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TRENDING: BUHARI leaves Eagle Square, Flies out of Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport to Daura saying: ‘My Cattle and Sheep are waiting for Me’ … As promised, I would stay as far away from Abuja as possible, I need sometime to rest *“I Have realised it’s much easier to control my Cattle and Sheep than fellow Nigerians” *“After I have left office on May 29, 2023, if there were trouble, I would not want to be disturbed as I have found a safe haven in our neighbouring Niger Republic” *BY SAMSON SHOAGA/GROUP MANAGING Editor, Nigeria & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor
TRENDING:
BUHARI leaves Eagle Square, Flies out of Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport to Daura saying: ‘My Cattle and Sheep are waiting for Me’
… As promised, I would stay as far away from Abuja as possible, I need sometime to rest
*“I Have realised...
DEVELOPING: Leaked Audio: ‘I feel Betrayed TINUBU met Rabiu Kwankwaso in Paris without my knowledge’ -Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State confides in Ibrahim Masari …I am disappointed I have been dumped by the in-coming administration despite my sacrifices for the party, I’m been treated like an outcast *“Asiwaju while in France told me over the phone that Kwankwaso’s meeting with him was facilitated by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi through Gilbert Chagoury (a Franco-Lebanese business tycoon and ally of Mr Tinubu)”-Masari *“It will be difficult for loyal party members to trust the TINUBU administration going forward for having met with Kwankwaso behind me. Kwankwaso blocked my aspiration for re-election as governor, he does not deserve a space on the table of APC party at all” *Fearing backlash in the media, Ganduje recant, saying: “We are asking the general public to disregard a mischievous attempt by social media and online publications in the country to lift a story from a purported phone conversation between Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Ibrahim Kabiru Masari discussing Ganduje’s political relationship with President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu. From all indications, some people who are not comfortable with the long cordiality Tinubu, Ganduje and Masari enjoy are bent on exploiting the situation to their advantage”-Muhammad Garba, Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs *PLUS: Full Transcripts of Leaked Audio inside word-for-word unedited *BY SAMSON SHOAGA/GROUP MANAGING Editor & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor
DEVELOPING:
Leaked Audio: ‘I feel Betrayed TINUBU met Rabiu Kwankwaso in Paris without my knowledge’
-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State confides in Ibrahim Masari
…I am disappointed I have been dumped by the in-coming administration...
SCANDAL: ENUGU Governor-elect’s public Discharge Certificate is FAKE from ‘Oluwole Black Market’, Not from NYSC-DG, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed …I did NYSC, was discharged honorably, says Peter Mbah *“The argument on whether Peter Mbah has a valid NYSC certificate or not did not arise because I have told the People’s Democratic Party’s candidate in the 2023 governorship elections that what he presented as a certificate was forged” *“Mbah came to me, showed me the certificate and I called my director to confirm the authenticity and we discovered that the certificate issued to him was fake and I told him. I wonder how elites who have gone to school will resort to black market certificates. Everyone knows how we issue our certificate in NYSC. We don’t give it in hotel rooms or houses” *“I have filed a case against the NYSC. I am demanding N20 billion for injuries inflicted on my person due to the controversies surrounding my hard-earned certificate”-Governor-elect, PETER MBAH *BY PROMISE OLUYEMI/JUDICIAL Reporter in Lagos State & KAYODE IREDE/POLITICAL Staff Writer, Abuja
SCANDAL:
ENUGU Governor-elect’s public Discharge Certificate is FAKE from ‘Oluwole Black Market’, Not from NYSC-DG, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed
…I did NYSC, was discharged honorably, says Peter Mbah
*“The argument on whether Peter...
Developing 17 Days to Go: Nigerians approach Court, files Fresh suit to stop TINUBU’S swearing-in May 29 …plaintiffs in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/578/2023 apply for a restraining order against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, claim BUHARI’S tenure continues as President/Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in accordance with the provisions of section 135 (1) (a) of the Constitution *‘Registered voters of the FCT, Abuja’ whose membership are: Anyaegbunam Okoye, David Adzer, Jeffery Ucheh, Osang Paul and Chibuike Nwachukwu argues President-elect violates the requirement of Section 134(2) (b) of the Constitution *Prayers to the court: “the plaintiffs and other FCT residents have a legal interest and constitutional rights to be heard on the question of whether a President-elect must secure at least 25% of votes cast, on the first ballot, in the FCT, Abuja” *Seeking order setting aside INEC Certificate of Return to President-elect in fulfillment of the conditions stated in section 134(2) (b) of the Constitution, Attorney-General of the Federation and the CJN cited in the matter as 1st and 2nd defendants *BY PROMISE OLUYEMI/JUDICIAL Reporter in Lagos State & KAYODE IREDE/POLITICAL Staff Writer, Abuja
Developing 17 Days to Go:
Nigerians approach Court, files Fresh suit to stop TINUBU’S swearing-in May 29
…plaintiffs in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/578/2023 apply for a restraining order against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, claim BUHARI’S...
MAY 29 INAUGURATION: Fought Hardest Political Battle, won Best Presidential Poll in Nigeria’s History-TINUBU …I campaigned vigorously, shamed and crushed all my detractors at the polls *“Opposition party threw dust at me, engaged in a smear campaign, I kept my eyes on the prize, campaigned vigorously and emerged victorious as the JAGABAN of Nigeria Politics” *“I will leave legacy projects across the length and breadth of Nigeria” *BY HABIB SEMIU/SENIOR POLITICAL Correspondent, Abuja & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor
MAY 29 INAUGURATION:
I Fought Hardest Political Battle, won Best Presidential Poll in Nigeria’s History-TINUBU
…I campaigned vigorously, shamed and crushed all my detractors at the polls
*“Opposition party threw dust at me, engaged in...
ON THE RUN OVER ELECTORAL FRAUD: DISGRACED Adamawa Resident Commissioner, HUDU YUNUSA ARI Goes into Hiding for Fear of Arrest, Making Final Plans to Escape Overseas …last sighted after controversial Gubernatorial Election announcement flying on a Private Jet Registration Number: (NG) 5N-IKO, Serial Number: 258547, Model No: S-0642EC *‘Suspended Adamawa REC, Yunusa has remained elusive, incommunicado, and disappeared without a single trace. We can not reach him on his cellphone. He disregards our multiple invitations to INEC Headquarters; We cannot even locate his whereabouts. We are asking the Nigeria Police to declare him wanted and help us pick him up’-INEC Information Chairman & Voter Education, FESTUS Okoye *Leaked Phone Audio Conversation between YUNUSA & another INEC official, Hammajam Mohammed reads: “Yunusa-Ari (REC): Is that our official from Gombi? Mohammed: No sir, I’m from Fufore, sir Yunusa-Ari (REC): I’ve heard what happened. However, do whatever you can to help this woman (Binani), that’s why I gave you an extra results sheet. Please, just do anything to make her scale through” *“If Yunusa Ari is arrested, and he opens his mouth, powerful people that are high and mighty in Nigeria, especially politicians, law enforcement officers and INEC officials will be implicated. He knows too much..his confession will rock the foundation of the country. That is why he has to find a way to hide himself for his own safety”-Top Security operative *“I have ordered the immediate suspension of Adamawa REC, Yunusa, direct full investigation of every law enforcement officials found culpable’-BUHARI *BY HILARU MOHAMMED/SPECIAL CRIME/ ELECTORAL News Reporter, Abuja & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor
ON THE RUN OVER ELECTORAL FRAUD:
DISGRACED Adamawa Resident Commissioner, HUDU YUNUSA ARI Goes into Hiding for Fear of Arrest, Making Final Plans to Escape Overseas
…last sighted after controversial Gubernatorial Election announcement flying...
POINT Blank: NIGERIANS No Longer Have Confidence in BUHARI Administration-NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA, Director General of the World Trade Organization … political class in the country dashed the hopes of the electorates *“South Easterners don’t really believe that government can do anything for them. On the one hand, maybe it’s a good thing because everybody then becomes their own government. You dig your own borehole to get water, generate your own electricity, do everything for yourself” *‘For Nigerian Government to regain its lost confidence among the populace, it must get a tight, better and cleaner governance that must be transparent at all times’ *BY DAVID IMONITIE, DIPLOMATIC Correspondent, Washington DC & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Senior Investigative Editor
POINT Blank:
NIGERIANS No Longer Have Confidence in BUHARI Administration–NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA, Director General of the World Trade Organization
… political class in the country dashed the hopes of the electorates
*“South Easterners...
AHEAD OF NIGERIA’S INAGURATION MAY 29: My father needs every Prayer, Support from Nigerians to Succeed-TINUBU’S Daughter …He is ready to govern Nigeria successfully with the fear of God, bring development to our nation so we become the best country in the world *“There is no way he can do it alone. Nigerians must support him, even after the elections. We should unite. We are all from the same country”-FOLASHADE Tinubu-Ojo *“Those at the helm of affairs must help the needy and those also not at the leadership positions must also help the needy to engender societal and national development”-Sheikh Muhydeen Ajani Bello, Chairman, Northern States Council of Missioners *OMOBOLANLE ADENRELE/POLITICAL Reporter, Abuja
AHEAD OF NIGERIA’S INAGURATION MAY 29:
My father needs every Prayer, Support from Nigerians to Succeed–TINUBU’S Daughter
…He is ready to govern Nigeria successfully with the fear of God, bring development to our nation so we become...
DEVELOPING: There will be ‘Death and Destruction in America’ if I am Indicted for any Crime-TRUMP, former U.S. President … ‘What kind of person can charge another person, in this case a former President of the United States, who got more votes than any sitting President in history, and leading candidate (by far!) for the Republican Party nomination, with a Crime, when it is known by all that NO Crime has been committed?’ *“Trump had created a false expectation that he would be arrested. The GOP chairmen’s request for communications, documents and testimony is an unlawful incursion into New York’s sovereignty. We cannot be intimidated by anyone, as no one is above the law. We apply rule of law in all cases we are handling”- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg *BY QUNEETH JAPHET/Diplomatic Correspondent, Washington DC
DEVELOPING:
There will be ‘Death and Destruction in America’ if I am Indicted for any Crime-TRUMP, former U.S. President
… ‘What kind of person can charge another person, in this case a former President of the United States, who got...
CONTROVERSY: PETER OBI, Labor Party Presidential Candidate is a Stubborn Social Media Noise Maker, Won’t Listen, He Cannot win Nigeria Presidential Election-PRINCE ARTHUR EZE, Anambra born billionaire … ‘Arthur Eze is a Political Cancer From Nigeria establishment which Must Be Rescued, alleges Peter Obi Campaign Council *‘‘I invited Obi face-to-face, asked him of his plans to win the presidential election, he had no idea. I advised him to drop his over-ambition, conserve his funds, and he rejected the idea. He is a huge joke. Politics is not a gamble or game. Atiku Abubakar, the presidential card bearer of Peoples Democratic Party is the next president of Nigeria. The former Vice president will hand over to Professor Charles Soludo at the end of the tenure’’ *“When we wrestle power from the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, the likes of Arthur Eze would no longer wield any influence in the country”-OBI *BY TITILOLA ADEPEJU/POLITICAL Correspondence, Lagos
CONTROVERSY:
PETER OBI, Labor Party Presidential Candidate is a Stubborn Social Media Noise Maker, Won’t Listen, He Cannot win Nigeria Presidential Election-PRINCE ARTHUR EZE, Anambra born billionaire
… ‘Arthur Eze is a Political Cancer...
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