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2023 Elections: Kaduna Clerics, Traditional leaders, Non indigenes Endorse PRP Presidential Candidate .

Religious leaders across kaduna state and representatives of traditional rulers especially from non indigenes residing in Kaduna have unanimously agreed to support the presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party ( PRP) Kola Abiola and his running mate Haro Haruna Zego in the run up to the Saturday Presidential elections .

The event, which took place at the Bajju Township Hall in Television Village, Kaduna saw huge turn out of religious leaders .

Speaking during the interactive meeting , Rev. Elijah Abubakar Prince, Vice Chairman Pastors For Good Governance, said that religious leaders being the custodians of the people’s mandate, clerics are looking for someone that has the capacity to deliver good governance, some that can bring level of comfortability and to stabilise the country economically .

“I can tell you that after listening to the running mate of the Presidential candidate of PRP, Haro Zego , it is very clear that he and his principal,Kola Abiola have the capacity to institute good governance .

The Rev went on to add,” If the candidates of the emerged as President and Vice President respectively next Saturday, then the country is on the path to glory .

The leaders of Idoma and Igala communities in Kaduna also lent their voices to the endorsement .

John Ameh, leader of the community while pledging the support of the Idomas for the PRP urged Aziz to abolish certain policies that discriminated against non indigenes in the state.

“I wish to assure you that we shall come out massively to vote your party this Saturday, but when you get there, please ensure that policies that prevents non indigenes from enjoying benefits which others enjoyed are abolished, he added

Speaking, the Vice Presidential candidate of the party, Mr. Zego said that the party is representing all the sections of the country, both the youths and the old .

He also pledged to looking into all forms of discriminations against non indigenes with the aim of abolishing them.

He further said , “Today, I represent the youths, today, I represent the Muslims, I represent the Christians , I represent the North as well as the South .

“I am a Northern Minority while my Principal, Kola Abiola is a Muslim from Yoruba land which means he is also a minority from the South.Our party would definitely work hard to eradicate all forms discrimination against citizens and sure Nigeria is a better place for all

The PRP Vice Presidential candidate further avered that welfare of youths, women and the elderly would take prominence when the party assume power .

Naira Redesign: APC Governors Pressurizing Buhari, Malami For Out Of Court Settlement, Timi Frank Alleges

Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), are currently mounting intense pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to settle the cases over Naira redesign policy out of the Supreme Court, it has been learnt.

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, gave this indication in a statement in Abuja.

Frank revealed that the AGF has allegedly acceded to the request of the APC and its governors to settle the case out of court.

He said the meeting between the leadership of the APC and its governors with Malami was aimed at pressurizing the President and Malami to agree for the out of court settlement request.

He said the Governors and the leadership of the APC have succeeded in blackmailing both the President and Malami to consider the reintroduction of the N1,000 and N500 notes before the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday.

He insisted that the governors and the leadership of the APC are not working to protect the interest of Nigerians but to be able to deploy their looted funds to compromise the elections through massive vote buying.

He urged Buhari to be mindful of his promise to bequeath free, fair and credible elections to Nigerians as his parting legacy, saying any attempt to yield to the antics of the governors and APC’s national leadership would defeat that noble goal.

He further urged Malami to be resolute and to stand by the people by not succumbing to the overwhelming pressure of the governors now calling for out of court settlement.

He said the APC and its governors have become increasingly desperate to reverse the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in order to fraudulently swing the results of the presidential election in favour of their unpopular candidate who cannot win if the elections are free, fair and credible and devoid of monetary inducement of voters.

He called on Nigerians to know that if Malami and the Governors withdraw their suits at the Supreme Court tomorrow (Wednesday) to settle out of court, then they should not expect the elections to be credible, free and fair.

He said: “Buhari must keep to his words by not bowing to the unholy pressure of APC’s Governors to settle out of court and to have N1,000 and N500 notes reintroduced.

“APC governors don’t have the interest of Nigerians at heart. We have seen how they have serially blackmailed the President to do their bidding in recent past.

“Now they are trying to blackmail the AGF to withdraw his suit challenging their own suit for an out of court settlement during the sitting of the apex court tomorrow.”

According to Frank, who is the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Ambassador to East Africa and Middle East, part of the tactics of the Governors have been to consistently drum into the ears of Nigerians that Buhari has so far failed in administering Nigeria.

He said they have also told Buhari and the AGF that the Naira redesign policy and attendant scarcity of new notes would lead to the defeat of the APC during the general elections.

He said: “The APC Governors have told Buhari and Malami that the Party cannot win with the Naira redesign policy in place.

“So they have continued to blackmail them. They know their presidential candidate is unpopular and cannot win the forthcoming election if one-man-one-vote prevails.

“Buhari and Malami should know that the forthcoming election is not all about APC and its governors alone.

“Rather, it’s for the generality of Nigerians who desperately need succour from their present hardship through a new and purposeful leadership in the country.”

He insisted that if there is any need to reconsider the reintroduction of the old N1,000 and N500 notes, it should wait till after the elections.

“Nigerians should know that we have only three days to go. Let us bear the pains for the next three days.

“Otherwise, the elections would be compromised through massive vote buying by the APC and its governors and the present order of cluelessness and hardship would continue,” he said.

For securing Adamawa state, Governor Fintiri deserves reelection.

By Ibrahim Mada.

For the three and quarter years of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, Adamawa state through strategic and tactical handling of the state security affairs of the state ensured that lives and the property are maximally protected and guaranteed.

Today in Adamawa, people living in remote rural communities are spared from feeling insecure and vulnerable to indicators of insecurity as seen other parts of the country or inherited by the previous failed APC government. On the other hand, those living in Adamawa urban communities are not better placed than their counterpart in rural communities. They are all secured with proportion or parity.

On assuming office in 2019, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri accorded primacy to protection of lives and property of the good people of Adamawa state, knowing fully well that Adamawa is the heart of northeastern states, a region where insurgency and terrorism held sway for decade now.

Without wasting time, the governor ensured the timely release of funds to security operatives working in the state to support their work. This way, he was able to create an enabling playing field for all security personnel in the state to carry out their chores with the feeling of being at home.

He doled out millions of naira for the purchase of Jac Hilux numerous vehicles for security formation s in the state in 2020 amid falling revenue earnings brought about COVID1 19 Monster as well as glut of oil prices, Nigeria’s prime income giver, at the international market.

The distributed Jac Hilux vehicle were equipped with the latest information and communication technology gadgets to facilitate sending and receiving security information for prompt response to exigencies that may arise in a while.

Certainly, this is a robust move aimed to harness resources to stage a united front to tackle insecurity, especially at the grass root level. Another commendable drive is the house to house watch dogs initiate by the governor a s a deliberate means of securing and safeguarding lives and properties in the state. this has now brought meaniful peaceful coexistence and feelings for one another and above all TRUST among diverse ethnic groups in the state

Governor Finitiri, went extra mile to support volunteer Yan komiti and local vigilantes to be carrying out a peaceful harmonious relationship while partnering with the national security bodies

Genocide against IPOB members: Buhari must face ICC, Atiku insist…

Leader of the South East Grand Cohesion Alliance for Atiku, Kenneth Uzumaki Austin has urged the South-east to accept the olive branch offered to the region by Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and some notably reliable Northern leaders.

Austin said the call became necessary in view of the obvious fact that Labour Party candidate Peter Obi lacks the necessary wherewithal to win the elections as well as the strength of solemn pledges made by Atiku which were all endorsed by reputable Northern leaders.

He assured that he was privy to a meeting held in the residence of a Rtd Military General and onetime Minister of Defence in Abuja, at which part of the deal was concluded and ratified.

According to Austin who spoke on the sidelines of a press conference by the Group in Abakaliki, part of the agreements were that Atiku, if elected president, shall within the first 100 days in office, ensure that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, would be released unconditionally.

This much has been officially confirmed by a former Senate President and the Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT of the PDP, Adolphus Wabara.The second is that Atiku has promised to work to actualize the dream of an Igbo Presidency by ensuring he hands over to an Igbo successor.

He pointed to Atiku Abubakar’s repeated promises to be a “stepping stone” to Igbo presidency.”One of these affirmations was made by Atiku early this week on Tuesday during the party’s presidential campaign rally in Enugu.This is the third time the PDP candidate would make the promise to Igbos in the South-east.

Atiku first made the promise in September during a zonal conference of the PDP in Enugu.The PDP candidate also made the same promise during his campaign flag off for the South-east region in Awka, Anambra State, in December.Speaking during the rally in Enugu on Tuesday, the former vice-president said he still stood by his words.

Third, he said, is the undertaking by Atiku to cooperate fully in the ongoing ICC investigation and ensure prompt prosecution of the outgoing President Buhari and top officials of his administration like the Attorney General of the Federation, Chief of Army staff, and GOC 82nd Div of the Nigerian Army, for the genocide committed with the Python Dance military operations conducted in the South-east.

“Already the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague is investigating the September 2017 invasion of a community in Abia State by soldiers of the Nigerian Army during a military exercise code-named Operation Python Dance 2 (Egwu Eke Abuo) which would only get the backing and cooperation of government which Atiku has promised.

“In the letter obtained with reference number OTP-CR-413/17 dated March 20, 2018, published by the Sun is the second response by the court to the petitioner, it was confirmed that the military invasion and deaths recorded were already under preliminary examination by the Office of the Prosecutor.

“Part of the letter signed by Mark Dillon, head of the information and evidence unit at the Office of the Prosecutor, read: “Accordingly, your communication will be analysed in this context, with the assistance of other related communications and other available information,” Austin said.

To further prove his point, Austin pointed to a meeting between the Northern Elders Forum and South-east leaders where the NEF chairman, Ango Abdullahi, presented all the terms agreed upon.

Abdullahi, in an interview with the Tribune of February 12, 2023, confirmed this meeting in these words: NEF is still discussing with other stakeholders from other parts of the country who are interested in the elections.

Even today [Thursday], we are having a meeting with the representatives of the Ohanaeze in Abuja.”NEF and Ohanaeze are meeting right now and we don’t know the outcome of their discussion yet,” Austin quoted Abdullahi to buttress his claims.

He concluded by urging the Igbo not to allow sentiments or discontent to hold them back from coming out to vote massively to secure their future based on the promises made by Atiku and the Northern leaders.

“At least Atiku himself has been bold enough to openly declare his position in favour of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, whereas even our kinsman, Obi could not do that publicly. “We, the Igbo should key into this agreement reached and sealed by the North and its leaders by taking full advantage of this window of hope by voting massively for Atiku and ensuring their votes count, ” he said.

ENDS

GREAT ENDORSEMENT OF REV EMMANUEL OLORUNMAGBA FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY KABBA CITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

It was another giant stride today during the meeting of Kabba City Council of Ministers held in Our Saviour Anglican Church, Kabba as the council of Ministers unanimously endorsed Rev. Emmanuel Olorunmagba as the candidate to vote for House of Representatives, Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency of Kogi State.

After listening to Rev Emmanuel Olorunmagba, and the positive responses from the highly elated Ministers, the Chairman of the council, Ven. S. O. Folorunsho (Rtd) said “before today, we only had Peter Obi to vote as president, we didn’t have candidate to vote for House of Representatives, but you, Rev Emmanuel Sunday Olorunmagba, have been adopted as our candidate for House of Representatives!” The entire pastors happily applauded the assertion.

The pastors present demanded for more copies of ballot specimen indicating how to vote for Rev Emmanuel Olorunmagba of National Rescue Movement (NRM) for Representatives and how to vote for Peter Obi of Labour Party for President. And they promised to take the message to their respective churches, that we need the real righteous in the parliament. Hence, in addition to prayers they said they will add work by mobilizing their circle of influence to vote for Rev Emmanuel and Peter Obi. Adding that it was in those days some people were deceived that politics is of the devil and as some Christians decided to leave politics for the devil, the devil decided to fix his children in positions of power and destroyed the entire system as well as working against the Church.

Pastor Dave Dan who has known Rev Emmanuel for over 30 years testified that the council of Ministers have made the right choice by endorsing Rev. Emmanuel.

Appreciating the Ministers Rev Emmanuel promised quality representatives that everyone who supported him will ever be proud of. And that it’s the time for the rescue mission.

GAC Motor All-New GS4 Hi-tech, Smart SUV Wins “Car-of-the-Year” At Nigeria Auto Journalists Association Awards

The GAC Motor All-New GS4 on 9th February 2023 won “Car-of-the-Year” at the NAJA annual awards ceremony held at the Oriental Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos.

The event brought together key players from the Nigerian auto industry and media to celebrate the achievements of the nominees and recognize their contributions to the industry, while celebrating excellence and innovation across the entire auto value chain in Nigeria.

The All-New GS4 Hi-tech and Smart SUV stood out as the best of the best in the automotive industry, setting the bar for innovation and design.

The All-New GS4 model is a testament to GAC Motor’s commitment to providing cutting-edge technology and exceptional design to the Nigerian market. Equipped with advanced safety features, state-of-the-art entertainment systems, and a stylish exterior, the All-New GS4 offers a truly unparalleled driving experience.

The vehicle’s spacious interior, cozy seats, and quiet cabin has made it the perfect choice for long road trips and daily commutes.

“We are honored to receive this recognition from the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association. The GS4 model is the result of our commitment to delivering the highest quality vehicles to the Nigerian market.

“This award is a proof of our dedication to excellence and innovation in the automotive industry.” said Jubril Arogundade, GM Commercial and Group Head Communications, CIG Motors Nigeria, Distributor of GAC Motor in Nigeria.

GAC Motor has over the years advanced to a leading automotive brand in Nigeria, a subsidiary of the Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (GAC Group), one of China’s largest automakers, GAC Motor remains dedicated to providing innovative and reliable vehicles to the Nigerian market and is committed to improving the quality of life through sustainable mobility solutions.

2023: Makarfi Ambassadors Urges Youths to Shun Money Politics ,Acts Inimical to Election Exercises

… Tells Electorate to Vote PDP from Top to Bottom for Better Nigeria

As the forthcoming presidential elections draw closer, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) support Group under umbrella of Makarfi Ambassadors has charged the Nigerian youths to shun money politics and acts inimical to success of the election exercises.

The group which, warned against voting along ethic;tribal or religious sentiments, asked youths not support any candidate because such is from a tribe or has given money

It stressed ,”Money politics is the strongest tool of retrogression ,thus youths must avoid selling their votes for cheap money that would have effect on their live and future generation.

“Don’t Support a candidate because he has the character and vision to take Nigeria out of the woods and make us proud citizens of a functional nation.”

The group in a press statement jointly signed by Mr. Abdullahi Ahmed – Coordinator on General-Matters and Engr. Bolade Aina – Coordinator Planning/Strategy, said now that the February 25, presidential elections around the corner, it’s important that the youths become political conscious of taking their destiny in their hands by voting the People’s Democratic Party from top to bottom .

” The PDP Flagbearer, Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his running mate Governor Ifeanyi Okowa are a combination designed to rescue Nigeria from shackles of ravaging insecurity caused Boko Haram and banditry; dwindling economy, CBN reckless as well as bad governance .

The statement further reads,”It incontrovertible that the PDP era between 1999 to 2015 was a period Nigerians enjoyed the most flourishing economy; Good educational system , sound health care delivery systems , gradual industrial growth and agricultural development .

“We can authoritatively promise Nigerians that the future will brighter under PDP if it wins the Presidential Elections. No gain saying the difference was crystal clear during the reign of PDP as the ruling party .

“We urge the entire citizens of Kaduna State and Nigerians to restrain from the double stance of APC, not to cajole voters sympathy after sponsoring unfriendly bill and debunking it for parochial advantage at edge of electioneering course.

On Kaduna Guber race , the Makarfi Ambassadors threw it weight behind the PDP candidate, Hon. Isa Ashiru Kudan and his running mate Dr. John Ayuba .

According to the group, Kaduna State has experience to much of anti-people policies and can’t afford to the ruling party APC that has brought so much pains to the citizens in the last seven years .

“We can outrightly trace the high level of insecurity in the state to the collapse of Chiefdoms; demolition of markets areas , sacking of workers and failure to their pensions and gratuities.

“These political anomalies can never happen under the reign of PDP in Kaduna State .We therefore call on our voters to shine their eyes and vote PDP into power again and enjoy a guaranteed good governance with human face.

IGP MOURNS POETIC PHILOSOPHER, AIG LAWAN TANKO JIMETA

By : Mada Ibrahim, Kaduna

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, on behalf of the Force Management team, and Officers of the Nigeria Police Force has expressed his sadness over the demise of Ex Assistant Inspector General of Police, Lawan TANKO JIMETA .

According a press release from the office of the Inspector General of Police, the IGP regrets to announce the demise of a great poet and philosopher, a passionate officer and peace lover, AIG Lawan Tank Jimeta, psc, which occurred in the early hours of today, Sunday 12th February, 2023, at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, after a brief illness.

AIG Jimeta, who hailed from Jimeta in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, served in various administrative, investigative, training, and operational capacities during his almost 34 years stint in the policing career. He was a one-time Director of Peacekeeping, Commissioner of Police in charge of the Police Mobile Force, Edo and Bauchi State Commands, Commandant Police Academy, and was until his death the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 5 Benin, Edo State.
The late AIG enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on 3rd March 1990 and was a dedicated officer with a great passion for training and mentorship in the field of security intelligence and peace support operations. A philosopher and poet per excellence, he has a collection of poems tagged “Song of the Peacekeeper” to his credit, and has featured on every edition of the Police ‘New Dawn Magazine’ as a guest poet.

The statement further added ,

The Inspector-General of Police acknowledges his ingenuity and commitment to duty. He hereby condoles with the immediate family, relatives, fellow coursemates, and friends of the deceased AIG who passed away in active service of his fatherland and prays earnestly for the repose of his soul.

Re: A Man Spends 38 Months Without Salary In Bauchi : Another wild, illegitimate claim

By Sani M. Lawal

I just stumbled on an article purportedly written by a certain Comrade Mashema claiming to speak for one Haruna Ibrahim who the writer said is a Bauchi state civil servant in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry with registration number PSN821312.

The writer said he was pleading on behalf of the said civil servant for the Governor of Bauchi state and relevant organs of government to intervene and facilitate the payment of his salaries withheld for 38 months.After reading the article, several questions jumped into my mind that called for care and caution and above all suspicions of the motive behind the article and of course the writer. Firstly, the writer, essentially obscure, could not have been pleading in good faith as he claimed by choosing the media option and not through direct contact with the officials concerned.

Secondly, the writer, evidently unschooled, went to town without the necessary background check that could have given him a solid ground to lay his claim upon; instead, of achieving the objective he claimed, he ended up dancing stark naked in the market square and exposing himself as one of those hatchet men at hand to do mischief for a fee. In order to avoid the kind of embarrassment Comrade Mashema subjected himself to with his slanted story, I undertook a fact check before venturing this response as a concerned indigene of Bauchi state.First, it does not require any deep search to recall that the Bauchi state government of Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed did indeed set up a committee under Adamu Gumba verification to verify staff strength for consolidation with the state salaries bill in order to sanitize the civil service. Every genuinely concerned indigene of Bauchi is as well aware that the Gumba Committee had concluded its assignment and submitted a report with far reaching recommendations.It was therefore the verification committee that discovered the said Haruna Ibrahim as a non-verifiable staff and suggested appropriate measures including the suspension of payment of his salaries. In that report, the said Haruna Ibrahim was uncleared as he was discovered to be redundant without defined schedule or even a duty post.

The committee also found fault with Haruna’s claim to be attending school which he failed to back up with evidence of official release issued to him at anytime.All these facts, Mashema overlooked in his writeup in an obvious haste to deliver his dubious assignment.It is important to place on record here, that Bauchi State had in a bid to boost the state’s workforce employed over 4,000 new staff, has been paying minimum wage, and has implemented consequential adjustments and implemented financial benfits of all employees that have been promoted since previous administrations. One wonders therefore, how much is Haruna salary’s could be, that the State cannot pay if not for reasons of his been found to be an illigimate staff.

It also beats one’s imagination that Haruna Ibrahim could only find his voice now after 38 months and even that through a proxy who turned out to be unprofessional. If only Haruna Ibrahim and Gulumba, his self-appointed voice were not up to some mischief, they ought to have taken the matter up with the ministry they claimed or the Office of the Head of Civil Service. Finally, alternatively, Haruna ought to have shown decent remorse by humbly apologizing for the detected misdemeanor and seek reinstatement by the State and the Governor rather than going the wrong way of unwarranted blackmail in the media.

(Lawal a bona fide Bauchi indigene, writes from Azare)

Eng. Kailani Becomes Ag. DG Amalgamated APC Support Groups

…Vows to Unite Members to Deliver 40 million Votes for Tinubu/Shettima

Ahead of the 2023 general elections,the National Coordinator of Tinubu Shettima Network (TSN), Engineer Kailani Muhammad has been appointmented , Acting Director-General of the Amalgamated All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups for the Presidential flagbearer of the Party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate Senator Kashim Shettima.

Engineer Kailani Muhammad,who is also an APC Chieftain with a huge grassroots support base across the 19 Northern states of the country,promised to use the position to bring all members of the support groups together as a united front to win the election landslide.

In a chat with journalists shortly after a meeting with stakeholders and women groups at his Kaduna Residence, Kailani hinted that the over two thousand support groups spread the 36 states of Nigeria have commenced a door-door campaign to mobilize nothing less than forty million votes for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the February 25 presidential elections.

According to him,the same support groups were able to deliver twenty million votes for President Muhammadu Buhari during the 2015 election and will do same for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate Senator Kashim Shettima this time round.

He spoke further,”Today there are many people in our groups, who don’t believe in the reckless manner the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governed the country.And we still have several Nigerians joining the Tinubu Shettima support groups in order to sustain the good work of President Muhammadu Buhari.”

On issue of Naira swap and fuel scarcity, Kailani thanked Governors of Kaduna ,Kogi and Zamfara States for swiftly filing a case at the Supreme court to secure the order stoping CBN’s February 10 deadline .

“The action has helped to expose all the crooks ,who have conspired with some persons within corridors of power to frustrate the outcome of elections.

“For adequate fuel supply at filling stations , I can authoritatively inform you that the National Nigerian Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL has stepped up measures to ensure enough supply of petrol and within few days the queues will be a thing of past .

He however, urged Nigerians to shun detractors, who hell bent on working against Tinubu Shettima ticket for selfish reasons and come out en masse to vote the APC candidate,who has the best of programmes to deliver Nigeria from shackles of poverty; insecurity,unemployment , dwindling economy and shortage of food supply .

“The essence of the meeting held are to inform and show the whole world that we don’t have any other candidates than Tinubu and Shettima to deliver Nigeria and other candidates contesting under APC platform .

“We have already won the election , we have 21 governors in vault and have 5 PDP Governors supporting us .

It will interest you to know that 27 political parties have endorsed our principal Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and hoping that more persons will join as the election draw nearer.