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PHOTO NEWS: Tinubu, Adamu, Ganduje others in Ekiti for Guber campaign
All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, Governors Abdullahi Ganduje, Adegboyega Oyetola, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Dapo Abiodun, Senator Ibikunle Amosun among others joined Governor Kayode Fayemi in Ado Ekiti in a grand campaign rally in support of Ekit State APC governorship candidate, Mr. Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji.
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X-raying the policy options before Atiku, Tinubu and Peter Obi, By Babatunde Akin-Moses
What do you think would be the policy focus of the leading Presidential candidates? Based on their strengths, time in office, publicly available documents and utterances, here are my thoughts: Atiku – Atiku’s disposition suggests that he would primarily focus on a private sector driven economy. Such an administration would most likely bring about more privatization and liberalization. If we…
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Information minister inaugurates 24-member UNWTO conference planning committee
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has inaugurated a 24-member planning committee for the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Conference on Tourism, Culture and Creative Industries taking place in Nigeria. Tagged the ‘First UNWTO Global Conference on Linking Tourism, Culture and the Creative Industries: Pathways to Recovery and Inclusive Development’, the conference will take place at…
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Buhari meets APC governors ahead Tinubu’s running mate decision
President Muhammadu Buhari met with governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday. WesternPost gathered that the meeting was not unconnected with the choice of a running mate for the party’s presidential flagbearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Kebbi State Governor and Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Atiku Bagudu, led his…
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Court sentences Abba Kyari’s co-accused to two years in jail
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment two co-defendants in a suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended DCP Abba Kyari over an alleged drug deal. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, said having admitted to have committed the offence preferred against them in counts 5, 6…
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June 12 and I: Setting the records straight, By Doyin Okupe
Yesterday some ignorant young men tried to disparage me by classifying me as one of those who promoted or sided with the perpetrators of June 12. This to me was an exceptionally sad development and evil rhetorics against my person, honour and integrity. The facts: I was not the National Publicity Secretary of the NRC at the time of June…
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A Muslim running mate to Tinubu, By Femi Onibonoje
Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a Muslim from the Southwest and the APC presidential candidate is yet to choose his running mate. In recent elections, Nigerians have always made religion and ethnicity major issues in the presidential contests. Sadly so, but the issues have always come from religious suspicion and identity politics. There is a present agitation by the Christian community…
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APC Yobe North candidate refuses to step down for Senate President Lawan
Winner of the All Progressives Congress senatorial primary election in Yobe North, Sheriff Machina has refused to step down for Senate President, Ahmed Lawan. Many had believed Lawan would reclaim the ticket to return to the Senate after losing the APC presidential primaries. But reacting in a letter on Monday, Machina said after the primary election, he would not surrender…
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The imperative of a Muslim-Muslim ticket for APC, By Abdussamad Umar Jibia
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is no doubt a party that brings together some of the most outstanding politicians in Nigeria. However, what makes the APC most attractive is the fact that it is in power. It seized this power from the PDP, a party that ruled Nigeria for 16 years and adjudged to be a failure by majority of…
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