Tag: Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani

The wreck in Adamawa By Lasisi Olagunju

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There are books and films on the life and times of Efunsetan Aniwura, the second Iyalode of Ibadan. She was rich, powerful and cold-hearted. Her success as a woman; her manly carriage and ruthlessness made her a perfect mark for envy and destruction. And she lost everything. But Iyalode did not say goodnight gently; she did what real men do. On one occasion, one of her favourite slaves, a female, laced her food with poison. That slave was stupid. She should have known that no one became Iyalode raw and…

Binani, Buhari: Hurt, guilt and forgiveness By Festus Adedayo

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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, asked Nigerians who he might have hurt in his near-eight-year misrule, to forgive him. Similarly, a section of the social media is asking for forgiveness for Aishatu Dahiru, popularly known as Binani. Dahiru is the woman who, before the April gubernatorial election re-run in Adamawa State, was considered a political exemplar and one who typified the assumed political purity of the female gender. Very few narratives of the concept of hurt and forgiveness are as gripping as the grisly story of Father Michael Lapsley. As…

Adamawa state 2023 Governorship election and the imperative of strengthening Nigeria’s democratic institutions By Dr. Mijinyawa Bashir Bello

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The Adamawa state Governorship election which started on 18th March 2023 will remain in the memory of Nigerians and other keen observers of the Nigeria electoral process in the international community.This is not only because of the declaration of the election as inconclusive which made INEC to organise a re-run but the drama,anxiety and intrigues that resulted from the illegal declaration of the candidate of APC,Aishatu Dahiru Binani as the winner by the now suspended Adamawa state Resident Electoral Commissioner(REC),Mr. Hudu Yunusa – Ari even before the completion of the…

JUST IN: Appeal court affirmes Binani APC guber candidate in Adamawa

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An Appeal Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State capital, has declared Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Adamawa State.   The court presided over by Justice Tanko Yusuf Hassan set aside the judgement of a Federal High Court which nullified the governorship primary and declared that APC has no candidate for the 2023 governorship election.   A former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, who contested but lost the ticket of the party had challenged Binani’s victory in…