Tag: Senator Abdullahi Adamu

Adamu and the Prize for Treachery By Olaleye Olawale

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One of my favourite Yoruba adage is that which says: “Ti eniyan ba’n yo’le da, oun buruku a ma yo w’on se.”   For my non-Yoruba speaking folks, maybe this simple translation will suffice. “Anyone who delights in stealthy betrayal is certain to experience insidious misfortunes.” I only made an effort.   A certain presidential hopeful in the ruling APC, had recruited the ousted APC chair, Abdulahi Adamu, using a popular Senator from Borno State to facilitate the recruitment. Adamu never intended to be APC chairman.   He was, in…

Memo to APC NWC On 10th National Assembly Leadership Need To Avert Destruction By Fouad Ahmad

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Since 1999 Nigeria has produced Eight Speakers of the House of Representatives, North-West geo-political zone dominated the speakership seat with four persons from the zone holding the office, Ibrahim Buhari,Ghali Umar Na Abba two from Kano state. Aminu Bello Masari, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal from Katsina and Sokoto produce one speaker respectively. North East produced one speaker Yakubu Dogara. South West produce three speaker Dimeji Bankole, Patricia Etteh and Femi Gbajabiamila Incumbent speaker of the house of representatives. Looking into consideration North West and North East held the office of the…

Six Aspirants reject Kogi APC primary election results

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Some Governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have rejected the results of the Primary Election of the party held on Friday in the state.   Among the aspirants are Senator Smart Adeyemi, former Minister of State Labour and Productivity, Professor Stephen Ocheni, son of late ex-Governor Abubakar Audu, Shuiabu, and a member of the National Working Committee of the APC, Murtala Yakubu Ajaka. Speaking on behalf of the aggrieved aspirants at a press conference in Abuja on Saturday, Senator Adeyemi claimed that no election took place to have…

Buhari, Tinubu electrify mammoth crowd at Bauchi APC rally

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KoA mammoth crowd of party supporters and other residents on Monday thronged the streets of Bauchi to receive President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on a campaign tour of the state. Tinubu, who had spent the night at the capital of the north-eastern state, joined the APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, Governors and other party chieftains to receive President Buhari at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport Monday morning. On ground to receive the President were Senate President Ahmad Ibrahim…

Adamu assures Tinubu ‘ll be next President, urges him to get ready

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National Chairman ,All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has told Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to get ready to assume the presidency of Nigeria, from 29 May 2023.   Adamu, who spoke emphatically at the Town Hall meeting Thursday in Lafia between the APC candidate and stakeholders in the mining sector, said he was merely echoing President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement.   “Except God, President Buhari is the highest authority in Nigeria today. Buhari has said it and it shall come to pass”, Adamu stated.   Urged Tinubu to stand and the…

JUST IN: APC to flag off Presidential campaign in Plateau, releases campaign timetable

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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed November 15, 2022, to officially launch its presidential campaign rally in Jos, the Plateau State capital.   This was contained in the party presidential timetable released on Wednesday, November 3, 2022.   This comes weeks after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) approved the start of campaigns for the 2023 general elections.   Recall, the party had made several attempts to flag off its campaigns in the recent past but disagreements regarding the composition of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) led to…

Defections: Lawmakers predict trouble for APC ahead 2023

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With the defections, last week, of four Senators from the APC to the Peo­ples Democratic Party (PDP), the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the Labour Party (LP), some federal lawmakers have predicted difficult times ahead for the ruling party in the buildup to the 2023 polls.   The spread of lawmakers in the Upper Chamber is now APC 66, with PDP, Young Peo­ple’s Party (YPP), All Progres­sives Grand Alliance (APGA), NNPP and LP members of the minority parties standing at 43.   At the resumption of plena­ry on June…

Two Senators resign from APC, PDP, defect to NNPP, Labour Party

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Two Senators from Bauchi and Imo States, have resigned their membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), respectively.   The lawmakers are Senator Dauda Jika representing Bauchi Central and elected on the platform of the APC; and Senator Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi representing Imo East Senatorial District, who was elected on the platform of the PDP.   Both Senators in separate letters addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, conveyed their decision to resign their membership of the APC and PDP, to join the Labour Party…

THE REAL REASON APC NORTH WANT MUSLIM-MUSLIM TICKET By Law Mefor

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It was Mallam Nasir El Rufai who once observed that the real problem with Nigeria is impunity, not corruption. Of course, he was right that the brazen corruption and primitive accumulation rocking the nation today, which require psychiatric evaluation, is borne out of impunity and callous disregard for civilised conduct and integrity.   What is more, the said impunity is breeding and transmogrifying into other worse conditions in Nigeria, and one of them is trampling on the religious rights of Nigerians, manifest in the idea of the Muslim-Muslim ticket, which…

Hats Off to Jagaban! By Olawale Olaleye

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One of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s agelong political ideologies, is that power isn’t served a la carte. It’s a philosophy that encourages power seekers to go after it as much as they want it and like the kingdom of God, which suffers violence, take it by force and own it.   But I’d never shared this idea with him. Reason for this is not far-fetched. He has refused to live up to billings internally, especially, given his Darwinian approach to politics. For as many as had wanted to seek power in…