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Sirianese:
This is foolish talk subsidy is done and buried...I wonder who's got the lower IQ between Nigerians and their leaders

Will you bring back fuel subsidy?  —  Gov Radda questions coalition leaders

Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has charged coalition opposition leaders to inform Nigerians of their plans for fuel subsidy and how they intend to govern Nigeria.

Governor Radda, while speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, questioned the opposition leaders on what they plan to do differently from what President Bola Tinubu’s government is currently doing.

“This coalition we are talking about in Nigeria, what is new about it? Who are these people in the coalition? Have they not been in another coalition before? What are they going to come and do differently from what is happening in the country now?

“Those who want to contest for President under the ADC let them come and tell Nigerians are they going to bring subsidy back? And if they are going to bring subsidy back let them tell Nigerian how they are going to run the government and with what resources are they going to run the government,” Radda stated.

The governor urged the opposition leaders not to deceive Nigerians, saying that all of them had formed a coalition because they were out of government.

“Let’s be realistic, let’s tell ourselves the truth. The time to deceive Nigerians is over. Who (among them) was not in the government of the last regime? We know the track records of everyone; we know what they have done when they were in government, and they are now crying and shouting because they are outside the government.

“Let’s be realistic, if you’re coming with something new, every Nigerian is going to embrace it because all of us are here to make Nigeria better. Our problem is we the politicians and we must clean ourselves and be sincere to ourselves,” he said.

The coalition opposition, which is floated on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and spearheaded by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, includes Peter Obi, David Mark, Rauf Aregbesola, and many former governors and lawmakers.

No rift between Tinubu, Buhari — Garba Shehu

Former presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu has dismissed rumours of a rift between ex-President Muhammadu Buhari and President Bola Tinubu.

Shehu said the two leaders remain united under the All Progressives Congress.

Speaking during an interview on Trust TV’s 30 Minutes on Monday, Shehu said there has been no formal disagreement between the men.

He stated, “People are entitled to their opinions. But officially, there is no distrust or fallout between the Buhari and Tinubu administrations.”

Shehu stressed that Buhari remains loyal to the APC, the party that gave him a platform to win the presidency after three failed attempts.

He said, “For Muhammadu Buhari, he’s still very much an APC member. He has always said, ‘I will never be ungrateful. I will never betray the party that gave me two terms in office.”

Responding to speculation that Buhari’s camp is uneasy with developments in the party, Shehu said they are not bothered.

“We read these statements when people say such things. Are we disturbed? I don’t think that’s the right word,” he said.

He noted that those who played a role in forming the APC back in 2014 understand the sacrifices it took and are unlikely to do anything to weaken the party now.

“It took hard work, energy, and sacrifice to bring the APC together. After trying multiple times, the opposition groups finally joined forces in 2014 and won.

“Those who saw how much effort it took to build that coalition won’t be the ones to tear it down,” Shehu added.

Let Me State It Clearly:::

No One Will Blackmail The ADC To Choose Anyone As Its Presidential Candidate.

Every Aspirant will go to the primaries and fight it out there.

Whoever Wins is OUR CANDIDATE!!

#Nigeria1st

Obidients which consist of 70% of Nigerians don’t care about any primaries process.

Nigerians just want the most credible, honest leader. How that comes up “na una sabi”.

We want one name.

Ex-Reps Speaker, Agunwa Anakwe passes on
 
By : Guardian Nigeria
 Date: 8 Jul 2025

The Speaker of the third House of House of Representatives, Agunwa Anakwe, has passed on following an undisclosed illness. He was 74 years old.

Anakwe, who was Speaker at 36 years of age, died on Saturday, according to the Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Law Mefor.

He was removed from office following the military coup that ousted Ernest Shonekan-led Interim National Government by former military dictator, General Sani Abacha, on November 17, 1993.

He opposed the agitation for the creation of more local councils at the time, which, though a legitimate aspiration, was pushed as a disguise to prolong the transition to democracy.

“He steered the House with a lot of dexterity, wisdom and patience, a situation that saw the House having more stability than its Senate counterpart before the military, led by General Abacha, struck on November 17, 1993, after the annulment of the Presidential election won by MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP),” Chris Ngige, former governor of Anambra, where Anakwe hails from, wrote in a statement.

While paying tribute to the late Speaker, Ngige described him as “a close friend and trusted political ally.” He noted that, as Speaker, Anakwe displayed “dexterity, wisdom, and patience” in steering the House during a turbulent political period.

“He brought greater stability to the House of Representatives than what we saw in the Senate at the time before the military struck after the annulment of MKO Abiola’s election victory,” Ngige said.

The former governor also revealed that he was supported by Anakwe while challenging entrenched political godfathers and restoring civil service functionality in the state.

frankson1:
Peter Obi should create his own party and become the sole proprietorship so nobody will have to contest with against him.

daveP:
That plastic bottle and toilet roll as shinpad thing by Esther in the dressing room was a joke, right?

The difference between what I am going to tell you now (which I said before) is implementation. Even the worse person who didn't come to Nigeria before and who doesn't know anything is still implementing what you people have been writing for 8 years, things would have changed.

I was telling them a story of General Abacha, how we were almost arrested for not paying duty. The port was congested, everything was. . . (under Abacha you clear goods faster than you clear it today).

So we were supposed to be under arrest because they said that we didn't pay duty. We didn't do anything. So we went to Abuja to see Abacha. We were 100, they said they were going to lock us up, so only 30 agreed to see him.

And when they said we should speak, I started talking. Halfway the man banged his table and said "Call Ali" (the minister) "From today, you see this boy who is talking"? (Which is me) "Chairman Tin Can".

That's how I got involved in the ports