Tag: Presidency

Judgment Day: “Tinubu convinced he defeated Atiku, Obi; won’t threaten judiciary” – Presidency says, on PEPC ruling

Aminu Imam

Ahead of the presidential election petitions tribunal ruling, the Presidency says President Bola Tinubu does not need to threaten the judiciary because the ex-Lagos governor is convinced he defeated opposition candidates, Atiku Abubakar (of the Peoples Democratic Party) and Peter Obi (of the Labour Party) in the February 25 presidential election. Barring any unforeseen circumstance, the presidential election tribunal is expected to deliver judgment today, Wednesday. Asked in an interview during a television programme on Monday, if President Tinubu was worried about the tribunal’s ruling, his media aide Ajuri Ngelale…

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Tinubu’s ministerial list not ready, ignore rumours – Presidency

Aminu Imam

Nigerians have been urged to ignore rumours about the ministerial list of President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu’s spokesperson, Dele Alake, who stated this yesterday while addressing reporters at the State House in Abuja, said that the president’s ministerial list is not ready. Alake said, “There is no iota of truth in all of those things. When the President is good and ready, you will be the first to know about his intentions”. Tinubu, having been sworn-in as president on May 29, 2023, is expected to submit his ministerial list to the…

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Senate Leadership: Presidency Clarifies VP Shettima’s remark

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Presidency on Monday made clarification on Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s remarks on support for southern Senate President. Olusola Abiola, Director of Information, Office of the Vice-President, stated in Abuja that the vice-president’s remarks were taken out context. The vice-president met with senators campaigning for the emergence of Sen. Godswill Akpabio and Sen. Barau Jibrin to lead the 10th Senate on Sunday. Shettima said at the interactive session that the nation’s current political structure demanded the emergence of a southern Christian and a northern Muslim as the fairest balance to promote inclusivity…

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NASS Leadership Tussle; Northern Elders Forum Chides VP Shettima, urges Presidency’s non interference

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Northern Elders Forum NEF has asked the Nigerian presidency to allow the members of the National Assembly to choose their leaders without interference and eschew religious sentiments being bandied about. The Forum spoke in reaction to the statement credited to Vice President Kashim Shettima with regards to the suitability of Abdull-azeez Yari and Godswill Akpabio. Briefing the media in Kaduna, the Director, Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed said the forum has cautioned the President Tinubu administration on many occasions to respect the rights…

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Tinubu’s victory won’t be annulled, go to court, Presidency tells PDP, LP

Aminu Imam

The Presidency, on Thursday, said those who were calling for the cancellation of the 2023 presidential election wanted to recreate June 12, 1993 presidential election annulled by former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd). The PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the LP’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi were calling for the cancellation of the poll and sought to stop INEC from announcing the results of the poll won by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in an issued statement, while reviewing President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to Doha, Qatar,…

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2023 Presidency; Arewa Youh Group adopts Atiku

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

With hours to the presidential and National Assembly elections, a coalition of Arewa youth groups have adopted the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. In a briefing in Kaduna, the group said it is hearkening to the body language of the northern elders who gave qualities of the president Nigeria needs 2023 and beyond. Addressing the media in Kaduna, the convener of Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Associations, Murtala Abubakar said Atiku Abubakar has been active in politics since 1993 and being on the…

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Presidency denies plots of an interim govt, says election will hold as scheduled

Aminu Imam

The Presidency has assured that the forthcoming general elections will hold as scheduled, while dismissing alleged plots of an interim government as jokes that should be stopped. Recall that Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufa’I had alleged in an interview with an online news platform that a cabal around President Muhammadu Buhari was plotting the failure of the general elections. El-Rufa’i said that those hoping to make the system fail, whom he described as non-state actors, were those who failed to pick the ruling All Progressives Congress’ presidential ticket for…

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2023: ‘Buhari’s support for Tinubu unquestionable’ – Presidency replies Tanko Yakasai

Aminu Imam

The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari’s support for the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is unquestionable. The President’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, who stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, was reacting to an allegation levelled against Buhari by Tanko Yakasai. Yakasai, had in a television interview, questioned Buhari’s loyalty to the realisation of APC victory in the presidential election on Feb. 25. However, Shehu dismissed the allegation, saying president’s support for the party’s candidate, Tinubu is unquestioned. The statement further said, “If…

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‘Bishop Kukah hiding under camouflage of ‘speaking truth to power’ – Femi Adesina

Aminu Imam

The Special Adviser to President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says he believes the bishop of Sokoto Catholic diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, may be filled with amnesia for him to have forgotten the state of the nation before President Muhammadu Buhari came to power. Recall that Kukah had stated that President Buhari was leaving Nigeria far more vulnerable than when he came. He also accused the president of nepotism and failing to fight corruption despite hefty promises made to Nigerians in 2015. Adesina, who said this in response to…

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Alleged N89.1tr Stamp Duty Collection: Presidency defends Emefiele

Aminu Imam

…Says Kazaure’s Committee illegal The Presidency has dismissed as fake and untrue that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, could not account for about N89.1 trillion the CBN collected as Stamp Duty charges. A member of the House of Representatives from Jigawa, Gudaji Kazaure, in a viral video, had allegedly accused the CBN governor of attempts to cover-up facts surrounding the collection of the controversial amount. He also alleged that he was deliberately being denied access to present a preliminary report of a committee set…

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