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  • Photos from Buhari’s campaign in Taraba, Nasarawa

  • Campaign: Buhari, Osinbajo arrive Ondo, Ekiti amidst tight security

    President Muhammdu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday arrived in Akure, the Ondo State capital, amidst heavy security on a campaign visit to Ondo and Ekiti states for the 2019 general elections.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Buhari and Vice President started their campaign from Ekiti to seek re-election to their offices as candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Buhari was received by Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, his Deputy, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, and Chief Olusola Oke, Director of Buhari Campaign Organisation in the South West.

    Others include Sen. Tayo Alasoadura, representing Ondo Central Senatorial District, Sen. Ajayi Boroffice, representing Ondo North Senatorial District and Mr Olaide Adelami, State Coordinator, Presidential Support Committee in Ondo State.

    Read Also: My fight against corruption unshaken, says Buhari

    Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transport, Chief Bola Tinubu, the Head of the Presidential Campaign and Adams Oshiomhole, the party’s National Chairman, also arrived after the president and vice president

    NAN also reports that the men of the Nigerian Police were led by Mr Gbenga Adeyanju, Commissioner of Police in the state.

    Other security agencies include men of the Nigerian Immigration Services, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), among others.

  • Videos: Buhari in Abia, Imo

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday departed Abuja for Abia and Imo states

    Abia agog with shouts and excitement as crowd welcomes President Muhammadu Buhari to Aba.

     

  • Buhari, Tinubu, Oshiomhole reassure Nigerians of hope

    The presidential campaign train of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) on Wednesday took the front stage of Sokoto politics with its candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari reassuring Nigerians of his resolve to strengthen the economy, fight corruption and guarantee the security of the country and its citizens.

    Buhari who arrived the Giginya township stadium venue of the rally amidst thunderous ovation from hundreds of thousand supporters said he was going to re-engineer the machinery of governance to cause relief for Nigerians through boosting agriculture.

    According to him, within the over three years of his administration, farmers have been placed on a beneficial yield through government responsive agriculture programmes.

    ” It has afforded a number of them the legitimate means of responding to their financial needs and sustained food security.”

    In the same vein, he explained that the issue of insecurity particularly in Borno and Yobe states and the whole of northeast was fast being tackled with appreciable successes.

    ” We are doing our best and Borno people can testify that”, he added.

    Similarly, the President who acknowledged the untiring efforts of Senator Wamakko in uniting the party in Sokoto state pointed out that his government was doing everything possible in  fighting corruption, adding that” we are not relenting and anyone established to be guilty will face appropriate penalty.”

    The party’s National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu said President Muhammad Buhari and the APC were set to make Nigeria a better place for an average citizen.

    According to Tinubu, Buhari had always been the best and trusted candidate to steer the ship of governance at the centre without recourse.

    ” He has the moral character, honesty and zeal to move the country to the Next Level of prosperity.

    ” Farmers in Nigeria have never had it good like in this APC government which Buhari is leading.

    ” I am convinced that Nigerians will vote for him to move the country in the right direction”, he solicited.

    Speaking, National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole said Nigerians were ready to give their votes to Buhari whom he described as “a man of the people” with national acceptance across the states.

    According to Oshiomhole” that is why we are behind the voice of the people of Nigeria to ensure his reelection.”

    Read Also; APC Presidential Campaign: Birnin Kebbi agog for Buhari

    While noting that the opposition PDP outcry over alleged attempt to rig election, Oshiomhloe reassured that APC’s grand support was enough to send signal to the opposition.

    ” It is clear that since their defeat in 2015, PDP has lost ground and machinery of rigging which they were used to hence the allegations, he pointed out.

    Earlier, the  DG Presidential campaign council, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi explained the veritable need to give President Buhari a fresh mandate to put the country on the right pedestal of good governance that would ensure transformation of the nation’s economy.

    He disclosed that a lot was on the pipeline to strengthen the transport sector with a view to shaping the economy.

    Those in attendance at the rally included the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Danbazau, Minister of state, Trade and Investment, Aisha Abubakar; Gov. Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar of Zamfara state, Sen.  Ahmed Sani Yariman Bakura, former Senators. Ali Modu Sherif, Abubakar Umar Gada.

    Others were the National Women Leader, Hajiya Salamatu Baiwa, DG Sokoto state APC campaign Council, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, Alhaji Musa Bashar and Shiekh Malam Badhir Gidan Kanawa who led the opening prayer to herald the event amidst tight security.

  • APC campaign: Buhari departs Sokoto for Kebbi

    The Presidential campaign train of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has departed for Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital, after a successful rally in Sokoto, Sokoto State, on Wednesday.

    President Buhari and his entourage had first paid a courtesy visit to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III before moving to the stadium for the rally where he addressed the mammoth crowd.

    The president, who alongside APC bigwigs addressed the mammoth crowd of party faithful at the stadium, enjoined all APC members and supporters to ensure electoral victory for the party in the forthcoming general elections.

    President Buhari, who spoke in Hausa language, acknowledged that the governing APC government had done tremendously well in the key areas of security, revamping the economy and the fight against corruption.

    While reassuring that his administration will continue to identify and bring to book all those found wanting in misappropriation of public funds, the president vowed never to betray the trust reposed in him by Nigerians.
    President Buhari expressed delight over the bumper harvests experienced by farmers in different parts of the country in the last two years and urged the people to embark on agricultural activities.

    He said: “We thank God that our country witnessed stable rainfalls and subsequent bumper harvest in 2017 and 2018 cropping seasons.

    Read Also: Buhari, Tinubu, Oshiomhole to storm Abakaliki for campaign

    “Let me call on all our people to engage in agricultural activities to enable them obtain additional income to solve some of their domestic challenges like paying children’s school fees, offsetting medical bills and other needs.’’

    The president, who presented the Sokoto APC governorship candidate to the people of the state, urged APC members to vote only the party’s candidates in the forthcoming elections.

    Buhari alongside APC National Chairman Adams Oshiohmole, APC National Leader Bola Tinubu, Director-General, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Rotimi Amaechi and Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazau departed Sokoto for Birnin Kebbi at about 1.15p.m.

  • Buhari, Tinubu, Oshiomhole to storm Abakaliki for campaign

    President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) , Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as well as its National Chairman , Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, will on Wednesday, January 2019, lead other stalwarts to the flag-off of the party’s campaign in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State Capital.

    The flag-off is scheduled to hold at the Pa Ngele Oruta Township Stadium Abakaliki.

    The governorship candidate of the APC in Ebonyi State, Senator Sonni Ogbuoji, said the flag-off will be an opportunity for Ebonyi people to know his plans for the liberation of the state from the stranglehold of the purveyors of poverty and underdevelopment of the State.

    “I am on a liberation mission in Ebonyi State. I have always believed that public officers should work to enthrone a government works with the people to enthrone a collective sense of common purpose and direction for the benefit of all stakeholders,” Ogbuoji said. “This belief has not changed; instead it has been strengthened over the years, necessitating my desire to serve the good people of Ebonyi State.”

    Other bigwigs of the party who are expected to grace the occasion include Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Governor Nassir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Chief Ajomole, former Chairman of All Chairmen of APC, and the members of the National Working Committee of the APC.

    “For these people to come to Ebonyi State to support our campaign despite their already tight schedules, shows how significant the event is for the party,” said Senator Ogbuoji in a telephone interview. “Ebonyi people should rest assured that the governance of prosperity and progress which APC is bringing to the state will reach everybody.

    “We will ensure that our youths are sufficiently empowered and taken off the streets of Nigerian cities – the era of Ebonyi street hawkers will be a thing of the past when APC takes over government in Ebonyi State come May 2019,” Ogbuoji emphasised.

    Analysts who are familiar with political events in the State said that the flag-off accentuate the popularity of the party in the State and lay to rest any semblance of doubt regarding the capacity of the party to garner landslide victory in the February and March elections in the state.

    Speaking about the flag-off ceremony, Prince Nweze Onu, the APC Candidate for Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone, said that Ogbuoji has used his position as a senator to attract many projects to the people of the State.

    Read Also: 2019: Buhari resumes nationwide campaign as he arrives Sokoto

    “Senator Ogbuoji went beyond his primary constituency to impact the lives of people from other parts of the State,” Prince Onu told journalists in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State Capital on Thursday, January 24 2018. “His impacts have been felt in all aspects of life of Ebonyi people – from health infrastructure to education, electricity, portable water, good road networks and a myriad of empowerment projects.”

    Onu said that Ogbuoji is a silent achiever who likes his works to speak for him, adding that the numerous projects of the incoming governor of Ebonyi State will be showcased to the people on the flag-off day as a peep into the good times that await Ebonyians when the people’s Senator assumes the political leadership of the State as the Governor.

    Speaking about the event which he said will be the mother of all campaign flag-offs in Nigeria, Eze Nwachukwu Eze, the Ebonyi State Chairman of APC, said that the party has applied to the State Ministry of Youths and Sports for the release of the Pa Ngele Oruta Township Stadium, the arena that will host the event.

    “We have duly written the Ministry of Sports to allow us the use of the Stadium to host our dear President Buhari and his teeming supporters,” Nwachukwu said. “We have made all arrangements to ensure that our people give Mr. President a heroic welcome.”

    In a copy of the letter requesting for the use of the Stadium dated January 21, 2019 and made available to journalists, Nwachukwu said that the event will kick off by 8.00 am, and urged the Commissioner in charge of the Youths and Sports Ministry to grant quick access to the Stadium.

    “Your quick response to enable us and the security agents to gain access to the Stadium from 28th – 30th January 2019, to make adequate preparations,” The Letter concluded.

  • Campaign: Buhari departs for Lokoja APC Rally

    President Muhammadu Buhari has departed for Lokoja, Kogi to attend the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign rally in the state.

    NAN reports that the president left the State House Helipad for Lokoja via a presidential chopper.

    NAN reports that the president has cancelled his scheduled trip to Ilorin, Kwara following the cancellation of the APC campaign rally in the state.

    Read Also: Kaduna APC leaders assure Buhari of over 90% votes

    The president’s initial plan was to attend both the Ilorin and Lokoja rallies as planned by the party’s Presidential Campaign Council.

    NAN gathered that the cancellation of the Kwara rally might not be unconnected with the ban on street rallies in the state.

    Gov. Abdulfattah Ahmed of Kwara on Monday banned on political street rallies and processions across the state following reported attacks on citizens by political thugs.

  • APC Campaign Council slams Saraki on fuel consumption figures

    The APC Presidential Campaign Council yesterday  accused Senate President Bukola Saraki of engaging in a campaign of calumny against President Muhammadu Buhari and hallucinating about daily fuel consumption in the country.

    Spokesman for  the APCPCC, Mr. Festus Keyamo, said it was unfortunate that a person of the calibre of the Senate President would engage in such  ”baseless campaign of calumny.”

    Saraki doubles as the Director General of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council.

    Keyamo said the resort to poorly choreographed and worn-out political brinksmanship was  fuelled by the obvious absence of any credible agenda or bearing to present to Nigerians in the PDP  campaigns.

    He said: “In clear demonstration of hallucination with figures, Dr. Bukola Saraki claimed that Nigeria’s petrol consumption is about 20-22 million Iitres per day and that the current import level of about 50million litres is a scam and fraudulent.

    “However, the same Dr. Bukola Saraki was in the 7th Senate and knows very well that in 2014 and part of 2015, the PDP government that was in power was reporting to Nigerians daily PMS consumption of 35-40 million litres per day.

    “In January, 2014, for example, the average monthly consumption was 38 million litres per day. By January, 2015, under the same government of PDP, they reported 36 milIion Iitres per day and March 2015, the daily consumption reported by the PDP government was 45 million Iitres per day, whilst importing at levels above 80million litres per day.

    “Strangely, years later, the PDP Campaign DG is peddling a phantom fuel consumption figure of 20-22 million litres per day.

    “The PDP Chief Campaigner discountenanced the obvious fact that within the last three years of the current administration, the Nigerian economy that the PDP left in comatose has been jump-started to vibrancy leading to remarkable changes in energy consumption needs and patterns.

    “The allegation that the national oil company prevailed on Mr. President not to seek appropriation for subsidy and to rather treat it as cost under-recovery is not only laughable and mischievous, but it is a blatant lie. Verifiable records indicate that the NNPC has never claimed subsidy payment from any government in its history of operation. All NNPC’s transactions in this regard have been treated as product costs under-recovery.

    “The corporation, like any other business entity, does its business and recovers its cost from its revenues. It is instructive to note that in his rush to indict the NNPC and the President, willy-nilly, Dr. Bukola Saraki forgot that a Senate Committee was set up by him to investigate the intervention of the NNPC in PMS imports.

    “Nigerians should, therefore, ignore the tantrums of Dr. Bukola Saraki concerning the oil and gas sector.”

  • Photos from APC campaign rally

     

  • NDIC board: APC campaign council spokesperson escapes Senate rejection

    ALL Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council spokesperson Festus Keyamo yesterday narrowly escaped Senate rejection as a board member of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).

    Deputy Senate President Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over Senate plenary, was forced to repeat the question whether Kayemo will be confirmed as a member of the board.

    Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Ibrahim Adebayo Rafiu presented the report for the confirmation of nomination of chairman and members of the board of NDIC.

    The other nominees included Mrs. Ronke Sokefun (chairman) (Ogun-Southwest); Alhaji Garba Buba (member) (Bauchi-Northeast); Alhaji Garba Bello (member) (Sokoto-Northwest); Brig-Gen. Josef O. J. Okoloagu (member) (Enugu-Southeast); Mustapha Adewale Mudashiru (member) (Kwara-Northcentral); Barr Festus E. Kayemo (member) (Delta-Southsouth) and Adewale W. Adeleke (member) (Ondo-Southwest.)

    The confirmation of the nomination of Sokefun, Bello, Okoloagu, Mudashiru and Adeleke was seamless.

    Kayemo’s approval for NDIC board membership on the other hand, raised some dust as question for his confirmation had to be repeated by Ekweremadu.

    Findings showed that the bone of contention was the authenticity of Kayemo’s National Youth Service Commission (NYSC) discharge certificate.

    Like he did to other nominees, Ekweremadu subjected Keyamo’s confirmation to a voice vote.

    Majority of the senators appeared to have shouted ‘nay’ to the amazement of some other lawmakers in the chamber.

    Apparently to save the day, Ekweremadu repeated the voice vote and ruled that the ‘ayes’ had it.

    The ruling sealed the confirmation of the Delta State nominee to the displeasure of those opposed to it.

    The Nation gathered that the authenticity of Keyamo’s NYSC discharge certificate was at stake.

    Finding showed that the delay in the confirmation of other nominees was “due to the need to establish the true picture of Keyamo’s NYSC discharge certificate”.

    It was gathered that some members of the Senate screening committee questioned alleged discrepancy in the NYSC discharge certificate of Keyamo.

    “It had to do with the state the nominee did his NYSC,” a member of the committee said

    According to the member, “while Keyamo’s NYSC discharge certificate reportedly carried Imo State, he completed his programme in Lagos State.”

    The source said the situation prompted the committee to write the management of NYSC for confirmation of where Keyamo did his NYSC.

    In his report, Rafiu gave insight into the seeming discrepancy in Keyamo’s NYSC discharge certificate.

    He wrote: “The nominee (Keyamo) participated in the National Youth Service Corps programme in the 1993/1994 service year in Imo State and later redeployed to Lagos State, where he completed the service as confirmed by the National Youth Service Corps Directorate Headquarters.”

    The confirmation by the NYSC headquarters may have informed the clean bill of health the committee gave to Kayemo.

    Another nominee, Garba Buba, was not that lucky.