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Tinubu didn’t attack Buhari at Calabar rally, says campaign council
The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied claims that its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu attacked President Muhammadu Buhari at the party’s rally in Calabar on Tuesday. In a statement by the Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, the APC PCC said Tinubu’s statements in Calabar were addressed to the former Peoples Democratic…
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Elements in Aso Villa want Tinubu to lose presidential election, says el-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has alleged that some elements in the Presidential Villa do not want the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to win the presidential election. While appearing on Channels TV programme, Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, El-Rufai said these elements are sabotaging Tinubu’s campaign by the anti-peoples policies in place. “I believe…
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Huge crowds turn out for pope’s mass in DR Congo capital
A huge crowd of singing and dancing worshippers turned out to attend a papal mass in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday, the second day of Pope Francis’s visit to the country. People flocked to the tarmac of Kinshasa’s N’Dolo Airport for the open-air mass, which was due to begin at 9:30am (08:30 GMT). Many of the…
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Atiku confirms WesternPost story, says talks with Obi, Kwankwaso ongoing
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has confirmed WesternPost story over talks concerning the possibility of Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi stepping down to support him. WesternPost had exclusively reported last week that Obi was considering stepping down for Atiku upon the realisation that the coming election is going to be a straight fight between the…
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Chelsea complete British record £107m fee for Enzo Fernandez
Chelsea have signed Benfica’s Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez for a British record 121m euro (£107m) transfer fee. The deal eclipses the £100m Manchester City paid for Jack Grealish in 2021. Fernandez, who only joined Benfica for a reported £10m in August, was named young player of the tournament during Argentina’s World Cup triumph in Qatar. The 22-year-old’s arrival takes Chelsea’s…
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NNPC assures INEC of adequate fuel supply for 2023 general elections
The Nageria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) has assured the Independent National Elelctoral Commission (INEC) of adequate fuel supply during the 2023 general elections. Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC L, said this when he received the management team of INEC at the NNPCL Tower in Abuja on Tuesday. Kyari said the company had put in place measures to…
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Tinubu speaks of return of economic prosperity at Calabar, Awka campaign rallies
…says Atiku will privatise Nigeria into his pocket All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has re-echoed his message of economic prosperity to Nigerians at his campaign rallies in Anambra and Cross Rivers states. Speaking in Awka and Calabar, capital of Anambra and Cross Rivers states on Tuesday, Tinubu said his focus as president would be to…
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In Jigawa, Buhari inaugurates landmark 5,700 hectares Hadejia Valley Irrigation Scheme
The newly inaugurated 5,700 hectares Hadejia Valley Irrigation Scheme in Auyo Local Government Area of Jigawa State will significantly contribute to Nigeria’s quest for food security, job creation and economic diversification, President Muhammmadu Buhari said on Tuesday in Dutse. The President spoke at a state banquet after commissioning several projects executed by the Federal Government, the Jigawa State government and…
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Adeleke/PDP plan to disrupt Tinubu/Shettima rally with hooded thugs in Osogbo- APC alleges
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has raised the alarm over an alleged plan by Governor Ademola Adeleke and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to disrupt its presidential campaign billed for Thursday 2nd February, 2023. The APC alleged that majority of the security guards being used by Adeleke are political hoodlums. Addressing…
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Tinubu mourns renowned physicist, Prof Umar
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has sent out his sympathy and condolence over the death of a renowned physicist and a former Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Professor Ibrahim Umar. Prof Umar, who specialized in nuclear energy died in Kano on Monday. He served as BUK VC between 1979 and 1986…
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