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Tinubu�s Victory: “Order presidential election rerun”, Primate Ayodele to tribunal

July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 Aminu Imam

Leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has advised the presidential election petition tribunal to consider a rerun or another presidential election. Ayodele, who disclosed this in his 2023 edition of prophecies, titled: �Warnings to the Nations�, stated that a rerun or new presidential election would restore Nigeria�s electoral system�s credibility. According to Primate Ayodele, the best options are to order a rematch between the two leading candidates or to hold another presidential election. He stated that the current government will thwart any attempt by the election…

2023 Polls: EU’s report an imperialist agenda – MURIC

July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 Aminu Imam

Islamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern, (MURIC), has faulted the final report of the European Union observer team on Nigeria�s 2023 general election. The group, which spoke yesterday, through its Executive Director, Professor Is�haq Akintola, described the report as an imperialist agenda. The statement read in part: �The Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM), Barry Andrews, at a news conference in Abuja last week presented its final report on the 2023 general election in Nigeria. The report was an undisguised indictment of Nigeria�s…

2023 Elections: Keyamo, Fani-Kayode promoted fake news� EU Report

July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 Aminu Imam

The European Union Election Observation Mission has alleged that a former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Femi Fani-Kayode promoted fake news during the 2023 general elections. The EU Observers made this allegation in latest report on the 2023 general elections, copy of which has been submitted to the Secretary to the Federal Government, George Akume. It accused Keyamo and Fani-Kayode of misleading Nigerians by spreading fake news during the 2023 general elections. The EU Observers cited instances where…

FG rejects EU�s verdict on 2023 general elections

July 3, 2023July 3, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Bola Tinubu-led federal government has rejected the European Union (EU)�s verdict on the recently concluded 2023 General Elections. The announcement came through a press release by the Special Adviser to the President, Dele Alake, yesterday evening. The Federal Government said it had previously alerted the nation to the intentions of a continental multi-lateral institution to discredit the 2023 general elections. Although not explicitly named in the earlier statement, the government said it was made clear that the foreign institution had persistently attacked the credibility of the electoral process and…

“I did not lose 2023 presidential election”, Atiku insists

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 Aminu Imam

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday insisted that he did not lose the just concluded presidential election. Speaking at a reception organised by the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF) for outgoing, re-elected, newly elected and former governors of the main opposition party yesterday in Abuja, he said the PDP must stay together and focus on how to regain what he described as its stolen mandate. Addressing a packed hall of party stakeholders inside Transcorp Hilton, Atiku said, �We all know that the PDP did not lose the last election.…

2023 Presidential Election Results: �Allow tribunals decide your fate� – Gowon asks Atiku, Obi, others

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 Aminu Imam

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has called on the presidential candidates of the People�s Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, of the Labour Party (LP), as well as other aggrieved politicians to allow the election tribunals to decide their fate and to abide by such decisions. Gowon made the call yesterday in Abuja, at the 15th edition of the PUNUKA Annual Lecture 2023 and symposium in honour of the Late Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Chike Idigbe. The ex-military Head of State, who emphasised…

Adamawa Polls: Suspended REC, Yunusa-Ari arrested

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 Aminu Imam

The embattled and suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, has been arrested. Recall that Yunusa-Ari was declared wanted after he declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), A’ishatu Binani, the winner of Adamawa governorship election before the conclusion of collation of results of the supplementary polls conducted across the state. Police confirmed the arrest Yunusa-Ari in an issued statement yesterday in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi. He stated that the suspended REC was arrested by the…

2023 Presidential Election: “You are shameless, sore losers� – Lai Moh’d replies opposition

May 1, 2023May 1, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has described the opposition attacking President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent comment on the 2023 Presidential elections as �shameless sore losers�. In an issued statement yesterday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the President�s analysis of the reasons for the opposition�s loss in the 2023 elections is incontrovertible. In the statement, made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Special Assistant to the President (Media), in the Office of the Minister, Segun Adeyemi, the minister reiterated the position of the President that the opposition…

Why opposition lost presidential election � Buhari

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has asserted that while the All-Progressives Congress (APC) worked hard to retain power in the 2023 elections, the combined opposition was a victim of overconfidence. According to an issued statement yesterday by the President’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, Buhari spoke at the State House when he received the Progressives Governors� Forum led by the Chairman, Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State. �They were already telling their foreign backers that they would defeat the APC. Our Party blended confidence with caution, we worked hard and won. Now, their over…

Eid: �Accept outcomes of court cases in good faith�, Sultan urges politicians

April 22, 2023April 22, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Sa�ad Abubakar III, has urged politicians seeking redress in courts to accept the outcomes in good faith. Abubakar, who is the President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, (NSCIA), made the assertion in his Eid-el-Fitr massage to Nigerians yesterday, in Sokoto State. The Sultan said, �The elections had come and gone; people should go ahead with their routine activities peacefully. �Politicians seeking redress in courts should take the outcomes in good faith and support whoever emerges for the sustenance of peace, unity and…