Tag: 2023 Election

Binanis Illegal Declaration: Buhari orders prosecution of Adamawa REC, security agents

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday approved the suspension of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State, Barrister Hudu Yunusa Ari, who illegally declared Aisha Binani winner of the States gubernatorial election when collation had not been concluded. The suspension is contained in a circular yesterday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha. Buhari ordered Hudus suspension pending the completion of investigation by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) on the conduct/actions of the REC during the last Saturdays supplementary election. The president also ordered probe…

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Obi dislikes North; well reject him 1,000 times – Buharis aide

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Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital Communication, Bashir Ahmad, has declared that the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, would never get the support of the Northern people. According to him, the former Anambra State Governor has never missed an opportunity to show his dislike for the North. Peter Obi had in a tweet, noted that beyond regaining his mandate, his commitment was to address poverty in Nigeria, starting from the North. However, Bashir, who tweeted in Hausa language, berated Obi, saying using the North as a…

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May 29 inauguration: No cause for alarm – Military assures

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The Defence Headquarters has expressed commitment to a peaceful transition to a new government on May 29 and assured that the military and intelligence community were ready to counter any threat to national security. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami gave the assurance yesterday in Abuja, at the bi-weekly news conference on the operations of the armed forces. Danmadami urged the populace to discard the apprehension created by the enemies of Nigeria predicting security threats. Like the general election has come and gone, winners have been announced, people…

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Tinubu didnt have to score 25 percent votes in Abuja to be president-elect INEC

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, did not have to score 25 votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) before being declared Nigerias President-elect. The President-elect polled 8.8 million votes to beat the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, who came second and Labour Partys Peter Obi who came third in the 25 February election. To be declared the winner of Nigerias presidential election, a candidate must also score 25 per cent…

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Gov. Umaru Fintiri wins second term as Adamawa Governor-elect

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has declared Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the 2023 Adamawa State Governorship election. Fintiri was declared winner of the keenly contested poll after collation was concluded yesterday. He is elected for a second term in office. As announced by the returning officer of the election, Ahmadu Fintiri, of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), scored a total of 430, 821 votes to defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), A’isha Binani who got 396,788. The election…

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Tinubu micromanages team more than Buhari Fashola

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Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the leadership styles of President Muhammadu Buhari and President-elect Bola Tinubu vary. Using football managers as an example, while Speaking at the weekend during an interview during a television programme, Fashola said Buhari is like a coach, who prepares his team for the game and sits in the dugout for 90 minutes – while Tinubu is the type of gaffer, who gets involved with the teams activities on the field. Recall that the minister worked under Tinubu as his Chief of Staff…

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Adamawa 2023: “Theres a plot to undermine democracy, provoke violence” – Atiku

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar has called the attention of Nigerians to the game plan of up-turning the democratic wishes of the people of Adamawa State in the governorship election in the State. Abubakar, in an issued statement by his spokesman. Paul Ibe, said that the initial decision of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Adamawa State to declare the APC candidate, Aisha Binani, as the winner of the election, is a case study to the shambolic nature of the…

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Adamawa: CDD, Yiaga Africa demands action against REC, other

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The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and the Yiaga Africa have condemnedyesterday mornings declaration of Senator Aishatu Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, as winner of the Adamawa State governorship election. This is contained in separate statements on the verified twitter handles of the two organisations. The Resident Electoral Commission (REC) for Adamawa State, Prof. Yusuf Hudu Ari, had declared Binani as winner of the election under controversial circumstances. This is as the States Collation Officer, Prof. Mohammed Mele, whose responsibility is to announce the results and declare winner was…

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2023 Polls: Foreign media, Think Tanks admit being misinformed by ‘Obidients’ – FG

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Some international media organisations and Think Tanks have admitted that they were misinformed on the chances of the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, in winning the 2023 Presidential polls. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this in London, when he concluded his engagements and meetings with the media houses and Policy Institutes. The minister was in Washington and London to defend the legitimacy of the just-concluded general elections and correct the imbalance in the skewed narrative which had pervaded the air on the polls. Addressing newsmen at…

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Inciteful Comments: Arrest Peter Obi, Datti Ahmed – Northern Elders tell security forces

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The Coalition of Northern Elders has called for the arrest of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Peter Obi. The group, which rose in meeting on Tuesday, called on the Nigerian security operatives to be alive to their responsibility, maintained that nothing must stop the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu as the next Nigerian President on May 29, 2023. Accusing Obi and his Vice, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed of making inciting statements capable of disrupting the country’s democracy maintained that their…

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