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Buhari, APC Have Failed to Deliver Campaign Promises – Fayemi
20Mar By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Corruption, Economy, News, Nigeria, Security

Buhari, APC Have Failed to Deliver Campaign Promises – Fayemi

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has submitted that his party, All Progressives Congress, APC, and President Muhammadu Buhari, have failed to fulfil all their campaign promises to Nigerians. The Governor stated that despite the fact that some of the challenges facing the country preceded Buhari’s administration, elected officeholders should assume responsibility for not delivering on campaign promises to the citizens. Fayemi in an interview with Channels Television said, "I'm not going to shy away from the expectations people had before we came to office. I was a leading player in the campaign that brought my principal (Buhari) to power. "We promised Nigerians quite a number of things, particularly centring on security, anti-corruption, and on economic growth. Have we been able to ...
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2019 Election: PDP Have Evidence of Atiku’s Victory Over Buhari – Bauchi Governor
19Mar By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Elections, News, Nigeria

2019 Election: PDP Have Evidence of Atiku’s Victory Over Buhari – Bauchi Governor

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won the 2019 genera election but were rigged out of the contest. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari vied the 2019 presidential election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, against former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the PDP. President Buhari was declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The Supreme Court upheld Buhari’s victory after Atiku and PDP had contested the result of the election from the tribunal to the apex court. Mohammed while speaking on Politics Today, A channels Television programme on Thursday, claimed that electoral fraud perpetrated either by INEC or security personnel cost his party the electi...
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Banditry Will Never End in Nigeria – Wike
19Mar By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Security

Banditry Will Never End in Nigeria – Wike

Governor Nyeson Wike of Rivers State has said that banditry will pose a hard nut to be cracked in Nigeria since the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government has continued to politicise security. Wike in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, government have plunged the security challenged states into a high banditry scale that may never end. He alleged that the federal government ignored River State when the state solicited assistance to combat the rising spate of insecurity in 2015, claiming they wanted to make the state ungovernable. Wike said, "They didn't send special forces to Rivers as they're sending to other states now. They refused to support me because they didn't want the state to be gove...
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APC Seeking to Entice Makinde to Evade Defeat in 2023 – Aide
9Mar By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Elections, News, Nigeria

APC Seeking to Entice Makinde to Evade Defeat in 2023 – Aide

The Chief Press Secretary to Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, Taiwo Adisa, has alleged that the All Progressive Congress, APC, is planning to entice the governor to join the party in a bid to avoid a heavy defeat in the 2023 governorship election. He said the quest to win Makinde over was informed by the APC’s realisation that they could not present a more worthy candidate that could challenge the governor at the poll. Adisa who disclosed this in a statement on Monday added that the ploy to entice Makinde to the APC did not come as a surprise, as the party was impressed by Makindes laudable feats despite the existing challenges. The statement partly read, “One is not surprised that some elements in the APC are busy debating the possibility of Governor Makinde’s defection to the p...
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APC Candidate Wins Jigawa by-election
7Mar By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Elections, News, Nigeria

APC Candidate Wins Jigawa by-election

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammad Adamu, has won Saturday’s State Constituency by-election in Kafinhausa Jigawa State. Adamu got 14,924 votes to defeat the other candidates in the poll. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the election took place in the 120 polling units in the area. The result was declared by Prof. Ahmed Kutama, the Returning Officer, at the collation centre in Kafinhausa Local Government Area. Kutama said the APC candidate defeated his closest rival, Garba Muhammad Tambale, of the Peoples Democratic Party, who polled 8,612 votes. The electoral officer declared Adamu the winner, having secured the highest number of votes. The candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, Usman Isyak, finished third with 72 votes.
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Two Lawmakers Dump APC for PDP in Bauchi
4Mar By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria

Two Lawmakers Dump APC for PDP in Bauchi

Two members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly moved to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the All Progressive Congress, APC, in the state. The spokesperson for the Speaker of the Assembly, Abdul Burra, disclosed this while speaking on the outcome of the plenary late Wednesday. The members that defected were Yusuf Bako, representing Pali Constituency and Umar Yakubu, representing Udubo Constituency. According to Burra, the decision of the members to quit the APC was contained in a letter which was read by the Speaker, Abubakar Suleiman during plenary. One of the defectors, Yakubu, in his letter, said he dumped the APC as from 2nd March, 2021. He said, “According to him (the lawmaker), his decision to quit APC was based on the issues arising in the party at both state...
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Why We Arrested Sacked Gov. Ganduje’s Aide – DSS
28Feb By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Security

Why We Arrested Sacked Gov. Ganduje’s Aide – DSS

The Department of State Services, DSS, has confirmed that a former aide of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Salihu Tanko-Yakasai is in their custody. Questions have been asked over the whereabouts of Tanko-Yakasai since his criticism of the President Muhammadu Buhari government and the All Progressives Congress-led government. His whereabouts had been earlier clarified by his father who said security operatives took him away. Confirming the arrest on Saturday, DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, said Tanko-Yakasai is under investigation. The statement read, “This is to confirm that Salihu Tanko-Yakasai is with the Department of State Services. He is being investigated over issues beyond the expression of opinions in the social media as wrongly alleged by sections of the ...
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Oyo APC accuses PDP of masterminding Attacks on Members
27Feb By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Security

Oyo APC accuses PDP of masterminding Attacks on Members

The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Friday accused the leaders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state of being the brains behind recent attacks on its members at venues of the ongoing membership registration and revalidation exercise. The allegation was made in a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan, the state capital by the Secretary of the Oyo APC Committee on Media and Publicity, Olawale Sadare, warning the PDP to desist from what it described as “reprehensible acts.” The statement read that media reports had it that some members of the Park Managers System, armed with guns, machetes and charms, stormed the Aliwo Polling Units 05 and 06 at Ward 12 in Ibadan North East Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Tuesday a...
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Jonathan Can Never Run Alongside El-Rufai – Omokri
25Feb By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Elections, News, Nigeria

Jonathan Can Never Run Alongside El-Rufai – Omokri

A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has refuted the rumour that Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai will run as his principal’s mate in the 2023 presidential election. Reports were rife that the All Progressive Congress, APC, was considering offering Jonathan and El-Rufai joint ticket for the 2023 presidential poll. A source had told SaharaReporters, “There are plans already to pair El-Rufai with Jonathan for 2023. We believe both forces are strong and have goodwill in their regions and are good for the party." It was gathered that Jonathan had been under pressure to defect to the APC and run for president in 2023 on the ruling party's platform. Recall that some APC stalwarts, including governors, had visited Jonathan at his Abuja residence last ...
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2023: I Have no Interest in Tinubu’s Presidential Bid – Fayose
25Feb By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria

2023: I Have no Interest in Tinubu’s Presidential Bid – Fayose

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has said he zero interest in the speculated presidential ambition of the All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Tinubu, in 2023. He disclosed this on a live interview with Punch while expressing optimism that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, would clinch the presidential seat come 2023. Faoyose who said that Bola Tinubu is a leader in the West described it as a statement of fact but noted that he has not met or spoken with the former Lagos State governor in years. He said, “I have never met former Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu in the last three years and I have never spoken with him on the phone once. So, I don’t know how they are tying the relationship politically. “To the best of my knowledge, I am not a member of APC. I hav...
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