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2023: Chairman Of Atiku’s Presidential Campaign Council May Dump Him As New Twist Emerges

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11 months ago

November 8, 2022

2023: Chairman Of Atiku’s Presidential Campaign Council may Dump him as new twist emerges

News ToGo reports that there has been some internal crisis in the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The PDP has been battling to pacify some aggrieved Governors but a new twist has emerged.

Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom State is threatening to resign as the chairman of Atiku Abubakar’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) if campaign funds are not released, Daily Sun has reported. Udom was said to have confided in some of his inner circle that he was frustrated by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate’s inability to release funds for campaigning in the state.

The source stated that despite the fact that the PDP is the state’s ruling party, the presidential candidate is not popular among residents, necessitating the need for his campaign to begin in earnest.

A source told Daily Sun, “At the moment, our governor has said he would not be spending a dime of the state’s funds on the presidential campaign because we don’t even have more than enough resources for our national and state Assemblies campaigns. He has even said he would rather resign than appear incompetent. He wants to campaign for Atiku but his hands are tied because of lack of funds.

“At the moment, we are waiting for the candidate to release funds so that the party can start campaigning for him here but if he doesn’t do so, then we would just focus on our National Assembly and state candidates. It is not that the governor does not support him but the fact remains that we are our governorship campaign is our priority at the moment.”

“If you go to the streets of Akwa Ibom and talk to people, you would see that Atiku is not popular among the top presidential contenders. Also, the fact that most of the billboards you see in Uyo are either for our national assembly and state candidates and the presidential candidates of other parties gives you an understanding of what is at stake.

“For instance, the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party have sponsoring billboards and pasting posters of him all over the city but that of Atiku are few because funds haven’t been released,” another source said.

But the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Ini Ememobong, said he was not aware of any such threat.

“The Governor is a gentleman and doesn’t issue threats, he discusses. He is a natural peace builder wherever he finds himself, so we know he is pursuing peace and reconciliation to help the party win,” he said.

Atiku or any of his spokesmen has not reacted to this development. It is unclear if his campaign is having paucity of funds or if there is more to this than meets the eye.

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BREAKING: Tinubu’s Minister Who Collapsed During Screening Reveals Why

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1 hour ago

October 4, 2023

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BREAKING: Tinubu's Minister Who Collapsed During Screening Reveals Why

Tinubu’s Minister who collapsed during Senate screening has revealed why it happened.

News ToGo reports that Abbas Balarabe, the newly confirmed Minister from Kaduna State, has clarified the reason behind his collapse during his Senate screening. He explained that his fainting spell was due to sheer exhaustion as he had been informed of his nomination just the previous day and stayed awake all night preparing for the screening.

Overwhelmed by the workload and lack of rest, he slumped during the session. He expressed his gratitude to the Senate, especially the senators from his state, Kaduna, for their understanding and support. Balarabe assured everyone that he was now in good health, emphasizing that his collapse was solely due to exhaustion and nothing more.

Earlier during his screening, the nominee, who had replaced former Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai, had suddenly collapsed, causing a temporary commotion in the Senate.

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BREAKING: Tinubu Makes New Appointments (FULL LIST)

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1 day ago

October 3, 2023

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BREAKING: Tinubu Makes New Appointments (FULL LIST)

President Bola Tinubu has appointed three new persons.

He wrote a letter to the Nigerian Senate to confirm the appointees as required by the constitution.

The new ministerial appointees by Tinubu are:
1. DR Jamila Bio
2. Balarebe Abbas and
3. Olawale Olawande.

The President had appoint over 40 Ministers before now making him the first Nigerian President with the highest number of Ministers. With the appointment of the three persons, the number of his Ministers would be around 50- a number no past President had matched.

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BREAKING: CSU Finally Releases Tinubu’s Record, Gender Raises Doubt

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2 days ago

October 2, 2023

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BREAKING: CSU Finally Releases Tinubu's Record, Gender Reads Female

CSU has finally released Tinubu’s records.

News ToGo learned that Chicago State University (CSU) has complied with a court order to release the academic records of President Bola Tinubu, as requested by Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the recent elections.

Following a directive from the US district court for the northern district of Illinois over the weekend, CSU provided the requested academic records.

TheCable reports that the university confirmed that the format of the certificate in question matched Tinubu’s replacement dated June 27, 1997. However, the gender raises doubt. This is because Tinubu filled ”Male” and the university in the new document addressed him as ”Mr”, but some transcripts reportedly show ”F” which suggests ”Female”. This raises doubt in the issue.

However, Atiku and his legal team are following up on the issue after alleging serious discrepancies in Tinubu’s academic records. They also claim that those inconsistencies will help them prove that he was not fit to contest for President of Nigeria.

Recall that Tinubu made serious effort to block the release of his records but the US courts ruled in Atiku’s favour. Atiku and his legal team will now go ahead to prove their case concerning the inconsistencies they discovered.