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  • Buhari shuts down Katsina for APC rally

    Activities in Katsina state were completely brought to a halt Thursday, thanks to the Grand Finale of the APC Presidential Campaign Rally, as traders and several other activities voluntarily closed shops in other to receive President Muhammadu Buhari and his entourage at the Muhammad Dikko Stadium

    The attendance in Thursday’s Rally at the 30,000 Seater capacity Stadium perhaps surpassed most rallies held in other parts of the Country, including the PDP Presidential campaign Rally held at the same Stadium last week.

    Both inside and outside the stadium, including the lawns and the Car parks were filled to the brim with supporters of the All Progressives Congress

    The National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole described the massive turn out as clear manifestation of the strong confidence Nigerians reposed on Buhari’s Administration.

    He said‘’ Mr. President I am sure and I have every reason to believe that you will feel proud of your people, as this will dismiss the old notion that a Prophet is not honored in his hometown

    ‘’This is indeed the grand finale of the APC Nationwide campaign rallies when PDP started their campaign in Sokoto they thought they had the monopoly of attendance but this have disproved them’’

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    ‘’Both the Bible and the Quran are unanimous in affirming that by next tomorrow you will be re-elected, Nigerians who have come to appreciate your integrity will troop out in their numbers to re-elect you by Saturday. By Fighting Corruption you are making more friends while the opposition is getting lesser people on their side’’

    Oshiomhole further criticized the PDP for Promising to re-introduced the discredited Structural Adjustment Program SAP, devalue the Naira and other Policies that will draw the Country backwards saying Nigerians will reject them at the Polls

    Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State in his address at the occasion described President Buhari as a man of impeccable Character, who meant well for the common man, he urged the People to vote for the President and candidates for the National Assembly

    In a brief message at the occasion President Buhari said he was overwhelmed by the turnout of supporters and promised to do more to promote the welfare of the common man, improve infrastructural development and Agriculture.

    He said ’’we will not betray your trust and neither shall we let those who betray your trust to go scot-free’’

  • Wike receives Buhari in Port Harcourt

    Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Tuesday received President Muhammadu Buhari at the Nigeria Air Base airstrip in Port Harcourt.

    Wike and some members of the State Executive Council welcomed the President at about 10.17 am.

    Wike who was also accompanied by members of the Rivers State Security presented a bouquet of flowers to the President.

    The President boarded a Nigerian Air Force helicopter and left to Bayelsa State for Campaigns.

     

  • We‘ll continue to take abusers of trust before the law – Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday restated his administration will continue to bring those who abuse trust before the law.

    He added that proceeds recovered from looters would be reinvested into the infrastructural development of the country.

    “We are going to continue to take those who abuse trust before the law; collect what they have stolen and reinvest them in

    infrastructure,” he added President Buhari said this in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital during his campaign rally.

    Said he: “I assure you that the undertaking we made in 2015 in the three major issues All Progressives Congress (APC) believes in (security, economy and fight against corruption), we have not failed.

    Read Also: Buhari mourns ex-COAS Gen. Ejoor’s death

    “Wherever I go I repeat myself on these issues so as to remind you where this country was before we came in, where we are in now and what we are able to do with the resources that are at our disposal.

    “The people of the North east as far as security is concerned, are our major witnesses of our performance.

    “On the economy, we thank God the three previous rainy seasons were good. We made fertilizers available and reduce the prices it used to be. People are back to the farms and nobody regretted it. We are able to ensure food security and people are living respectable lives; in fighting corruption, we are not going to give us.”

  • APC takes campaign to Wuse market

    Supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari has taken the Next Level campaign to the market place in Abuja, beginning with Wuse market.

    Chairman of the Central Working Committee of the APC Women and Youth Campaign Council, Brig. General Mohammed Buba Marwa said they were delighted with the trust and love shown by them for the President and appeal to them to go back to their communities to encourage them to vote for Buhari.

    He said Buhari was a candidate that is easy to sell because of his qualities and achievement in office, pointing out that those who collected the trader moni has demonstrated that it was for political reasons.

    Former Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba said President Buhari was interested in rebuilding the country and therefore need the support of all Nigerians to complete the work he has started, appealing to the traders to give Buhari their votes.

    Another speaker, Prince Odinaka said this was the first time in the history of Nigeria that women and youths are given the opportunity to decide on who will lead Nigeria, adding that Nigerians should not allow those who loot the treasury to return to power.

    Leader of the Wuse Market Association, Mrs Oluwatoyin Badmus, said President Buhari is for the masses and not the elite, stressing that they were endorsing him for caring about them.

    She said most of the people gathered are beneficiaries of the trader moni and not propaganda, adding that while being given the money, they were never asked for their PVC as against the propaganda being peddled by the opposition.

  • 53 parties endorse Buhari ahead of APC rally in Lagos

    ..Atiku’s plan a strategy of lies, says Fashola

    Ahead of the Saturday mega rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, a coalition of 53 political parties has endorsed the candidacy of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the decision was based on the president’s achievements in the last three years.

    The coalition, under the banner of Coalition of Political Parties in Lagos State (COPPILS), declared its support for Buhari at an event held in Surulere.

    The event was witnessed by the Minister for Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, APC’s National Legal Adviser, Babatunde Ogala, the party’s governorship candidate in Lagos, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and lawmaker representing Lagos East in the Senate, Gbenga Ashafa, among others.

    Director of Publicity of the coalition, Mallam Shakirudeen Olofin, said the 53 parties had directed their members to work with the APC to deliver Lagos to Buhari, noting that they took the decision to support the APC presidential candidate because of the infrastructure projects of Buhari administration in the Southwest.

    According to a communiqué issued by the coalition and signed by its convener, Hon. Akinola Obadia, the APC-led Federal Government had sited more projects in Lagos to consolidate the status of the state as the fastest growing economy in Africa. The coalition said the strides must be sustained for sustainable development.

    The communiqué read: “Based on the numerous achievements of the President Buhari in the last three and half years, which include reduction in $5 million importation spending, infrastructure projects on Lagos-Ibadan axis and the flag of Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonsoki-Ojota Expressway, the coalition hereby endorses the candidacy of President Buhari.”

    Hailing the decision of parties to support President Buhari’s re-election bid, Fashola said Lagos residents had no choice than to return APC to power. He said the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in its 16 years dominance at the centre, left infrastructure in the state to rot, pointing out that the opposition party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had no plan for the country.

    Fashola described the PDP presidential candidate’s policy paper as “strategy of lies”, saying Atiku’s plan is impracticable. He said Buhari’s investment in infrastructural renewal was unprecedented, adding that the “Next Level” slogan of the APC was strategically coined in preparation for the projected job creation and economic upswing that would come as dividends of Buhari’s investment in infrastructure.

    Sanwo-Olu said Buhari’s achievements in four years could not be compared to PDP’s 16 years in power, saying the APC-led Federal Government had initiated and completed 143 road projects across the nation since 2015. He said Buhari’s victory at the general election must be collective responsibility.

  • Photos from Buhari’s campaign in Taraba, Nasarawa

  • Buhari arrives Makurdi for campaign rally

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday arrived Makurdi airport for his presidential campaign rally in Benue State.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the presidential jet conveying the President and his entourage touched down at the Makurdi airport at about 10.45a.m.

    The president is accompanied on the trip by top party officials and a host of governors.

    Buhari is expected to pay a courtesy call on the Tor Tiv, Prof. James Ayatse, and meet with Gov. Samuel Ortom at the Government House before proceeding to the Aper Aku Stadium for the rally.

    Meanwhile, security around the campaign venue is tight as All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters troop to the stadium to await the president.

  • Campaign: photos of Buhari’s arrival in Ekiti

    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.

    R-L: APC leaders: Governor Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti); former Interim National Chairman, APC, Chief Bisi Akande; Governor Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun); Governor Isiaka Ajimobi (Oyo), Governor Gboyega Oyetola (Osun); former Ekiti State Governor and Deputy National Chairman APC, Otunba Niyi Adebayo; and other APC leaders awaiting the arrival of President Mohammadu Buhari for the Ekiti State Presidential campaign in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday
    R-L: President Mohammadu Buhari; Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and APC Senatorial Candidate, Hon Bamidele Opeyemi during the arrival of President Buhari in Ado-Ekiti for the Ekiti State Presidential campaign on Tuesday

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    President Mohammadu Buhari being welcomed by Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; during the arrival of the President in Ado-Ekiti for the Ekiti State Presidential campaign on Tuesday

  • Video: Buhari arrives Kano to flag off campaign

    President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano state on Thursday with top members of the All Progressives Congress Party (APC).

  • Video: Buhari leaves for Kano

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday departs Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja for Kano, to attend APC Presidential campaign rally at the Sani Abacha Stadium.