By Dennis Erezi 12 April 2022 | 11:25 am The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu on Tuesday formally resigned from the Senate. Senator Abubakar Kyari representing Borno North also resigned from the Upper Chamber. Adamu late March was elected APC chairman during the party’s National Convention in Abuja by consensus. The former two-term governor of Nasarawa State, emerged as… Newly elected APC Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu. Photo/TWITTER/OfficialAPCNg The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu on Tuesday formally resigned from the Senate. Senator Abubakar Kyari representing Borno North also resigned from the Upper Chamber. Adamu late March was elected APC chairman during the party’s National Convention in Abuja by consensus. The former two-term governor of Nasarawa State, emerged as the party’s consensus candidate after six other aspirants reluctantly withdrew from the race hours into the convention. Adamu officially assumed office by receiving instruments of office from the immediate-past interim chairman of the party and Governor of Yobe State, Mala Buni, at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja. In his address at the ceremony, attended by one of his predecessors, John Oyegun, and other elected National Working Committee (NWC) executives, the new APC chairman said he never thought he would be the party chairman 30 days to the convention. Latest 5 mins ago Sri Lanka announced a default on its $51 billion foreign debt Tuesday as the island nation grapples with its worst economic crisis in memory and escalating protests demanding the government’s resignation. 27 mins ago A Spanish court has sentenced to seven and a half years in jail a gun enthusiast who threatened to kill Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, according to the ruling released on Tuesday. 52 mins ago Tish Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus are calling it quits after 30-years of marriage. Tisha Cyrus filed for a divorce based on “irreconcilable differences.” According to sources it is the third time that both will be separated. In 2010, Billy RayCyrus filed for a divorce which the singer withdrew six months later saying in an… 1 hour ago WASHINGTON, DC, 12th April 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Africa Fintech Summit is pleased to announce that Ecobank Group, one of Africa’s pioneering Fintech enabler banks, is Gold Sponsor for this year’s Africa Fintech Summits, being held on 21st April in Washington, D.C., and on November in Cape Town. Established in 1985 and headquartered in Lomé, Togo with… 1 hour ago At least five people have been killed in floods and mudslides across South Africa’s port city of Durban following heavy rains in recent days, authorities said on Tuesday.
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