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“Just like Buhari promised, Tinubu will remove fuel subsidy” � Keyamo

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 Aminu Imam

According to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will eliminate fuel subsidies in accordance with President Muhammadu Buhari�s plan. However, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to oppose the plan to remove the subsidy, arguing that the refineries must be operational before the subsidy can be changed. Recall that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), recently revealed that the country spends more than N400 billion per month on petroleum subsidies, which it claims is largely unsustainable. According to Tinubu-Shettima…

Tinubu: INEC hires Ex-NBA President, 8 other SANs to defend election

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria to defend the outcomes of the presidential election on February 25. According to reports, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), Abubakar Mahmoud, will lead the group (SAN). Stephen Adehi (SAN), Oluwakemi Pinheiro (SAN), Miannaya Essien (SAN), and Abdullahi Aliyu are additional team members, who work for INEC�s legal department and are team members together with Garba Hassan, Musa Attah, and Patricia Obi. For the defense of the outcomes of the gubernatorial and State Assembly…

Presidential Election: “Declare me winner, or order rerun between me and Tinubu” � Atiku urges tribunal

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to declare him winner or order a rerun between him and the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. In the alternative, he wants the entire election nullified and a fresh one conducted. These are the key reliefs being sought in the petition filed for him and the PDP at the PEPC secretariat on Tuesday night by their team of lawyers led by Joe Gadzama (SAN). Listed as respondents in the petition are the…

2023 Election: APC appoints 13 SANs to defend Tinubu�s victory

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress, on Tuesday, in Abuja, assembled a team of highly qualified and experienced lawyers to represent it at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. According to a statement by Ahmad El-Marzuq, APC National Legal Adviser, the team comprised legal luminaries with vast experience in election petition matters, constitutional law and litigation. He said the legal team, consisting of 13 Senior Advocates of Nigeria, was led by Prince Lateef Fagbemi, a renowned lawyer. El-Marzuq said Fagbemi had successfully handled various high-profile election matters and other landmark cases. He expressed…

2023 Election Results: Tinubu replies Obi, Atiku�

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023 Aminu Imam

…Assemblies legal team to battle LP, PDP in court President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described as nonsensical the insinuation that time variation in uploading results caused changes in figures of last Saturday�s 2023 presidential election. He argued that the claim that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) was false. Tinubu further maintained that those who voted across Nigeria, including candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi, were accredited with BVAS. Speaking through…

Tinubu defeats Peter Obi, Atiku in Obasanjo polling unit� �

February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has won in the polling unit of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who endorsed Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate for the election. At Unit-2, Ward-11, Olushomi compound, Totoro�Sokori area of Abeokuta-North local government area of Ogun State, Tinubu polled 56, while Obi followed with nine votes, and Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured seven votes. Recall that after Obasanjo endorsed Obi last month, the APC Presidential Campaign Council spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, in an issued statement, said nobody…

EFCC denies raiding Tinubu�s Lagos residence

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 Aminu Imam

…Says it is fake news The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has denied raising the residence of the Presidential Candidate All Progressives Congress, (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In an issued statement yesterday, the Commission described reports of the raid as �false�. The statement read: �The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has been drawn to a report circulating in the social media, claiming that operatives of the Commission raided the home of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in the forthcoming…

2023: JIBWIS national leadership endorse Tinubu/Kashim Presidency

February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 Aminu Imam

The national chairman Council of Ulama, Jama�atu Izalatil Bid�ah Wa�Ikamatis Sunnah, (JIBWIS), Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir, has endorsed the candidature of Senator Ahmad Bola Tinubu and Sen. Kashim Shettima, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming presidential elections. Sheikh Jingir, who made the endorsement yesterday, at the closing of the JIBWIS 30th National Annual Seminar, which was held at its Science Secondary School, Zaria Road, Jos, said it was his personal interest and firm conviction that informed his decision, but clarified that it doesn�t stop his followers from…

Militant group pledges one million votes for Tinubu

February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 Aminu Imam

Ahead of next Saturday’s Feburary 25th Presidential election, the Niger-Delta Liberation Movement (NDLM) has endorsed the All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as their preferred candidate to take over from Buhari. Rising from a crucial meeting held in Egbema, Delta State, which lasted over six hours, the most dreaded militant group with over one million registered members also vowed to clear any obstacle that will hinder the victory of Tinubu in the Feburary 25th Presidential election. Addressing Journalists on behalf of the militants at the end…

2023: “APC, Tinubu hypocritical; plotting to scuttle elections” – Atiku

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organisation has alerted Nigerians that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation are manipulating the polity and creating situations for crisis with the objective of scuttling the 2023 general elections. It also alerted Nigerians that the APC is turning the nation into a war zone, having concluded that he (Tinubu) cannot win in the February 25, 2023 Presidential election. The Campaign Organisation, in an issued statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, said that Nigerians must know that the APC and its Presidential candidate, Tinubu,…