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Friday, 25 January 2019 04:53

INEC rejects Ezekwesili’s withdrawal from presidential race

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is too late for any candidate to withdraw from contesting any position in the upcoming elections. INEC said this while reacting to the withdrawal of Mrs Oby Ezekwesili as presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) Ezekwesili announced her withdrawal on Thursday, saying she wanted to give room for a coalition against candidates of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC). But reacting via a statement, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, chief press secretary to INEC chairman, said November 17 was the last date for withdrawal. The statement read: “It is…

Thursday, 24 January 2019 06:57

I’ll join others to defeat APC, PDP, Ezekwesili says as she withdraws from presidential race

Presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili has announced her withdrawal from the presidential race. She however, opted to help build a coalition to defeat All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party in the February 16, 2019 election. A statement issued on Thursday morning by the spokesperson for Obiageli Ezekwesili Presidential Campaign Organisation, Ozioma Ubabukoh, said she took the decision after “extensive discussions with Nigerians at home and the Diaspora.” According to her, the action was also prompted by an examination of the country’s electoral environment sequel to the 2019 presidential debate of Saturday, January 19,…

Thursday, 24 January 2019 05:31

Electoral bill: Why NASS couldn’t override Buhari’s veto – Saraki

National Assembly stood down the option of overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the electoral bill because it couldn’t get enough numbers, Senate president, Mr Bukola Saraki, has said. While answering questions on a live programme Wednesday morning, Saraki also refuted rumours that PDP presidential hopeful, Mr Atiku Abubakar, journeyed as his aide to United States of America recently. The programme, Kaakaki, was televised by African Independent Television (AIT). “Today, it is clear that people are taking positions along parties lines. APC legislators are supporting their president. We have elections and I don’t think they will go against their president.…

Thursday, 24 January 2019 05:28

Adelabu promises to establish consultative forum for Oyo students

Daniel Agbolade, Ibadan Governorship candidate of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, has promised to establish a student's consultative forum that will interface between government and students in the state if elected as governor. He gave the promise while speaking at a parley with the leadership of Oyo State students in tertiary institutions at an event held in Ibadan, the state capital. The APC gubernatorial candidate in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday in Ibadan by Mr Bayo Busari, spokesperson for Friends of Bayo Adelabu Independent Campaign Group, (FOBA ICG), said the students…

Wednesday, 23 January 2019 04:45

Danjuma alleges plot to rig elections

A former Minister of Defence Mr Theophilus Danjuma on Tuesday raised the alarm over an alleged plot to rig next month’s general elections. Danjuma made the allegation while inaugurating a medical laboratory at Rufkatu Danjuma Maternity Hospital in his Takum hometown in Taraba State. The former Chief of Army Staff also described democracy in the country as primitive. He claimed there was a plan to cause unrest that would make some states ungovernable in order to manipulate the elections. Danjuma warned the people of Taraba to protect their votes to prevent electoral fraud. The retired general said, “We must work…

Tuesday, 22 January 2019 04:24

Buhari is sick in spirit, soul and body – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he is sick in the spirit, body and soul. The elder statesman said this in an interview with BBC Yoruba. Obasanjo said, “Buhari is sick in the spirit, body and soul. Let’s beg him to go and rest. He has tried his best. Let give chance to another person. “When people ask me that what if the next person is not suitable, I tell them that is the beauty of democracy.” Punch

Tuesday, 22 January 2019 04:23

Tinubu, Oshiomhole, Amaechi hit Obasanjo for attacking Buhari

All Progressives Congress leaders, including a former governor of Lagos State, Mr Bola Tinubu, on Monday at presidential rally of the party in Maiduguri, took turns to berate former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his latest attack on President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo, had in a 16-page statement on Sunday, likened Buhari to late military dictator, Mr Sani Abacha. But at the APC rally, Tinubu described Mr Obasanjo as an expired leader, who should not be trusted, adding that Obasanjo’s government was notorious for election rigging. APC National Chairman, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, also lambasted Obasanjo, saying the ex-President was watching when Peoples…

Tuesday, 22 January 2019 04:22

INEC Replies Obasanjo: We’re not under pressure to compromise polls

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC), Mr Mahmoud Yakubu, said the commission was not under pressure to do what was wrong. A former president, Mr Olusegun Obasanjo, had on Sunday, expressed doubt about INEC’s integrity to conduct free, fair and credible elections. Obasanjo had also attacked President Muhammadu Buhari, accusing him of plotting to rig the general elections. Mr Buhari is seeking re-election on the platform of his party, ruling APC. In an open letter titled “Point for Concern and Action” which he distributed to journalists at a press conference held at his house at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library,…

Tuesday, 22 January 2019 04:20

PDP slams Buhari for insulting Obasanjo

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly hauling insults on respected leaders and elder statesmen, including a former president, Mr Olusegun Obasanjo. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement stated that in approving his media aide, Mr Shehu Garba, to allegedly cast aspersions and insult on Obasanjo, Mr Buhari was setting a very bad example to younger Nigerians. He said, “Instead of attacking Obasanjo, Buhari should have been sobered and retraced his steps in the interest of the corporate existence of our country which he is pushing to the precipice.” Punch

Tuesday, 22 January 2019 04:19

One dead, many injured as platform collapses at Buhari’s Campaign

At least one person died while over 50 people were injured on Monday after a platform at President Muhammadu Buhari’s election campaign venue in Maiduguri, Borno State, collapsed, witnesses said. Mr Buhari campaign for his reelection in the state capital at Ramat Square was attended by thousands of people. The huge crowd almost overfilled the expansive square, with some of the spectators climbing on top of metal pavilion constructed to provide shade at the venue. Midway into the event and shortly before Buhari delivered his speech, a section of the platform crumbled under the weight of people on top of…

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Tuesday, 22 January 2019 04:17

Buhari not ‘real’ Fulani - Atiku

Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, at a campaign rally in Jigawa said President Muhammadu Buhari is not ”a full-fledged Fulani man because he cannot speak Fulfulde.” Abubakar, who described Mr Buhari as fake Fulani man, said ”a real Fulani man would not drag his followers into extreme poverty like what is happening under APC administration”. Abubakar was in Jigawa to solicit for support from the electorate to unseat the incumbent next month. He promised to execute three projects for Jigawa if elected president in next month’s presidential election. He said the projects, ”as…

Monday, 21 January 2019 04:59

Boko Haram stronger than ever before under Buhari – Obasanjo

A former president, Mr Olusegun Obasanjo, said on Sunday that Boko Haram insurgents have become stronger than ever. Obasanjo, a retired military general, made this known in a lengthy statement he issued on Sunday. In the statement, Obasanjo accused President Muhammadu Buhari of not only failing in all aspects of governance but also plotting to rig the coming election. The former president said Mr Buhari’s alleged desperation to remain in power despite his mental and physical incapacitation, reminds him of the era of a former military dictator, Mr Sani Abacha. Calling on Nigerians to resist any plot to rig the…

Monday, 21 January 2019 04:58

INEC primed to rig elections for Buhari, APC - Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday expressed doubt over neutrality of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the forthcoming general elections. Mr Obasanjo, who helped President Muhammadu Buhari to defeat the then incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, parted ways with Mr Buhari whom he has repeatedly attacked as having performed poorly in office. Obasanjo is backing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Mr Atiku Abubakar, in the February 16 election. “I personally have serious doubt about the present INEC’s integrity, impartiality and competence to conduct a fair, free and credible election,” the former president said in a press…

Monday, 21 January 2019 04:57

Presidency replies Obasanjo, accuses him of jealousy, lying

Presidency has said that the sixteen-page letter the former president, Mr Olusegun Obasanjo, wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari and released Sunday afternoon is the “last push by desperate politicians” who can’t handle the president politically and have resorted to subterfuge. “Our first message to the former President is that he needs a good doctor for good treatment and to say to him, “get well soon”, the presidency said in a statement by spokesperson of Mr Buhari, Mr Garba Shehu. Shehu said as repeatedly said of him, since he left office in 1979, Obasanjo never let every succeeding leader of the…

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