The vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima has said that Nigeria needs a leader with “a dose of hospitality” like the former military head of state, Sani Abacha.
According to Shettima, only Bola Tinubu, among other presidential candidates, has Abacha’s qualities.
The running mate also reeled out other attributes of former Nigerian leader military leaders which he claims his principal possesses.
“We need a leader with a vision and sense of responsibility and commitment, and somebody who understands the national title of the nation of an Abdulsalami Abubakar, and in our systemic circumstances, we need a leader with a dose of the hospitality of a Sani Abacha,” Mr Shettima said on Thursday at the 96th anniversary of the Yoruba Tennis Club in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has no sane Nigerian will vote the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidates in the 2023 election.
Ortom said there is no magic they can conjure to win next year’s presidential poll.
According to him, Nigerians were fed up with the APC, given its poor performance in the last seven years, and that the party was losing members across the country.
Ortom, in a statement by his spokesperson, Nathaniel Ikyur, yesterday, said the APC will lose the 2023 election as Nigerians were seeking a “viable alternative to the APC, especially after the dismal and abysmal performance of the party over the past seven years.”
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has fired back the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, who labelled him unfit to contest in the 2023 presidential election.
Tinubu in his response also berated Obi for saying his (Tinubu) supporters are backing him for his money, stressing that he is hale and hearty.
This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Director, Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga.
Labour Party’s (LP) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has said the 2023 presidential election must not be based on entitlements, religious, ethnic and other sentiments but purely on capacity that would change the fate of the country.
He spoke at the party’s ongoing leadership in Abuja. “Election next year must not be based on religion or ethnicity. It must not be based on connection. It must not be based on turn. It is nobody’s turn. Election next year must be based on competence, capacity and commitment to start turning around Nigeria.”
A statement by the President and Secretary of the Guild, Mr. Mustapha Isa and Iyobosa Uwagiearen disclosed that Abubakar will be interrogated on a wide range of issues.
Labour Party Vice Presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahed, has said that the party’s presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, has what it takes to return Nigeria to the right path of development.
Baba-Ahmed disclosed this in Kano during a visit to the state to commiserate with the victims of Beirut Road GSM and Kantin Kwari textile markets over the building collapse and flooding incidents, respectively, at both markets.
He said, “Nigeria has never had it so well in terms of choice of candidate available to voters with the emergence of Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, as a Presidential candidate.
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said he wonders why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) still exists as a political party.
Tinubu made this comment during the unveiling of the Tinubu/Shettima door-to-door campaign group in Abuja on Saturday.
The former Governor of Lagos also described the PDP as a party that lacks direction.
Social media commentator, Deji Adeyanju has said it is better for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to emerge president in 2023 than his Labour Party’s counterpart, Peter Obi.
Adeyanju said Tinubu, whom he described as a destroyer is better than Obi and his supporters who he labelled as tyrants.
He wrote, “May Obidents never happen to Nigeria in Jesus mighty name. Amen! They have threatened fellow citizens with death threats and offered nothing but insults in the name of politics . They will never ever go anywhere close to Aso Rock. It is better for Tinubu the destroyer to be in Aso Rock than these tyrants.”
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has claimed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima have abandoned President Muhammadu Buhari.
PDP claimed that Tinubu and Shettima distanced themselves from the failure of Buhari’s administration.
Debo Ologunagba, the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, made the assertion while further knocking APC’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, for visiting former President Goodluck Jonathan.
River State governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that he is on a mission to bring down the structures of the All Progressives Congress within the oil-rich entity.
WIke made the bold assertion during the commissioning of the Ogbunabali Sandfilled Area in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
The governor said he has been busy demolishing APC structures in the South-South state and should not be distracted.
“Some of you, those you rate, you won’t even buy them for a naira. At the appropriate time, I will tell you who they are; the kind of characters we are talking about – people will speak here today, and tomorrow, they will say a different thing. I begin to wonder is it this leader that spoke to me last night? It is very unfortunate,” Wike said.
“Wike and his team are busy here bringing down all structures of APC, providing dividends of democracy. In your own state, you are only talking about Wike,” he added.
The South-South Movement for Tinubu/Shettima has said the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima are the answers to Nigeria’s multi-faceted problems.
Rising from its August executive meeting in Warri, Delta State on Monday, the group urged Nigerians to “shun campaigns of calumny against Tinubu/Shettima” ahead of the 2023 general elections describing such as “part of the antics of desperate and drowning politicians”.
This was contained in a communique issued by the group and made available to journalists at the end of the meeting attended by senatorial coordinators and delegates from the six States in the South-South geopolitical zone comprising Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta and Edo States, and anchored by the National Coordinator, Besidone Samuel Eyengho.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that he has no preferred candidate among those contesting the 2023 presidential election.
Obasanjo, who stated this in Minna on Sunday when he paid former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar a visit, said he only had a national agenda not a preferred candidate.
“I don’t have a special candidate, I have a national agenda.”
The former President also said he was in Minna to visit the former Head of State who had been indisposed.
Deji Adeyanju, sociopolitical commentator and activist has alleged that some governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party now address Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as Mr president.
Deji claimed that most PDP governors have regular calls and meetings with Tinubu but come out to deceive their followers.
He tweeted, “Can you imagine opposition governors having regular phone calls and meetings with Tinubu and referring to him as Mr. President and they will still come out to lie & deceiving folks! Hopeless set of clowns only interested in striking deals for personal gains.”
Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide, Reno Omokri has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a more unique contender above the Labour Party (LP) flag bearer, Peter Obi in the run-up to the 2023 presidential election.
Omokri, while outlining Tinubu’s achievements in series of tweets, explained Obi lacks the characteristics necessary to lead the country compared to the former governor of Lagos State.
He described how both presidential candidates led their respective States, stating Obi invested Anambra resources at a loss but Tinubu invested Lagos resources to make huge profit for the state.
As part of efforts to rally support for the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general election, all the presidential aspirants of the ruling party are slated to meet in Abuja, next week.
The meeting is coming barely three months after some of them went head-to-head at the primary for the presidential ticket of APC that eventually produced Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as party’s flagbearer.
This development is coming less than six months to the Presidential election slated for February 28.
Among those expected to be in attendance are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; former Science and Technology Minister, Ogbonnaya Onu; former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba and former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio.
The Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has warned that Nigeria may fail to exist if the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, should emerge winner of the 2023 presidential election, the existence of the country might be threatened.
Giwa stated that Nigerians should be vigilant in preventing the APC from regaining power in order to save the country from collapsing.
The pastor, who stated this on Wednesday, emphasised that an event that will recreate Nigeria for better would soon happen.
Ibrahim Masari, the former placeholder to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, has claimed that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State working for the party.
Masari told BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday that Wike would work for Tinubu’s emergence as president.
“The meeting was basically on the 2023 Presidential election and by God’s grace, we are going to work with His Excellency, Governor Nyesom Wike.
“He will assist and we are going to win the election with ease, by the will of God,” Masari said.
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has revealed why Nigerians should elect Bola Tinubu as their next president in 2023.
IDOMA VOICE reports that Fani-Kayode, before his defection to the APC, was a strong critic of Tinubu.
However, after pitching his tent with the APC, the lawyer-cum-politician now defends and speaks in favour of the ruling party.
On why Tinubu should be elected president in 2023, Fani-Kayode said the former Lagos State governor made sure the federal government honoured the late acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election, MKO Abiola by naming a stadium after him.
Ahead of the 2023 general election, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has given a reason he doesn’t care if Nigeria’s next president, vice-president, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are all from the same religion and village.
Soyinka also said that the same faith ticket won’t be a problem in a “normal society” and that Nigeria has not attained such a “norm”.
The 88-year-old playwright spoke on Channels Television’s Newsnight, a pre-recorded interview aired on Monday.
The All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu was absent at the 62nd annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday.
His major rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the Labour Party flag bearer, Peter Obi were all present at the event which took place at the Eko Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos State.
Tinubu’s running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima was, however, at the event.
A video of how the former Anambra State Governor, Obi was cheered by the crowd at the conference is currently trending on social media.
Atiku, while delivering his speech, restated the need to restructure the country.
“I am a product of developed powers and I know what the regional governments did with those powers. That’s why I’m advocating for restructuring,” he said.
Kashim Shettima, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential running mate, has assured Nigerians that the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, would replicate the “wonders” of Borno and Lagos State in Nigeria if elected in 2023.
Shettima gave the assurance during the 2022 Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, conference in Lagos on Monday.
He said Tinubu’s administration would address the issues of the economy and security, amongst others.
According to Shettima: “Nigerians have the capability to see through the worn-out rhetoric and sophistry of pretentious politicians. Nigerians should follow the man wey know the road. From day one, we will hit the ground running. We’ll promptly address the issue of the economy, ecology, and security.
Daysman Oyakhilome, the nephew of Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy has spoken out after being suspended by his uncle.
Recall that weeks ago, it was reported that the founder of Christ Embassy Church suspended his nephew over what he described as acts of “gross misconduct”.
Netizens had speculated that he was suspended for endorsing Tinubu after a picture of him in a campaign poster of the APC’s presidential candidate surfaced online.
Weeks after his suspension, Daysman has finally spoken out about his suspension.
According to him, from where he comes from, sons do not fight their fathers; one only has to believe they, the elders, see what one doesn’t.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed some details of his meeting with the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, when he visited him in his Abeokuta residence on Wednesday.
Recall that Tinubu, on Wednesday visited the ex-president at his Penthouse, located within the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta.
Tinubu was accompanied by two former governors of the state, Chief Olusegun Osoba and Otunba Gbenga Daniel, billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, and former interim national chairman of APC, Chief Bisi Akande, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, among others.
Both Obasanjo and Tinubu refused to address the media after their closed door meeting.
Obasanjo, while speaking at the inauguration of a 300-man planning committee on the installation of the new Olowu of Owu, Oba Saka Matemilola, said he told Tinubu that he had added two phrases to Yoruba vocabularies.
He said: “We now have two vocabularies in the Yoruba dictionary, ‘Emilokan’ and ‘Olule’. These two vocabularies are now popularly used.
“I asked Bola and he laughed. I said whether the vocabularies are good or bad, we have started using them.”
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has called on the general public to disregard in its entirety the list of members of the council being circulated on social media and published by some online news platforms.
The Director of Media and Publicity of the Campaign, Mr. Bayo Onanuga said the list is not authorised and it is unofficial.
He said the leadership of APC and the Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will formally unveil the campaign council in due time.
Youths and supporters of Tinubu from the North-Central zone on Friday, protested against the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress.
They requested that the APC’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, drop Alhaji Kashim Shettima as his running mate, as he would be an obstacle to his victory in the 2023 general election.
The protesters carried banners with inscriptions conveying their demands.
Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, has revealed the outcome of his meeting with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila.
Fani-Kayode, who is a chieftain of the APC, described his meeting with the duo fruitful.
He wrote, “It was an honor and privilege to spend quality time with our presidential candidate and great leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, my old friend and brother, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila a few days ago.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday, said former president Olusegun Obasanjo has assured the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu of victory in 2023.
The Speaker stated that the former President, at the meeting, assured Tinubu of victory in 2023.
But Gbajabiamila, who spoke during the APC Surulere Local Government Area meeting in Surulere, Lagos, said from what he heard there, Tinubu’s presidency was almost a reality.
The Speaker was present at the closed-door meeting between the two leaders in Abeokuta.
Nigerians have been asked to brace up for a new government headed by Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023.
This call was made by activist and lawyer, Deji Adeyanju.
According to Deji, Tinubu will emerge as president in 2023 because the leading opposition party – Peoples Democratic Party is divided and cannot win the presidency with a divided house.
He said, “APC will win not because they deserve to but because the opposition in the country are useless and divided. Good morning.”
Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has said Nigerians need the All Progressives Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, badly at the moment.
Keyamo described Tinubu as a wealth creator, adding that if elected as Nigeria president in the forthcoming elections, he will take the country out of the woods.
Keyamo, who doubles as the Spokesperson of APC presidential campaign, stated this in an interview with Nigerian NewsDirect on Thursday in Abuja.
He added that Tinubu is a political, economic genius and as such, all Nigerian voters should embrace him.
IDOMA VOICE has obtained a video of when Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), described former president Olusegun Obasanjo an expired milk should should be dumped in the dustin.
He also accused Obasanjo of being behind the greatest election rigging in the history of the country.
Tinubu made the remarks at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on Saturday, during the APC presidential campaign rally.
Details of the meeting between the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, have emerged,
IDOMA VOICE reports that Tinubu visited the Penthouse residence at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta apparently to seek the blessing of the ex-president for his presidential ambition.
At about 1 pm when Tinubu’s chopper landed within the OOPL, he was received by Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, former Governors Segun Osoba, and Gbenga Daniel, Speaker of the House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo and other top government functionaries.
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta on Wednesday.
Tinubu arrived at the Penthouse of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Oke- Mosan, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, in his chopper at about 1:09pm in company of some party leaders.
He was received by Governor Dapo Abiodun, former Governor Gbenga Daniel, his predecessor, Segun Osoba, and other Ogun State government functionaries.
Some traditional rulers and religious leaders in Anambra State have declared their support for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to them, the noise over the Muslim-Muslim ticket bt Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu and his running mate Kashim Shetima is baseless.
According to them, there is no issue with a Muslim-Muslim and or Christian-Christian so long as the individuals are capable.
For the traditional rulers and clerics, all of who preferred not to be named, the three leading contenders are all capable.
Elders from southwest Nigeria have rejected the All Progressives Congress decision to field a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
The group, under the aegis of Coalition of APC Stakeholders Network and Southwest Supporters of Tinubu, made the call on Monday during a peace protest to the State House Alausa.
According to them, the only obstacle between the former Lagos State and the presidency in 2023 is his running mate, Senator Kassim Shettima.
In his address, the group’s President-General, Elder Arokoyo Samuel, described Tinubu as a “political colossus and astute political strategist” who has successfully built an enviable foundation for the party.
There seems to be no headway for APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his quest to become the next president of Nigeria in 2023 as all his hope is being punctured from all angles.
The latest is coming from the direction of the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian People Party (NNPP), Sen. Engr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso who has refused to stepdown for him, thereby dashing his hope of penetrating to the core north of Kano, Katsina etc.
It can be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari was highly against the candidature of Bola Tinubu as he presented the Senate President, Sen Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan as his preferred candidate but reluctantly keyed in to support Tinubu now due to the pressure on him by APC governors that power must to the South.
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi has called on Yoruba leaders and politicians to seek each other’s forgiveness in the interest of Nigeria.
The king also called on Yoruba people to rally round the popular monarch also beseeched Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general election.
This, he said will enable them to establish a rapport with all aggrieved Yoruba leaders and politicians for genuine reconciliation and compromise.
In a statement made available by Alli Ibraheem, his Chief Press Secretary, Oba Akanbi charged them to write a new history for Yorubaland by promoting political unity and understanding among themselves ahead of the 2023 general election.
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has claimed that God has endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu for the 2023 general elections.
“What we believe and stand by is that since we started this republic in 1999, we have been rotating power from North to South, and for us, by that rotation, this is the time of South,” the Ondo governor declared and insisted power should shift to the South, parroting Mr Tinubu’s now infamous ’emi lokan’ outburst.
“This is our time, and nobody is going to take it. ‘Awa lokan’; wonderful theme for this time. When the theme was chosen, I’m sure nobody was thinking about ‘Emi lokan’ or anything,” Mr Akeredolu noted. “But it is just by coincidence. God has spoken through Agape that this is our time. I thank you, Agape.”
Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Nasarawa State House of Assembly Speaker, has called on Nigerians to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in 2023.
According to him, Tinubu will perform well if elected.
The lawmaker noted that the former Lagos governor will consolidate President Muhammadu Buhari’s achievements
The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign for the 2023 general elections, Simon Bako Lalong has apologized over his ‘blasphemous’ remarks about the Holy Father, Pope Francis.
Lalong, who is the governor of Plateau State tendered an unreserved apology to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) and the Pontiff.
The governor admitted that his comment does not make sense and should have been uttered in the first place.
In a letter to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) President titled, “Letter of Apology”, dated 12th August, 2022, Governor Lalong assured of his continuous commitment to the Catholic faith and promised to continue upholding the banner of the Christian faith in public life.
Former Kogi West senator, Dino Melaye, has declared that those promoting and forcing down the throat of Nigrians the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu stupid.
Melaye described Tinubu as the most difficult candidate to market in today’s Nigeria.
The former lawmaker stated this when he appeared a Channels TV programme on Friday.
He said, “This government marketed Atiku by their colossal failure. Today, the most difficult candidate to sell is APC candidate whether at House of Representatives, senator or governorship level.
Former Senate Majority Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, has boasted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would win the 2023 presidential elections despite parading same faith candidate.
The ex-chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) also predicted victory for the APC in the 2023 election.
On the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) described it as “a very emotive issue”.
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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