said Saraki is among unprincipled [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to be good examples to others as the party prepares for its primary elections.Buhari said this while speaking at the party's national executive committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja.The president said the primary elections must be in compliance with the constitution."As we stand on the threshold [...]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted indirect primary for all elective positions apart from the presidential election.The decision was taken at the 6th national executive committee (NEC) meeting of the party in Abuja on Thursday.Simon Lalong, governor of Plateau state, told reporters that states may consider direct primary when the need rises.WHAT IS INDIRECT PRIMARY?Indirect primary election is [...]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has pledged to ensure compliance with the electoral guidelines during its forthcoming primaries.Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the APC, gave the assurance while speaking with state house correspondents after the APC caucus meeting held at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.He said the upcoming primaries were discussed based on the timetable and schedule of activities for [...]
Junaid Mohammed, a lawmaker in the second republic, says some of President Muhammadu Buhari's kinsmen want him to reinstate Lawal Daura, former director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS).Daura, who was sacked following the DSS blockade at the national assembly, is from the president's home state of Katsina.In an interview with PUNCH, Mohammed said: "There is an ethnic attempt by those [...]
Senate President Bukola Saraki has fired some shots at Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).This comes one day after he vowed not to descend into the gutter with the ruling party.Saraki had resisted hitting back at the APC which described him as a failure who swims in controversy.But on Friday, the senate president went all out [...]
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of mobilising thugs who allegedly assaulted APC lawmakers at the national assembly.Oshiomhole said this while speaking with journalists at the party's national secretariat in Abuja on Friday."About 15 PDP Senators were in the senate and imported thugs that molested two of [...]
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has hailed Godswill Akpabio for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).Speaking at an APC rally in Akwa Ibom on Wednesday, he accused the PDP of robbing Nigerians during its 16 years in power.Akpabio served his two terms as governor under the PDP and was [...]
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged the south-easterners to support President Muhammadu Buhari's reelection bid.He said supporting the president during the 2019 election would mean more projects and democracy dividends for the region.Oshiomhole was speaking at an APC rally organised in Abakiliki, Ebonyi state capital, on Saturday.He said despite the low votes Buhari got [...]
Terver Akase, chief press secretary of Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, says Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), appears to be in a hurry to perform the funeral of the ruling party.Akase said this in response to the critical comments Oshiomhole made about his principal on Friday.While commenting on Ortom's defection to the Peoples Democratic Party [...]
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