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FUEL SUBSIDY: Endure your PAINS for A Better Future Tomorrow, I Am aware of your Hardship -President TINUBU “I wish to explain to you why we must endure this trying moment. Those who sought to perpetuate the fuel subsidy and broken foreign exchange policies are people who would build their family mansion in the middle of a swamp” *“I am attuned to the hardships that have come. I have a heart that feels and eyes that see” *“Reform may be painful, but it is what greatness and the future require. We now carry the costs of reaching a future Nigeria where the abundance and fruits of the nation are fairly shared among all, not hoarded by a select and greedy few. A Nigeria where hunger, poverty, and hardship are pushed into the shadows of an ever-fading past” *“My government is doing all that it can to ease the load. I will now outline the path we are taking to relieve the stress on our families and households” *BY SAMSON SHOAGA/Group Managing Editor & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor
FUEL SUBSIDY:
Endure your PAINS for A Better Future Tomorrow, I Am aware of your Hardship -President TINUBU
“I wish to explain to you why we must endure this trying moment. Those who sought to perpetuate the fuel subsidy and broken...
Breaking News: I worked against ATIKU 100 percent in last Presidential Election-FAYOSE, former Ekiti State Governor …G5 governors and I ensured our political base across the country voted massively for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Peter Obi since it was the turn of the South to lead the country *‘I am still a member of PDP, I vow never to be a member of APC political party’ *‘I never knew Asiwaju will be president of Nigeria and there was no time in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 that I have not celebrated his birthday on the pages of newspapers as the then-governor of Ekiti state. One of the messages I passed across at that time was that party politics notwithstanding, he will remain our leader in the West for long’ *“Even when the APC was playing games, I stood up to remind President Buhari that Asiwaju was largely instrumental in his becoming president of Nigeria. As a Yoruba man, he deserves to be accorded his respect. I want to remind you again that in 2021, I said all the shenanigans against him by those behind him will be defeated”-FAYOSE *BY AYO ADEREMI OKANLAWON/POLITICAL STAFF WRITER
Breaking News:
I worked against ATIKU 100 percent in last Presidential Election-FAYOSE, former Ekiti State Governor
…G5 governors and I ensured our political base across the country voted massively for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Peter...
CONFESSION: MKO Abiola Won Nigeria’s 1993 Presidential Election, General Babangida Threatened Our Lives in Danger, Nation would be on Fire if we announce the winner, I am begging Nigerians to forgive me so I may have a peace of mind -Former Chairman, National Electoral Commission, Professor Humphrey Nwosu *‘IBB cancelled the elections due to alleged electoral irregularities, even though it was widely adjudged the freest election in the country’s history, the winner of the election was never announced’ *BY SAMSON SHOAGA/GROUP Managing Editor & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor
CONFESSION: MKO Abiola Won Nigeria’s 1993 Presidential Election, General Babangida Threatened Our Lives in Danger, Nation would be on Fire if we announce the winner, I am begging Nigerians to forgive me so I may have a peace of mind
-Former...
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...
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