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*says new date for Lagos APC primaries to be announced in due course Chairman of the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Clement Ebri, on Tuesday invalidated the governorship primaries purported to have held across the State, saying that it never authorised such to go ahead when the modalities were not followed as scheduled. Ebri said …

A former member of House of Representatives, Mr Abubakar Momoh on Tuesday won the Peoples Democratic party for North Senatorial primaries to emerge PDP candidate for Edo North Senatorial seat for the 2019 general elections. Momoh, who emerged through consensus is a two time lawmaker under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC). The Chairman, PDP Electoral Committee, Mr Wilson …

The National Working Committee of the All Progressive Congress sent from Abuja to monitor the party’s governorship primary in Lagos State has nullified the exercise held across the 20 local government areas of the state on Tuesday. The Chairman of the committee, Mr. Clement Ebri, who addressed the press around 4.30pm at Protea Hotel, Alausa, said the election could not …

MADRID — The challenges the United States sees from Russia and China are similar because both have studied the America way of war, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford is here visiting Spanish officials after attending the NATO Military Committee meeting in Warsaw, Poland, over the weekend. The bottom line for …

Edo State government has shut down an illegal abattoir located at Oluku Market, in Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state. Addressing journalists after shutting down the abattoir, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Security and Surveillance, Comrade Emmanuel Orukpe, said the abattoir was shut down in collaboration with the Committee on Abattoir Management and Control, headed …

The Presidency on Tuesday said it has cancelled the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council that would have been held on Wednesday. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja. Adesina attributed the cancellation to the ongoing primaries of the All Progressives Congress. …

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said on Tuesday that though Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has done well in office, he has not been a good party man. For this reason, Tinubu said, the party has decided to withdraw support for the governor who wished to go for a second term. He stressed that …

Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) held direct and indirect primaries in states where elections are due next February. The election was conducted amidst intrigues in several states including Delta, Rivers, Cross River among others. KADUNA Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State was unanimously endorsed as the party’s governorship candidate for the 2019 election. The ceremony which saw about 2,000 …

Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has again postponed its governorship primary in Lagos State. The Lagos primary, earlier postponed to October 1, has now been moved to October 2. Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode is currently fighting for his political future after being abandoned by his godfather, Bola Tinubu, and other APC leaders in the state, According to two statements …

An attempt by suspected herdsmen to break into a major hostel at the University of Jos has left at least one student dead, the institution’s students union leader told PREMIUM TIMES on Monday. Shedrach Kums, a 300-level law undergraduate, was amongst the scores of students trying to beat back the attackers at the gate of Village Hostel when he was …