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2023: Tinubu should be provided option of very first rejection– Senator Shettima
Senator Kashim Shettima has stated the nationwide leader of the [...]

January 17, 2022
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2023: Time to evaluate academic requirements for political office aspirants– Gbajabiamila
Speaker of your home of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday [...]

January 17, 2022
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Showunmi writes PDP Governors, states Nigerians will not accept ‘kindergarten President’
Ahead of the 2023 governmental election, Governors elected on the [...]

January 26, 2022
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2023: Bola Tinubu Should Retire From Politics, Can’t Cope With Nigerian Presidency– Arewa Forum
Bola Tinubu The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, [...]

January 17, 2022
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Over 72 Hours After Lifting Twitter Ban, No Tweets From Buhari, Osinbajo Yet
Over 72 hours after the Federal Government revealed the lifting [...]

January 16, 2022
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I Started As Bus Conductor, Now A PhD Student – Ogun Monarch– Olu of Imashayi Speaks
The Olu of Imashayi, Yewa North Local Government Area of [...]

January 26, 2022
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2023: Trouble For Atiku, Tambuwal, Kwankwaso As Afenifere, Ohanaeze Reject Northern Candidates
Atiku, Tambuwa and Kwankwaso According to a report by The [...]

January 26, 2022
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Chris Gyang: Tinubu and 2023 825670622 173 Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT), who dressed up Mr. Buhari in the obtained regalia of a messiah, paraded him round the democratic world as a guy of integrity with the nerve to eliminate corruption, reduce insecurity, enhance economic buoyancy and provide motivation to democratic norms, now wants to be successful President Buhari in 2023. Of course there is no issue in any certified citizen aspiring to the primary position of the country. In truth, Nigerians across ethnic, spiritual and political divides are busily praying and working towards making sure that the next president liberates them and their country from this sweltering quagmire President Buhari has buried them. Can BAT’s long-standing aspiration be easily separated from Mr. Buhari’s lackluster performance so far? In fact, numerous Nigerians feel that any of the aspirants who has played an essential function in the about 7 years of the Buhari administration need to also bear the impact of its unwieldy, toxic, luggage that is today weighing down the development of the country and threatening to ground it to a halt. Nigerians are now wondering whether Senator Tinubu and his co-salesmen still proceeded to market Candidate Buhari in the run-up to the 2015 presidential election aware that he did not have the sterling labels they lavishly attached on him. And even when it emerged that President Buhari had mired governance in religious and ethnic bigotry, why did BAT not call him out in the way of a statesman? Rather, he mainly picked to look the other way or, at most, made incoherent noises to at once soothe suffering Nigerians and not to appear unduly antagonistic to Mr. Buhari. His once outstanding antecedents as a dogged fighter for democracy and human rights during the Abacha dictatorship belie the passivity he has actually adopted these seven years in which his friend, Buhari, has actually turned Nigeria into a living hell. It has been recommended that it is very likely that Senator Tinubu has been so lukewarm given that 2015 out of a sense of self-preservation– with an underlying political motive. Possibly, in 2015 and 2019 he made the South-West enormously support Buhari, whether he deserved it or not, mainly because he knew it would advance his political ambition of ending up being president in 2023. Political experts state that this may have informed his technique of focusing the majority of his mobilization/campaign efforts so far in the North-West, Mr. Buhari’s sub-region. BAT has actually not hidden his preference for a running mate from that sector of the country– which is predominantly Muslim, like he himself. This has notified his public pronouncements that he is very happy to work on a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 governmental election since the matter of religion is not a lot of a problem in his native South Western Nigeria. Anyhow, there has actually not been much resistance to this view in that geo-political zone– where BAT commands a great deal of regard. However other Nigerians see this stance as insensitive and basically callous to the nation’s religious variety, particularly at this moment in time when most policies of the Buhari administration have actually developed deep seated suspicions in the minds of Christians. The federal government is viewed as generally being pro-Islamic, mainly pursuing a nativist, ultra-Fulani program. Tinubu’s much vaunted Muslim-Muslim ticket is additional construed as belonging to brashly and pompously talking above the heads of Nigerian Christians in the South-South, Middle-Belt, South-East, his own South-West and parts of the core north as if they do not exist and are therefore irrelevant in the country’s total political algebra. In his estimation, an unique alliance with Buhari’s North-West would immediately offer him the presidency on a golden platter. He is likewise relying on the fact of his being a Muslim would guarantee him the assistance of the core north, especially Buhari’s North West– which is said to have among the biggest tallies in the nation. Critics point out that if a power sharing formula between Christians and Muslims for the office of guv is strictly followed in Lagos State (which BAT delighted in for 2 periods of 8 years), why is he averse to such equity and inclusiveness being extended to the much more diverse and polarized Nigeria where religious fault lines run mutual and deep suspicion is at an all-time high? They put this down to Tinubu’s desperation to become president at all expenses. Those who understand the inner workings of the minds of the political elite of the core north will tell you that Tinubu might as well be losing his trust and may be accidentally positioning himself for a disrespectful shock, earlier or later. This is since of the deeply established notion in the core north that, in Nigeria, there are Muslims and there are Muslims. We need not point out the political travails of the popular M.K.O Abiola, of blessed memory. We shall continue this discussion in due course. (Chris Gyang is the Chairman of the NGO, Journalists Coalition for Citizens’ Rights Initiative– JCCRI. E-mails: [email protected]; [e-mail secured]
Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT), who dressed up Mr. Buhari [...]

January 15, 2022
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INEC To Conduct Bye Elections On February 22 825670622 173 According to a report by SaharaReporters, the country’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has stated that Saturday, 26th February 2022, will be for the conduct of bye-elections in certain federal Constituencies in the nation. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye revealed this in a statement on Friday. Okoye said that the Commission agreed at the date after an amazing conference. The Federal Constituencies where the elections are expected to hold consist of; Akure North/Akure South Federal Constituency, Ondo State; Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency, Plateau State; Pankshin South State Constituency, Plateau State; Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency, Cross River State. Others were Akpabuyo State Constituency, Cross River State and Ngor-Okpala State Constituency, Imo State. On Ekiti East 1 State Constituency election, INEC stated it has actually dealt with to combine it with the Governorship election in Ekiti, which will hold on June 18, 2022. While restating its issue for the restoration of internal democracy in the political celebrations, INEC attracted parties that would produce candidates to guarantee that their standard-bearers emerge through Indirect and direct Primaries. The INEC official was, nevertheless, quiet on the agreement arrangement enshrined in the Constitution of a few of the dominant parties. “Political celebrations fielding candidates for the bye-elections need to adhere to the activities and timelines set out in the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the conduct of the bye-election and perform transparent and legitimate direct or indirect primaries in accordance with the determines of areas 85 and 87 of the Electoral Act 2010 [As amended] “Political parties must note that the aspirant with the highest variety of votes at the end of ballot will be declared the winner of the primary of the aspirant and the celebration’s name shall be forwarded to the Commission as the prospect of the party. “Political celebrations that present to the Commission the name of a candidate who does not satisfy the certifications stated in the Constitution and the Electoral Act will be guilty of an offense and on conviction will be responsible to a maximum fine of N500,000.00. The in-depth Timetable and Schedule of activities has actually been published on the Commission’s site and social media platforms,” the statement checked out.
The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, [...]

January 15, 2022
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PDP declares fractures in N4.3 bn bridge commissioned by Buhari last month in Borno
The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Borno State has declared that [...]

January 15, 2022

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