The former Vice President of Nigeria and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has become enmeshed in a WAEC certificate scandal barely a week after he held a world press conference accusing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of submitting a forged Chicago State University certificate to INEC despite the repeated insistence of Chicago State University that President Bola Tinubu graduated from the University. Recently it emerged that the General Certificate of Education (GCE) from WAEC that Atiku Abubakar submitted to INEC on 17th June, 2022 clearly bore the name of SIDDIQ ABUBAKAR…
Author: Michael Chibuzo
By Fredrick Nwabufo Bias, desperation, delusion, and deception govern the outputting of the distortionist mob. Mob distortions are purposive fabrications. They are oddly designed inventions pulled from a smorgasbord of fake news, injurious falsehood, slander, and prejudice. They come in the cloak of truth and certainty. They come in the swaddle of history and records. But in actuality, they are just a carefully curated jumble of lies, propaganda, disinformation, and misrepresentation. What the crocheters of the yarns of distortionist hypotheses seek to achieve may be to cause a breakdown of trust, to blackmail, poison perception, stoke crisis, cause disaffection, and…
Few weeks ago, I published a piece titled “Dissecting Atiku’s Wild Goose Chase to Chicago State University” where I analysed the fruitless adventure embarked upon by the PDP candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to Chicago State University in search of any evidence that could establish forgery in the diploma submitted by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to INEC in 2022 as part of documents accompanying his presidential nomination form. Yesterday, as ordered by a US District Court in Illinois, Chicago State University released a total of 32 documents relating to the non-privileged academic records of President Bola…
A former Secretary to the Anambra State government under the administration of Mr. Peter Obi, Chief Oseloka Obaze has admitted that the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi did not secure the required two-thirds geographical spread as specified in Section 134(2b) of the 1999 Constitution. Mr. Obaze made the admission in a post on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) on Monday while bizzarely weighing in on the anticipated release of President Bola Tinubu’s non-privileged academic records by the Chicago State University today. Mr. Obaze, who was handpicked by…
The Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna has dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in the 2023 governorship election, Isah Ashiru against the victory of Governor Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Contrary to viral stories going round in the media space falsely reporting that the tribunal has declared the election inconclusive, the three-member panel headed by Justice Victor Oviawie actually dismissed the petition by the PDP and its governorship candidate on the ground that the pre-hearing notice was filed out of time and therefore deemed…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, has assured Nigerians that their sacrifices will not be in vain, saying the promises made by the Tinubu administration will be fulfilled. Sen. Shettima made the remarks on Thursday at a public lecture to commemorate Nigeria’s 63rd Independence anniversary at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja. He said President Bola Tinubu’s administration is committed to building a country where the economic independence of each citizen is guaranteed, and where none of them has to depend on unspecified handouts to earn a living. “Today, we gather to honour Nigeria’s journey to redefine its destiny. Today,…
The immediate past Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami has responded to a report by an online news medium, The Cable accusing him of authorising over N11 billion payments following his retirement. Nami, in a statement issued on Thursday, debunked the insinuations contained in The Cable report. Below is the full statement by the former FIRS boss: My rejoinder to the Cable Story: “Ex-FIRS Boss Nami Approved N11bn ‘Suspicious’ Payments After His Exit My attention has been drawn to a mischievous story by the Cable Newspaper claiming that I made approvals of over N11 billion…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the air component of Operation Udo Ka II has destroyed several camps and hideouts of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militant wing of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) in Imo and Anambra states. The news of the successful bombing was made known to the public via a statement issued by the Nigerian Air Force public relations and information director, Edward Gabkwet. Gabkwet said the strikes were carried out on Tuesday at separate locations — Mother Valley Orsumughu in Nnewi south LGA of Anambra State and Aku Ihube in Okigwe LGA of…
The new Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Dr. Olayemi Cardoso has disclosed plans to grow Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to $1 trillion within an eight-year period. Dr. Cardoso spoke while answering questions from senators during his Senate screening and confirmation as the governor of the CBN which also featured the now confirmed deputy governors of the apex bank, Emem Usoro, Philip Ikeazor, Muhammad Abdullahi-Dattijo, and Bala Bello The CBN Governor assured that the CBN board will adopt a number of strategies including short term and medium terms goals to grow the economy and stated that to achieve stability in…
An online news medium, Nairametrics stirred a little controversy last weekend when it inaccurately reported that the federal government has awarded the contract for the construction of the approximately 700 kilometres Lagos-Calabar coastal highway to Hitech Construction Company. Many commentators immediately starting seeking clarifications from the Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi on how the contract was awarded and if due process and relevant procurement requirements were followed before the award. However, it is necessary to point out that a more critical analysis of the news report by Nairametrics would reveal that there was never a mention of an…