—Says high number of aspirants good for democracy By Johnnosco Agbakwuru The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and presidential aspirant of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured that the party would remain united after its presidential primaries. Asiwaju Tinubu, who was a former governor of Lagos state also said that the increasing number of people seeking the party’s presidential ticket is good for democracy.

—Says high number of aspirants good for democracy By Johnnosco Agbakwuru The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and presidential aspirant of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured that the party would remain united after its presidential primaries. Asiwaju Tinubu, who was a former governor of Lagos state also said that the increasing number of people seeking the party’s presidential ticket is good for democracy.The APC national leader stated this view late Tuesday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.   The APC leader, it was gathered, met with President Buhari

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2023: PDP Reschedules Timetable For Primaries

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the update of the Party’s Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 general elections as follows: 1. Local Government Area (LGA) Congress to elect one National Delegate per LGA and one Person living with disability in the 774 Local Government Areas: Tuesday, May 10, 2022. 2. State House of Assembly (State Constituency Congress): Wednesday, May 18, 2022 3. House of Representatives Primaries: Friday, May 20, 2022 4. Senatorial District Primaries: Saturday, May 21, 2022 5. Governorship Primaries: Monday, May 23, 2022 All aspirants to various positions,

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Don’t listen to Buhari, visit scenes of terrorist attacks, Akintoye tells UN secretary

Yoruba Nation arrowhead, Prof Banji Akintoye, has urged the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, not to listen to Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), but to visit scenes of herdsmen and terrorists’ attacks.   Akintoye also informed Guterres, who arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday for a two-day official visit, that the country is a failed state.   In a statement signed on Wednesday and made available to reporters by his Communications Manager, Maxwell Adeleye, Akintoye said Buhari has mismanaged Nigeria’s diversity and ethnicity by running a “government of the Fulani by the Fulani and for the Fulani.”   The

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APC Allegedly Set To Disqualify Lawmakers With 4th Term Ambition.

Barring any last minute change, the top echelon of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will disqualify third term National Assembly members seeking for a return ticket, from contesting in the party’s primaries for the 2023 general elections. There are reports that the APC’s new guidelines for nomination of candidates for the 2023 general elections provide that all lawmakers seeking for a fourth term ticket must contest for other positions or would be disqualified.   A party source told ThisNigeria on Tuesday that the “There won’t be a return ticket for all National Assembly members seeking for a 4th term

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PDP Postpones LG Congresses, To Announce a New Date 

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the postponement of the Party’s Local Government Congress to elect one LGA National Delegate earlier scheduled for Thursday, May 5, 2022. A new date for the LGA Congress will be announced in due course. The NWC regrets any inconveniences the postponement may have caused. All leaders, critical stakeholders and members of our Party across the country should please take note.   Signed:   Hon. Debo Ologunagba National Publicity Secretary

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Bala Mohammed promises support for PDP presidential candidate

The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that he would support whoever emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential flag bearer from the party’s primary slated later for this month (May), to contest the 2023 presidential election. The PUNCH had reported that the governor, who’s also one of the party’s presidential aspirants and a former Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, were controversially endorsed by the Prof Ango Abdullahi-led Northern Elders’ Forum as Northern consensus candidates. Mohammed, while speaking with journalists shortly after paying a private visit to a former governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, in the state

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Gov Abiodun’s ex-aide pleads guilty to $350,000 fraud in US

Abidemi Rufai, a former Senior Special Assistant to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has pleaded guilty to his role in a $350,763 heist in the United States.   According to The Seattle Times, 45-year-old Rufai pleaded guilty on Tuesday in US District Court in Tacoma to charges that he used stolen Social Security numbers and other personal data to file $350,763 in fake claims for pandemic unemployment benefits in 2020.   The medium also quoted the US Attorney’s Office in Seattle as saying that Rufai pleaded guilty to stealing benefits from other states, as well as another $250,000 from other

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2023: Ayade asks appointees to resign, set to reshuffle cabinet

The Governor of Cross River State, Professor Ben Ayade, has directed his appointees seeking elective offices to quit with effect from Thursday, May 5, as he is set to reshuffle his cabinet.   He gave the order on Wednesday in a statement by his Special Adviser Media and Publicity, Christian Ita.   According to the statement, the Governor directed that “any political appointee presently serving in his government but desires to seek an elective position in the forthcoming 2023 elections is at liberty to do so.   “He, however, added that such appointees should turn in their resignation on or

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Gunmen kill policeman at Imo checkpoint, chop off manhood

An Assistant Superintendent of Police, identified as Ukam Efut, was on Tuesday evening shot dead at a security checkpoint at Agwa in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State by fleeing gunmen.   After shooting the officer dead, his killers chopped off his manhood and fled with it.   A community source who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent on Wednesday that the gunmen met the policeman and his colleagues at a checkpoint and opened fire on them.   He said that while Efut was shot dead on the spot the other cops were lucky to have escaped . The

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UPDATED: Fayemi officially declares for presidency

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has formally declared his intention to contest for president in 2023 on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress. He made the declaration on Wednesday in Abuja. Fayemi promised to ensure youth empowerment when he becomes the president. He also pledged to “retool the Armed Forces and security agencies”.He also promised decentralisation for the government to be brought closer to the people.   The Ekiti State Governor assured other aspirants that “I will adhere to the highest standards of decorum and decency.” He promised to address Nigeria’s security challenge by leading the military

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