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Armed Guys Kidnap Journalist In Zamfara

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Comrade Idris Haruna Magami, a journalist with the Zamfara State Radio and Television Service in Gusau, has been abducted by unidentified thugs.

According to eyewitnesses, Magami was kidnapped on his way back to his village of Magami, around 40 kilometres from Gusau, the state capital, after closing hours on Wednesday.

Comrade Magami is a well-known Zamfara Radio and Television Service journalist, as well as the presenter of the weekly Hausa phone-in programme “Su duniya manya.”

“Idris Haruna Magami was heading to his homeland with his companion, Alhaji Kabiru, when their car was assaulted by robbers,” said Malam Almu, an indigene of Magami village.

He further said that their car performed a summersault and crashed into a ditch.

Almu revealed that Alhaji Kabiru managed to flee, however Idris Magami was abducted by robbers and carried to an unknown location.

According to him, the robbers have already talked with Idris Haruna’s family but have yet to reveal the sum demanded as ransom.

All attempts to contact the State Police spokesman, SP Mohammed Shehu, were futile since his phone number was unreachable.

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2023 Presidency: Reason Tinubu Hasn’t Chosen A Running Mate Yet – Farouk Aliyu

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Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate for the ruling All Progressives Congress, has not yet chosen a running mate, according to former minority leader of the House of Representatives Farouk Aliyu.

The complexity of the nation, according to Aliyu, is the reason it has taken so long for the former governor of Lagos State and his political party to choose a vice presidential candidate.

He emphasised that the selection of Tinubu’s running mate will be made public shortly and that the criteria for candidates should be competence rather than religion.

This was said by the former politician during an interview with Sunday Politics on Channels Television.

He asserted that the most crucial factor is that the candidate would be universally welcomed by everyone, even if the party ultimately presents Nigerians with a Muslim-Muslim ticket…

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Tinubu will prevent APC lawmakers from abandoning the party

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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC’s presidential candidate, will halt the wave of senators leaving the ruling party, according to Kashim Shettima, a former governor of Borno State.

Recall that Abdullahi Adamu, the national chairman of the APC, bemoaned the wave of senators leaving the party to join other parties.

Shettima led a group of APC senators to meet with Tinubu in Abuja on Sunday due to the crisis engulfing the party’s Senate caucus.

After the meeting, he told reporters that Tinubu had assisted in addressing the crucial concerns of the ruling party senators.

He added that the MPs were prepared to strive for the APC’s advancement in the elections of 2023.

These senators have a lot of value-adding skills and are outstanding persons in their own right. We think Tinubu’s intervention will be very helpful in preventing the party’s downfall.

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After threats to his 2023 ambition, Atiku deletes Facebook and Twitter posts on Deborah’s murder

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Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party presidential hopeful Atiku Abubakar has removed a message about dead Deborah Samuel on his Facebook and Twitter sites after northern zealots threatened his 2023 presidential aspiration.

Deborah was reportedly burned to death on Thursday morning at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto for allegedly posting remarks that blasphemed Prophet Mohammed.

Atiku erased the Facebook post he wrote yesterday night about 10:20 p.m., less than an hour later, in response to a flood of threats from northern zealots urging him to abandon his presidential ambition.

The tweet drew hundreds of replies in minutes, largely from fundamentalists who urged Atiku not to denounce the death of the Christian student.

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Some of the Stories I Heard About Buhari from the People of Katsina – Wike

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Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike remarked that the people of Katsina notified him that Muhammadu Buhari had failed to protect them despite being their son.

Wike said this at a meeting with PDP leaders and delegates in Lokoja, Kogi State’s capital city, on Wednesday.

“I went in Katsina yesterday (Tuesday) and people said the president is from Katsina; our own son is president, but there is so much insecurity in Katsina State,” he remarked. Thus, it makes no difference where you come from today; what matters is who will execute this task.”

Wike, on the other hand, has pledged that if elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he would build a government of national unity.

The governor indicated that he would put strong leadership to bear on bridging the present schism amongst Nigerians caused…

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2023 Presidency: Nigeria needs a psychopath to turn things around – Wike

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Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State and PDP presidential candidate, says Nigeria needs a madman to change things.

Wike announced this on Wednesday in Kogi State, ahead of the party’s presidential primary.

The governor said that despite the country’s ills, he has the ability to rule and lead it to the promised land.

“I have too much energy. The energy would be used for the country”, he stated.

“I am ready to run for President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on behalf of my party. Never before have we been so divided. I can put the nation back on the path to greatness. No matter where you come from. “A madman rules Nigeria”, he remarked.

Wike said Nigerians need daring and courageous leaders like him.

He urged the…

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2023 Presidency: Why I haven’t declared – Fayemi

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As more prominent men in Nigeria continue to declare their 2023 presidential ambition, Governor Kayode Fayemi has revealed why he is yet to his interest known.

Fayemi who is also All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain said he has not declared his interest because consultations are still on.

The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) spoke after a visit to Ondo State on Thursday.

Fayemi consulted Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, the South-West Governors Forum Chairman.

He also met the Olowo of Owo, Oba Gbadegesin Ogunoye III; the Deji Of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi; the Osemawe of Ondo, Oba Victor Ademefun Kiladejo, and Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti.

Fayemi noted that leadership is service, sacrifice and duty, “not an ambition”.

“I am not yet an aspirant. My next political move will…

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How I Learnt Of My Nomination As Buhari’s Running Mate – Osinbajo

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated that in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election, news of his nomination as running mate to then-candidate Muhammadu Buhari surprised him.

He stated that when he learnt of his nomination, he was working on a case involving a federal lawmaker’s defection before the Supreme Court.

On Wednesday, Mr. Osinbajo invited members of the State House Press Corps for breaking of fast (Iftar) at his Aguda Residence at the President Villa in Abuja.

“I was working on the case at Peniel Apartments in Abuja on December 18, 2014, when at about 1 a.m. in the morning, I received a call from Rauf Aregbesola that they were coming to Lagos to pick me.

“I said I was in Abuja. He said ‘good because you have been nominated as the vice-presidential candidate’…

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Osun 2022: We Don’t Want Inconclusive Election, Says INEC

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Professor Abdulganiyu Raji, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun State, Professor Abdulganiyu Raji, has said the Independent National Electoral Commission would conduct an inclusive governorship election in the state.

He also said the Commission would not want any disruption that could lead to an inconclusive election and assured that INEC would conduct a poll where everyone would be carried along.

This was disclosed by Raji during an implementation programme on voter’s education organised by INEC for Electoral Officers and Assistant Electoral Officers drawn from each of the 30 local government areas in the state and held in Osogbo on Wednesday.

He said after the programme, the selected officers that had been trained would return to their respective council areas and train staff under them.

According to him, the Commission was making efforts to ensure that it…

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