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APC Officially Loses Two Senators To Opposition PDP

APC Officially Loses Two Senators To Opposition PDP

June 15, 2022 4:42 am

Two frontline members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senate Majority Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi and another Northern Senator, Adamu Aliero, have officially announced their defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The formal defections of the two APC senators from Kebbi State were conveyed in two separate letters addressed to Senate President Ahmad Lawan, and read at plenary on Tuesday

Sen. Ailero and Sen. Abdullahi represent Kebbi Central and Kebbi North Senatorial districts respectively.

Also to defect formally from the PDP to the All Progressives Grand Alliance on June 15, is the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe.

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ADC – Moghalu Bribed State Chairmen But Still Lost - Kachikwu

ADC: Moghalu Bribed State Chairmen But Still Lost – Kachikwu

June 15, 2022 4:38 am

The winner of the 2023 presidential ticket of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu has hit out at his opponent in the race alleging that Kingsley Moghalu, who lost the presidential primaries, bribed state chairmen of the party but still lost.

Kachikwu, in an interview with Channels TV which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, revealed that Moghalu sent some of the state chairmen N1 million and cash to some delegates before the election.

The ADC chieftain, who claimed that he has evidence to back up his claim, further stated that the party has asked its legal …

2023 APC Won't Find It Funny if Tinubu Loses Ticket -Shettima

Muslim-Muslim Ticket Would Ruin Nigeria – Adeyanju To Tinubu

June 14, 2022 5:32 pm

Bola Tinubu who is the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, has been warned about the implication of a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

An Abuja-based activist, Deji Adeyanju, warned Tinubu that settling for a Muslim-Muslim ticket would further polarise Nigeria.

He noted that “the divisions will become super obvious in the coming years” if Tinubu settles for a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

Read Also: Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, Others Should Publish Their Assets – SERAP

In a Facebook post, Adeyanju said Tinubu should take the crisis in Kaduna State as a case study.

“Many have not grasped what a Tinubu and his Muslim-Muslim ticket will

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Adesina Fires Back At Bishop Oyedepo Over Recent Outpour

Adesina Fires Back At Bishop Oyedepo Over Recent Outpour

June 14, 2022 5:23 pm

Femi Adesina who is the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari has on Tuesday claimed that the founder of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, harbours a lot of ingrown hatred for the Nigerian president.

Recall that Oyedepo had described Buhari’s government as the most wicked and corrupt in the history of Nigeria.

Speaking during a church programme, Special Prayer for The Nation on Monday, Oyedepo had lamented the level of hardship imposed on Nigerians through corruption.

According to Oyedepo, the Federal Government claimed to be fighting corruption, but the officials are also corrupt.

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Gov Abiodun: Ogun Students Debunk Claims Of Rigging In 2019

2022 Hajj: Gov. Abiodun Approves Ad Hoc Committee

June 14, 2022 12:31 pm

Prince Dapo Abiodun who is the Ogun State Governor has finally approved the constitution of an Ad hoc Committee of the state’s Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Commission.

A statement from the Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, named the Chief Imam of Ikenne, Alhaji Kehinde Husayn Lawal as chairman and Prof Kamal Balogun as Amirl-Hajj respectively.

Others appointed to serve as members include Dr. Kola Olawunmi, Sheikh Iskeel Lawal Sugar, Sheikh Rufai Sile and Imam AbdulGaniyu Ejalonibu.

Read Also: 2023: Buhari Will Give Us Guidance On Zoning – Gov Abiodun

The rest are Imam Uthman Fasasi Akeukowo, Imam AbdulWasiu Adeniyi …

Our Weapons Cannot Defeat Russia - Ukraine Laments

Our Weapons Cannot Defeat Russia – Ukraine Laments

June 14, 2022 11:55 am

As the conflict between the two nations heat up with the Russian side pressing down on the offensive, the Ukrainian government has accused its international partners including the United States of America, the United Kingdom and other NATO nations of being complacent and non-challant amid the raging war with Russia.

Ukraine asked NATO not to think that the weapons they have supplied Ukraine so far would help them defeat Russia in the going war.

Read Also: Death Sentence For Moroccan In Ukraine Is War Crime – UN

The spokesperson for the Ukrainian military’s international legion derided the country’s partners, saying …

Moghalu Finally Resigns From ADC, Gives Reasons

Moghalu Finally Resigns From ADC, Gives Reasons

June 14, 2022 11:47 am

Kingsley Moghalu who has been identified as a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and also a former presidential candidate, has finally tenderes his resignation from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) political party.

He quit the party, which he joined last October, after losing the presidential ticket to the founder of Roots Television, Mr. Dumebi Kachikwu.

In a letter to ADC’s Chairman, Chief Okey Ralphs Nwosu, Moghalu said the presidential primary was fraught with inconsistencies.

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“I am writing to hand in my resignation from my membership

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National Grid Collapse Why Nigeria Is In Darkness – Atiku

National Grid Collapse: Why Nigeria Is In Darkness – Atiku

June 14, 2022 5:35 am

Former Vice President and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has bemoaned the recurring national grid collapse in the country.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate put the blame the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government.

In a statement Monday night, Atiku lamented the darkness that has enveloped Nigeria in recent times.

The political leader described it as a metaphor for the collapsing state of the nation.

Read Also: Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, Others Should Publish Their Assets – SERAP

He said the country has been enduring collapsing unity, security, economy, education, well-being and value of …

2023 Where Peter Obi's Running Mate Would Come From - LP

2023: LP Reveals Where Obi’s Running Mate Would Come From

June 14, 2022 5:10 am

The Labour Party (LP), has asserted that the party would not alter the principles of federal character in its choice of a Vice-presidential candidate even as it gets set to announce who would be running mate to the former Governor of Anambra State ahead of next year’s poll.

The Chairman of Labour Party, Barr. Julius Abure made this known while speaking in commemoration of Democracy Day.

Abure asserted that the principle of social-religious inclusion and the diversity of the Nigerian workforce and membership of the Labour Party would not be compromised in its choice.

He went on to add that …

10 Years Prison Term Slammed On Bolivian Ex-President Anez

10 Years Prison Term Slammed On Bolivian Ex-President Anez

June 13, 2022 2:14 pm

After months of slugging it out in court, the Bolivian ex-president Jeanine Anez has been slammed with a 10 years prison sentence which comes more than a year after her arrest for an alleged plot to oust her rival and predecessor Evo Morales.

Anez, who has been held in pre-trial detention since March 2021, has consistently denounced what she calls political persecution.

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The former interim leader will serve 10 years in a women’s prison in La Paz, the administrative capital’s First Sentencing Court announced in a decision that comes …

APC Senatorial Candidacy: INEC Boots Akpabio Out

APC Senatorial Candidacy: INEC Boots Akpabio Out

June 13, 2022 2:03 pm

Fresh reports hitting the desk of Africa Daily News, New York have revealed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary that produced Godswill Akpabio as the party’s candidate in the Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district.

Akpabio, who stepped down for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the ruling party’s Presidential Candidate, was proclaimed the victor of a senatorial primary held on Thursday.

Stephen Ntukekpo, the State APC Chairman, stated that he was asked by the national party to conduct a re-run due to alleged breaches.

Read Also: 2023: INEC Rejects Akpabio As APC Senatorial

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Buhari Never Committed To Zoning Presidency To South – Adamu

Buhari Advices Against Do-Or-Die Affairs For 2023 Elections

June 13, 2022 2:00 pm

The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has told reiterated to the presidential candidates and others political candidates that they should not handle the 2023 general elections as a do-or-die affair.

The president spoke in a nationwide broadcast to mark June 12 Democracy Day on Sunday.

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According to Buhari, “as we move into the general election campaign season, we must sustain this mature attitude to campaigning and ultimately, voting.

“We must never see it as a “do or die” affair. We must all remember democracy is about the will of

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