The Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Gombe State, Abdullahi Maikano Umar has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). It was gathered that Umar announced his defection after meeting Governor Inuwa at his residence on Friday, dumping Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). He was the Governor of Kano state from 1999-2003 and 2011 to 2015. After he lost his re-election in 2003, he was appointed the first Minister of Defence of the Fourth Republic with no prior military background from 2003 to 2007, under the administration of former president…
Author: Victor Fola
After several allegations leveled against the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar in being behind the current naira scarcity crisis, an anonymous whistle blower in the CBN has revealed how Dino Melaye and some other heavyweight PDP stalwarts smuggled a whooping N50 billion out of the CBN. The anonymous whistle blower, according to Abuja News Network, said the migration of the whooping sum to an undisclosed location in Abuja was done in the cover or the night using special utility vehicles. The whistle blower revealed that the migration took three days to be complete under strict instructions…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has been accused of working in tandem with some cabal in the presidential villa to disrupt the 2023 general elections. Making the accusation was The Joint Front of Civil Society Organizations of Nigeria (JFCSON) after the former Vice-president opposed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s currency swap extention deadline by 10 days. In a statement by Barnabas Bala Yock, the National President of JFCSON, he said Atiku’s recent remarks opposing the extension of the deadline for the swap, and PDP’s challenge to the All progressives Congress, presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola…
The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday said that opposition elements who are behind the naira and fuel scarcity in the country are only interested in creating an atmosphere of political unrest that could lead to the postponement of the general election. Tinubu said this at the presidential campaign rally at Ekiti Parapo Pavilion in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. Recall that the PDP’s flagbearer Atiku Abubakar has come under fire recently as one of the political figures masterminding the fuel and naira scarcity in a calculated attempt to scuttle the 2023 general elections. Abubakar, despite…
The Presidential Campaign Council of the APC has slammed the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, describing him as the nation’s number one enemy after he told the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) not to extend deadline for naira swap. On Thursday, the former vice-president had asked the CBN not to extend the February 10 deadline for the exchange of old naira notes with new ones. According to Abubakar, “election riggers” are seeking to push the CBN to extend till after the elections so they could achieve their “evil plots”. Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council, in…
Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday to discuss about the forthcoming general elections alongside the scarcity of new naira notes and fuel currently affecting majority of Nigerians in the country. Recall some of the APC governors had expressed dissatisfaction and frustration on how the Central Bank of Nigeria’s policy on new Naira notes and scarcity of fuel have crippled economic activities in their states at a time the country is preparing for a general elections Reports reaching PODIUM REPORTERS from inside sources claim that the APC governors will let out…
With less than 24 days to the 2023 presidential election, more stakeholders of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign team continue to leave the party as they catch on the looming defeat of the party in the forthcoming election. The party’s Campaign Director in Bauchi state, Alhassan Bawu is the latest addition to the increasing number of decampees from the party in what has consequently further dented the chances of the party scooping votes in the state and the region, by and large. According to Bawu, his premise for leaving the party is predicated on his realization that the party is…
The UK National Crime Agency has distanced itself from a viral document claiming that it has begun investigation over a case of money laundering by Alpha Beta through British banks to suspected drug dealers in Columbia. In a series of social media posts, supporters of Labour Party had taken advantage of the documents to harbinge it as ‘more troubles’ for the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who has, in the past, been linked without proof to the tax consulting firm, Alpha Beta. However, in an official letter dated 30th January, 2023, the agency has denied ever issuing…
The Leaders of the All-Progressives Congress in Ede town, Osun State, have alleged that hoodlums working for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, burnt down the APC secretariat in the Ede-South. They alleged further that they also destroyed the party’s secretariat in the Ede-North Local Government Council Areas after the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sacked the state governor, Ademola Adeleke. In a statement signed Mufutau Oyewale and 26 other leaders of the APC in the two local government areas in Ede, obtained in Osogbo on Monday, the party also alleged that the PDP political hoodlums, who allegedly went on rampage shortly…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has vowed to arrest mores sellers of the new redesign naira notes. This is coming on the trail of more sellers of naira notes after separate operations in Abuja. The agency arrested some racketeers in Zone 4 and the Dei Dei axis of the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday, January 28 and Monday, January 30. EFCC Head of Media, Wilson Uwujaren said members of the syndicate were hoarding and trading with the redesigned notes. Uwujaren noted that the operation followed intelligence on activities of unscrupulous currency speculators in certain areas. Those in custody…