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‘Get your APV, APC and you must vote’ — Tinubu suffers yet another gaffe at rally  [Video]

‘Get your APV, APC and you must vote’ — Tinubu suffers yet another gaffe at rally [Video]

Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Saturday, erroneously referred to the permanent voter cards (PVCs) as “APV”. Tinubu made the error on Saturday at a campaign rally of the APC in Lagos state. The former governor of Lagos, while addressing youths, was asking them to get their PVCs to vote for him when the gaffe happened, TheCable reports. “Greatest Nigerian youths… Are you great? God bless you. Go and take your PVC and you vote APC. Do you love me? Go and take your APV, APC and you must vote. You must go that…
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2023: Peter Obi Lies With Arithmetic No Indian Can Solve, Mentioning His Name Is A Disgrace To Me — Tinubu

2023: Peter Obi Lies With Arithmetic No Indian Can Solve, Mentioning His Name Is A Disgrace To Me — Tinubu

The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has mocked the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party, Peter Obi. Tinubu lashed out at his competitors during an engagement with Niger Delta stakeholders in Gbaramatu, in Delta State on Friday. On Atiku, he said, “As I stand before you, there are few of us left running. One says he is Atiku; how many times has he been running? He’s always on the run and he is tired, tell him to go and sit down. Enough is enough.” Speaking about Obi, the former…
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Abia North: Senator Kalu names 2022 projects in Isuikwuato council area, assures constituents of more dividends

Abia North: Senator Kalu names 2022 projects in Isuikwuato council area, assures constituents of more dividends

The Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu, has assured his constituents of more developmental projects in the district in the 2023 fiscal year. The lawmaker stated this through the spokesperson of his campaign organization, Sunny Idika while interacting with representatives of various communities from Isikwuato local government area on Thursday evening. The Abia North senator who has facilitated over 68 capital projects including construction rural roads, furnishing of numerous classroom blocks in primary schools, solar-powered boreholes, model primary health care centers, scholarships to students to study medicine and surgery, donation of vehicles, motorcycles, amongst others promises to…
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2023: Hold me responsible if I fail to deliver as governor — Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu

2023: Hold me responsible if I fail to deliver as governor — Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu

The governorship candidate of the Action People’s Party (APP), in Abia State, Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu, has asked the people of the state to hold him responsible if he fails to deliver if elected governor of the state in 2023. Kalu stated that he has visited 127 out of the 293 ABSIEC Wards in Abia State, adding that he is determined to tour all the Wards in the State before the 2023 general election to get first-hand information about the conditions, needs and concerns about the people he aspires to lead as governor in 2023. The APP governorship candidate was…
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Despite Monetary Compensation, Serving Abia Senator Dumped PDP After Losing Primary — Wike

Despite Monetary Compensation, Serving Abia Senator Dumped PDP After Losing Primary — Wike

Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike has taken a swipe at a serving senator from Abia State who promised that if he was compensated for losing in the primary, he would not leave the party, but did not keep his promise. Wike made the allegation against the former PDP member he did not name when he spoke on Thursday at the Umuahia Township Stadium, venue of the Abia State PDP campaign flag-off, according to a press statement signed by Kelvin Ebiri, his Special Assistant on Media. Wike pointed out that after the compensation was delivered and accepted, the aggrieved member still defected…
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2023: Peter Obi Not Our Consensus Candidate, Northern APC Christians Disown Former SGF, Babachir Lawal

2023: Peter Obi Not Our Consensus Candidate, Northern APC Christians Disown Former SGF, Babachir Lawal

Prominent members of the Northern All Progressive Congress (APC) Christian Leaders have dissociated themselves from the endorsement of Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate as their consensus candidate. Reacting to a statement credited to the Chairman of the group, Babachir David Lawal, that the group is supporting Obi against the Tinubu/Shettima presidential ticket, they said Lawal is only entitled to his opinion but his views do not represent that of the group. In a statement jointly signed by the eight members of the group, including a House of Representatives former Speaker Yakubu Dogara and a former Kogi Deputy…
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Other Parties Went To Our Dustbin To Pick Candidates With Zero Electoral Value, Ikpeazu Calls Opposition Inconsequential People As Abia PDP Kicks Off Gov Campaign

Other Parties Went To Our Dustbin To Pick Candidates With Zero Electoral Value, Ikpeazu Calls Opposition Inconsequential People As Abia PDP Kicks Off Gov Campaign

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State yesterday flagged off its electionering campaigns for the Governorship, National Assembly and State House of Assembly candidates in the 2023 general elections. Speaking at the event held at the Umuahia Township Stadium, the Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, described candidates of opposition Parties in the state as”dregs” and Inconsequential’ people rejected by the PDP. He expressed confidence that all the PDP candidates would emerge victorious in the elections based on the performance of his administration, which he said has impacted positively radiant on the people. According to the governor, no other political…
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2023: ‘Our party has been hijacked by PDP dissidents’, LP demands dissolution of Peter Obi’s campaign council

2023: ‘Our party has been hijacked by PDP dissidents’, LP demands dissolution of Peter Obi’s campaign council

The Labour Party (LP) in Ogun State has demanded an immediate dissolution of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, alleging that the council is being dominated by party leaders from the Southern part of Nigeria. The party also passed a vote of no confidence on the National Chairman of the LP, Julius Abure. At a press conference in Abeokuta, the State Secretary of the LP, Mr Feyisola Michael, said there is what he termed ‘southernisation’ of the PCC against the northern interest, Daily Post reports. According to Michael, since the LP presidential candidate, Obi and the National Chairman hail from the…
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2023: I’ll protect Igbo businesses, make south-east Taiwan of Africa — Tinubu

2023: I’ll protect Igbo businesses, make south-east Taiwan of Africa — Tinubu

Bola Tinubu, standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says if elected president of the country, he will protect businesses of the Igbo. Tinubu spoke on Thursday at the APC presidential campaign rally in Ebonyi. The former Lagos governor also said he would not tolerate any form of discrimination against the Igbo people. “I believe in the entrepreneurial spirit of the Igbo. I encouraged a lot of Igbo businesses and investments in Lagos and will even do more if I become president,” he said. “If elected, there will be no discrimination. Igbo interests will be respected and protected. I…
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