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INEC Chairman Worse Than Emefiele, He Should Be Fired — Galadima

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INEC Chairman Worse Than Emefiele, He Should Be Fired — Galadima

Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has called on President Bola Tinubu to sack Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He spoke in an interview on Channels TV’s Political Paradigm.Galadima accused the INEC boss of subverting the will of Nigerians during the last presidential election. He said what…

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Opinion

Allow NASS members to freely elect principal officers, Ango Abdullahi tells APC

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Allow NASS members to freely elect principal officers, Ango Abdullahi tells APC

Prof. Ango Abdullahi, an academic, politician and elder statesman, saw it all in his days as a youth, having served in different leadership positions. The Convener of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Prof. Ango Abdullahi, yesterday urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to refrain from interfering in the selection of principal officers of the 10th…

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Opinion

Of Vision, AbdulRazaq and French in Kwara

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Of Vision, AbdulRazaq and French in Kwara

By Rafiu Ajakaye On a sunny afternoon in February 2022, I engaged my principal, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, in a talk over the propriety of an international conference centre that hosts a four-star hotel at a location just a spit distance from the iconic Kwara Hotel, Innovation Hub, and Visual Arts Centre. He grinned, and calmly…

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Opinion

Buhari Has Laid Traps For In-Coming President Tinubu – Shehu Sani

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Buhari Has Laid Traps For In-Coming President Tinubu – Shehu Sani

A former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has said the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has set traps for the incoming successor, President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He stated this in his highlights of failures of the outgoing administration. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, said Buhari wanted his…

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News, Opinion

How unpatriotic elements are stoking embers of discord, chaos in Odo-Owa community

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How unpatriotic elements are stoking embers of discord, chaos in Odo-Owa community

By Oba Joshua Adeyemi Adimula My attention was recently drawn to a letter dated 16th January 2023 with the mischievous title, Open Letter to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Dethronement of Oba Joshua Adeyemi Adimula as the Oloota of Odo-Owa. The letter under reference was purportedly written by Aafin Descendants Union (ADU), the so-called esteemed Council…

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Opinion

‘Surround Yourself With Competent, Like-minded People’ – Abdul-Azeez Onike

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The Chief Missioner of Nasrul-lahi-l-fatih Society (NASFAT), Imam Abdul-Azeez Onike, has advised the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to select competent and sincere individuals and people of like minds to run his administration with him. Onike who stated this in his 1444/2023 eid-ul fitr message said the Noble Prophet emphasises the essence of a good companionship….

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Allow Negotiations On Behalf Of Igbo, Withdraw Your Election Petition Against Tinibu -Nnamani

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Allow Negotiations On Behalf Of Igbo, Withdraw Your Election Petition Against Tinibu -Nnamani

Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party has been advised to withdraw his petition challenging the election of Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Election Tribunal. This call was made by former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani of Anambra state. Nnamani said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, urging Obi and his supporters to…

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Opinion, Politics, Voting and Elections

Suspend census until you resettle IDPs, Ortom tells FG

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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, yesterday, called on the Federal Government to suspend conduct of the May 3, 2023 national population and housing census. Making the appeal when he received a delegation from the Middle Belt Forum, led by its President, Dr. Bitrus Pogu, in Makurdi, the governor noted that many indigenes are in internally…

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Governance, Opinion

Nigerians Collectively Frustrated With Election Outcome — Kukah

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Nigerians Collectively Frustrated With Election Outcome — Kukah

Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, said yesterday Nigerians were frustrated by the outcome of the 2023 election, asking them to rise and reclaim their country from the clutches of the current administration. Kukah, who stated this in his Easter message to Nigerians, described them as men and women returning from a funeral with forlorn…

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Opinion, Religion

Shehu Sani Defends ‘Obidients’, Says They Are NOT Fascists.

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Shehu Sani Defends ‘Obidients’, Says They Are NOT Fascists.

. Obidients more peaceful than Buhari’s supporters A former Senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th Senate, Shehu Sani, has disagreed with professor Wole Soyinka’s description of Peter Obi’ supporters as fascists. Taking to his Twitter handle, the former Senator insisted that Obi’s supporters were not fascists as the professor had characterized…

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