A presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Salihu Othman Isah has kicked against the N100 million pricetag slammed on the contestants for the office. Isah said only those with stolen money can purchase the form and with ulterior motive of seeing it as an investment they must recoup when they clinch the position. He also described the actions as a deliberate process perfected by the leaders to disenfranchise genuine and passionate Nigerians ready to serve. Isah pointed out that once they succeeded in edging out those actually ready to transform the nation, their children…
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Following outrage that trailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s pardon for two former State Governors, he has explained reason for the action even as he reiterated his determination to continue with his anti-corruption war.Former Governors of Plateau (Joshua Dariye) and Taraba (Jolly Nyame) were recently granted freedom from prison even when they have some years on the excuse of age and ill health.Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu however tried to clarify the issue saying the recent note presented to the Council of State after the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy (PACPM) report.His statement Wednesday night said it was a culmination…
In what appeared as political intrigue in Katsina State, Senator Ahmed Kaita, representing President Muhammadu Buhari’s Katsina North, dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).The defection may not be unconnected with his possibke political disaffection with his Governor Aminu MasariThe senator while d2febding his decision for leaving the ruling party cited the “gradual loss of credibility” of Governor Aminu Masari’s administration, and his delay in conducting the local council election as reasonIn a statement signed by his media adviser, Abdulkadir Lawal, the senator also cited refusal of the Masari-led administration to “uphold the basic…
Going by the fact that candidate imposition and oppressive behaviour among party leaders had cost the All Progressive Congress a lot of strategic seats in the past, President Muhammadu Buhari has warned against that tendency to throw up candidates without the capacity to win elections in the country.The President spoke at the 11th All Progressive Congress National Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday.He called on the party leaders to follow due process and develop a mechanism against corruption.Buhari therefore indicated that the victory of the APC in the forthcoming elections would largely be a product of the party’s adherence…
By Friday Idachaba Communities in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State are now living in palpable fear as a result of outbreak of Lassa Fever that has claimed 20 lives leaving many in Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Idumabo Irrua, Edo State. Our Correspondent gathered that Aya and neighbouring communities of the local government in early March, 2022 started witnessing mysterious deaths of rice farmers and other members but could not ascertain cause of death. A source in the community said that the disease started with two persons in early March, rose to three and then, four, adding that the…
Former Governor of Anambra State and Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential aspirant Peter Obi, has challenged the country in its quest for the next president to look out for a person with the capacity to solve problems bedeviling the country rather than consensus candidates.Obi spoke on Tuesday while addressing news men in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.According to him, there atis no time,“Nigerians want a person who will start solving the myriad of problems facing the country.“They want someone who will secure lives and property; make the country productive; pull the citizens out of poverty, among other capabilities.“This is not an issue…
Apparently piqued by incessant attacks by herdsmen, protesters from 10 communities in Ovia North -East Local Government Area of Edo State have barricaded the Lagos-Benin Highway on Wednesday to press home their frustration.Some Civil society organisations were not left out in the protest which lasted for several hours leading to a traffic hold up on the highway. The communities indicated that the rampaging herdsmen had always destroyed their farmlands, evict them forcefully from their ancestral homes and killed their loved ones. The protesters came together from communities of Odiguetue, Ofintebe, Igolo, Okokuo, Abumwenre I and Abumwenre II, Obarenren, Uhiere, Uyimo…
The All Progressives Congress, (APC), in what seem like an attempt to trim down the growing number of presidential aspirants has fixed N100m as fee for the expression of interest and nomination forms. Also, the governorship expression of interest and nomination forms has been fixed at N50 million, while nomination and expression of interest forms for Senate seat stand at N20 millionThat of the House of Representatives forms go for N10 million, while the state House of Assembly expression of interest and nomination forms go for N2 million.
By Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Dutse (FUD) in Jigawa Professor Abdulkarim Sabo Muhammad has disclosed that the university is set to establish community/farmers Radio station. The VC indicated that the station will provide awareness programs on public health, disease control and prevention as well as agricultural extension services to it’s host communities.The director public affairs of the university, Malam Abdullahi Yahaya Bello, in a statement issued in Dutse, quoted the Vice chancellor to have stated that the university will soon establish community/farmers Radio station to provide extension services education to farmers in the host…
An aspirant for the Kogi Central Senatorial Districts, of Kogi State , on the platform of the All Progressive Congress,(APC), Ramatu Shehu Atta, has said she joined the race in order to give quality representation to the people of the district and further promote women participation in politics. Atta said the district has not experienced the desired level of prosperity expected by the people leading to widespread impoverishment and moral decadence. She added that successive lawmakers that have represented the district at the upper chamber have failed them. She made this known on friday in Abuja while speaking on the…