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madness everywhere is either this Government rigs the election to get into power or drag your mandate with you in court where they have already set their bull Dogs in place or use the media to carry out fake news, Gov Bala Mohammed if we can all recall was onces FCT Minister during his reign as the minister, abuja experienced great development . this mind set he has carried with him to Bauchi to set the peopele free from political slavery.

Gov Bala Mohammed is a man of high integrity and responsibility, he has no tolerance toward corruption and will not by any means be intimidated by any media house or group,

if we can remember during Goodluck Reign Sahara media was used to blackmail and press out fake information against the good will of his excellency Goodluck Jonathan. up until this day they is still no findings to most of the allegation being carried out

we strongly stand with the people Governor at this time, and we call on the the ruling party to stop this witch hunt

madness everywhere is either this Government rigs the election to get into power or drag your mandate with you in court where they have already set their bull Dogs in place or use the media to carry out fake news, Gov Bala Mohammed if we can all recall was onces FCT Minister during his reign as the minister, abuja experienced great development . this mind set he has carried with him to Bauchi to set the peopele free from political slavery.

Gov Bala Mohammed is a man of high integrity and responsibility, he has no tolerance toward corruption and will not by any means be intimidated by any media house or group,

if we can remember during Goodluck Reign Sahara media was used to blackmail and press out fake information against the good will of his excellency Goodluck Jonathan. up until this day they is still no findings to most of the allegation being carried out

we strongly stand with the people Governor at this time, and we call on the the ruling party to stop this witch hunt

alot of fine ladies hidden

Ososo Carnival is a cultural event which is held annually to showcase the cultural heritage, traditions and tourism potentials of Ososo in Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State. The 2019 edition of the Carnival which has as its theme, "AFEKHAFE' is a complete package of liesure events which includes street dance, arena based performances, beauty pageant [male & female], mountaineering, musical concert, bonfire, arts and fashion exhibition, visual creativity and sporting activities. These events are reminiscent of the rich culture, vast tourism potentials, hospitality and peace loving nature of the people of Ososo. Since the first edition of the cultural fiesta in 2011, Ososo community has continued to witness massive influx of visitors including indegenes in the diaspora as well as other parts of Nigeria during the yuletide season. The 2019 edition of Ososo Carnival will be a marvelous explosion of culture, colour, music and revelry. Ososo Carnival, the greatest harmattan festival will take place from December 27 -30, 2019. More details to come!

Nigerians must know this!

The legal counsel of H.E Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party led by Dr. Livy Uzoukwu SAN has proven beyond reasonable doubt, with facts as evidence at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that Atiku’s votes were deflated in many states across the north. These are the 11 focal states where APC and INEC inflated votes in favor of PMB.

This was done in collaboration with INEC and allegedly the Nigerian military under the leadership of COAS Burutai. You all saw what happened in Rivers state during the Gubernatorial election, how the so much respected military men collaborated with Amaechi/APC & invaded virtually all collation centers to rig the election at all cost for AAC against Governor Wike

*Katsina * Kaduna * Kano *Jigawa *Kebbi *Zamfara
*Gombe * Bauchi * Borno *Yobe *Niger

INEC lawyers failed woefully to address Atiku’s allegation of inflated votes in those focal states. They also abandoned their case and failed to call witnesses.

The presidential election petition tribunal is bound by law to deflate PMB votes and add them up to H.E Alhaji Atiku Abubakar or outrightly cancel them, which will still give Atiku Abubakar victory with over 222,000 votes.

Nigerians will continue to commend the legal effort so far on this case by H.E Alhaji Atiku Abubukar, and Peter Obi, the presidential candidates of the People Democratic Party (PDP), for always exhibiting professionalism and regard for rule of law as enshrined to ascertain justice.

#JusticeForAtiku #JusticeForNigerians #GiveUsOurMandate

[left]Nigerians must know this!

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, led by justice Garba Mohammed must be very much aware that elections is not just an event but a whole process, as it is the duty of INEC to verify certificate, and also ensure that the system of voting must be simple, accurate, accountable and be secured without manipulations.

It is also the duties of INEC to make sure that numbers add up the same with their server transmission even though they denied it.

INEC yearned on media, for a certain kind of election, and provisions was made available.After the election the stories of no server came up, Server shutdown, Server hacking, blah blah blah are not just right in the out come of the 2019 presidential election.

Nevertheless, whether the 2019 presidential election was conducted within the principle guidelines, laid down would be the watchdog of the tribunal in this legal battle. Whether there was irregularities during the conduct of the general election and their impact on the integrity of our election should be thoroughly check by the tribunal .

Two years ago, INEC announced to the entire world on media platforms, their plans to deploy E-transmission & E-collation of polling unit results in other to enhance the credibility of the forthcoming 2019 election.

The original plan by INEC was to allow political party agents have viewing access to the front end of INEC computer application at the various state collation centers but after noticing that Buhari had lost, INEC did a detour by dumping the earlier plan

Their servers were deliberately short-down, preventing agents of political parties from viewing, authenticating and re-confirming the soft copy result with the hard copy result.

The INEC chairman must have tried his best to dump the result but it was too late, a brave anonymous staff of INEC uploaded the result of the 2019 Presidential election to the server.

In fact this is the summary of how Nigerians actually voted in the 2019 presidential election as extracted from the INEC server which they alleged was shutdown:

SOUTH/WEST
3.3 million voted for Buhari (53%)
3.02 million voted for Atiku (47%)
Buhari won the s/west with a winning margin of 298,000

SOUTH/EAST
1.51 million voted for Buhari (33%)
3.23 million voted for Atiku (67%)
Atiku won the south/east with a winning margin of 1.722 million

SOUTH/SOUTH
1.22 million voted for Buhari (29%)
2.94 million voted for Atiku (71%)
Atiku won the s/south with a winning margin of 1.7 million

NORTH CENTRAL
2.34 million voted for Buhari (44%)
2.99 million voted for Atiku (56%)
Atiku won the n/central with a winning margin of 650,000

NORTH EAST
2.62 million voted for Buhari (51%)
2.55 million voted for Atiku (49%)
Buhari won the n/east with a winning margin of 70,000

NORTH WEST
5.72 million voted for Buhari (61%)
3.69 million voted for Atiku (39%)
Buhari won the n/west with a winning margin of 2.03 million

Therefore the overall result collected into the INEC Server of which they denied
*9.41 million voted in the N/west
*5.17 million voted in the N/east
*5.33 million voted in the N/central
*6.32 million voted in the S/west
*4.74 million voted in the S/east
*4.16 million voted in the S/south
(Rivers state was excluded)

15.22 million voted in the South
19.91 million voted in the North

Atiku won in the south with a margin of 3.2 million.

Buhari won in the North with a margin of 1.45 million

The winning margin for Atiku would have been more, if votes from Rivers state was available on time as recorded on the INEC server.

TOTAL RESULT
Total accreditation = 37.6 million

Total voided votes = 1.23 million

Total votes cast = 36.4 million

WINNER/ATIKU = 18.35 million

SECOND/BUHARI = 16.7 million

Other candidates = 1.3 million votes
(Rivers state is excluded)

Never the less Nigerians are hopeful because Atiku is coming.

#JusticeForAtiku #JusticeForNigeria #GiveUsOurMandate[/

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has, in what he described as a warning to both President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, said that there would be no room for rigging on February 16th especially as he said that the world is watching the developments in the country.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, in response to the Federal Government’s reaction to the US, UK and EU over the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen, the former Vice President warned that anyone planning to rig the 2019 election may as well be toying with the very foundation of the nation’s democracy.

According to the statement, “Buhari’s cabal is unhappy with the statements from the US, the British and the EU because they know that these world powers have agreed to re-route their latest and most technologically sophisticated spy satellites, including the NAOL-47 satellite, to provide comprehensive coverage over Nigeria on February 16. The photographs which these satellites will deliver can not only show someone reading a newspaper but also which newspaper they are reading.”
He said “the Federal Government had in statement through Garba Shehu stated that, ‘the nation’s security forces will confront any attempt to interfere with the process by elements from outside the country.’”

The PDP candidate expressed concerns over what he described as “the desperation of the APC to rig the forthcoming elections.”
He however, advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the military and the police not to allow themselves to be used by those he said are interested in turning Nigeria’s democracy on its head.

According to him, “The truth is that, there is no country in the world where a president with this appalling record could ever be re-elected. Over 100 million Nigerians cannot afford even one decent meal a day, yet their president is seeking re-election.

“The world powers, as well as Nigerians, also have intelligence that Buhari will decisively lose the elections since the people are angry because they are hungry and have no jobs.
“There is no level of rigging that this vile government could ever do to overturn the millions of Nigerians who will turn up at the polls to vote him out.

“We ask our dearest young population who got a job under Buhari in the last four (4)years, to vote for Buhari. But all those who lost their jobs and whose relations lost their jobs and businesses to his maladministration should please come out in large numbers to elect Atiku Abubabar who is a harbinger of job creation,” the statement said.

Spokesman Atiku , Segun Showunmi Addressing the people of Abeokuta south

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No true compatriot can afford to feel indifferent about the details in Amnesty International’s latest report titled: ‘‘Harvest of Death: Three years of bloody clashes between herders and farmers’’ and the way it reflects on the very poor quality of government leadership in Nigeria at the moment.

The report catalogued that more than 3,600 people have been killed since 2016, with 310 attacks recorded between January 2016 and October 2018 - 57 per cent of which took place in 2018 alone.

It is regrettable that on a day when Amnesty International Nigeria launched its ponderous report and at a period when many Nigerians have deep concerns about how to support and motivate our gallant security personnel to do more, a military parade was being done – in the way of blundering dictators – to mark a birthday at Aso Rock!

The Amnesty International report shows the human cost of the cycle of violence between herders and farmers in parts of Nigeria affected by the clashes which resulted in alarming death tolls, depressing displacement of thousands of Nigerians and the very sad but total disruption of livelihoods for too many men, women and innocent children.

Flipping through the report, any discerning human being easily feels depressingly impacted by the gory experiences of too many struggling Nigerians in various parts of the country.

It is extremely unbelievable that such violence can easily proliferate in a nation with a government, especially one that hoodwinked Nigerians into believing it came with a mission of 'change', bandying the word ‘security’ as a fundamental goal it aimed to achieve immediately.

Rather than make further lamentations, it is time for all men and women of goodwill to frankly assert that Nigerians will not follow them to the "Next Level" of official insensitivity and tactlessness that has facilitated the loss of too many lives, often without even mere acknowledgement from those in power today.







Indeed, under this administration, lives are wantonly lost in homes, forests and highways in ways that make even those in war-torn countries to shudder with fear but still, this government of lies and propaganda continues to point accusing fingers at everyone but itself, at a time attributing horrendous crimes to late Libyan leader, Moammer Ghadaffi.

Nigeria under HE Atiku Abubakar will look at the reports of Amnesty international with a view to ascertaining the facts, getting the root of all infractions and putting in place, safeguards to prevent future occurrences.

We will overhaul our entire policing and security architecture to reflect present and future challenges as well as ensure massive interface with our communities with a view to having a governance structure that works for all under our restructuring agenda.

We mourn our lost compatriots as we call for peace and progress for Nigeria.

His Excellency Atiku Abubakar and The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party said on Friday night that he was keenly looking forward to next month's presidential debate, moments after watching the vice-presidential debate in Abuja.
H.E Abubakar expressed satisfaction with the showing of his running mate, Peter Obi, at the vice-presidential debate at Transcorp Hilton Hotels.
"I watched with pride as Peter Obi laid out our vision to get Nigeria working again," H.E Abubakar said on Twitter, adding that he cannot "wait for the presidential debate."

Mr Obi sparred with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and three other running mates in the five-person debate last night, focused mainly on the economy for about two and a half hours. Mr Obi was widely praised for demonstrating a good grasp of statistics, and Mr Osinbajo received commendations for his ability to focus on what his government had done as against what the PDP did in its 16 years in power from 1999 to 2015.

Although the debate organizers said last week they expected President Muhammadu Buhari to participate at the presidential debate on January 19, there has been no commitment from the president. President Muhammadu Buhari (All Progressives Congress), Oby Ezekwesili (Allied Congress Party of Nigeria) Atiku Abubakar (Peoples Democratic Party), Kingsley Moghalu (Young Progressives Party), Fela Durotoye (Alliance for New Nigeria)

It was gathered on Friday night that the organizers have not received indications that Mr. Buhari would take part in the debate, but said H.E Abubakar's public utterances have given them confidence that the main opposition candidate would be available
President Buhari did not honour invitations to debate while running as the main opposition candidate of the All Progressives Congress in 2015.
Concerns that president Buhari would shun debate again this cycle prompted some PDP supporters on social media to have Mr Obi boycott last night's debate. They argued that President Buhari is trying to ride on the energy of Mr Osinbajo, rather than present himself for a similar debate as the most consequential person on the ticket.

In February 2019, Nigerians will vote their next leader in the sixth presidential elections since the end of the military rule in 1999. The incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress is running for a second term. His main competitor is former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the opposition People's Democratic Party.

Which of them is best-placed to lead Africa's biggest economy?

In a recent Interview with Hasan Mehdi on “Up Front” Aljazeera, the spokesman of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Mr. Segun Showunmi elucidated on how Atiku Abubakar will run an all-inclusive government create jobs and fight terrorism.

When asked about how Atiku Abubakar will defeat Boko Haram, he said “The first thing I want to say is that Boko Haram existed in the North Eastern region before Muhammadu Buhari became president”.
“Right now, Boko Haram and criminal activities and violence have spread to almost every part of the country; what you have seen is that because the current government’s mishandling and lack of understanding that there is a policing aspect to managing terrorism and there is a military aspect to it also”.

“For your information, Atiku spent the first 20 years of work life as a custom officer that gave him the opportunity to know how to manage the borders, to stabilize the borders and be able to reduce the inflow of criminal element and also to prevent small and light arms from coming in”.
“Over and above that, he is going to be running an inclusive country”.

When asked why Buhari travelled overseas for medical treatment without informing the Nigerian people what that treatment was for, the Buhari Presidential campaign spokesman, Festus Keyamo, says there is "no political templates and booklets" that require Buhari to disclose his medical records.

While asking the spokesman of the Atiku Presidential Campaign same question, he said “We challenge them and if they agree and let us bring ourselves before a medical board, we will make public the totality of the state of the wellness of my candidate”

In another question, Mehdi pointed out that President Buhari has been to the United Kingdom several times for unspecified medical treatment, despite claiming during the campaign that he would end 'medical tourism' for government officials when treatment was available in Nigeria.

Keyamo said "In matters of health, you have to rebuild infrastructure. Because health is number one," "And you don't expect people to die, not only him [Buhari], any other person at all in a state of health that may be terminal."

Atiku Abubakar's spokesman Segun Showunmi was however pressed about the $40mn sent to the United States via offshore wire transfers. Showunmi says the money was an attempt "to fund an American University in Yola." "It was investigated. It was clearly shown not to be of crime," he continued. "We must be careful that we do not take small queries to mean grand larceny or grand indictment."

WATCH: Exclusive Interview On Al Jazeera With Hasan Mehdi
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Spokesman of the Atiku Campaign Organization, Segun Showunmi has announced his intentions to contest for the Abeokuta South Federal Constituency Seat in the House of Representatives in 2019.


In a statement on his Social Media page, Segun Showunmi wrote;
“Dear Friends I cannot continue to sit on the fringes nudging them in the right directions, agonising at the dismal level of their performance, wondering if this is the best that nature will allow for our country Nigeria”.

“I have therefore presented myself, your friend and colleague, Segun Showunmi for House of Representatives of Abeokuta South Federal Constituency in the 2019 elections.under the PDP. Please support me”.

“Previously i always thought that the challenge in our nations strive for greatness was the executive, i have become persuaded that indeed in a democracy the legislators have a larger share of the duty to focus the nation in the right direction, for if our legislators played less politics perhaps we can experience a better oversight activities that will berth the Nigeria of our dream. Sincerely Set to Serve“.

Spokesman of Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization and the Peoples Democratic Party PDP House of Representatives Candidate for Abeokuta South Federal Constituency, Hon Segun Showunmi has promised the Okada Riders a better welfarism and empowerment if elected as the Member House of Representatives in the forthcoming 2019 election.


Showunmi said this while attending to questions from the Association of Okada Riders AKMODE TRANSPORT NIGERIA LIMITED during a visit to their Secretariat situated at Ago ijesha, Abeokuta South Local Government.

He also restated commitment towards making their life becomes meaningful and have their own business to feed their families if elected to represent them at the house of representative.

He urged them to protect themselves as well as their votes in a way they will benefit from the Government.

The Okada Riders pledged their maximum support for his victory in the 2019 polls while urging him to pay them back when he get to the House of Representatives Chamber, Abuja.

Segun Showunmi, spokesman of the Atiku Campaign Organization, says the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will restructure the country within one year, if elected.

Showunmi said this while speaking on a programme on Arise Television.
He said Nigerians would have seen practical restructured activities that government would have embarked on within one year.
Showunmi added that the Nigerian constitution was not created to be an obstacle to development and that the citizens can determine what they need to change that can give them the desired growth.

“The first thing Atiku is going to do once he sets up his government, which will take six months, is that he’s going to set up a special committee that will look at all of the reports, 1995, 2005, 2014, harmonize them, and get what is the commonalities so that we can know what is consistently being demanded, pull out all the harmonized stuff, looking at all the things Nigerians have been clamoring for, which of those things can be signed by an executive order, maybe things that are on the concurrent list,” he said.

“Then, he will look at the ones that require him to work with the legislature and stakeholders in the country, and say look Nigerians, our constitution was not created to be an obstacle to development. We have the power, as Nigerians, to determine what we need to change that can give us the growth we need, giving that he’s very good at building consensus and pulling people together.
“But one thing you can be sure of is that, within 6 to 8 months, maximum of one year, Nigerians would have seen practical restructured activities that government would have embarked on.

“You know why? It’s because you are going to have in the office of the president an Atiku Abubakar, not someone who is paying lip service to restructuring, somebody who has been standing on restructuring for such a long time, who has written on restructuring and who has advocated for restructuring?”

On whether Atiku will spend one term as he promised, Showunmi said, “When we get to that bridge, we will certainly cross it. But what I will say to you is this. Atiku Abubakar keeps his words and his obligations. What he says or signs up to, you can be rest assured that he will do it. He’s not a flippant fellow and he doesn’t play to the gallery.”

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, will bring grace and dignity to any assignment he is given.

Obasanjo said this on Saturday during the turning of Abubakar as the seventh Waziri Adamawa by His Royal Majesty, Alhaji Muhammadu Aliyu Barkindo Mustapha, the Lamido of Adamawa. He said: “When we were in Abuja and dealing with the affairs of governance, you did not take lightly cultural affairs back home.

“By every standard, you are a cultured and a cultural person.
“Whatever responsibility you have at the national and international level, I know you will carry this new office with respect and dignity.”

Abubakar vowed to ensure the relevance of traditional institutions in the country by promoting their values and principles to the rest of the world. He said he would not relent in promoting and advancing the cause and principles of Adamawa Emirate and traditional institutions in general in the country.

Referring to Obasanjo as his boss, the former vice president thanked him his contributions to his mentoring. He added: “Your royal highness has now given me the highest honour available to anyone from a modest background and achievement.“The late Lamido, HRH Aliyu Mustapha, may his soul rest in peace, appointed me Turakin Adamawa at the age of 35, making me a confidant and council member of the emirate.

“As his successor, you have accorded me the second highest position, which I am receiving with profound humility with my turbaning as Wazirin.”
Mustapha said Abubakar was honoured because of his contributions to the development of Nigeria in general and Adamawa State in particular.

He said: “Atiku has also contributed greatly to unifying the people of Adamawa and providing useful advice to the emirate.
“The position of Wazirin, which is the highest in the council, puts him in charge of administration of the emirate and is given to people who are educated, honest and God fearing.

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday visited the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, to seek his understanding over the choice of Mr Peter Obi as his running mate.

On the entourage of Atiku were the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, who is also the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki;

National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus; and the National Organizing Secretary of the party, Col. Austin Akobundu (retd.).
It was learnt that the visit was meant to appease Ekweremadu, who had hoped that he would be the natural choice for the position.

It was gathered that the visitors asked for Ekweremadu’s support and explained to him that Obi was picked in the interest of the zone in particular and the nation in general.

A source said, “He was told that Obi does not have any corruption case against him and that he does not belong to any faction of the party.
“He was also told that Obi’s emergence has further raised the acceptability level of the PDP across the country.”
Meanwhile, the party has scheduled its National Executive Committee meeting for Thursday in Abuja.

Our correspondent gathered that the meeting would approve the full composition of the council and also vet its budget for the campaigns.
Secondus confirmed the inauguration of the campaign council to our correspondent on the telephone.

“Yes, we are meeting on Thursday and the campaign will be inaugurated same day,” he said.

As a run up to the 2019 general election, a group under the aegis of “Women Arise Group” has lend its support to the presidency of H.E Atiku Abubakar and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Speaking at their programme held at the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization's office, the leader of the group, said the choice was made after due consultations and considerations regarding the issue of nation building, restructuring, revamping the economy and dealing with the ills of unemployment in the country, the group has decided to throw its weight behind H.E Atiku Abubakar.

The group was received by the Spokesman of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization (APCO), Mr. Segun Showunmi at his office on Monday. The Spokesman of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization, Mr. Segun Showunmi commended the group for their unrelenting support to ensuring the victory of H.E Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 general election.

According to him, “Your support group is doubtlessly vibrant and committed to the anticipated actualization of the Presidential ambition of His Excellency, Atiku Abubabkar”. In his remark, Mr. Segun Showunmi made it clear that he is convinced now than ever that women will indeed play a vital role in ensuring we elect a government that will truly get Nigeria working again.

Former Vice President and the Presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has been turbaned the 7th Waziri of Adamawa Emirate.
The position of Waziri makes the former Vice President next to the Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo, in the emirate.

Notable among the dignitaries who attended the ceremony are two former Presidents of Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo. Former Vice President Namadi Sambo was also at the occasion.

President of the Senate and DG of Atiku’s Presidential Campaign Council, Bukola Saraki was also present at the occasion along with his House of Representatives Counterpart Hon. Yakubu Dogara

The Lamido of Adamawa said Atiku was honoured with the title of Waziri because of his immense contributions to the development of Nigeria, particularly Adamawa State, where his impact was felt in various sectors.
“Atiku has also contributed greatly to unifying the people of Adamawa and providing useful advice to the emirate.

“The position of Waziri, which is the highest in the council puts him in charge of administration of the emirate and is given to people who are educated, honest and God fearing.
“It’s not hereditary and can go to anyone who deserves it.”

While urging the new Waziri to continue to carry everyone along and unite the people of Adamawa for more development, Barkindo urged all other traditional title holders to cooperate with the new Waziri.

The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, was left disgraced earlier today November 22nd,2018 at a function in Abuja .



Amaechi was a panelist at the Osasu Show Symposium which held in Abuja and he was to speak on Transportation in Nigeria and also the Buhari-led government however, just when he wanted to give his speech, the crowd at the event shut him down


Obviously uninterested in whatever the politician had to say, the massive crowd began chanting ‘sit down, sit down”.

Upon realizing that they did not want to hear him speak after several attempts, he was forced to hand over the microphone as the crowd refused to stop.

Relief came the way of thousands of the inmates in notable orphanages and foster homes in Zaria, Katsina, Taraba, Kano and Kaduna States following the donation of food and essential items valued at over N5million by the Katsina Youths Voice (North East Youth Organization).


The Director General, Farida Kabir Murnai made the donation on thursday when she led a delegation of the management staff to the orphanages, Almajiri schools and hospitals.

Presenting the items, Farida said the gesture was to cushion the hardships being faced by the orphans and almajiris.

“We know you are not here in your own making; none of you is happy to be here. “words are are not enough to comfort and soothe your pains and loss, we decided to come and identify with you.

“Nothing we give here will be enough, but the little we came with, is just to support you,” she said.



Murnai urged the orphans and almajiris to continue to pray for return of total peace in areas affected by crisis in the country.

She further promised the orphan’s a better and more secured Nigeria when Atiku Abubakar wins in the 2019 general elections.

Farida called for the total support of Atiku Abubakar’s candidacy for the 2019 presidential election. She said Nigeria is currently at a crossroad with the incessant killings going on the north and the general insecurity coupled with the gripping poverty that have enveloped the entire nation. She said more than ever before every Nigerian must come together to deliver the country from the unpleasant situation she has found ourselves, saying that the only way to do this, is to support a credible candidate that has a general appeal to every zone in the country.

“Atiku Abubakar fits that choice perfectly well and every Nigerian must therefore endeavour to support his presidential ambition come 2019. Atiku Nigeria will work again and peace and prosperity will return to the country”, she said.



Responding, Danjuma Jada, coordinator of one of the orphanages in Zaria , commended the Organization and the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for the gesture and reaching out to those in the camp.

He said that the Organization came at a crucial period, when food and other essential items are needed the most in the camp.



Various items, including cartons of noodles, bottled water, bags of garri, bags of rice, bags of sugar, bags of beans and diapers, amongst others were donated to the orphanages by the Organization as well as hospital bills cleared for the very poor in the communities.

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will kick-start his campaign for the 2019 election with a special address to the Nigerian people on Facebook at 12 noon on Monday, which will also mark the launch his policy document. In the address, the PDP flag bearer will present his vision for Nigeria and his action plan to achieve it as encapsulated in his policy document. The document will promptly be uploaded on his website (www.atiku.org), (www.atikuabubakar2019.org) (presidentatikuabubakar..com) and (letsgetnigeriaworkingagain..com) for all Nigerians to access at no cost, a statement by the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization revealed yesterday.

“The decision of Atiku Abubakar to kick-start his Presidential campaign with the launch of his policy document is to reiterate his commitment to run an issue based campaign. “The intention is to take our policy directly to Nigerians and to register the belief of Atiku that it will take the collective efforts of every Nigerian to rebuild the country. That is why we want Nigerians to access the policy directly and ultimately take ownership of it. “Our campaign offers a simple message: united, the people of Nigeria can begin anew, creating a prosperous and secure future and a better life for every Nigerian.

“On the first working day of the campaign, the PDP and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar will put forward his plan to get Nigeria working again.
“We have chosen to do this by having the PDP Presidential candidate speaking directly to the Nigerian people on Facebook. This medium came about as part of the telecommunications revolution that he helped start as Vice President in 1999-2007.

“We have also chosen to have our candidate speak online as it facilitates the ability for anyone to download a copy of his policy document at no cost, as we intend this to be the policy of every Nigerian,” the statement read in part.Atiku, the statement added, will focus on creating jobs, ensuring security, growing business, developing power and water infrastructure, agriculture and education and how we will empower women.
“Our policies outline the goals and methods for developing and revitalising Nigeria as the foundation of our campaign.

“This policy document is being launched to encourage a dialogue with the people of Nigeria, inviting everyone to join us in helping to get Nigeria working again.“The PDP presidential candidate looks forward to conducting vital discussions as he travels across the length and breadth of Nigeria, meeting and talking with stakeholders: farmers, small business people, workers, students, mothers, and children,” the statement continued.While acknowledging the long route to victory, the campaign organization said it was confident of its chances nonetheless at the polls.

The Katsina Youth Voice has charged Nigerians of all walks of life to support the party ‘s Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 general elections. The group which stated this in Katsina at the weekend said the former Vice President has sufficient experience to turn around the fortune of the nation bringing about a robust economy if elected.

Speaking to newsmen, Farida said PDP has in its fold candidates for various offices who are capable of bringing transformation across the nation if voted into power.

“We remember how the Obasanjo/Atiku administration engineered economic development, such as the GSM revolution, payment of debts etc.
Farida Kabir Murnai mobilizing women from all the wards in Zaria “We also remember that era witnessed unity as the Fulani, Yoruba, Igbo and minority tribes were fully integrated. “We urge Nigerians to eschew politics of bitterness as the campaign is set to commence. We declare to Nigerian’s that Atiku Abubakar represents peace,” she said.

The group called on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration to work towards free, fair and credible elections, noting that when the PDP lost power in 2015, it conceded defeat contrary to the expectations in some quarters.

“PDP was magnanimous in defeat and is poised to continue the economic, social and political transformation truncated in the last three years,” she added. Speaking further, Farida noted that the Katsina Youth Voice have been mobilizing door to door in Katsina, Kaduna, Kebbi, Kano and Sokoto states in readiness for campaign.

She said, the organization is embarking on a one million man March for Atiku in Katsina in the coming weeks. This she said will be done in collaboration with other support groups in Sokoto, Kano, Kebbi, Katsina and Kuduna States. “Preparations are already in top gear for the event which will feature women groups, youth groups and political stakeholders in the states,” she said.

Former Nigerian vice president and the presidential candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar said he and his staff were intimidated “by Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS)” after arriving at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja.“I arrived to Abuja this morning to a search by agents of the state, aimed at intimidating me and my staff,” Abubakar tweeted on Sunday afternoon.

Abubakar arrived Abuja airport at 1 am Nigerian time from vacation in Dubai.He, however, did not state which of the “agents of state” searched him and his staff.Abubakar, formerly a member of the ruling party, is the main challenger against President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria’s next general election holding in February.

His campaign to get Nigeria “working again” has resonated with a section of Nigerians who are disenchanted by Buhari’s handling of the economy and allegations of corruption against a few of his aides.Abubakar’s claim of intimidation will be seen by many in Africa’s most populous as an attempt by the government to cow him.The alleged intimidation came a few days after the ruling All Progressives Congress called for the probation of his strategy meeting organized with some of PDP leaders in Dubai.

“There is more to the meeting that meets the eye. Nigeria has enough meeting/conference rooms, many of which meet international standards,” the deputy spokesman of APC Yekini Nabena said.“It is therefore clear that the Dubai meeting was for other sinister political purposes ahead of the 2019 general elections.”

“Our intelligence, anti-graft and security agencies must be awake to its responsibility of investigating the Dubai meeting. Cash-and-carry politicians must be prevented from moving illicit cash around to induce voters and sponsor election violence and rigging.”
However, a former All Progressives Congress spokesman Timi Frank, who also confirmed the harassment of the presidential candidate in a statement on Sunday alleged that the search squad planned to plant “bags of foreign currencies and other implicating things” in Abubakar’s aircraft on arrival in Abuja.

He, however, warned President Muhammadu Buhari to desist from his act of “intimidation” against the PDP presidential candidate.
“Due to information at our disposal, what I have been saying is that the PDP presidential candidate is not safe under this administration because the Buhari’s administration is deploying all manners of devilish strategies to nail all the opposition leaders especially, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,” Frank said.

“We are using this medium to inform the international community to also take note of how Buhari administration is intimidating the opposition presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who has served Nigeria as Vice President for eight years,” he added.
- November 11, 2018

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The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has said that the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will win the 2019 presidential election.
Saraki, who is also the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, assured that, given the mounting support by Nigerians, Atiku will win in the February 2019 presidential election.

Saraki stated this while inspecting the Legacy House headquarters of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja on Tuesday. A statement by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan said Saraki made the assertion while being conducted round various offices at the party’s campaign headquarters by the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus.The President of the Senate was quoted to have promised to effectively harness and coordinate all efforts and lead the party and its candidate to victory in the elections.

“Since the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as PDP Presidential candidate, there has been renewed hope among Nigerians towards actualizing their collective quest to rescue our nation from the misrule of the incompetent, divisive and deceptive President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.

“Already, Atiku Abubakar’s candidacy has reunited Nigerians across board and reawakened our collective consciousness towards the restoration of purposeful leadership and national productivity, irrespective of ethnicity, religion and political affiliations.
“The PDP therefore urges Nigerians to continue in mobilizing for the election and be ready for an issue-based campaign that offers solutions to the myriad of security, economic and social problems the Buhari administration has plunged our nation into”, the statement added.

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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has described the recent agreement of an increase in minimum wage to N30,000 as a welcome development.In a statement issued by his media aide, Paul Ibe in Abuja, Atiku Abubakar urged the federal government to faithfully implement the new proposed minimum wage. He said he is committed to a living wage and one of the pillars of his soon to be launched policy document is – making workers welfare a priority.

“The Nigerian worker is the goose that lays the golden egg and is worthy of the best pay that Nigeria can afford,” the statement highlighted,
“The former vice president commends the patriotism displayed by the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress and its affiliates in calling off the planned nationwide strike.”

Atiku Abubakar, who had earlier appealed to labour not to embark on its planned strike, called on the national assembly to speedily pass a legislation that makes the new minimum wage a statutory requirement. He further called on the Buhari administration to keep to its word and abide by the new minimum wage agreement. He said no sacrifice is too great to ‘Get Nigeria Working Again’ as that is what his campaign is about.“Atiku means JOBS, jobs that would pay the minimum wage and above because Nigeria should benefit the masses and not those who are in top government positions,” the statement noted.

The tripartite committee on the review of the national minimum wage on Tuesday evening submitted its report to the president, Muhammadu Buhari.

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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, said the fuel subsidy regime as being administered by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is inefficient.
In a statement by the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, Atiku Abubakar made this submission while reacting to a PREMIUM TIMES report detailing how the federal government illegally diverted $1.05 billion (N378 billion at N360 to a dollar) sourced from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) dividend funds to secretly fund subsidy payment on petroleum products.
The report also showed that the diversion was done without the required consultation with states and the mandatory appropriation by the National Assembly.
“This revelation has once again brought to the fore the need to review the administration and management of the subsidy regime by the Federal Government. We believe that the subsidy regime as it is currently being administered is inefficient and shrouded in secrecy.
“We are committed to the elimination of this process that is undertaken without any recourse to transparency and due process. Moreover, the retention of revenue by revenue earning agencies of the government for their operation is hardly done judiciously and responsibly.”
Atiku Abubakar, through his campaign outfit, added that he will “commit to a review of that policy such that all revenue earning agency is brought into the federal budget in accordance with international best practice.”

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Former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar on Saturday said he was very sad that two global banking giants were leaving Nigeria as a result of bad economy.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had announced on Friday that Global banking giant, HSBC and UBS, a Swiss private bank, had closed their representative offices in Nigeria.Reacting to the development on his twitter page, @atiku, the former vice president said it was always a sad day for the country when such entities packed up.

He said Foreign Direct Investment, FDI was key component to economic growth, saying that his administration would attract more FDI if elected by making the CBN stronger and independent.Atiku stated that he would banish multiple exchange rates and promote market-led economy.
In his words: “Always a sad day for our country when such entities pack up. FDI is a key component to economic growth.

My administration will attract more FDI by making the CBN stronger and independent, banish multiple exchange rates and promote market-led economy.”The CBN had announced that the banks had closed shops on Friday, revealing that FDI in Nigeria fell to N379.84 billion in the first six months of 2018, compared to N532.63 billion recorded in 2017.In July, HSBC predicted that a victory for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 would have a negative effect on the economy.

In its response, the presidency asked the bank to return stolen assets allegedly hidden in its coffers.
However, in its projections for the second half of the year, higher oil prices and production would serve as gains but rising foreign debt and uncertainty surrounding the 2019 general election would be a drawback.

The CBN also said three lenders — which were not named — failed to meet their minimum liquidity ratio of 30 percent.
It added that non-performing loans dropped from 15 percent in 2017 to 12.4 percent as of June 2018, adding that this was still a long way above its five percent threshold.

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The South-South Community Association of Nigeria (SOSCAN) has agreed to float a common campaign strategy to assist the PDP presidential candidate win the 2019 presidential election. SOSCAN is the umbrella body for all the groups in the South South working for the emergence of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the country’s president, come next year. Reverend David Vama Idabor, the National Coordinator of SOSCAN, said the coalition was set up to synergise for the common goal of supporting Atiku.

”Atiku Abubakar as president will give hope to the ordinary Nigerians. He will revamp the economy and make Nigeria working again,” Idabor stated.The group has been directed to put up Atiku support structures nationwide while states and regional coordinators for the national campaign will be inaugurated in Lagos in the next two weeks.

Some of the groups that floated this common platform include: South-South Community Association of Nigeria (SOSCAN), The Mandators Forum of Nigeria, Youths for Atiku Presidency and Women Society for Good Governance.
The merger groups with structures in 25 states of the federation and the FCT, have directed members to commence work.

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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has said that joblessness is a disease his government must cure if elected in 2019.

The former Vice President also said that the symptoms of joblessness are crimes and so, must be tamed by the creation of millions of jobs for the teaming jobless Nigerians.

Abubakar gave the statement during a chat with the number one bestselling author and former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Pastor Reno Omokri. The chat was revealed in a tweet by Pastor Omokri.

According to Atiku, only through job creation can his government be adjudged as haven done its job. He said, if they failed to create jobs, then they would have failed at doing their jobs. According to him, “Reno, we must create jobs. Joblessness is a disease and the symptoms are crime and terrorism. The best way to fight the outcomes is by curing the disease. If we do not create jobs, then we have failed at doing our jobs.”

Meanwhile, Pastor Omokri has urged the All Progressives Congress, APC, party to list the jobs that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government has created since inception of office.

Pastor Omokri who listed the Jobs the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, created to include,”from just American University of Nigeria, Faro, Rica Gardo & Standard Microfinance. Atiku created 50k jobs, to mention a few” however challenged the APC to, “list Buhari’s jobs!”

According to him, “@OfficialAPCNg is silly to say @Atiku must list jobs he created. Their focus should be jobs @MBuhari created. Let me humor them. From just American University of Nigeria, Faro, Rica Gardo & Standard Microfinance. Atiku created 50k jobs, to mention a few. APC, list Buhari’s jobs!”

“Cluelessness is when President @MBuhari accuses past administrations of not building infrastructure only for his finance minister to announce the next day that govt is so broke that they are selling national assets built by past governments to fund their 2019 budget #RenosDarts.”

Also taking a swipe at Buhari for criticising the past government of Jonathan, Pastor Omokri tweeted, “@MBuhari is an ingrate for saying Jonathan did nothing for infrastructure. Who built the only federal university in Buhari’s state? Who built the $1.4 billion Abuja-Kaduna railway? Who revived the railways? Who built the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON)? #RenosDarts.”

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told President Muhammadu Buhari to abide by his undertaking to accept the outcome of the 2019 Presidential election which, by all indices, will be overwhelmingly won by its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

The party invites all Nigerians and the international community to note this undertaking given by the Director-General of Buhari’s Campaign Organisation and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, to a delegation from the European Union (EU), ostensibly having seen that the tide is flowing against their candidate.

The Buhari Campaign Organisation has seen the handwriting on the wall; that Nigerians across board have reached an irreversible consensus to end the Buhari administration and vote in our candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as their next President and that no amount of smear campaigns, intimidation and threats can shake their will or cow them from firmly defending their resolution after the elections.

The Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are aware that they have failed Nigerians in every way. They know that Nigerians have seen through their unending lies, deception, propaganda and interminable penchant for beguilement, and that there is no way they can resist the resolve of the people for a new beginning.

This is a government that has gone down in history as irredeemably incompetent, blatantly corrupt, overtly insensitive, and incurably vengeful and under which Nigerians are facing the worst form of economic hardship, hunger, starvation, social instability and unabated bloodletting, to the extent compatriots are resorting to slavery and suicide missions as options.

The PDP, therefore charges the Buhari Campaign organization and the APC not to, in anyway, engage in any activity that is capable of derailing the electoral process, before, during or after the elections, as such will be firmly resisted by Nigerians.
Signed:
Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told President Muhammadu Buhari to abide by his undertaking to accept the outcome of the 2019 Presidential election which, by all indices, will be overwhelmingly won by its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

The party invites all Nigerians and the international community to note this undertaking given by the Director-General of Buhari’s Campaign Organisation and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, to a delegation from the European Union (EU), ostensibly having seen that the tide is flowing against their candidate.

The Buhari Campaign Organisation has seen the handwriting on the wall; that Nigerians across board have reached an irreversible consensus to end the Buhari administration and vote in our candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as their next President and that no amount of smear campaigns, intimidation and threats can shake their will or cow them from firmly defending their resolution after the elections.

The Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are aware that they have failed Nigerians in every way. They know that Nigerians have seen through their unending lies, deception, propaganda and interminable penchant for beguilement, and that there is no way they can resist the resolve of the people for a new beginning.

This is a government that has gone down in history as irredeemably incompetent, blatantly corrupt, overtly insensitive, and incurably vengeful and under which Nigerians are facing the worst form of economic hardship, hunger, starvation, social instability and unabated bloodletting, to the extent compatriots are resorting to slavery and suicide missions as options.

The PDP, therefore charges the Buhari Campaign organization and the APC not to, in anyway, engage in any activity that is capable of derailing the electoral process, before, during or after the elections, as such will be firmly resisted by Nigerians.
Signed:
Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary