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Wike Warns PDP Cannot Defeat Tinubu in 2027 Without Zoning Reform

by Nelson Ugwuagbo
written by Nelson Ugwuagbo

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stands little chance of unseating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election unless it urgently reviews its zoning structure.

Wike issued the warning on Monday during a live media session, expressing strong dissatisfaction over the party’s continued disregard for its constitutional guidelines on rotational leadership. According to him, the refusal to adhere to zoning principles—particularly in the selection of the party chairman and presidential candidate—played a key role in the PDP’s loss in the 2023 elections.

Reflecting on the previous electoral cycle, Wike criticized the emergence of both the party’s national chairman and presidential flagbearer from the northern region, saying it violated the party’s foundational practice of balancing leadership positions across zones. He warned that repeating such a strategy in 2027 would be disastrous.

“If the PDP isn’t careful, it will suffer the same fate. In 2023, we clearly advised that it was time to uphold our tradition—one zone cannot take both the chairman and the presidential ticket. But selfish interests took over, and the rules were ignored,” Wike said.

He further accused certain individuals within the party of manipulating internal processes to serve personal ambitions. He noted that the consequences of those actions included overconfidence and disunity, which contributed to the party’s failure at the polls.

“Before long, people had already purchased nomination forms without any agreement on zoning. When arrogance and selfishness take over, the system suffers. If we don’t learn from 2023 and commit to zoning the presidential ticket to the South, we will face the same outcome,” Wike warned.

His remarks come as former Senate President Adolphus Wabara inaugurated 41 new members into the PDP’s Board of Trustees, urging them to contribute to revitalizing the party.

Nonetheless, Wike insisted that unless the PDP takes decisive steps to correct past mistakes, its aspirations for 2027 may remain out of reach.

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Tinubu vows to put stop to petrol pump price increase

by Andrew Mailafia
written by Andrew Mailafia

President Bola Tinubu has vowed to stop the incessant increase in petrol pump price.

Speaking on Tuesday, August 15 in Abuja, the special adviser to the President on media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale said that his principal has promised to put a halt to the increasing.

Lamenting that proposed strike by the NLC is premature, he pleadedl for all stakeholders in the country to hold their peace”We have heard very recently from the organised labour movement in the country with respect to their most recent threat.

“We believe that the threat was premature and that there is a need on all sides to ensure that fact-finding and diligence is done on what the current state of the downstream and midstream petroleum industry is before any threats or conclusions are arrived at or issued.”

Stressing Tinubu asssurance that thr NNPC Limited will not increase in the pump price of petroleum motor spirit anywhere in the country, Ngelale further emphasized that Tinubu is determined to maintain competitive tension within all sub-sectors of the petroleum industry.

“We repeat, the president affirms that there will be no increase in the pump price of petroleum motor spirit.”

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Tinubu names Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff, Akume as SGF

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as his Chief of Staff.

The president also named George Akume Secretary to the Government of the Federation(SGF).

Mr Akume, a former governor of Benue State, is the immediate past minister of special duties in the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari.

In the same vein, Mr Tinubu, in a statement on Friday signed by Abiodun Oladunjoye, director of information in the State House, named Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia as the deputy chief of staff in the office of the Vice President.

Read the full statement below:

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS FEMI GBAJABIAMILA COS, SEN. IBRAHIM HADEJIA, DCOS, GEORGE AKUME, SGF

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Friday in Abuja announced the appointment of Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff, and Sen. Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, as Deputy Chief of Staff.

In a meeting with Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), the President also named former Governor of Benue State and immediate past Minister of Special Duties, George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).

Abiodun Oladunjoye
Director, Information.
June 02, 2023

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APC Postpones Presidential Campaign Indefinitely

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the kick-off of its Presidential Campaign indefinitely.

This was announced by the APC’s Presidential Campaign Council.

The Campaign which was slated to begin Wednesday, 28th September, 2022 will take a pause due to some inner party issues.

Director-General, of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong disclosed this in a statement Tuesday.

According to him, the adjustment of the timetable and schedule of activities is in order to accommodate growing interests showing by various political tendencies in being party of the campaign council.

In his statement, he said that a new date for the kick-off would be announced soon.

Governor Lalong stated that the adjustment was in order to accommodate growing interests showing by various political tendencies in being party of the campaign council.

The statement reada; “Recall that we had earlier earmarked a peace walk and prayers for Wednesday, September 28, 2022, to officially kick-off our campaigns for the 2023 Presidential Elections.

We had also announced that the members of the Campaign Council report at the Campaign Headquarters on that day to collect their letters of appointments.

“However, due to the expansion of the list to accommodate more stakeholders and interests within the APC family, we have decided to adjust the time-table of these activities in order to ensure everyone is on board before activities officially commence.

Consequently, the activities earlier announced for the 28th of September will no longer hold.

As the ruling and most attractive party in Nigeria, we understand the sacrifices and understanding of our teeming members who are more than willing to volunteer themselves for this great task ahead.

It also shows the enormous love that the party members have for our candidates

“A new date and time-table of events will be announced soon”.

Many on Twitter have however opined that the postponement was due to rumours that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of APC, has underlying health issues, therefore making him unfit to begin campaigns immediately.

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Tinubu To Unveil Shettima As Running Mate on Wednesday

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to unveil Senator and ex Borno governor, Kashim Shettima tomorrow as his running mate.

According to a statement on Tuesday morning signed by the party’s National Organizing Secretary, Sulaiman Muhammad Argungu, the unveiling event will take place at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja at 11:00am.

“All Members of the National Executive Committee (NEC), Members of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Members of APC Caucus in the National Assembly, Members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Presidential Aspirants at the June 2022 Special National Convention, APC State Chairmen, APC State Secretaries and APC State Organizing Secretaries, are, hereby, invited to witness this landmark Official Unveiling of our Great Party’s Vice Presidential Candidate,” Argungu said.

This is coming five days after the APC postponed the unveiling with no reason given for the shift in date. Shettima was meant to have been presented to party members at the APC national Secretariat on July 14, but an APC official told reporters the event has been moved forward.

Tinubu had revealed to news men July 10, that Shettima was the chosen one after a close door meeting, he had with President Buhari in Daura, Kastina State.

The ruling party has continued to receive lots of criticisms from concerned Nigerians, religious leaders, opposition parties and the Christians Association of Nigeria for its choice of the former Borno governor as running mate. The backlash is due to the fact that both Tinubu and Shettima are Muslims, therefore their ticket does not take into consideration the religious diversity of the country.

However, the camp of the former Lagos State governor have defended their choice, saying Shettima was the preferred choice because of his quality and not his religious identity.

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Mushroom parties, You’ll labour till death, Tinubu attacks PDP, LP

by Leading Reporters
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Ahead of the governorship election in Osun State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party LP, in the state.

Tinubu said the PDP and Labour Party will labour till death.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had scheduled the Osun State governorship election to hold on July 16.

Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola is seeking to return to power for his second term, while Ademola Adeleke of the PDP is the front runner for the gubernatorial race.

LP has Lasun Yusuf as its governorship candidate.

However, Tinubu dismissed the possibility of PDP and LP giving the APC a stiff contest.

Speaking at the party’s mega rally, he described PDP and LP as “mushroom parties”.

He urged residents of Osun State to consider their future and vote for APC.

According to Tinubu: “I ask you to please do the same thing you did in Ekiti. Come out with your PVCs and vote massively for APC.

“The voting is now in your hand. Be very vigilant. Be watchful. You will not do it in vain.

“Think about your children and vote accordingly so you can see the future. Come out en masse. Don’t mind PDP and other mushroom parties — parties like Labour; they will labour till they die. God will not make you labourers.”

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