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  In some state chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC), there has been infighting caused by the demand for ministerial slots. Governors, former governors, and party leaders are competing to secure places to present to President Bola Tinubu. According to recent reports from Witty Global News, there is competition for ministerial positions among APC stakeholders who supported the President during the February 25 presidential election and among some leaders from other parties like PDP and NNPP. The President is expected to send the list to the Senate after July 4. By law, Tinubu must name his cabinet within 60 days after taking the oath of office on May 29 and transmit it to the Senate for confirmation. However, there are reports of in-fighting within APC, with some members sanctioned for anti-party activities during the state's last governorship and general election. Additionally, some APC leaders and members have argued that only "genuine APC members should be appointe

  The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has criticised Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, for not including Igbo people in his transition committee. Mr Tinubu recently nominated 14 people to the committee to assist him in achieving a smooth transition from President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to his own on 29 May. In the list of nominees seen by PREMIUM TIMES, no Igbo person was on the committee. Reacting, the Vice-President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Damian Okeke-Ogene, accused the president-elect of being a “tribalist”, according to a  report by Vanguard newspaper. “Igbophobia is in his (Tinubu) veins, and by not including Igbo people in the handover committee, he is only trying to reopen old wounds. He inherited the hatred (Muhammadu) Buhari has against Igbo, especially when the President-elect has said he will continue from where the incumbent president stopped,” Mr Okeke-Ogene was quoted as saying. “He said he will continue with Buhari’s policies, and ou

  The 2023 general election in Nigeria has come and gone, but the discussion of hope continues. Apart from the renewed hope agenda of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the  APC, they have been statements of hope from one of the major opposition parties, the Labour Party, by its presidential candidate of the just concluded presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, who, according to Zahara Reporter assuring his supporter of perfect light at the end of the tunnel, following his petition at the election tribunal challenging the constitutional bridges by the Independent National Electoral Commission declaration of Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the 25 February 2023 election, Sahara Reporter quoted that Mr Peter Obi of saying that he is capable of victory at the end, The question is, does Mr Peter Obi have confident on the judiciary?   He reiterated his commitment to a "Nigeria that will benefit every Nigerian". The candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Mr Pe

  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, has described reports of his suspension from the party as a nullity just as he argued that only the National Executive Committee (NEC) could suspend him.  Ayu claimed that some members of the executive committee of his Ward’s chapter of the party were teleguided by those he called political gamblers in Makurdi to cause mischief.  Ayu claimed that some members of the executive committee of his Ward’s chapter of the party were teleguided by those he called political gamblers in Makurdi to cause mischief.  Ayu in a statement by his media aide, Simon Imobo-Tswam, said that “Article 57(7) of the PDP Constitution as Amended in 2017 expressly prohibits any organ of the party or executive committee of the party at the Ward or State Level from taking any disciplinary measure against any member of the party’s National Executive Committee” On Sunday, the chapter of the PDP in Ayu’s Igyorov ward announced that Ayu had been suspended

  The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Peter Mbah, has won the 2023 governorship election in the state. Mr Mbah polled 160,895 votes to defeat his closest challenger, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, who scored 157,552 votes. The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Frank Nweke Jr, garnered 17,983 votes to come a distant third, while the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Uche Nnaji, placed fourth, with 14,575 votes. The Returning Officer for the election, Maduebibisi Iwe, announced the result at State Collation Centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday night at exactly 10: 47 p.m. “That Mbah Peter Ndubuisi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), having satisfied all the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes in the election, is hereby declared the winner of the election and is returned elected,” Mr Iwe declared. The returning officer,