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The Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has asked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abubakar Atiku to honourably withdraw from the race for him. He added that he had helped many northerners in the past including Atiku Abubakar. Tinubu stated this while speaking at an interactive session with some Northern leaders under the aegis of Arewa Joint Committee on Monday. He said, “I was one of the youngest strategists with Shehu Musa Yar’adua. I started here in the North. Atiku met me with Yar’adua after he left Nigeria Customs…
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has expressed displeasure over attacks carried out by thugs on PDP members on Friday in Zamfara state. It was gathered, that the Zamfara State governorship candidate of the party in the forthcoming 2023 general election, Dr. Dauda Lawal, had raised the alarm that himself and other members of the party were attacked by thugs allegedly sponsored by the State government on Friday night. Lawal in a statement issued by the Dauda Lawal Media Centre in Gusau over the weekend, stated that he and his escorts were attacked by…
President Zelensky says Russia launched drone and missile attacks across Ukraine “all night and all morning” trying to “terrorise” civilians Four people have been killed – including a pregnant woman – after Kyiv was hit by “kamikaze drones”, authorities say And four people have died after a rocket attack in the north-eastern Sumy region, the governor there says Frantic rescue work is going on in the centre of Kyiv after buildings were damaged, our correspondent Paul Adams reports The capital reverberated to the rattle of gunfire in the morning as anti-aircraft batteries tried to shoot down the drones At…
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi on Monday took his drive for support ahead of the 2023 presidential election to the residence of controversial cleric Sheikh Ahmed Gumi. Gumi is that cleric who has been known to have the understanding of terrorists and has visited them in their camps in some parts of the Northern states. Obi was at the residence of Gumi in company with his running mate Senator Ahmed Datti. Confirming the visitation on his verified handle, Obi himself wrote. “Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed and I stopped by for a courtesy call on Sheikh Gumi at…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday boasted that his administration has implemented high-impact projects across the country. He said with those, he has met the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians. The President stated this while addressing the Ministerial Performance Review Retreat of his administration, organised to evaluate the level of progress made in the implementation of the Nine Priority Agenda of his Administration. He highlighted remarkable progress made in the areas of agriculture, economy, infrastructure, security, health, anti-corruption, among others. In a statement by his spokesperson, Femi Adeshina narrated that President Buhari told participants and guests at the retreat, including the…
All eyes are on Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress on Monday as he faces the Northern Elders Forum. Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar, had met the forum earlier. One of the statements he made at the forum is still generating ripples. While Atiku had said he is the pan-Nigerian leader Nigeria needs next, he told those present that the North needs him most and not any candidate from either Yoruba or Igbo lane. The comments have put Atiku under heat as many have taken these to be indicative of ethnic bias. Already…
Over 2.5 million persons are affected by current floods which hit Nigeria when Cameroonian authorities released water from their Lagdo Dam. Of this figure, 1.3 people are displaced, 2,407 persons injured, and 603 persons lost their lives. These figures were released on Sunday in Abuja by the the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, while unveiling Nigeria’s preparation to meet with the Government of Republic of Cameroon over the release of water from Lagdo Dam at a press conference. Farouq also urged state governments to put more efforts on the evacuation of flood…
The Federal Road Safety Corps has said that no fewer than five persons have died while three others were injured in a car accident in Kogi on Sunday. It was gathered that the accident occurred around Ogbagbo Junction along Ejule-Ochadamu road at about 12:47pm. It was said that a Nissan vehicle collided with a Mazda car creating very heavy impact. The Kogi Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Stephen Dawulung revealed that the Nissan vehicle lost control while trying to dodge a pothole and in the process, drifted off its lane and collided with the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has dismissed what it describes as the attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to accuse the PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, of playing ethnic and tribal politics. The party described as shameless and irresponsible that the APC will go to the extent of deliberately distorting, doctoring, misinterpreting and taking out of context, the comment by the PDP Presidential Candidate at a Stakeholders’ meeting in Kaduna State on Sunday, in a bid to smear his image as a Pan-Nigerian leader. This was contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the…