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Atiku’s camp nocks Fani-Kayode over ill health claims, says he’s a drug user

Atiku’s camp nocks Fani-Kayode over ill health claims, says he’s a drug user

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been criticized for alleging that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, collapsed and was flown to Paris for medical attention. Fani-Kayode, who made this known on his Twitter page, said the incident occurred after Atiku arrived in Abuja from his rally in Kaduna State. But, Atiku’s spokesman, Paul Ibe, said his principal was in Paris for a business meeting. However, Atiku’s Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, described Fani-Kayode as a drug user who should be ignored. Shaibu said: “When a habitual drug user speaks,…
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Northern coalition to publish Atiku, Tinubu, Obi’s promises

Northern coalition to publish Atiku, Tinubu, Obi’s promises

The Arewa Joint Committee that interacted with some presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 presidential election said on Tuesday that the exercise was not meant to endorse any particular candidate for the forthcoming election.  The Arewa Consultative Forum, Northern Elders Forum, Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Jamiyyar Matan Arewa, Arewa House (Centre for Historical Development and Research), and Arewa Research Development Project make up the Arewa Joint Committee. On the invitation list of the Arewa leaders for the interactive meeting were the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi; the Peoples Redemption Party, Kola Abiola; the Social Democratic Party,…
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Chidinma makes U-turn; I don’t know who killed Ataga, I fled in fear

Chidinma makes U-turn; I don’t know who killed Ataga, I fled in fear

A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, on Tuesday, continued the trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, who was alleged to have killed the Chief Executive Officer of Super Tv, Usifo Ataga. Ojukwu, an undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Akoka, was arraigned alongside Adedapo Quadri and Chioma Egbuchu on October 12, 2021, on nine counts over the alleged murder of Ataga. The court resumed watching the recorded video footage showing the confessional statement of Ojukwu before Justice Yetunde Adesanya. In the video, she said she did not know who killed the deceased as she had gone out on…
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Ex-APC aspirant endorses Obi for president over Muslim-Muslim ticket

Ex-APC aspirant endorses Obi for president over Muslim-Muslim ticket

A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress at the 2019 elections, Charles Udeogaranya, has thrown his weight behind the presidential ambition of Labour Party flagbearer, Peter Obi. Udeogaranya, who affirmed his position in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, said the Muslim-Muslim ticket posture of his ex-party was a clear sign of an Islamisation agenda and despotic government. This is even as he declared Obi as the most credible candidate to lead Nigeria out of the woods. The politician’s public endorsement came barely three months after another erstwhile APC presidential aspirant, Dr S.K.C. Ogbonnia, withdrew his support…
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Orji to Ikpeazu – You can’t defeat Abaribe, step down for him

Orji to Ikpeazu – You can’t defeat Abaribe, step down for him

A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain in Abia State, Dr. Sampson Orji, has advised the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, to step down for incumbent senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance because he (Ikpeazu) cannot defeat the senator.  Orji, who was a former commissioner for Trade and Commerce, had during a live radio programme, “Open Parliament,” monitored in Umuahia, advised Governor Ikpeazu, who is the PDP’s candidate for the Abia South Senate District, that Abaribe had, based on his antecedents, proved to be the most qualified for the red chamber. Okezie Ikpeazu Orji, who was a governorship aspirant in…
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