THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE APRIL 9, 2018 Lagos APC: count us out of elongation (Nation) Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has nothing to do with those plotting for tenure elongation for the members of the…
APC NEC: Why El-Rufai, Akeredolu, Bello, others are backing Oyegun (Nation)
Fresh facts emerged yesterday that some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some party leaders are adamant on the retention of the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and other members of the National Working Committee…
APC tenure elongation: Lalong committee submits report, recommends convention (Punch)
The All Progressives Congress Technical Committee, set up to advise the National Executive Committee of the party on the contentious tenure elongation, submitted its report on Friday in Abuja. The committee was set up on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered that…
Jostling for APC Chairmanship begins, Oyegun, Oshiomhole, Ebri emerge contenders (ThisDay)
Barely 24 hours after governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the National Working Committee (NWC) seemingly resolved the quagmire that had arisen over President Muhammadu Buhari’s rejection of the 12 months tenure extension granted to elected and appointed…
Oyegun: Govs back Buhari, APC to meet on fresh congresses (Punch)
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress has called for an emergency meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee to discuss the dates for fresh congresses of the party. Sources close to the party told our correspondents in Abuja…
Buhari’s decision on APC NWC tenure dangerous – Ebonyi chair (SUN)
Chairman of Ebonyi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Eze Nwachukwu Eze, has warned that changing the national and state leadership of the ruling party would spell doom and disaster for the party in the 2019 general…
*Two killed as storey building collapses in Lagos (PremiumTimes) *Buhari, Ambode clash over Eko Atlantic City (Punch)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE APRIL 1, 2018 Two killed as storey building collapses in Lagos (PremiumTimes) Premium Times, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Adesina Tiamiyu, Toyin Ogundimu, Sherifat Olalere, Mustapher Salaudeen A distressed storey building suffered partial collapse at the…
FG, APC take digs at PDP after apology (ThisDay)
The federal government and the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tuesday took separate digs at the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed, admonishing the PDP to go the whole hog with its…
Killings: Danjuma’s self-defence call, evidence of Buhari’s failure, says PDP (Punch)
The Peoples Democratic Party says the call by a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen.Theophilus Danjuma(retd.), that Nigerians should defend themselves against killers is a testimony of the “tragic situation which the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress…
Lagos by-election: APC wins in Dopemu (Guardian)
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mrs Rasheedat Adekunle, on Saturday emerged winner of the council by-election for Ward B(Dopemu) in Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State. Adekunle emerged winner after polling 980 votes to defeat MrAbdul-…