The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has defended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s electricity pledge, insisting that recent public commentary has quoted the promise without its concluding qualification. In a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesperson, Dele Alake, the campaign council said Tinubu’s remarks at a meeting with the Organised Private Sector in Lagos ahead of the 2023 general elections must be considered in full context. According to the statement, Tinubu had promised to tackle the systemic problems in Nigeria’s power sector and end estimated billing, saying: “Whichever way, by all means necessary, you will have electricity, and you…
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The Ekiti State Police Command has dismissed reports that African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore was kidnapped by armed thugs in Ado-Ekiti, saying he was rescued following an altercation at a restaurant in the Dalimore area. The command, however, faces a direct challenge from Sowore, who insists he and his team were violently attacked and has accused the police of trivialising the incident. In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sunday Abutu, the command said its attention was drawn to social media messages alleging that Sowore had been kidnapped and his whereabouts were unknown.…
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration’s tough economic reforms are beginning to deliver results and that Nigeria is now shifting public borrowing away from short-term fiscal pressures toward long-term infrastructure investment. In a report outlining his infrastructure investment and growth strategy, Tinubu said the removal of the petrol subsidy, unification of the exchange rate, tax modernisation and coordinated action on inflation had restored macroeconomic balance and rebuilt the credibility of the state’s balance sheet. According to the report, real GDP growth reached 4.43% in the second quarter of 2026 and 4.2% in the first half, up from 2.74% in…
A former top Nigerian official has delivered a stark, almost theatrical warning to the nation: refusing President Bola Tinubu a second term is a recipe for political disaster. Sheikh Abdullahi Saleh Pakistan, the immediate past chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), made the declaration during a meeting with youth groups at his residence in Kano, arguing that the president must be allowed to serve two full terms to preserve the country’s delicate North-South power rotation. Pakistan’s logic is simple: fairness. He pointed to how Tinubu, despite his own ambitions, supported former President Muhammadu Buhari through two terms—even…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned a supporter of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Mubarak Abdullahi (aka Sardaunan Samari), for allegedly circulating a fake document purportedly written by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the President of the United States. Abdullahi was arrested on 28 September for sharing the document on his Facebook page with the caption “ATIKU IS COMING.” He admitted to investigators that he shared the fake letter and apologised for his actions. However, the DSS said the contrition was not enough. The suspect was brought before Chief Magistrate Court No. 10, Kabala Doki, Kaduna, which ordered…
The APC Presidential Campaign Council on Monday urged Nigerians to reject the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and its candidates in the next general elections, alleging that the opposition party has failed to pay its staff for more than 12 months. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Dele Alake, the council said the ADC National Working Committee, led by Senator David Mark as chairman and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as secretary, had “refused and neglected” to pay party staff for over a year. Alake described the alleged failure as “wicked and reprehensible,” saying it showed what he called the “emptiness and…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has raised an alarm over an alleged plot by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to discredit its presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna. In a statement issued on Saturday, October 24, 2026, and signed by the council’s spokesperson, Dele Alake, the APC claimed that the former Vice President and the ADC had perfected plans to spread misinformation and manipulate public opinion through fake news operations, AI-generated content, deepfake videos, and counterfeit documents. The statement alleged that the plot was aimed at discrediting the APC rally, President Bola…
A report circulating ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s campaign visit to Kaduna has alleged that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is planning a “Bọ́lẹ̀kája” scheme; reportedly recycling old video footage to manufacture a fake booing incident against the President tomorrow. The claim, which sources from the ADC leaked to Podium Reporters, suggests the opposition party intends to pass off stale clips as fresh reactions from Kaduna residents. Observers described the move as a desperate attempt by a party already shamed by recent political setbacks to cut corners and create a false impression of public hostility toward Tinubu. Despite our efforts,…
Thousands of supporters took to the streets of Kaduna in a pre-campaign solidarity walk organised by the Support Group Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), led by Silas Agara, ahead of Saturday’s campaign rally. The procession commenced around the Savannah Bank area, proceeded towards the Government House, where the delegation was received by Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, and returned to the APC Ciki da Waje State Secretariat. The streets came alive with numerous flags bearing inscriptions in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while participants displayed their enthusiasm through drumming, dancing and other expressions of solidarity.…
Yorubas say, Ká sọ̀rọ̀, ká ba bẹ́ẹ̀ ni iyì ọmọ ènìyàn (To speak, and to stand by your word, defines a man’s honour). Going down memory lane, December 22, 2022 was one of the days that tested that proverb. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then the APC presidential candidate, was in Kaduna campaigning. Birnin Gwari was then the epicentre of banditry, kidnapping and insurgency. Nobody dared to travel from Mando in Kaduna to Birnin Gwari, and security agencies called it a flashpoint. It was so bad that farmers were abducted on their land, travellers were seized on the highway, and a…