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Tuesday, 08 August 2023 04:20

Tinubu files motion to block US court from releasing his university records to Atiku

President Bola Tinubu has filed a motion seeking to prevent a federal court in the United States from releasing his university academic records to Atiku Abubakar, his principal opponent during Nigeria’s February 2023 presidential election. Documents obtained by our correspondent showed Abubakar, on August 2, approached the States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to issue a subpoena for Chicago State University to release Tinubu’s school records, citing longstanding controversies around the Nigerian president’s background. A Nigerian journalist, David Hundeyin, obtained records that showed a Bola Tinubu that attended Chicago State University in the 1970s was a female.…

Monday, 07 August 2023 05:02

‘No primary, secondary school or university classmates. He fell from the sky’, Atiku says on why he’s seeking Tinubu’s academic records in US court

Phrank Shaibu, an aide to Atiku Abubakar, says the former vice-president withdrew a suit against President Bola Tinubu because he did not want to abuse court processes. Tinubu claimed that he holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Chicago State University. In January, Beverly Poindexter, the staff in charge of transcript requests, enrolment and degree verification, confirmed that the president attended the university between 1977 and 1979. But Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February presidential election, alleged that Tinubu’s academic records were forged, and then filed a suit against him. However, the…

Monday, 07 August 2023 05:01

PEPC will order presidential election rerun and Tinubu won’t participate, Obi, Atiku say

The Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation yesterday declared that with the damning evidence before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja against President Bola Tinubu, he would not participate in the rerun election should the poll be annulled. Also, Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, said that there is palpable fear in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on the likelihood of the court upturning the election of President Tinubu. Spokesperson and Head of Media of the organisation, Diran Onifade, told THISDAY yesterday that President Tinubu’s legal team did not only mislead him but also fruitlessly tried…

Friday, 04 August 2023 04:45

APC NEC appoints Ganduje national chairman, Basiru secretary

Ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has been elected the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He succeeds Abdullahi Adamu, who resigned under controversial circumstances last month. Ganduje was elected at the 12th National Executive Committee (NEC) Caucus meeting of the ruling party in Abuja. A former Senate Spokesperson, Ajibola Bashiru has also been confirmed as the party’s national secretary. Aside from Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, several governors and chieftains of the party were present at the NEC meeting. Before the emergence of Ganduje, top shots of the party had rejoiced over the news that he would…

Wednesday, 02 August 2023 04:52

Tinubu’s broadcast empty, ‘merely aspirational, meant to mesmerize’ suffering Nigerians - PDP

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Bola Tinunu’s broadcast on Monday was “bereft” of “concrete” plans to address the nation’s problems. During the broadcast, Tinubu laid out plans by his administration to improve the living standard of Nigerians, grow the economy and mitigate the effect of petrol subsidy removal. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, said Nigerians should not believe Tinubu with “his staged address in feeble defence of his badly planned and hurriedly-executed policies that have worsened economic hardship and uncertainty across the country in the last two months”. “The PDP is appalled that the…

Wednesday, 02 August 2023 04:49

PEPC reserves judgement in Obi, Atiku’s petitions against Tinubu

The Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) has reserved judgment on the petition which Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), filed to challenge the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 election. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Tinubu winner of the election but Obi rejected the outcome and headed for the tribunal. In their final written address dated July 20, Obi and Datti Baba Ahmed, his running mate, said Tinubu was not qualified to contest the election. But a five-member of justices led by Haruna Tsammani said the date for the ruling would be…

Friday, 28 July 2023 04:45

Be patient with me and endure current hardships, Tinubu pleads with APC youths on visit for federal appointments

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says he understands the hardships that Nigerians are going through at the moment. Tinubu spoke on Thursday at the state house while receiving All Progressives Congress (APC) national youth leaders from across the country. Since the president announced the removal of the petrol subsidy on May 29, there have been concerns over the rise in the prices of commodities and the cost of living. Tinubu said he feels the pains of citizens and assured them that the hardships of the moment will give way to a more “prosperous, equitable and inclusive economy”. “I make my pledge…

Friday, 28 July 2023 04:44

Ex-govs dominate Tinubu’s ministerial list

Former Governors Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), David Umahi (Ebonyi), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), and Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa) are on the ministerial list of President Bola Tinubu. They are four among the 28 nominees forwarded to the Senate by the president. Also on the list is Dele Alake, who currently serve as media spokesman of the president. Senate President Godswill Akpabio read out the names at plenary on Thursday. Below is the full list of the nominees: Abubakar Momoh Yusuf Maitama Tuggar Ahmed Dangiwa Hannatu Musawa Uche Nnaji Betta Edu Dorris Aniche Uzoka David Umahi Nyesom Wike Badaru Abubakar Nasiru Ahmed Elrufai Ekperipe…

Thursday, 27 July 2023 04:32

APC National Vice Chair, Lukman resigns, tells Tinubu to ‘refrain from illegal acts’

Immediate past national vice chairman (North West) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has asked President Bola Tinubu to “retract from illegal acts”. He said this in his resignation letter dated July 26, 2023. Daily Trust had reported how Lukman kicked against the move to announce former Kano state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as national chairman of the party. APC insiders confirmed that Tinubu tipped Ganduje for the office of national chairman following Abdullahi Adamu’s resignation. But Lukman said going ahead with such move was against the interest of the founding fathers of the party. “I hereby…

Sunday, 23 July 2023 04:20

Tinubu’s threat of anarchy if election annulled ‘cheap, misguided, destructive blackmail’ - Obi

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, election and first petitioner in the ongoing case at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), Peter Obi, has replied to the threat of anarchy claimed by the All Progressives Congress (APC), the second and third respondents in the petition, President Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shetimma, who argued that if the court interprets the Electoral Act, Section 134 against them it might lead to breakdown of law and order. It would be recalled that Tinubu’s legal team led by Wole Olanipekun had in their final address to the court at the…

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Friday, 21 July 2023 04:47

INEC complies with Supreme Court ruling, registers Youth Party

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered a new political party, the Youth Party (YP). National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Festus Okoye, said this on Thursday in Abuja in a statement. This development raised the number of registered political parties in the country to 19. INEC had on 6 February 2020 deregistered 74 political parties for poor performance in the 2019 general elections and the subsequent re-run elections across the country. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said that in addition to the extant provision for the registration of political parties, the Fourth Alteration to the…

Thursday, 20 July 2023 03:52

Supreme Court, APC deny alleged phone conversation between Tinubu, CJN

The Supreme Court and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have denied social media posts on an alleged secret phone conversation between the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, and President Bola Tinubu. They denied the reports in separate statements on Tuesday and Wednesday. They were reacting to a media report suggesting that the two men recently had a phone conversation focusing on how to pressurise the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja to rule in favour of Tinubu and his party, the APC. Tinubu’s victory at the 25 February presidential election is being contested by two leading opposition party…

Thursday, 20 July 2023 03:51

PDP carpets APC-led FG over ‘provocative fuel prices’, says petrol shouldn’t sell for more than N150

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the current price of a litre of petrol is “provocative” and that the product should not be sold for more than N150. On Tuesday, oil marketers increased the pump price of petrol at retail outlets to N617 per litre in Abuja and N568 in Lagos. The development elicited angry reactions from many Nigerians who held that the current price of the product will negatively impact a chunk of the country’s population. Since the announcement of the removal of petrol subsidy by President Bola Tinubu on May 29, the price of the product has continued to…

Wednesday, 19 July 2023 05:14

Fuel price increase continuation of hard times for Nigerians – LP

Labour Party (LP) on Tuesday said that the latest adjustment in the petroleum pump price is a continuation of the hard times Nigerians will be facing under the administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC). LP National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Petroleum pump prices rose to N617 per litre at Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) outlets in Abuja on Tuesday. Across petrol outlets in different parts of Nigeria, pump prices were also adjusted upwards as Nigerians lamented the effect of the increase on the cost of living. Reacting in its statement, the…

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