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Presidency: I’m confident Nigerians will give me their mandate

NewsDeskNgDec 6, 2022December 6, 20220

With less than 90 days to the forthcoming presidential election in 2023, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says he is confident Nigerians will vote for him. Tinubu made the expression while speaking at the Chatham House, United Kingdom (UK), in a lecture titled: ‘Nigeria’s 2023...

No human being is immune to gaffes – Alake defends Tinubu

NewsDeskNgDec 6, 2022December 6, 20220

Dele Alake, an Adviser on Media, Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, is human and as such is not immune to gaffes. Alake also said that Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidates of the Labour Party (LP) and the...

Archbishop Chukwuma: Buhari government most corrupt in Nigeria history

NewsDeskNgDec 6, 2022December 6, 20220

The Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop, Enugu Diocese, Anglican Communion, Most. Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma has again come hard on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, alleging that it is the most corrupt in the country’s history. Chukwuma spoke to journalists in Enugu on Monday evening, rating the Buhari administration as...

Demand DNA If You Doubt My Paternity -Tinubu

NewsDeskNgDec 6, 2022December 6, 20220

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has told his critics to demand a paternity test if they have doubts about his origins. There had been speculations about his state of origin as well as other information about him, ahead of the 2023 election. He also revealed...

Atiku’s Endorsement: ‘You Are Suffering From Amnesia’ — Dogara Fires Back At Wike

NewsDeskNgDec 6, 2022December 6, 20220

Yakubu Dogara, a former speaker of the house of representatives, says Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, is “suffering from amnesia”. Wike had criticised Dogara for endorsing Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “The same Dogara said the presidency should be zoned to southern Nigeria for there...

NEC meeting: ASUU shelves drastic action on withheld salaries

NewsDeskNgDec 6, 2022December 6, 20220

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Monday opted to continue their nationwide protest, instead of embarking on another round of industrial action over their eight-months’ salaries being withheld by the Federal Government. The decision was arrived at after a lengthy National Executive Council, NEC, meeting in...

It’s not true we don’t give ‘shishi’ — Peter Obi

NewsDeskNgDec 6, 2022December 6, 20220

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that it was not true he runs a penny-pinching campaign (not giving ‘shishi’). But that he is more concerned about using state money for public good, if elected Nigeria’s next President in 2023. He said this on Monday...

Tinubu’s Chatham House performance a disgrace — PDP Campaign

NewsDeskNgDec 6, 2022December 6, 20220

The Atiku/Okowa Campaign Presidential Campaign Organization has described the outing of the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu at the Chatham House, London, as disgraceful. The PDP Campaign said Tinubu’s outing was a pathetic display of vacuity as he failed to perform the simplest of tasks...

EFCC launches manhunt for Kano APC senatorial candidate over ‘$1.3m fraud’

NewsDeskNgDec 6, 2022December 6, 20220

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is making efforts to arrest Abdulsalam Zaura, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Kano central senatorial district, over alleged fraud. Ahmad Rogha, counsel to EFCC, said this on Monday while speaking with journalists at the federal high court in Kano....

I Will Privatise Refineries, Set Up $10bn Funds For Youths – Atiku

NewsDeskNgDec 6, 2022December 6, 20220

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has pledged to privatise the nation’s refineries if elected as President next year. The PDP candidate who spoke on Monday during PDP’s presidential rally in Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, said he will earmark $10 billion...