Tag: Tinubu

2023: “Electing Tinubu will mean third-term for Buhari” ? PDP Group

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Action 23 Group has warned Nigerians against electing the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as doing so, it said, will amount to an extension of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. In an issued statement issued yesterday by its Chairman, Hon. Rufus Omeire, the group argued that given the performance of the ruling party in the last seven years and more, the party has become an existential threat to the survival of the nation. The statement referenced the recent remark by a…

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2023 Presidency: “I’m not Tinubu’s campaign D-G” – el-Rufa’i

Aminu Imam

Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, has said he has not been appointed the Director-General (D-G) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The governor, during a live media chat on Wednesday night, in Kaduna, also denied being appointed as the D-G of the APC presidential campaign. The governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye, in a tweet stated that there is no truth in the reports.  “Malam Nasir @elrufai has disclaimed reports of his appointment as DG of the APC Presidential…

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2023 Presidency: Kwankwaso’s NNPP demands Atiku, Tinubu’s disqualification

Aminu Imam

The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has called on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2023 election. The Kaduna State Chairman of the NNPP, Sani Litti, made the call while addressing newsmen on Monday. He asked INEC to disqualify Tinubu and Atiku on the grounds of alleged financial crimes during their respective presidential primaries. Litti called for the arrest of the Asiwaju and Atiku by the…

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2023: Shettima to be unveiled as Tinubu’s running mate today

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will today, Wednesday, unveil his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima. According to an issued statement yesterday signed by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Muhammad Argungu, the unveiling event will take place at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, at 11:00 am. “All Members of the National Executive Committee (NEC), Members of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Members of APC Caucus in the National Assembly, Members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Presidential Aspirants at…

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2023 Election: Asari-Dokubo backs APC Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket

Aminu Imam

…Says Tinubu will win A frontline Niger-Delta activist, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has backed the Muslim-Muslim of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the 2023 presidential elections. Asari-Dokubo, speaking in a live interview on Facebook, said Muslims did not complain in 1979 when the Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, a Christian of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) had a Christian running mate, Philip Umeadi, and the Late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, a Christian, of the Nigerian Peoples Party (NPP) had Dr. Ishaya Audu, also a Christian as running mate. While accusing Christians of…

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2023: VP Yemi Osinbajo speaks on Muslim-Muslim ticket

Aminu Imam

…Opposes Tinubu-Shettima Presidency Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and his erstwhile political godfather, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, are on another collision course few weeks after the duo squared up at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primaries in Abuja, where the latter emerged victorious. The vice-president fired the first shot on Monday, when he spoke against the choice of former Governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima, as running mate to Tinubu. It was gathered that Osinbajo had expressed serious objection to the adoption of a Muslim-Muslim ticket. According to a reliable source,…

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2023: Afenifere dumps Tinubu, declares support for Peter Obi

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The leader of the pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has endorsed Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2023 presidency. Adebanjo gave the endorsement while speaking on an online radio programme, yesterday. He said Obi has the ability to “rule independently” and would not disappoint Nigeria. He said he has lost confidence in Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer, as well as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. According to him, “It is only Peter…

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2023: Northern Youths group rejects el-Rufa’i endorsement by TSO as Tinubu’s running mate

Aminu Imam

Northern Youths, under the umbrella of the North-East Stakeholders Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have kicked against the open endorsement of Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, by the Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO) as the ideal candidate for the vice-presidential slot. The TSO had described el-Rufa’i as the best among the contenders being proposed as running mate to the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The TSO Director-General, Aminu Suleiman, while briefing newsmen in Kaduna on Monday, said that they had decided after a consultative meeting with critical…

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2023 Presidency: “Neither Atiku nor Tinubu can fix Nigeria” – Ango Abdullahi

Aminu Imam

The Convener of the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Prof Ango Abdullahi, has said that neither the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, nor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), can fix Nigeria’s challenges. In an interview the elder statesman granted yesterday, Abdullahi said Nigeria will be in chaos if either Tinubu or Atiku emerges president, adding that the duo have nothing to offer the country. According to him, the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and that of the New…

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2023 APC Ticket: Votes strength will determine Tinubu’s choice of running mate – Campaign Coordinator

Aminu Imam

The North-Central Coordinator of Tinubu Campaign Organisation, Abdul-Azeez Yinka-Oniyangi, has said numbers will be the major consideration in picking a running mate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flag-bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Yinka-Oniyangi disclosed this while speaking about the rationale behind the choice of a running mate for Tinubu on a television programme on Friday. Recall that according to reports, Tinubu had named Kabiru Ibrahim Masari as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election, though he is believed to be a ‘place holder’ pending when a substantive…

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