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APC Must Do More To Win 2023 Elections - Tinubu

APC Must Do More To Win 2023 Elections – Tinubu

September 18, 2022 4:32 am

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has called on party members in the Northeast to do more for him to ensure that he wins the 2023 elections.

He made this call in Gombe on Saturday when he spoke during the wedding reception of Misbahu Yahaya, son of Governor Inuwa Yahaya.

The former Lagos governor reminded APC followers that his running mate, Kashim Shettima, hails from the region.

Tinubu thanked party members and supporters for what they have been doing for him.

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2023 HURIWA Warns Wike Over Crackdown On Atiku’s Loyalists

‘I Am Not Like Yahaya Bello’ – Gov Wike Blasts PDP

September 17, 2022 6:04 pm

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has thrown some bants at some of the PDP Governors when he had reiterated his earlier claims that he was not like his Kogi State counterpart, Yahaya Bello.

He had made this statement when he has spoken at the launch of a book, “Selected Leading Judgments of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court,” authored by retired Justice Abdu Aboki.

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Wike had also revealed that his visit to the nation’s capital reminded him of his defeat during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) …

Why Cost Of Conducting Elections Is High In Nigeria - INEC

Why Cost Of Conducting Elections Is High In Nigeria – INEC

September 17, 2022 3:19 am

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has explained why the cost of conducting elections in Nigeria was relatively expensive. 

He made this known on Friday when he appeared at the ‘The Editors’ Forum’ in Lagos which was organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors at De Rembrandt Hotel, Awolowo Way Ikeja.

He listed some of the reasons as ‘cost of logistics, highly-secured ballot papers, allowances for personnel and others.’

In his words: “In France, the ballot paper is like an A4 sheet of paper, because it is unthinkable that anybody in France …

Ayu Even Atiku Emerged Against PDP’s Constitution - George

Ayu: Even Atiku Emerged Against PDP’s Constitution – George

September 17, 2022 3:10 am

Amidst the ongoing crisis in the PDP, a former deputy national chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George yesterday asserted that its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, wouldn’t have become its standard bearer had the party stuck religiously to its principle of zoning.

According to him, it was based on an in-house agreement that opposed the provision of the party’s constitution that the former vice president was allowed to contest which he eventually won.

George, who is a former military governor of Ondo State, stated this while appearing on Arise TV, in response to those faulting the calls for the …

Princes William, Harry To Stand Vigil At Queen Elizabeth's Coffin

Princes William, Harry To Stand Vigil At Queen Elizabeth’s Coffin

September 16, 2022 7:38 pm

In lieu of her funeral proceedings, it has been reported that Queen Elizabeth’s eight grandchildren, including Princes William and Harry, will be standing vigil beside her coffin for 15 minutes on Saturday evening.

Elizabeth’s coffin will also be lieing in state at Westminster Hall in London until Monday which would be to enable members of the general public to pay their respects to the late Queen.

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“The Prince of Wales will stand at the Head, the Duke of Sussex at the Foot,” the spokesman said, using William …

Court Nullifies PDP Guber Primary Election In Zamfara

Court Nullifies PDP Guber Primary Election In Zamfara

September 16, 2022 6:27 pm

Recent reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that a Federal High court in Gusau, Zamfara State has nullified the primary election that had brought in Dauda Lawan Dare as the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Governorship candidacy ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Justice Aminu Bappa who was the Presiding Judge had also explained that the court granted all the prayers of the plaintiffs and cancelled the election of Dauda Lawan Dare as the party’s flag bearer for the 2023 general elections.

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Real Reason 2023 Elections Cannot Be Rigged — Yakasai, Falae

Real Reason 2023 Elections Cannot Be Rigged — Yakasai, Falae

September 16, 2022 6:35 am

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and founding National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Olu Falae, and a former Liaison Officer to the late President Shehu Shagari, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has said there would be no rigging in the 2023 general elections.

The two elder statesmen said this at the formal commissioning of the new National Secretariat of the SDP on Thursday in Abuja.

They urged politicians and parties to move to the grassroots and campaign and show the people what they would do to make the country better.

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2023 Tambuwal To Lead Atiku's Presidential Campaign As DG

2023: Tambuwal To Lead Atiku’s Presidential Campaign As DG

September 16, 2022 6:29 am

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Vice President, Atiku Abubakar have appointed the Sokoto State Governor and chairman of the party’s Governors Forum, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as Director General for the National Campaign Management Committee (NCMC) for the 2023 elections.

The party also appointed former governor of Cross Rivers State, Liyel Imoke as Deputy Director General Operations, Professor Adewale Oladipu, as Deputy Director Administration, Chief Raymond Dokpesi as Deputy Director Technical and Systems, while Ekwesilieze Nwodo is appointed as Deputy Director Research and Strategy of the NCMC.

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2023 Vote A President Who You Can Trust, GEJ Advises Youths

2023: Vote A President Who You Can Trust, GEJ Advises Youths

September 16, 2022 6:23 am

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has admonished Nigerian youths to vote for a president that has the interest of the nation at heart in the next general elections.

Jonathan, who made this call in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday when he visited a former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, said a president who has the interest of the country at heart is all the nation needs at the moment.

‘I appeal to the youth to select a person they believe will lead us well and serve us well, somebody who will take the interests of all of us and …

Buhari Grants Nigerian Citizenship To 286 Foreign Nationals

Buhari Grants Nigerian Citizenship To 286 Foreign Nationals

September 16, 2022 6:11 am

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday awarded Nigerian citizenship to 286 nationals, calling on them to be good citizens of the country to enjoy all the rights and privileges bestowed on them.

‘You have pledged your allegiance to Nigeria. When you give your love and loyalty to Nigeria, she returns her love and loyalty to you,’ the president told the awardees during an event at the State House.

The president explained that out of the 286 foreign nationals presented with certificates of Nigerian citizenship, 208 received certificates by naturalisation, while 78 got certificates by Registration.

According to a …

We Are Willing To Work Together As ‘Great Powers’ - China To Russia

We Are Willing To Work Together As ‘Great Powers’ – China To Russia

September 15, 2022 7:38 pm
Xi Jinping who is the President of China has mentioned to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Beijing was actually willing to work and foster some more ties with Moscow as a “great power” during his first trip overseas since the early days of the pandemic.
“China is willing to make efforts with Russia to assume the role of great powers, and play a guiding role to inject stability and positive energy into a world rocked by social turmoil,” Xi told Putin during a leaders’ summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

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Alaafin Of Oyo, Oluwo Synergize On Yoruba Unity, Progress

Fresh Controversies Delay Selection Of New Alaafin

September 15, 2022 7:33 pm

Oba Lamidi Atanda Olayiwola Adeyemi who is the 45th Alaafin of Oyo in lieu of his track records has been described as no doubt an accomplished monarch among the Yoruba traditional rulers.

The late Oba Adeyemi, who had come from the Alowolodu royal family in Oyo had also ascended the throne of his forefathers in January 1971 at the age of 31 and he had also reigned for 52 years before he had joined his ancestors in April this year.

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