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Last week, members of the All Progressive Congress in the Senate and House of Representatives, contrary to the wish of millions of Nigerians, voted against electronic transmission of results in the Electoral act amendment Bill, Deji Elumoye and Udora Orizu report Despite protests, outcries and clamours over the years by millions of Nigerians and stakeholders for a transparent electoral process, members of the Ninth National Assembly, last Thursday, shattered hopes by whittling down the provisio...

Share Even though the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is yet to officially declared its position on power shift ahead of the 2023 elections, an inkling to the likely power sharing formula to be adopted by the party is beginning to emerge, going by the battle for the position of national chairman. Virtually all those bigwigs in the ruling party already linked to the titanic battle are from the northern part of the country. The list comprises six former governors and senators spread cross ...

APC: Time to choose an adroit leader By By: Danladi Dunhu Barring any unforeseen circumstances, our party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will have a new national chairman in June this year, if not earlier. And typical of the trend in contemporary politicking in Nigeria, some party members, comprising the good, the bad and the ugly have started jockeying for this post. Notable among these early campaigners are former governor of my state, Nasarawa, and now senator representing Nasar...

The Buni-led committee, which was first given a six-month timeframe to address critical issues in the party, got an extension of six months in December last year. In extending the tenure of the committee, the National Executive Council (NEC) of the party said their convention, where a new set of NWC members would emerge, would be held after the party’s membership revalidation and registration. The exercise is ongoing across the country, and barring any change, the convention will be held befo...

2023: Ali Modu Sheriff, Five Former Governors Eye APC Chairmanship Seat The exercise is ongoing across the country and barring any change, the convention will be held before the end of the Buni-led committees tenure. by Saharareporters, New York Feb 27, 2021 Four months to the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), top shots of the party have commenced intense underground moves and consultations for the ruling partys national chairmanship seat. The Governor Mai Mala Buni-l...

Vanguard News Senate moves against exorbitant shipping fees at Nigerian ports On By Henry Umoru THE Senate has begun investigation into the exorbitant increase and unjustifiable shipping fees charged by shipping companies on Nigeria bound cargoes. Consequently, the Senate yesterday asked the Danjuma Goje, All Progressives Congress, APC, Gombe Central led Senate Committee on Marine Transport  to engage stakeholders in the shipping industry and the Nigeria Port Authority, NPA with a view to c...

“Your membership is your weapon, therefore it is important to come out and revalidate your membership to enable you to contest and re-contest in subsequent elections. “Therefore, I want to use this opportunity to call on our party members and those intending to join APC to come out en masse to register as well as revalidate their membership,” he said. He also commended the orderly and peaceful conduct of the exercise by the party officials, describing it as hitch-free.

Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman By Tue Dec 15 2020 The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said it lost over N1 billion loss to vandalism during the recent #EndSARS protests. The Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman, stated this during the 2021 budget defence session by the Senate Committee on Marine Transport in Abuja. The agency’s headquarters in Lagos was set ablaze by hoodlums during the violence that followed the EndSARS protest. She said N807 millio...

Translate #EndSARS: NPA incurs over a billion Naira loss, Hadiza Bala Usman tells Senate On By Henry Umoru THE Senate was told yesterday that the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, incurred more than a billion Naira loss to vandalism during the recently ended #EndSARS protests in the country when some angry youths called for the disbarment of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad. Speaking yesterday in Abuja when she appeared before Senator Danjuma Goje, All Progressives Congress, AP...