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news Graveyard peace: Eta’s suit ruffles feathers in APC The Punch © Provided by The Punch JOHN ALECHENU takes a look at the seemingly intractable leadership crisis within the ruling All Progressives Congress in the light of the recent National Executive Committee decision to expel the former National Vice-Chairman (South-South), Hilliard Eta, for suing the party The 2023 general elections may be three years away, but to the average Nigerian politician, the scramble to remai...

news Ex-Zamfara governor, Yerima, joins 2023 presidential race The Punch John Alechenu, Abuja A former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima, has declared his intention to vie for Nigeria’s presidency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in 2023. He said this at a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, he had on three occasions stepped down to enable Buhari clinch the presidential ticket of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party as we...

The Sam I Knew By Azu Ishiekwene If it’s not big, it’s not Sam. At the last count, he had seven daily titles in his portfolio (including the first and only daily Hausa daily newspaper in the country), apart from acontent and education company. by Azu Ishiekwene Dec 17, 2020 I first met him after the 2003 election, which his candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, lost. I was then Editor of PUNCH and Sam Nda-Isaiah, was founding member and Publicity Secretary of The Buhari Organisation ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 17 December 2020 JOHN ALECHENU takes a look at the seemingly intractable leadership crisis within the ruling All Progressives Congress in the light of the recent National Executive Committee decision to expel the former National Vice-Chairman (South-South), Hilliard Eta, for suing the party The 2023 general elections may be three years away, but to the average Nigerian politician, the scramble to remain relevant and better positioned to either retain a curren...

Ex-Zamfara Governor Yerima joins 2023 presidential race John Alechenu, Abuja A former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima, has declared his intention to vie for Nigeria’s presidency at the end of the tenure of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in 2023. He said this at a media briefing in Abuja, on Wednesday. According to him, he had on three occasions stepped down to enable Buhari to clinch the presidential ticket of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party ...

Former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima says there has never been any agreement in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the presidency to the South-West region in 2023. Yerima made this known in Abuja on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at a media briefing, where he declared his interest to contest for president at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure in 2023. Yerima said he had on three occasions stepped down to allow Buhari to win the presidential ...

Umahi: Plot to recall anti-defection federal, state lawmakers thickens Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki There is a plot s to recall some National Assembly members from Ebonyi State, as well as some of the StateAssembly members who vowed to remain in the Peoples Democratic Party after Governor David Umahi defected to the All Progressives Congress. The eight National Assembly members elected on the platform of the PDP from the state had within 24-hours after Umahi made his defection to APC public, held a...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has insisted his criticism of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC), should not be interpreted as a crisis within the party. Wike made the clarification when he was visited by friends and political associates on Sunday night at the Government House in Port Harcourt. The guests came to felicitate with the Governor on the occasion of his birthday. Wike made it clear that since he “lacks the cap...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Bauchi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Court to declare the seat of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara vacant. Dogara, who represents Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal has a long history of carpet crossing. In July, he decamped from the PDP back to his former party, the All Progressives Congress. The PDP in the suit is asking the court to direct the Speaker of the House to declare his seat vacant in line w...

•Jonathan, Lawan, Gbajabiamila, Tinubu, governors, NPAN, IPI, others mourn late media mogul Omololu Ogunmade, Chuks Okocha, Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Udora Orizu in Abuja, Seriki Adinoyi in Jos, Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia, George Okoh in Makurdi As tributes continue to pour in for the late Publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah, who passed away Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, described Nda-Isaiah’s demise as a big fish gone out of the media ocean. Describing him as “a fri...