Politics

APC Lists Ahmad Lawan as Yobe North Senatorial Candidate … Machina Yet to React

Published

9 months ago

June 17, 2022

Ahmad Lawan, president of the senate, has been listed as the candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe north senatorial district for the 2023 elections.

The development comes hours after Bashir Machina, who won the APC primary for the district, insisted that he would not step down for the senate president.

Lawan had contested the APC presidential ticket, and hours before the primary commenced, he was announced by Abdullahi Adamu, APC national chairman, as the consensus candidate of the party.

However, the consensus decision was rejected by several party stakeholders — including members of the national working committee (NWC) — and Bola Tinubu, former Lagos governor, went on to win the party’s ticket at the primary which was concluded on June 8.

Speaking on Wednesday in an interview with Channels Television, Machina had insisted that he will not withdraw from the senatorial race since he got the votes of delegates in an unopposed election.

“I’m sure he did not plan to go back to the national assembly. That is why he contested for the presidency and lost. This is democracy. The space is free. A certain period of time was given for people to want to contest. Timetables were set, guidelines were produced by the parties, and eventually elections were held,” Machina had said.

But according to the signed list of candidates seen by TheCable on Friday, Lawan is listed as the party’s candidate for Yobe north.

Neither the senate president nor Machina is yet to react to the development
(The Cable)

Politics

Ayu Steps Down as PDP Chairman

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1 day ago

March 28, 2023

Sunrise Nigeria

The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu has stepped aside as the chairman of the party.

Ayu was replaced by the Deputy National Chairman, (North) Umar Iliya Damagum.

Damagum will assume office as the Acting National Chairman of the PDP, pending the determination of the case in court.

When asked about the party members’ reactions to the suspension and how the party planned to move forward, Damagum said, “As a party, we are prone to reconciliation. We will review it, we will have an NWC (National Working Committee) meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) and in that meeting we will discuss it, and there will be possible review of whatever is happening.”

It will be recalled that a Makurdi High Court presided over by Justice Wilfred Igba Kpochi on Monday order Ayu to stop parading himself as the National Chairman of the Party pending the determination of issues before the court regarding his leadership.

Politics

Imo LP Gubernatorial Aspirant, Anumudu Dies in ‘Mysterious’ Circumstances

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4 days ago

March 25, 2023

Sunrise Nigeria

A frontline Labour Party(LP) governorship aspirant in Imo State,Chief Humphrey Anumudu has been reported dead im ‘mysterious’ circumstances.

Sources close to the family disclosed that Anumudu, a native of Mbieri in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo state died last night at his residence in Lagos State.

The deceased, a younger brother to the pioneer CEO of Globe Motors,Willy Anumudu was said to have passed on last night(Friday) in what the family source described as a “mystery”.

Anumudu recently procured the Labour Party’s governorship interest form at Abuja, and is said to be among the favorites to win the party’s primary slated for early next month.

Described as an astute politician, legal luminary and a good ambassador of the State, the late Anumudu has contested for the Governorship election in the past on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA).

Politics

Alex Otti of Labour Party Wins Abia Governorship

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7 days ago

March 22, 2023

Sunrise Nigeria

After a whole lot of drama that attended conduct of the gubernatorial election in Abia State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally declared Alex Otti of the Labour Party the Governor-elect.

Otti garnered 175,467 votes to defeat his closest rival, Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 88,529 votes.

More details later…