The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah has rejected the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket.
The cleric said the same faith ticket being championed by the APC is reprehensible and unacceptable.
Speaking with Channels Television on Thursday, the Catholic Bishop insisted that the ticket was a setback to the country’s national integration.
Kukah wondered if Muslims would accept a Christian-Christian presidential ticket.
The Middle-Belt Congress (MBC) has asked Senator Kashim Shettima to resign as the running mate to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
MBC said this would save the All Progressives Congress (APC) from impending electoral defeat in 2023.
Mr. Bilal Abdullahi, the Middle-Belt Congress leader, while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, explained that the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC, came with its attendant political baggage.
The MBC stated that it was morally unjustifiable for Senator Kashim Shettima to hold onto the vice presidential slot of the APC, saying that such action had heated the polity in ways too numerous to mention in the country.
Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his supporters have been asked to steer clear of Igbo land.
A youth group, under the auspices of the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), gave the warning in a statement on Wednesday.
President and Publicity Secretary of the group, Goodluck Ibem and Okay Nworu, respectively, in the statement, described, as unfortunate, how certain persons from Igbo land would allow themselves to be used to promote the ambition of “a man, who is outdated in all ramifications in the scheme of things, to be voted as a Nigeria’s president in 2023.”
The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has reacted to reports alleging that he demanded N50 billion monthly from the former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode during his administration.
Tinubu was reacting to an online report that part of his inability to secure the APC governorship ticket in 2018 was his refusal to remit the said amount to Asiawaju.
Debunking the report on Tuesday, a statement by the Director, Media and Communications for Tinubu Campaign Organisation(TCO), Bayo Onanuga said Tinubu could not have made such a demand.
The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has sent out passionate message to his counterpart in the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi.
Tinubu said Obi should as a matter of urgency call his supporters to order, warning that “falsehood and disinformation will not win elections”.
Tinubu, in a statement by his campaign organisation, on Wednesday, urged Obi to caution his supporters and to allow the election circle to be about issues that will advance the growth, progress and stability of the country.
Plateau State governor and Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation, Simon Lalong, on Wednesday, said he was yet to receive any advice from Pope Francis to reject his recent appointment to lead the campaign for a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
“As a Catholic, everything we do, we send the advice to the Pope. The Pope has not told me that what I’m doing is bad to accept the Director-General. As a Catholic, we take that direction,” Lalong said.
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shetima have suffered a rejection in North Central Nigeria.
This is just as political leaders from the region said Tinubu and Shettima will not get their support ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, stakeholders from the North Central, stated this while faulting the adoption of Muslim-Muslim ticket by the party.
The over 1,000 supporters of the APC, from the six North-central states, also rejected the appointment of Governor Simon Lalong as Director General, DG, of Bola Tinubu Campaign Council.
Former Enugu State Governor, Chimaroke Nnamani has insisted that the All Progressive Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu is not suffering from dementia.
Nnamani, who represents Enugu East Senatorial District at the red chamber, described Tinubu as “the hardest working Politico of this generation”.
The lawmaker, however, said he would cast his vote for his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
He tweeted, “Fashola, Osinbajo, Aregbosola, Fayemi, etc. All first class with A-game always. I vigorously oppose, protest and detest the shameless campaigns and parody targeting Tinubu’s health.
There are indications that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, crisis, Governor Nyesom Wike will work against the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
This is according to a socio-political activist, Deji Adeyanju.
He said Wike might work against Atiku considering his new-found love with APC chieftains.
Adeyanju told Daily Post that: “There is the possibility that Wike will work against Atiku and PDP because all politicians care about is their political interest and self-preservation, but in essence, nobody can tell Rivers people who they should vote for or not at this level.
“But for political expediency and other reasons, you need a governor who can galvanise people so that there would be massive voting, so that people will not be disenfranchised.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has explained why he incited members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who are loyal to Bola Tinubu to commission projects in the state.
The governor said he wants them to come and see what he has done and take the message back home.
He was speaking during the commissioning of the Ogbunuabali Eastern Bypass dualized road in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
The Governor said, “Nobody can stop me from bringing people from other walks of life to see what we have been able to do, and what we are doing in Rivers state.
Tinubu does not sleep, he can govern Nigeria – APC youth leader
The National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dayo Israel has said the presidential candidate of the APC is fit and strong to pilot the political affairs of Nigeria.
According to him, Tinubu does not sleep until like 4 in the morning.
Israel shared a video of him with Tinubu during a visit to the APC leader’s house.
Soyinka disowns Pyrates Confraternity members calling Tinubu ‘shaky shaky baba’
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has disowned some members of the National Association of Seadogs, popularly known as the Pyrates Confraternity, mocking the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 election, Bola Tinubu.
In the video, members of the Confraternity during a procession gyrated to an anti-Tinubu song mocked the former Lagos State governor for a speech he made in June in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he asked that power should be handed over to him.
The members of the Pyrates Confraternity sang, “Hand dey shake, leg dey shake, Baba wey no well, e de shout emi lo kan (Hands are shaking, legs are shaking. A sick old man is shouting ‘it’s my turn’).
“Emi lo kan (2ce), Baba wey no well, him dey shout emi lokan (It’s my turn (2ce), a sick old man is shouting ‘it’s my turn’”.
Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, on Saturday, claimed that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, sees the presidency as his “entitlement and retirement benefits”.
According to Melaye, Tinubu was contesting for the presidency not on basis of the greater good but to fulfill his “lifetime ambition”.
In a video shared on his Facebook page, the former lawmaker who was responding to the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, over his comment on Atiku in a TV interview recently, said, unlike Tinubu, the PDP’s candidate is contesting with rich credentials.
There will be calamity in Nigeria if Tinubu becomes president – Bishop
Electorates in the country have been asked to reject the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in the 2023 election.
An Anglican Bishop, which made this call on Saturday, said Nigerians can’t afford to suffer for another eight years.
He called on Nigerians to vote against APC and its candidate in the 2023 polls, saying any attempt to bring back the APC at the federal level will be calamitous.
Muslim-Muslim ticket will not stop Tinubu from becoming President – Imo lawmaker
The lawmaker representing Uboma/Obowo Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives, Hon. John Chike Okafor, has boasted that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the next president of Nigeria.
According to him, Tinubu would be inaugurated as Nigeria’s president in 2023.
Speaking with Vanguard, the APC chieftain said, “Tinubu will be inaugurated the president of this country come May 29th 2023.
“Have you ever heard of this saying that “when preparation meets opportunity, the resultant result is success” He’s worked for it. He is qualified, former senator, two time governor, he set the foundation of the Lagos that you have today. The man is ready and prepared. He is abreast with current realities.
Only bastard will not vote for Tinubu in 2023 – Reps member
Tajudeen Adefisoye, The lawmaker representing Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency has said only bastards will not support the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu, the flag bearer of the All Progressive Congress, APC.
Adefisoye said he stands on the mandate of Tinubu/Shettima and nothing can make him change his mind.
He tweeted, I Stand on his Mandate @officialBAT. I am not a bastard.
Bishop Kayode bombs CAN for rejecting Tinubu/Shettima ticket
The National Coordinator of Integrity Ministers International Ministries, Bishop Kayode Williams has slammed the leadership of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for rejecting the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Williams said there is nothing wrong in the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, picking a Muslim as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.
In an interview with The News Nigeria, the cleric stated that his ministry will be “Supporting Tinubu, and we are going to work and pray hard because it is a directive from God.”
He said: “If you look at Bola Ahmed Tinubu, if you look at his antecedents you will know that he’s a man who always studies very hard. Before he makes decisions and even when he starts because we are following him.
In another 11th-hour decision, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has dumped Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and Adams Oshiohmole as the Director-General of Tinubu Campaign Organisation.
The party has settled for Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalung as head of the campaign DG on Thursday.
Oshiohmole and El-Rufai were earlier penciled down for the job but due to outcry, they were dropped.
Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai has revealed details of the Monday meeting between the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and governors elected on the platform of the party.
According to El-Rufai, a director-general has been picked for APC presidential campaign council.
Speaking after the meeting, he noted that other positions in the council are being discussed.
The governor said President Muhammadu Buhari and Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the APC, would be briefed before a formal announcement.
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress APC, Mr Yakubu Ajaka, said has said Nigerians have thrown away competence, capacity on the altar of religion.
He was reacting to the rejection of Muslim-Muslim ticket by APC.
Ajaka said, “As it is common with developing democracies such as ours, the selection of candidates for the parties always comes with various challenges, mostly bordering on sentiments, such as religion, ethnicity, and geo-political arrangements.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Northern Christian leaders have withdrawn their support for the joint ticket of Tinubu and Shettima.
Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima who are both Muslims are the presidential and running mate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, respectively.
Their have been outrage over the decision of Tinubu to pick a northern Muslim as his running mate against the wish of the people.
Former President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli denied the viral report that quoted him as saying that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, is unfit to be Nigeria’s President.
Applesbite reports that Tee Mac in a Facebook comment attacked Tinubu, claiming he is 86 years old, warning Nigerians against voting for him in 2023.
However, in a statement released on Saturday, 30th July, the renowned flutist said the competence of Tinubu to lead Nigeria was never in doubt, stressing that he only expressed fears of the rigors of office.
The leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, has disclosed that the group backed Peter Obi of the Labour Party to prevent the continuity of the “incompetence” of the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a tweet posted on Friday, Mr Adebanjo said the group is opposed to the candidacy of Bola Tinubu, a Yoruba man, who is the candidate of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) because the former Lagos State governor will ensure continuity of the current administration.
“Ahmed Tinubu will only give continuity to Buhari’s incompetence. We know Peter Obi very well, that is why we endorse him. He will not disappoint Nigerians, let us put our tribal difference apart and vote right leaders,” the tweet reads.
The Action Alliance (AA) has again dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the All Progressives Congress (APC), the presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his vice, Senator Kashim; before a Federal High Court over alleged double nomination.
The party, in its earlier suit pending before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court, is seeking the disqualification of the APC from the 2023 presidential polls over alleged act of perjury on the part of its presidential candidate, Tinubu.
The act according to the AA, in the fresh suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1256/2022, contravened Section 35 of the Constitution and the Electoral Act, 2022.
Veteran flutist, Tee Mac, has issued a word of advice to Nigerians regarding the choice of their next president.
In the comment section of a writer, Yemi Olakitan, on Facebook, who had declared his support for the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, the flutist alleged that there was so much about the candidate that was shrouded in secrecy.
He said, “Dear Yemi. Any body can choose any candidate, but an intelligent person will ask himself the question: do I choose rightly! Is the man qualified! Is he honest! Does he tell us the truth about his age, background and how he made his money! Is this man healthy enough at 86 to take up the task of a totally run down country?”
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has described as Jihad against Christians the decision of APC presidential flag bearer to name Nasir El-Rufai as his campaign Director General.
Omokri said it is unfair that both presidential candidate and his deputy are both Muslims and still went ahead to pick another Muslim as DG.
He tweeted;
Tinubu named El-Rufai as the DG of his campaign? Wow! This is a subtle Jihad against Christians?
The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has called for the disqualification of the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2023 election.
The Kaduna State Chairman of the NNPP, Sani Litti urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify TInubu and Atiku on the grounds of alleged financial crimes during their respective presidential primaries.
Speaking on Monday, Litti called for the arrest of Tinubu and Atiku by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Department of State Services (DSS).
According to him, “We call on INEC to disqualify Atiku Abubakar and Bola Ahmed Tinubu from contesting the presidential election in 2023 and also for the EFCC, the Police, and DSS to arrest them and all other actors who participated in the convention.
Some supporters and chieftains of the All Progressives Congress have come hard on former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi over his claim that delegates who voted at the APC primary were bribed to influence the outcome of the convention.
Amaechi had claimed that many of those who were induced with money are now regretting their action.
Some of them, while reacting, said Amaechi was exhibiting traits of frustration after losing out to Tinubu.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu have been dragged to court for fielding presidential and vice-president candidates who are not Muslims.
An Abuja-based lawyer, Osigwe Momoh in the suit, seeks an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) from publishing the name of the APC presidential candidate in the forthcoming coming elections for violation of the Nigeria Constitution.
The suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/1188/2022 claimed that the decision to pick the Party’s presidential flagbearer and the running mate from the same religion violates the principle and the spirit of the Nigeria Constitution.
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has stated that Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate settled for a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket based on political strategy.
He spoke while hosting the new executives of the Ekiti State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, led by its Chairman, Emmanuel Aribasoye.
APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu picked Kashim Shettima, a Northern Muslim, as his running mate, against the agitations by Nigerians.
However, Fayemi urged Christians to be more involved in politics.
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has said that his PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar endorsed the same faith ticket.
According to him, Atiku once begged him to be his running mate.
Tinubu said through the Director, Media and Communication of his campaign organization, Mr Bayo Onanuga.
He said, “Atiku, ever an expert in not telling the truth, also did not come clean over his once-upon a time preference for same-faith ticket.READ MORE
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has accused his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar of lying over his comment on Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Tinubu said Atiku asked him to be his running mate in 2007 but he refused.
Atiku, who was the Action Congress, AC, presidential candidate in 2007, had said Tinubu wanted to be his running mate then.
The former Vice President said his refusal and insistence on a Southern Christian led to a breakdown in his relationship with Tinubu.
Reacting, the APC presidential candidate accused Atiku of being a “pathological” liar.READ MORE
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was absent as President Muhammadu Buhari hosted a delegation led by the All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders at the State House, Abuja, on Friday.
The delegation included the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, the APC Vice Presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, and other key members of the party.
They were all ushered in to see Buhari at about 3pm.
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was absent as President Muhammadu Buhari hosted a delegation led by the All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders at the State House, Abuja, on Friday.
The delegation included the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, the APC Vice Presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, and other key members of the party.
They were all ushered in to see Buhari at about 3pm.READ MORE
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu has said the party will ensure the victory of presidential flag bearer Bola Tinubu in 2023.
Adamu spoke on Saturday at a meeting of party leaders with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
‘‘Our main goal is to see the success of the APC in the forthcoming general elections.
“There’s no better parting gift (to Buhari) than to ensure that the APC produces the next President”, he noted.READ MORE
All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been asked to withdraw from the race.
Ths followed the alleged hiring of unknown persons to dress as bishops.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which made this call, described the APC’s alleged action as unpardonable.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon Debo Ologunagba stated this Friday at a press conference in Abuja claimed the APC is collapsing ahead of the 2023 elections.
“Such action is unacceptable and unbecoming of any individual aspiring to a leadership position at any level let alone, the office of the President. This is an embarrassment to leadership,” he stated.READ MORE
1.The Asiwaju Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation on Thursday says it plans to unveil a 40-man think tank committee that will formulate the expectations of Nigerians when the former national leader of the All Progressives Congress wins the 2023 general election.
The committee, expected to be inaugurated on Wednesday, will be chaired by former governor of Edo State and two-term senator, Oserheimen Osunbor.
2.Youths of the All Progressives Congress called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Tinubu to replace the vice presidential candidate of the APC with a Christian as the vice presidential candidate of the party.
Briefing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday evening, the leader of the group, Abdullahi Saleh, said they were vehement and total in the rejection of against a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
3.The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is currently under pressure to drop Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate.
This is just as members of the party who are of the Muslim wait insisted that Tinubu should drop Shettima as his VP.
They want Tinubu to replace the former governor of Borno with a Christian political leader or cleric from the North without any delay to enhance the party’s fortunes ahead of the polls.
4. The Director General of Asiwaju Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation, Adebayo Shittu, has claimed that Muslims make up 65% of the southwestern part of Nigeria.
Shittu was justifying the decision of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to pick a fellow Muslim, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate.
5. General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has debunked reports making the rounds that he has endorsed Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election.
RCCG dismissed the report of the endorsement, saying Pastor Adeboye and the RCCG have not and would not endorse any candidate.
6. The All Progressives Congress (APC) Muslim youths have rejected the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as the running mate to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the forthcoming presidential election.
They want Tinubu to replace the former governor of Borno with a Christian political leader or cleric from the North without any delay to enhance the party’s fortunes ahead of the polls.
7. A group, Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO), is confident last weekend’s defeat of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Osun governorship election will not affect the chances of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the next year presidential election.
TSO also described the controversy over the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as the running mate on the basis of the same faith as unwarranted and diversionary.
8. A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, Elton Onwu, on Monday slammed critics crediting the presidential flagbearer of the APC, Bola Tinubu, with a defeatist statement after the outcome of the Osun State governorship election.
According to him, the post was lifted from his page by some unknown persons, shared on various social media platforms and subsequently published by online newspapers.
9. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says Nigerians will suffer if they continue to recycle politicians in leadership positions.
In an opinion piece where he analysed the three major presidential candidates – Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi — the senior advocate said none of them is a perfect fit for the office.
10. A group of legal practitioners under the Lawyers Network for Bola Ahmed Tinubu 2023 has stated it would aggressively canvass and promote the candidacy of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The convener, Dotun Ajulo, who spoke at a briefing on Tuesday in Lagos said: “Arising from our last meeting in Osun State, we discovered that as lawyers, our place in the society wields so much influence.
11. The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has reacted to Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo’s successful surgery.
Tinubu wished Osinbajo a speedy recovery.
12. A United Kingdom-based organization, Atlas Global, has announced that a social media platform has been created for the standard flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to commemorate the former Lagos State governor’s 30 years in politics.
According to the group, this will allow Nigerians to have access to the presidential candidate.
13.A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Abayomi Mumuni has said the recent defeat of the APC in the 2022 gubernatorial election will not affect the changes of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of APC in 2023.
Mumuni, who contested in a gubernatorial election on the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) in 2011 in Lagos State, made this disclosure on Tuesday.
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