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Video: Arewa communities continue to reaffirmed their support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. pic.twitter.com/6IQSX8tsg4

— Akereyejo (@Palermo_seun) October 29, 2026

The Publicity Secretary of the Nigeria Democratic Congress in Nasarawa State, Joseph Danjuma, has resigned from the party, citing a lack of opportunity to perform his duties as its spokesperson.

Following his resignation, Danjuma declared support for the governorship bid of former Inspector-General of Police and Social Democratic Party candidate, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu.

In a resignation letter dated Tuesday and addressed to the state chairman of the NDC, Danjuma said his decision to back Adamu was informed by the former police chief’s leadership qualities, which he believes are necessary to move the state forward.

He said, “I wish to humbly resign my membership and position as the Publicity Secretary of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Nasarawa State Chapter, with immediate effect.

“My decision follows the lack of opportunity to perform my role as the spokesperson of the party in the state.

“With this development, I hereby fully join the campaign train of Ex-IGP Adamu. Thank you.”

Danjuma, a journalist who has worked with various print and broadcast media organisations, was formerly the Chief Press Secretary to a former Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Damishi Luka Barau.

ABUJA — Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ali Bukar Dalori, has predicted that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar will lose even his polling unit in Adamawa State to President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.

Atiku, who is the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), hails from Adamawa State.

Dalori, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at the graduation ceremony of women trained under the Tinubu-Shettima Village-to-Village campaign, also predicted that Tinubu would defeat Atiku in Borno, Yobe and other states in the North-East.

“I don’t think that Atiku can disrupt the North-East. Why? Even Adamawa, his hometown, he will not win, even at his polling unit. I will assure you of that,” he said.

Dalori said his prediction was informed by his experience as a grassroots politician and his understanding of the region’s political dynamics.

He cited ongoing federal road projects as a major factor he believes would boost the APC’s chances in the region.

The projects, he said, included the Gombe-Bauchi and Bauchi-Maiduguri roads, as well as the Maiduguri-Gamboru Ngala corridor linking Nigeria with Chad.

He also referred to sections of the Maiduguri-Biu road that had previously been left incomplete, arguing that the continuation of such projects could strengthen the ruling party’s appeal to voters.

Dalori said residents would consider the projects when deciding whom to support in 2027, adding that the contest should not be judged solely on Atiku’s place of origin or past electoral performance.

In the 2023 presidential election, Atiku, then the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), won Adamawa and other states in the North-East, while Tinubu secured the presidency despite losing several northern states to opposition parties.

Dalori also defended the Tinubu administration’s economic reforms, particularly the removal of the petrol subsidy and changes to the foreign exchange regime, describing them as necessary measures to stabilise public finances and reposition the economy.

He acknowledged that the reforms had generated debate and concerns over the cost of living but argued that they should be assessed alongside the administration’s infrastructure projects and other development initiatives.

The APC chieftain also cited Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s origin as a factor he believes could strengthen the party’s prospects in the North-East.

“Shettima is from Borno, from the North-East. He is our son. Because of that, we can do everything to ensure that Tinubu comes back for a second term,” Dalori said.

Meanwhile, National Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Village-to-Village campaign, Ambassador Farida Musa Jauro, pledged to mobilise more than one million votes for Tinubu across northern Nigeria through grassroots engagement and political sensitisation.

Jauro said she had been convinced of Tinubu’s leadership capacity since a childhood encounter in Lagos during her secondary school years, when he stopped to share groundnuts with her and a friend.

She argued that the President should be allowed to complete a second term.

Director of Planning for the campaign, Engr. Aishata Aliyu Umar, said 1,000 women had benefited from vocational training sponsored by Jauro, who holds the traditional title of Dawisun Mubi.

Umar urged the graduates to establish businesses, join cooperatives and share their newly acquired skills with other women in their communities.

The Director of the Village-to-Village initiative, Alhaji Salisu Sheriff, also encouraged the graduates to use their training to improve their livelihoods and contribute to community development.

How Amaechi wan take sleep tonight, see the capacity Wike showed today in Port Harcourt

This one na AI too

Rivers is ♾️ pic.twitter.com/iaLHWMR7L8

— David Offor (@DavidsOffor) October 27, 2026

The Ranchers Bees Stadium in Kaduna erupted in joy as Rarara performed the Northern song for Asiwaju (A4A), where supporters gathered to demonstrate their support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu! pic.twitter.com/AKY1d0HCUh

— Ayekooto (@DeeOneAyekooto) October 24, 2026

Kaduna is on lockdown for Tinubu🔥🫆

Everybody should check on Elrufai oo👀😂#Kaduna4Asiwaju #RenewedHopeInKaduna https://t.co/gDDkKIJ7VY pic.twitter.com/dzB7DohkeW

— A. Ayofe (@abdullahayofel) October 24, 2026

Live from El-Rufai backyard🔥🔥

Atiku go see campaign and run mad seh 🔥#RenewedHopeInKaduna #Kaduna4Asiwaju #Arewa4Asiwaju https://t.co/ePhP3YLObW pic.twitter.com/kA01K1CSRy

— A. Ayofe (@abdullahayofel) October 24, 2026

It is not only the stadium that is filled up, the streets of Kaduna were also filled for TINUBU pic.twitter.com/fYUx5FxnKN

— Ayekooto (@DeeOneAyekooto) October 24, 2026

Omo, see how Northern Progressives are out in full force to welcome the People's President in Kaduna.

The road from the airport to the campaign venue #RenewedHopeInKaduna #RenewedHope2_0 #Kaduna4Asiwaju #Arewa4Asiwaju https://t.co/9rhbUokFkf pic.twitter.com/3Ln5CURCrI

— A. Ayofe (@abdullahayofel) October 24, 2026

thesolutions:
Ok. Let me give you knowledge.

First, subsidy is on imported petroleum products. So removing subsidy requires you fix the refinery with the proceeds or build a new working refinery. That was not done so the president failed in subsidy fund management.

On floating the naira, it is very wrong seeing that most products are imported. What Goodluck did and Buhari followed suit was to subsidize exchange rate of some imported products to keep them relatively low for Citizens. CBN top officials took advantage of this and made themselves extra wealthy while the country suffers shortfalls. The best action was for government to tackle the corruption in CBN and bring sanity to it while working on cutting down on these subsidized products by embarking on massive local production. Buhari attempted it that a rice pyramid was erected in Abuja but all was gimmick by corrupt officials in his cabinet who rebagged imported products and made themselves extra wealthy siphoning allocations meat for the local production.

President Tinubu action was to float the exchange rate without any action to cushion the effect. The only action he thought necessary was to give more money to the governors to clear salaries of the few civil servants and share rice to some few who will end up singing on your mandate we stand. Note that there was no significant expansion in the civil service employees because the government has convinced themselves that they don't have business with production and entrepreneurship. They all have excess money and are somehow echoing the words oy yakubu gowon in their heads, that "The problem of Nigeria is not money but how to spend it" while the majority of the populace suffers in poverty.

Statement that Nigeria is the poverty capital of the world sounds like lies and an attempt to discredit this government who has failed to see the effect of their actions.

They are making efforts to recruit more armed forces who have no business in productive economy. They end up training people who will end up using the arms against those who on their own engaged in economic activities that is building the nation without government support.

They have ministry of works whose staff have no economic output. They have research institutions with allocated farmlands but farmers have to source for less economic viable seeds and rely on expensive fertilisers produced by private businesses for manageable yield.
They have ministry of mines and industry whose duty is to look for illegal miners who share the proceeds with them without it getting to the government coffers. No industries owned by these ministries producing some of the items we import with our foreign exchange.

Wee can not say all the ills if this government. But they choose to go after the benefits of the masses while they protect their own ills. They now have more entourage to any foreign trip that wastes our foreign exchange and are augmenting these expenses by widening the tax net.

This is not governance.

codedguy1:
How people still find a way to defend and/ support this government beats me.

APC are incapable of doing the right thing even if they tried to. That's how bad the situation is.

Live from El-Rufai backyard🔥🔥

Atiku go see campaign and run mad seh 🔥#RenewedHopeInKaduna #Kaduna4Asiwaju #Arewa4Asiwaju https://t.co/ePhP3YLObW pic.twitter.com/kA01K1CSRy

— A. Ayofe (@abdullahayofel) October 24, 2026

Kaduna awaits the City Boy himself

Elrufai backyard don full oooo🔥🔥🔥

Omo, this turnout is MASSIVE! 🔥🔥🔥#RenewedHopeInKaduna #Kaduna4Asiwaju #Arewa4Asiwaju https://t.co/yT8S04Ro7Q pic.twitter.com/bLeEMMnsIm

— A. Ayofe (@abdullahayofel) October 24, 2026

Wetin Asiwaju Do Alex Otti Wey He Drag President Tinubu Like This!

This is Unfair! pic.twitter.com/Vj9kV7lWEg

— 36kinniun media👑 🦁 🕊 (@fattylincorn_01) October 22, 2026

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted Approval-in-Principle (AIP) to JPMorgan to establish JPMorgan Merchant Bank Nigeria Limited.

This is a preliminary step in the US bank’s plan to expand in Nigeria by converting its longstanding Lagos representative office into a full merchant bank. The proposed bank cannot start operations until it meets remaining regulatory requirements and receives a final licence.

The CBN also approved the board, including Adedapo Adedayo Olagunju as managing director. The move follows JPMorgan’s earlier N50 billion deposit.

abc115:
It is for check and balances. We copied it from advanced democracies like US whenever it has to do with Constitutional Amendment

JPMorgan has deposited $38 million with the Central Bank of Nigeria as it moves closer to securing a banking license in Africa’s most populous nation, according to sources