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Nigeria: The Tinubu Rhetoric – My Response by Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki
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Nigeria: The Tinubu Rhetoric – My Response by Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki

I have always restrained from joining issues in the media with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and this is based on my respect for him. However, I will not allow him to create a wrong, false and mischievous impression about the reasons for my decision to exit the All Progressives Congress (APC) and present his prejudice as facts for public consumption. I have been consistent in my complaints to all leaders of the APC, including Tinubu, that a situation where the National Assembly is not constructively engaged or carried along in key policy decisions, particularly those that will eventually require legislative approval, is not in the best interest of the nation. No genuine leader of the legislature will be comfortable that the Presidency will simply write a terse letter to the National Assembl...
Opinion: Why PDP is Ten Times Better than APC – Femi Aribisala
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Opinion: Why PDP is Ten Times Better than APC – Femi Aribisala

APC is an expired drug. Nigerians now know what it means to vote against good luck. I have said time and again I am not a member of the PDP. I am saying it again. I have never been and will never be a member of any political party in Nigeria. I have also said I do not know personally, have never met or even ever spoken to President Goodluck Jonathan, although I remain as ardent in his support as I was during the 2015 election. Before you call me a liar, let me state here for the record that I finally had the privilege of speaking to President Jonathan a few weeks ago. A nice lady named Doris phoned me, pleased she was finally able to reach me. She had a simple message: President Jonathan would like to speak to me. She then gave me his phone-number. So, I finally had the opportunit...
Nigeria: Oshiomole is Like a Rain Beaten Chicken Crying All over the Place – Saraki
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Nigeria: Oshiomole is Like a Rain Beaten Chicken Crying All over the Place – Saraki

Saraki has responded to Adams Oshiomole's statement, describing the APC chairman as a rain beaten chicken crying all over the place. The full text of saraki's response is published below: 1. It is rather surprising that Mr. Adams Oshiomhole is behaving like a rain-beaten chicken, crying all over the place about Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, as if the Senate President is the apparition haunting his life and the sinking ship that he captains. 2. Having decided not to join the pigs in rolling in the dirt; we would not like to be involved in any meaningless exchange with the demagogue now in charge of APC. However, because he claimed that he was reacting to the issues raised by the Senate President during his World Press Conference, we thought it necessary to give the APC chairman some att...
Nigeria: Buhari Our Consensus Candidate – APC Reps
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Nigeria: Buhari Our Consensus Candidate – APC Reps

APC members of the House of Representative have chosen President Buhari as their consensus candidate. This position was made known to the media after the APC caucus met at the National Assembly yesterday. Making this announcement, Hon Sulaimon Lasun Yussuff, Deputy speaker of the House said "So, as at today, the party in principle has agreed that Buhari is going to be our candidate in 2019; I said in principle because when the date of the primary is now finally announced, we just want to go there to approve Buhari as a consensus candidate. “As long as my colleagues and I standing before you this evening are members of APC, nobody can represent us and represent Buhari more than us; all of us are for Buhari. I as an individual started campaigning for Buhari even before we merged as far...
Nigeria: APC Senators Plan to Break Into Senate Champers (Video) – Onyema Chukwuka
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Nigeria: APC Senators Plan to Break Into Senate Champers (Video) – Onyema Chukwuka

The Deputy House Minority Leader, Hon. Onyema Chukwuka has declared that some Senators were planning to break into the Senate chambers. He stated this in a video interview which he granted while on what he called a vigil at the National Assembly Complex. Senator Chukwuka alleged that they had it on good authority that some APC Senators led by Ali Senators Ndume, Senator Adamu Abdullahi and Senator Omo-Agege. According to him, their aim was to sit illegally while the Senate was on recess and impeach the Senate President Bukola Saraki. He stated they had tried to break in earlier and were coming back this night (2n August 2018) and tomorrow morning. What the Video Here He added that this attempt was aided by the Nigerian security forces. As a result of this, Senators in the PDP c...
Nigeria: APC Spokesperson Defects to PDP
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Nigeria: APC Spokesperson Defects to PDP

The spokesperson for the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bolaji Abdullahi has resigned his position and exited the party. This continues the wave of defections from the ruling party. Giving his reasons for leaving the party, he said "In the last few days i have had to endure the flagrant usurpation of my role as a spokesman of the party in a manner that i consider unbefiting of a ruling party and inconsistent with my ethical standards. However, in a situation whereby my loyalty is constantly brought into question; my subordinates deployed to subvert my office; and my views constantly second-guessed on the basis of my political affiliation, it has become imperative for me to review my position. “In view of recent political developments in the country and within the All Progressives...
Nigeria: Bukola Saraki Finally Decamps from APC to PDP
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Nigeria: Bukola Saraki Finally Decamps from APC to PDP

Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki has finally decamped from the ruling APC to the main opposition PDP. It will be recalled that Saraki was one of the PDP Governors who left prior to the 2015 elections to form the nPDP which later joined to form the APC. In a tweet, this morning, Saraki said "I wish to inform Nigerians that, after extensive consultations, I have decided to take my leave of the All Progressives Congress (APC)." Two hours later, he followed up with several tweets which constituted a statement, explaining why he left. Details of this statement are published below: "I wish to inform Nigerians that, after extensive consultations, I have decided to take my leave of the All Progressives Congress (APC). "This is not a decision that I have made lightly. If anything a...
Nigeria: Buhari Will Win Despite Defections – Keyamo
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Nigeria: Buhari Will Win Despite Defections – Keyamo

Mr Festus Keyamo SAN, Director Strategic Communications, of the President Muhammadu Buhari 2019 Presidential Campaign, has said that President Buhari will be re-elected despite the defections from the party. According to Keyamo, the President will record better results in states where he previously performed poorly. While making this claim, he added that "the latest defections by some National Assembly members and the Governor of Benue State will not harm the re-election of President Buhari in the 2019 general elections. This would even be so if the much-rumoured two more Governors also defect from the APC." He reason for his confidence was that from his perspective, "the President won with large margins in the past in some States without the support of majority of the politicians fr...
Nigeria: Senators that Defected Love Bribe and are Afraid of Buhari – El-Rufai
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Nigeria: Senators that Defected Love Bribe and are Afraid of Buhari – El-Rufai

Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State has stated that the senators that defected from the APC were afraid of what Buhari would do to them in his second tenure because they are corrupt. The Governor gave this as an explanation for the spate of defection that recently hit the ruling party. While answering questions during a media chat in his state conducted in Hausa he said "Why did these people (senators) leave APC? It’s because they love bribe and were afraid of what President Muhammadu Buhari will do to them if he gets re-elected. "This is just the truth. What joined them together is that they love bribery and corruption and they are afraid President Buhari will deal with them." It would be recalled that about 14 senators, 37 members of the house of assembly and some gover...
Nigeria: Dino Melaye Abducted by Unknown Gunmen
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Nigeria: Dino Melaye Abducted by Unknown Gunmen

Senator Dino Melaye has been reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen on his way to Kogi. Information reaching us has it that the the Senator was on his way to Kogi to appear in court over charges of allegedly aiding criminals and attempted suicide. He was billed to appear in court today (Thursday 26th July) but was ambushed and abducted along the Abuja-Lokoja Highway on his way to answer the charges. The news broke when Senator Ben Bruce tweeted on his twitter handle that the Senator had been abducted. The tweet read "I have just been informed by Moses Melaye, @dino_melaye’s brother, that Dino has been abducted by unknown persons in a Toyota Sienna that blocked their car and overpowered them on their way to Kogi to answer to Dino’s court case. Lets be on the watch out. Will keep you up...