Politics

Wike mocks Atiku over Obasanjo’s endorsement of Obi

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike said the endorsement of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi by former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo shows lack of confidence in the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Obasanjo had declared his support for Obi ahead of next month’s presidential election in a letter he wrote to Nigerian youths on…

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‘Injustice rant’ by G-5 governors a distraction, says Okowa

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice-presidential candidate, has described the party’s G-5 governors’ rant over alleged injustices in the party as a distraction. Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, on Monday, Okowa said the Southern Governors’ Forum at a meeting in Asaba resolved and later reiterated in subsequent meetings in Lagos and Enugu, to work towards…

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I’ll uphold citizens’ right to hold dissenting views – Tinubu

…says I’m fit for the rigours of office…fuel subsidy favours the rich more…signs of my victory making opposition jittery Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured that under his leadership the right of citizens to freely express their views on government policies and activities will be guaranteed. Speaking against the backdrop of insinuations…

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INTERVIEW: Why i will do away with fuel subsidy – Tinubu

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu spoke with Kaduna-based Freedom Radio while in Saudi Arabia for Lesser Hajj on his stand on fuel subsidy removal and his physical fitness to be the President of Nigeria. Question: Your Excellency, I understand you are in Saudi Arabia? Tinubu: Yes, I am here in Saudi Arabia. It is a…

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Stop meddling in Nigerian politics, Bugaje, Akinyemi tell Obasanjo

Two Nigerian intellectuals, Dr Usman Bugaje and Professor Bolaji Akinyemi have faulted former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s meddling in Nigerian politics, by endorsing a particular candidate. Bugaje and Akinyemi spoke in an interview with Seun Okinbaloye on Channels TV programme, Politics Today on Sunday Night. Akinyemi, a former foreign minister of Nigeria and pro-democracy activist, slammed Obasanjo’s meddling and described him…

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Obasanjo’s endorsement of Obi worthless, says APC

The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC PCC) has described as worthless the endorsement of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. In a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, the APC PCC said it was no news that Obasanjo was supporting Obi to become president. He however said…

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Nigeria’s glorious dawn is here with Tinubu as President – APC PCC SW Leader, Are

The Director, Contact and Mobilization Committee, South West of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Alhaji Mutiu Are has told Nigerians not to be downhearted over the current state of things in the country. He assured them of a better and greater Nigeria when the presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu assumes mantle of the nation’s…

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Sports minister, Dare, rallies support for Tinubu in new year message

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has felicitated Nigerian youths for crossing over to the new year, which he described as a momentous year, filled with immense possibilities. In a new year goodwill message, Dare urged the youths and Nigerians at large to task their ingenuity in breaking new grounds, and be determined to exercise their franchise in…

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