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State of the Nation: “APC govt. has committed social, moral crimes against Nigerians” – Labour Party V-P candidate, Sen. Baba-Ahmed

Aminu Imam

By Aminu Imam Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, has urged Nigerians to put aside sentiments and vote for candidates with the capacity to efficiently manage the country’s resources. He made the remark while featuring as a guest on LibertyTV programme: “Democracy in Practice”, yesterday. Baba-Ahmed condemned President Buhari’s poor handling of the nation’s economy and security, describing him as a bad leader. He cited as an example the Abuja-Kaduna-bound passenger train, which he said though it was not…

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Shettima: “No regrets over APC choice of vice-presidential candidate” – Abdullahi Adamu

Aminu Imam

Amidst of reported outcry over the APC choice of a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential polls, the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, says no regrets on the selection of a former Borno State Governor, Ibrahim Kashim Shettima, as vice-presidential candidate. Adamu spoke with reporters in Daura yesterday, where he went to pay a Sallah homage to President Muhammadu Buhari as well as brief the President on preparations for the Osun State gubernatorial elections slated for next Saturday. Adamu described Shettima’s selection as being in tune with dictates of the…

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2023 APC: CAN fumes over Tinubu’s choice of Muslim running mate

Aminu Imam

The Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), has frowned on the selection of former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima as the running mate to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu had during a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura yesterday announced Shettima, a Muslim, as his running mate. Before now, there had been warnings from CAN, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) against fielding a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election. Speaking in an interview with newsmen yesterday, CAN’s spokesperson, Adebayo…

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Just In! Tinubu picks former Borno gov, Shettima as running mate

Aminu Imam

Reports indicate that the All Progressives Congress, (APC) presidential candidate for the 2023 polls, Bola Tinubu has confirmed Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. It had earlier been reported that the vice presidential candidate will be unveiled to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the leader of the party, in his hometown in Daura, Katsina State on Sunday (today). President Buhari has been in Daura since Friday for the Eid-el Kabir celebration. Recall that Shettima played a lead role in the pre-presidential primaries campaign of Tinubu. Shettima, the representative of…

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2023 Elections: Some presidential candidates petition US, UK, others over alleged lopsided posting of police officers in favour of S’West APC candidate

Aminu Imam

Some presidential candidates for the 2023 general elections have petitioned the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and the international community over alleged unbalanced posting of top police officers in favour of the South-West region. They alleged the posting was done to help the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who is from the South-West region, to rig the poll. According to them, the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith, has approved the posting of 16 indigenes who hail from the…

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2023 APC VP Slot: Tinubu pencils Zulum, Shettima, drops el-Rufa’i

Aminu Imam

…Aide debunks Asiwaju meeting with Wike The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 election, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, may in the next few days name either Governor Babagana Zulum, of Borno State, or his predecessor, Senator Kashim Shettima, as his running mate. With about 12 days to the July 15 deadline for political parties to submit the final names of their presidential candidates and running mates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), it was learnt that Tinubu, after a thorough consultation, settled for the…

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Matawalle’s Defection to APC: “He’s like one running from death but lands in coffin” – Sule Lamido

Aminu Imam

Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has been in the news lately, following his recent calls for the Citizens of the State to bear arms in the wake of the senseless killing of innocent citizens and residents of the State. Recall that after becoming governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019, the Matawalle in July 2021 defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). Although the PDP threatened to retrieve their “stolen” mandate from the ruling party, the governor defended his move, saying Zamfara needed to…

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Defection Threat: “APC must not lose majority in Senate”, Buhari appeals to aggrieved senators

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday in Abuja, pleaded with aggrieved senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure the party’s majority control in the Senate is not threatened. The President’s call comes on the heels of reports that no fewer than 22 APC senators have concluded plans to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), and others over grievances arising from the just concluded party primaries. Buhari, in an audience with some APC senators on the outcome of the party primaries and…

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2023 Elections: “We won’t interfere in Nigerians’ democratic choice”, INEC Chairman tells UN

Aminu Imam

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has assured the international community that the electoral umpire would always submit itself to the sanctity of votes cast by the Nigerian electorate. The INEC Chairman made the declaration yesterday, when he met with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh Annadif, at the Commission headquarters in Abuja. Yakubu, who commended UNOWAS for being supportive of INEC during the conduct of elections in…

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“Reject APC, PDP in 2023, they have failed” – Kwankwaso tells Nigerians

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the 2023 election, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has called on Nigerians to reject the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former Kano State governor said the APC and PDP have failed over the years to provide succour for Nigerians across all sectors of governance, adding that all indices of socio-economic development are daily rising on the negative side. He stated this yesterday, in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, during a consultation…

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