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Nigeria is beyond obi and his labour party. Obi him self knew the truth but he is only trying to proof a point. The next year election is between APC and PDP. Truth is bitter. |
John Alechenu, Abuja
A fresh crisis is brewing between the Labour Party and
the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation
following plans by the latter to unveil a campaign
council which the party described as alien.
The Dr Doyin Okupe-led Peter Obi Presidential
Campaign Organization yesterday sent out invitations
for the official unveiling of the P.O Presidential
Campaign Council scheduled to hold on Wednesday.
However, Vanguard’s check at the Labour Party
National Secretariat, in Abuja, revealed that the party
is not officially involved in the planning nor has it
sanctioned the programme.
An invitation card signed by the Director General of
the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr
Doyin Okupe, announced that the unveiling ceremony
will take place at 12:00 Noon, at the Golden Hall,
Chelsea Hotel, Central Business District, Abuja.
The invitation tagged: “The Director General Peter Obi
Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr Doyin Okupe
Cordially Invites you to a Pre-Campaign World Press
Conference and the presentation of the Presidential
Campaign list …” was signed by Emeka Edmond
Onwuocha, on behalf of Okupe.
However, party insiders who spoke on condition of
anonymity because they were not authorized to speak
to the media because “the matter is being sorted out”
said the party is not party to the unveiling.
One of the sources said, “As I speak to you, the Labour
Party has not okayed any list of members of the
Presidential Campaign Council because there are yet-
to-be-resolved issues.
“Most of us are of the opinion that our campaign
council must be all-embracing and enjoy the national
spread. We must not repeat the mistakes of the
political parties we want to replace.
“Our Presidential candidate is from the South, the DG
of the campaign is also currently from the South. The
provisional list I saw leaves out most of the north.
“There is no official of substance from the North East,
North West and the North Central for example.
“How can we campaign in these places when we know
what we are up against with Atiku and Kwankwaso in
the North and Tinubu in the South?
“Even the Diaspora Committee earlier inaugurated is
almost exclusive to one section of the country.”
When contacted, the National Publicity Secretary of the
Labour Party, Comrade
Arabambi Abayomi said, “I’m hearing about this
(event) from you. We are having our National Working
Committee meeting on Thursday, that is where issues
about and around the campaign are discussed. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/10/fresh-crisis-brew-in-labour-party/ mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala seun semid4lyfe dominique Briareos UjSizzle |
immortalmortal:pls link? |
Nnachi404: |
Mutmainneen:they are back with blockbuster football matches |
only in Africa ![]() |
A man who was locked up for twenty years in Benin street in the central part of Kaduna metropolis has been discovered by environmental officers on Wednesday.https://tribuneonlineng.com/man-locked-up-for-20-years-inside-room-discovered-in-kaduna/
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Oh dear, you have just had Haaland score two, and
now your tallest defender gets replaced to have your two
smallest CB on.... good luck Man Utd, you're going to need it. |
Bulldozer Sarkin Aiki |
What a tragic situation for Jack his family and regiment . I hope the focus of his recent duties have not Lead to this outcome |
This looks like a scene from a movie |
This looks like a scene from a movie. lalasticlala
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boyfrank:Our loving Daddy Baba Buhari is still active and healthy, our president and your president. God bless Nigeria |
ecolime:A blindman can't rule us in this country |
God bless Nigeria God bless Buhari and His Goverment |
Nigeria is a country located in West Africa which was
colonized by the British. The country was granted
independence in 1960 after series of struggles by our elites
that were diverse in religion, tribes and regions but worked
together as one for our emancipation. Nigeria shares land
borders with Niger Republic in the North, Chad and
Cameroon in the East, Gulf of Guinea to the South of
Atlantic Ocean and Benin Republic in the West; the country
that was blessed with both natural and human resources.
There is no developed country that reached where it is now
without encountering tough challenges. Nigeria is on the
verge of development, and hence challenges are inevitable
but resolving them triggers evergreen transformations.
In 1914, the British colonial administration amalgamated
the Southern and Northern protectorates to a single colony
and protectorate of Nigeria, the amalgamation of over 250
diverse ethnic groups and two separate provinces is
obviously related to the first military coup in Nigeria and the
subsequent civil war. The Nigerian civil war was a
devastating experience as both sides lost thousands of
loved ones and properties worth millions were destroyed.
The three major tribes in Nigeria; Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo
are known globally for their befitting cultures, they often
times represent the country in Olympics games and
perform excellently well in their different categories; it is
therefore better to continue maintaining similar spirits for
Nigeria’s sovereignty and unification.
The country has a variety of renewable and non-renewable
resources; some have not yet tapped. Every state has one
or more natural resources which make it unique from
others; resources that could be found in the North include
coal, tin, limestone and perishable farm-produce. Some
states in the southern part have abundant crude oil which
has been helping the country’s economy since its discovery
in 1956. They also have palm trees in excess that are not
enough in the North.
Therefore, there is no single state that could not give
residents everything 100 percent without relying on other
states. Government’s efforts in indigenizing and supporting
local factories paved the way for many to develop
commercially.
Our dreams of succeeding in all paces of human
ramifications could only be achieved if we tolerate the
lapses of others, understand one another and put the
country over our personal interests. Some parts of other
countries that decided to secede are wallowing in poverty,
unemployment, human rights abuses, and border wars.
An African proverb says ‘when two brothers fight to the death,
strangers inherit their wealth’; meaning that if a country sinks
in war, others they disrespect end-up getting their valuable
resources. Despite challenges of inadequate water, fragile
electricity, jutting unemployment, unequipped schools and
hospitals still the level of patriotism remained firm as there are
good leaders doing their best and things are improving
gradually.
There is need for leaders to promote the living condition of
the populace irrespective of heterogeneity and without bias.
Referendum, constitution review and information sharing
with all subordinates should be championed by leaders so
as to give room for people-driven leadership and
accommodate ideas that contradict theirs. To forge for
more national unity, political parties that adopt name, logo
or motto with ethnic, geographical or religious connotations
should be proscribed. Most of those clamoring for war
have already sent their family members abroad; ironically
they push people to war while indirectly preventing their
loved ones from being injured or killed. Everyone could be
responsible for bringing positive or negative changes
because our present actions and inactions determine the
future.
If God wanted, He could have created us practicing same
religion, speaking similar language and cohabiting in a single
geographical location but instead in His wisdom, He created
us in different sizes and shapes, different races and cultures,
different faiths and modes of dressings, foods and traditions
just for us to tolerate one another for development to reign.
We as citizens could be part of government by trying to
know what councilors are doing in wards, kinds of bills
members are passing in state assemblies, what governors
are projecting for states and then beseeching to be aware
on what Mr. President is doing for the whole nation.
Together, we can make Nigeria great again.
https://dailytrust.com/nigeria62-africas-giant-of-yesterday-today-and-tomorrow
mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala seun semid4lyfe dominique Briareos UjSizzle |
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Campaigns for the 2023 general elections have started; do you feel a sense of trepidation or fulfilment? I feel a sense of responsibility and satisfaction. Recall that on February 26 this year, the commission released the timetable and schedule of activities for the elections. 2023: Parties Must Disclose Sources Of Campaign Funds – INEC Chair Nigeria@62: The mixed fortunes of her diversity and the 2023 agenda The elections will hold in two phases: the first one is what we call national elections—presidential and National Assembly, meaning that senatorial and House of Representatives elections will hold on February 25; then we have the state elections – governorship elections in 28 states and the state houses of assembly. The governorship is holding in 28 instead of 36 states because in the other eight states their elections were held off cycle, like the ones we conducted recently in Ekiti and Osun states. In the timetable we released early this year, we identified 14 activities between the publication of the notice for elections and the election day. And today, we have successfully accomplished 9 out of the 14 activities. Why does it seem as if this is the longest period of electioneering-related campaigns before the actual elections? It is actually a reality because previously, parties were required to submit the names of candidates to the commission, 60 days before the elections. In fact, we have up to 45 days for withdrawal for substitution and that has created a lot of challenges for the commission, and the responsibilities we discharge keep increasing. For instance, in 2019 we had 84million registered voters, our projection for 2023 is 95 million, and so, the responsibility for recruitment and training of ad hoc staff, the production of sensitive and non sensitive materials will increase on that basis. So, we approached the National Assembly and specifically requested for some extension of time between the conclusion of the primaries by political parties and the conduct of subsequent activities leading to the election day; and the National Assembly granted 180 days, which is six months. So they are very generous with the days? Although we asked for a year, they were generous enough to give us six months; that is why it looks very long. Parties have concluded their primaries and submitted the names of their candidates. We have published the final list of candidates for the national election as required by law. For the presidential and National Assembly elections, we have over 4,200 candidates. We are in the process of concluding the final list of candidates for state elections, which is going to be much longer and bigger than the national elections. Professor Mahmood Yakubu Don’t you think this is very costly for the country? I think it is good. As our democracy matures, we will become used to certainty. What you have just said reminded me of the period before the 2019 general elections, when, in order to engender certainty into our electoral calendar, the commission decided that going forward, our elections would hold on February 3 of the election year. For that reason we released the timetable one year to the elections, but people said it would distract the country and overheat the polity, but it is now accepted. It is the norm and practice in many countries. Every Ghanaian knows that December 5th of the election year is election day irrespective of the day of the week. In Kenya, they all know that elections will hold on the second Tuesday of August of the election year. In the United States, for instance, it is on the first Tuesday of November of the election year unless it happens to be the first day of the month. So much money is sucked up by public service and very little trickles down to do the necessary things for everybody. Would any of these in any way improve the quality of democracy in the country because you will find that there are pockets of despondency now? My responsibility is to conduct elections, and as you can see, there has been progressive improvement on the conduct and management of elections. It is clear now that with every election the process is getting better and more participatory. So, as far as the commission is concerned, we have seen tremendous improvement. No one can say that the way elections were conducted in 1998 and 1999 is the same way they are conducted today. And we will keep improving. There may be other issues that are beyond the electoral commission, but as far as we are concerned, I think there have been progressive improvements, and Nigerians acknowledge that. I understand that you have put a limit to campaign funding, such as N5billion for certain candidates, is that realistic? The limits are actually in the law. But it wasn’t N5billion under the old law, it is the new electoral act that set the limit for presidential and other elections —from governorship down to councillorship in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The FCT is the only part of the country where the INEC conducts local government elections. So, since the limits are in the law, they must be obeyed. There are also limits to what individuals can contribute to campaign financing. The party also has its own limitations as to what it can spend, including where the money is coming from and the responsibility for full disclosure for transparency. I have seen push-backs, especially regarding Nigerians who are based abroad, who want to contribute and who say they are being prevented by the law in terms of funding, how would you react to this? Well, the law is the law. It states that parties cannot receive financial contributions outside the country. From anybody? From anybody. Whether he is a Nigerian based in the United States, United Kingdom and wherever? That is right. And if there is any money received by any party from outside the country, such funds must be transferred to the commission. But there is another dimension to the foreign issue you have raised. At present, Nigerians only vote in Nigeria because the law states that you can only vote if you registered; and we don’t have registration centres or polling units outside Nigeria. However, there has been an advocacy by Nigerians living outside the country to be given the right to vote as is the case in many other countries, even in West Africa, but the law has not allowed that. We have also championed that cause because the commission supports Nigerians living outside the country to vote; and they are in two categories. You have Nigerians resident outside Nigeria, and that is the category called Diaspora Nigerians. But there is another category of out-of- country Nigerians who may be in Foreign Service or doing medical services overseas, or members of the technical corps. Like those who are permanently resident outside the country, they don’t vote. But as soon as the law permits that we should register them outside the country, we will work out the modalities for voting. You concluded voter registration some months ago and new voters are supposed to begin the collection of their cards this October, but it is said that over a million people were found to be fraudulently registered, what is your take? The first point to make is that these cards should be available for collection by citizens. We hope that by the end of October or early November they would be collected. We have consistently said so, and we are working towards that. Quite a number of the cards of new registrants have already been printed. During the registration exercise, there were complaints from various quarters that many intending voters were frustrated because there were limited centres. How are you going to distribute the cards to avoid such frustrating experiences? Well, we must admit that the number that turned out to register was overwhelming. What every agency like the INEC does is to rely on institutional memory of what happened. The commission registered over 14million Nigerians before the 2019 general elections and we had 1,446 centres. Our projection for 2023 was that more Nigerians would register; therefore, we increased the number of centres to 2,672 or so, but even so, towards the end, there was a big surge and we extended it to the end of July 2022. We made ample provisions, including, for the first time, online pre-registration for those who have access to smart- phones and internet and computers. But we appreciate the fact that not all Nigerians have access to these facilities. In addition to the online pre-registration opportunities, we also had the physical or walk-in registration centres, including roving or rotational centres, but towards the end, there was a big surge. Now, regarding the 1 million we announced as invalid registration, the commission, after every registration, cleans up the data. In cleaning up the data, we remove those who are not eligible to be registered under the law – those who are below the age of 18, those who are not Nigerians, or those who have registered before. Nigerians are not allowed to register more than once, so we remove those who engaged in multiple registration. That was what we did. But that only covered from June 28, 2021 to January 14, 2022. Right now, we are cleaning up the data of new registrants from January 15, 2022 to July 31 when the exercise was suspended, until after the general elections. Read more: https://dailytrust.com/2023-more-invalid-registrations-to-be-removed-from-voters-register-professor-yakubu mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala seun semid4lyfe dominique |
Tinubu is our own insha Allah
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You'll be in talk with them until election day sinking ship ![]() |
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says he is still in talks with aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to resolve the lingering crisis rocking the party. Atiku stated this in Gombe, shortly after opening a campaign office donated to him by chieftain of the party in the state, Jamilu Isiyaku Gwamna. He expressed confidence that the crisis rocking the party will be resolved and that the PDP would go into the 2023 elections stronger. Atiku said the PDP is still very popular, and as the oldest party in Nigeria, it stands the chance to win the 2023 presidential election. “We have realised that we made mistakes and we are working to correct those mistakes and we believe that Nigerians have trust in us.” “Nigerians can compare our performances and the performance of our opponents and the difference is clear and our records can speak for us,” Atiku said. Gwamna donated the campaign office located opposite the Deputy Governor’s office to serve as a platform for Atiku and all PDP candidates in the forthcoming general elections. A gubernatorial aspirant, Gwamna lost the ticket to Muhammad Jibril Barde, the PDP’s governorship candidate in the state. Our correspondent reports that the gubernatorial candidate, the state PDP Chairman, Audu Kwaskebe, and other executives of the party, were absent at the opening of the campaign office. https://dailytrust.com/atiku-im-still-in-talks-with-aggrieved-pdp-members?fbclid=IwAR3w_09Jv5R_1xurCuSXy55Qa-Lfsiv8-yKUiqBwqOEv3UFldjxCpGAMc1U mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala seun semid4lyfe dominique Briareos UjSizzle |
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has confirmed the payment of money to some members of its National Working Committee (NWC). The party, however, said it was not a bribe to the members. This was made known in a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Thursday. The statement is in reaction to the refund of over N120 million by four members of the NWC. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the members in a letter to the national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, returned different sums ranging from N28 million to N36 million. They said it became necessary to return the money after a backlash from the media accusing them of taking bribes. The NWC members who returned the money are the National Vice Chairman (South-West) Olasoji Adagunodo, the Deputy National Chairman (South) Taofeek Arapaja; the National Vice Chairman (South), Dan Orbih, and the National Women Leader, Stella Affah-Attoe. Mr Ologunagba described the bribery allegations as strange and unfounded motives. The money, he said, was housing allowance duly approved and paid to NWC members and staff of the party. “For the avoidance of doubt, the PDP states in an unequivocal term that no funds were paid into the account of any member of the NWC as a bribe for any purpose whatsoever for that matter,” he said. “The Housing Allowance being referred to went through the due process of the party – in line with the Conditions of Service and entitlement of the staff and principal officers of the party,” he said. He said if any member decides to return money duly approved and paid for any reason, such does not in any way suggest that the money was paid as a bribe or indicate that it was illegitimate or unlawfully paid. Mr Ologunagba defined a bribe as money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behaviour of a person, especially in that person’s performance as a public official. “This is not the case in the payment of Housing Allowance duly approved for officials and staff of the party,” he stated. The party, therefore, urged all members, supporters and the public to disregard the report and misleading insinuation which, he said, are designed to malign the PDP, cause disaffection and distract the party. Already, the letters which are now being circulated on social media, have triggered outrage with many now asking Mr Ayu to resign. This episodes come about a week after the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, accused the national chairman of bribing some members of the NWC. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/556853-pdp-confirms-payment-of-millions-to-nwc-members.html mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala seun semid4lyfe dominique Briareos UjSizzle |
Interesting story |
Sunday Remijius, now Abubakar, hails from Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State. Born into a strong Catholic family, the graduate of Economics education, from the Nasarawa State College of Education who loves cooking, was employed at one of the Shoprite offices in Abuja as a Merchandiser. But his encounter with a colleague led him to Islam. That decision has left him with steel in his leg from one of the several attacks from his family for renouncing his religion. In this interview, he shares his tough journey to Islam, his struggles with his family and his cry for help, among other issues of interest. Excerpts: How did you become a Muslim? I accepted Islam through the influence of a colleague while I was working at Shoprite in Apo, Abuja. His name is Ibrahim and his attitude made me to become a Muslim. Shoprite employ people from a state and post them to another state for training. I was posted from Abuja to Kano but I met Ibrahim when he was posted to Abuja from Kano. There were about 23 boys with me then and some cabal used to deduct N2000 each from the salaries of all us unknown to the management. This happened for years. Ibrahim was directly in charge of that ‘deduction project’ when he came but he refused to take the money. When I inquired why, he said his religion does not allow him to touch haram. Coupled with other traits I noticed about him because of his religion, it made me to accept Islam. I reasoned that if his attitude was possible because of his religion, then I want to be part of the religion. How did your wife receive the news of your conversion? We were working together at Shoprite then but she was angry when she learnt that I converted. Initially I didn’t want her to know. But one day, she saw me coming out of the mosque we have at the office and was wondering what I went there for. I opened up and told her ‘I’m now a Muslim’. Her name is Helen. She said she can never convert to Islam and called my family who came down to Abuja from Nasarawa State where we lived. This was in 2020. All they thought was that someone converted me. The period coincided with my yearly leave at Shoprite and I took the opportunity to travel to Enugu State with my wife. Meanwhile, because of my conversion, my family left Nasarawa State and relocated home. They said I brought shame to them, especially my father who is a traditional title holder. How will you describe your experience with your parents as a Muslim? It was terrible and unimaginable, especially for my father. He finds it hard to believe that I could be a Muslim and want to remain one. But my mother and younger sister, who is the last born in our family, love me so much. After my conversion, if I miss any prayer, I will be very uncomfortable until after I pray and I will happy and very peaceful with myself and everyone around me. I was observing my Maghrib prayer in one instance and reciting Suratul Fatiha aloud when all of a sudden, I felt a terrible blow from behind. When I turned, they were some of my relatives. They hit me with plank, iron and anything they could get. I tried to fight back because I am a very strong person just like Umar in Islam, but they were five of them. They hit me to the extent that I fainted and they wanted to kill me. It was my mother that prevented them by throwing herself on top of me that day. When I regained consciousness, I discovered that I couldn’t stand up anymore and my hands and legs were broken. Initially, I was taken to a local hospital in Enugu where I was bedridden for six months. My hands were okay but my legs became a problem. Anytime I tried to walk, I will feel and hear cracking of bones inside me. I made arrangement to come to Idala Hospital in Kano for specialized treatment on the advice of Ibrahim. It was there that steel was infused into my leg. The treatment cost me my entire savings because I was doing very well at Shoprite with about N200,000 salary when my allowances were added. My office gave me six months but I spend about a year and five weeks without full recovery. It was within this period that I lost my job at Shoprite. I was loved there and the management wanted and was eager to give me back my job, but for my condition. How much did your operation cost? About N420,000. I was operated twice. After the first time, my leg became shorter, so I went back and they had to use something to lengthen it a bit. That was when they put the steel in my leg. During your time of tribulation, did you receive any assistance from the family? No, except my mother who loves me to a fault. Although she was not happy that I became a Muslim, she offered support when she realized they wanted to take my life. Did you reach out to the Muslim community in Enugu? I’m the only Igbo Muslim in my entire local government, apart from those that came for business. There is a mosque where I used to go to pray and the mosque management later involved the police. But my father as a high-ranking personality intimidated the policemen. He said he had to relocate from Nasarawa because of me and here I am again. He told them that I am his first son, and unless I renounce Islam and stop praying, he will never allow me have peace. I told him that I wasn’t the one that chose Islam, rather it was Allah that revealed it to me and he said over his dead body. When we got home, I was told that I’m no longer welcome in the house and on the land which he gave me where I built my house. I have left everything for him. It was the DPO of the station who is also a Muslim that I met where I used to go and observe Jumat that advised me to emulate the Prophet (SAW) and make hijrah by leaving the community. My father warned him not to interfere or it will lead to another crisis. He rejected the intervention of my mother. It was one Hausa man that gave me N50,000, another one gave me N20,000 among other assistance. I had to leave because my wife and her family were also giving me problem. I collected my daughter who is 7 years old now and arranged for her to get to Nasarawa. How did you come to Ilorin and how have you been surviving? It was one Hausa man I met in Enugu, who had once sold meat in Ilorin, that advised me to come down to Ilorin maybe because of the relative peace and tolerance here. I was given a place to stay by a good Muslim and one Hausa told me to always come if I want to eat. My place is at the heart of Maraba Motor Park where passengers to Kano, Kaduna and Niger, among other states in the north, board vehicles. I help the drivers to load (for a token) whenever I am not having pain in my leg. Have you been speaking to your family? It is only my mother and our last born that still speak to me. There was a time during this fiasco in Enugu that my sister Lovina came to my house and saw me sleeping. My English translated Qur’an which I often read before going to be bed was on the ground and she began to read it. It coincided with the time my father walked in. It was her scream that work me up from the vicious hit from my father. Since your conversion to Islam, any regrets? The only regret I have is the persecution from my family. I love my mother so much and my happiest day will be to witness her profession of Islam. That will further inspire many others to follow. But I know most of my family members wouldn’t want that to happen. If I put on jalabiya back there in Enugu, my people will be looking at me as if I don’t know what I am doing. They see my conversation as something abnormal and unusual. What help do you seek now? The help I seek is concerning my legs, the metal implant is affecting me. Sometimes I sit down on the ground to pray and hate myself (astaghfirullah). At times, I will cry and pray to Allah to assist me. Sometimes, I wonder if I’m the first person to convert to Islam. Lovina once asked me that if she converts to Islam, will she also pass through the same pain I’m passing through. If I had my way, I would have brought her closer to me. She is a graduate of the Nasarawa State University. I am trying to convince her because I know that In Sha Allah, I will be the source of my family accepting Islam. How much will the operation cost? The doctor at Idala said N120,000 and I have tried to raise the money by selling the only phone I have now for N11,000. I don’t have anyone again. I had sold my Mercedes 190 during a stage of the previous operations. I wanted to make arrangement to dispose my remaining motorcycle but learnt my junior ones are using it. I had to forgo the idea because I don’t want anything that would disrupt the happiness of my family. https://dailytrust.com/tough-road-how-enugu-man-overcame-huddles-converting-to-islam Sissie, mukina2 OAM4J Mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala seun semid4lyfe dominique Briareos UjSizzle |
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Know this and get peace. Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in shaa Allah. |
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclaimed a letter purportedly written by the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, to its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. A letter allegedly written by Mr Adamu surfaced on Wednesday in which he expressed dissatisfaction with composition of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). The list of the 422-member member Council was released late Monday. In a statement by the APC spokesperson, Felix Morka, on Thursday, the party said Mr Adamu did not author the letter in circulation. “Our attention has been drawn to a “DRAFT” letter in circulation purportedly written by His Excellency, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of our great Party, addressed to His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of our great Party, expressing dissatisfaction over the recently released list of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). “To be clear, the “DRAFT” letter did not emanate from the Party. An UNSIGNED letter that marks itself as a ‘DRAFT’ cannot, and should not be attributed to its purported author,” the statement said. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/556712-apc-chairman-denies-writing-tinubu-on-composition-of-campaign-council.html mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala seun semid4lyfe dominique Briareos UjSizzle |
Sai Tinubu
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The deportation of West African migrants from Nigeria occurred following a January 1983 executive order from President Shehu Shagari , which forced undocumented immigrants to leave the country or face arrest. As a result of Shagari's order, over two million migrants were deported, including one million Ghanaian nationals. History Many of the migrants had been attracted to Nigeria because of the 1970s oil boom , but by 1983 the economy had weakened. Shagari's order was in alleged response to the religious disturbances that had engulfed parts of the country in 1980 (known as the Kano Riots ) and 1981. Prior to 1983, the expulsions of immigrants have occurred several times in West Africa for various reasons. These include Ghana's deportation of Nigerians in 1954 and 1969 and Togo's deportation of nationals from Côte d'Ivoire , Dahomey , and Nigeria in 1958. Conditions for migrants The primary route to Ghana was westwards, passing through Benin and Togo . Because of an attempted coup the previous year, the President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, had closed the main land crossing with Togo, and to avoid a sudden influx of returnees, Togo then also shut its borders with Benin. Therefore, once the migrants reached Benin, the way out was restricted and they were forced to remain in the port of Cotonou , the country's seat of government, attempting to find a boat to Ghana. After they had been stranded for more than a week, Ghana reopened its borders, causing Togo to do likewise so that the Ghanaians could return home. "Ghana Must Go" bag A type of cheap matted woven nylon zipped tote bags, used by the migrants to move their belongings, got the moniker "Ghana Must Go" during the migration. As of 2019, the bag is still commonly referred to with this name in most parts of Nigeria, Ghana, and certain parts of West Africa. In 2020, New York-based Nigerian photographer Obinna Obioma used the bags to fashion clothing and other items in an exhibition on migration titled Anyi N'Aga ("We Are Going" in Igbo ). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_West_African_migrants_from_Nigeria mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala seun semid4lyfe dominique Briareos UjSizzle |
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