Day: September 25, 2022

2023: APC unveils 422-member Presidential Campaign Council

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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has released a 422-member Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, ahead of the commencement of the party’s 2023 presidential campaign to be headed by President Muhammadu Buhari.   According to the list of members of the council released in Abuja on Saturday, Bola Tinubu, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate and Abdullahi Adamu, its National chairman, are to serve as deputy chairmen of the council.   The governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, is the director general, with James Faleke as secretary of the council.   Kashim Shettima,…

FCT Police arrest 3 suspects, recover stolen vehicle, other valuables

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Following a prompt distress call of criminal invasion and armed robbery, received by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command in the early house of Saturday, September 24, 2022, Police operatives have arrested three members of the criminal gang who perpetrated the crime. The operatives also recovered a Mercedes Benz GLK 350 Ash Colour with REG. NO. GWA 740 FM, Laptop Computers, Mobile Phones, and other valuables stolen from the victims.   Preliminary investigations indicated that hoodlums numbering about ten (10) invaded residences along the Old Gwarinpa road and robbed…

Frustrations of a Dancing Wannabe President (1), by Hassan Gimba

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There must be something that does not sit well between Adamu Maina Waziri, a former minister of the federal republic, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one of Atiku Abubakar’s right-hand men, and Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, governor of Rivers State and runner-up in the presidential primary election of the PDP.   Wike lost the primary election to Atiku by 237 votes to 371. Without a doubt, that loss, which he never expected, hit him hard. A few weeks later, he lost the chance to be Atiku’s running…

Osun Guber: We’re in court to deepen our democratic values — Oyetola’s aide

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The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun state has said the decision of the Governor to challenge the outcome of the July 16 Osun Governorship poll should never be seen as an attempt to impugn on the integrity of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,   He noted that Oyetola’s decision should rather be commended as it was aimed at deepening the country’s democratic values and its electoral system.   Speaking with journalists on Sunday, Omipidan, while expressing confidence in the ability of the members of the…

Buhari applauds Nigerians excelling in diaspora, urges them to willingly give back

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President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigerians living in the United States for the exemplary roles they are playing in their different areas of endeavour, urged them to continue in that line to earn the respect of their hosts.   Speaking Saturday at the Townhall Meeting With Nigerians In The Diaspora, in New York, President Buhari said: “It is gratifying for me to note that many Nigerians in the USA have continued to excel in their careers leading to some being appointed into the cabinet of His Excellency President Joe Biden.…

Brutalized Policewoman, Overstretched Military and Matters Arising By Chidi Omeje

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Nigerians woke up Thursday morning to a grisly picture splashed on the social media of a battered female personnel of the Nigeria Police Force drenched in the pool of her own blood.   The vexatious story behind the ghastly picture was that the Policewoman was brutalized to a point of near-death, reportedly by a female professor she was attached to as an orderly or for whatever role. The lady professor who was later identified as Zainab Duke Abiola, according to the story, procured the assistance of her other aides to…

PDP and allegory of the sick lion, wise fox By Festus Adedayo

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Traditional Africa had anecdotes and allegories configured to explain autocracy and how autocrats always met their waterloo. One of them is the story of the lion, the king of the jungle, and the tortoise. After years of tearing its animal victims into shreds, its mane soaked in their innocent blood, the lion became too senescent to haunt for games. Stricken with old age, diverse infirmities and unable to put food on his own table, the king decided to get food by subterfuge and trickery. Always by himself and soaked in…

2022 NUGA : NPC DG congratulates PAAU contingents, Management

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By Abubakar Yusuf     The Director General, National Productivity Center NPC, Dr Kashim Akor has sent a message of congratulations to Prince Abubakar Audu University Contingents to this year, 2022 NUGA games for emerging the winner of the competition having beating Federal University Oye -Ekiti to 1-3. Dr Kashim Akor in a media chat in Abuja on Saturday, 25th September, 2022 lauded the management of the university under the leadership of Professor Marietu Ohunene Tenuche for breaking the decades record of winning NUGA games by a state university to…