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Ojy Okpe: Do you still plan on having a male child? Dangote:
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Ojy Okpe: Atiku said he would restore subsidy. You said you would not. Peter Obi: Me and Atiku are saying the same thing. Ojy Okpe: No. You're not saying the same thing as Atiku. Peter Obi: Remember what I said. I'll deal with corruption. Ojy Okpe: Atiku is not talking about corruption.
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'They sprayed something in the cell after putting us inside, and people started falling down' - Surviving miner of the tragic illegal mining incident in Niger State indicts NSCDC officials during Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo's visit to some of the survivors who are currently with the DSS.
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BREAKING: APC governors hold a closed-door meeting at the Imo State Governors' Lodge in Abuja. The governors are expected to release a statement distancing themselves from any political alliances that could undermine the President’s interests or weaken APC candidates at all levels. This is seen as a direct response to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike's rainbow coalition, which has set some APC governors against the minister for sponsoring candidates who had lost in the APC under the PDP platform.
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If the president had wanted to win the Osun State election at all costs, I would be involved, and I would have been there, and Governor Adeleke would have known that it would have been different. - FCT Minister Nyesom Wike says Governor Adeleke’s victory was evidence that the federal government did not use its influence to manipulate the election in favour of the APC.
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The Benin throne is non-partisan, but we don't see any need to change for the sake of change. If the head is doing well, why change for the sake of change? - Oba of Benin, HRM Oba Ewuare II, endorses President Tinubu for a second term during the visit of President Tinubu’s Campaign DG, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, to his Palace in Edo State.
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Only six APC governors from the 19 northern states supported President Tinubu to get the APC presidential ticket in 2023. - Vice President Kashim Shettima revealed at the turbaning of Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq as the Sardauna of Ilorin in Kwara State
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Peter Obi: We will have dual transmission in the 2027 presidential election. The one for INEC (IReV) and the one where people can see it. Q: But you promised to flood the election with so many IReV. Are you planning a parallel INEC? Peter Obi: No. What I mean is that in every polling unit, we'll have a system that transmits the results to the NDC situation room.
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In 2014, Amaechi defined who a brother is. Other speakers didn't want to call his name. Well, I have the capacity to call his name all the time. Amaechi defined a brother as one who identifies with us in terms of problems. He said brotherhood is not blood relation. So, we are going to copy that definition for the 2027 presidential election. Amaechi said Jonathan never cared for us and that Buhari was our brother because he would identify with us. If that's the case, he now wants to run for Vice President. When he was minister, what did he do for us? Rather, he took the transportation university to Daura in Katsina State, thinking that it would make him president. Did they make him president? Now, Asiwaju has identified with us. Our sons are now Vice Chancellors of the University of Port Harcourt and the newly established University of Environment, which Amaechi denied us. That means Tinubu is our brother, and we have adopted him as our brother. So, we are going to follow Amaechi's definition and vote President Tinubu over him and the ADC. - FCT Minister Nyesom Wike takes a swipe at ADC Vice Presidential Candidate Rotimi Amaechi
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I can't be President Tinubu’s campaign DG because I'm not a member of the APC. People don't understand. It's not that one is not qualified. Who's more qualified than me? Even if Mr. President calls me, I'll say no and tell him why. In 2015, the Minister of Transport was the governor of Rivers State. He was the DG of Muhammadu Buhari. Before you knew, I pulled the carpet off his feet. He lost. He didn’t get 25 percent. In 2019, he was Minister of Transport; he became the DG, and he lost his state too. Bukola Saraki was the DG of Atiku campaign in 2019. He was running around doing ‘Atikulated’, I called him, ‘Why are you doing Atikulated? Go home!’ He lost his state! Lost his own seat, too! In 2023, Aminu Tambuwal became DG of Atiku. He lost his state! In the same 2023, Lalong was the DG of APC, the present president. He lost his state! I don’t want to lose my state! I will be in my state. I have two states: FCT and Rivers. What is important is that you are able to deliver those two states. So it is not about being DG. If you are DG and you don’t win your state, what is the essence of the DG?” - FCT Minister Nyesom Wike responds to a question on whether he would have wanted to be DG of the APC presidential campaign council.
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I won't answer any question from Rufai. I only talk to reasonable human beings. I won't talk to someone who describe people as 'Gbewudani'. - FCT Minister Nyesom Wike's media aide, Lere Olayinka, refuses to answer a question from Rufai, prompting the interview to end abruptly.
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When Buhari got the ticket, there was an issue with campaign funding, and Buhari was not a money person. So Timipre Sylva and I went to see one of the big-time rich people and held the meeting on his yacht because the man didn't want to be seen with Buhari's people. After the meeting, he agreed to support Buhari with funds, but while coming out of the yacht, a police officer saw us. Timipre was worried that the meeting would get to Jonathan’s ears, and it did. The man was summoned to Abuja and threatened, and that was how we lost that funding. That was when we went to Tinubu and explained the issue to him. Through him, we raised sufficient funds to run Buhari's campaign. Not only that, Osinbajo ran a separate campaign from Buhari, and it was also funded by Tinubu. Bola also hired consultants from America who were doing professional work on Buhari's image. They were the same people who ran Obama's campaign, and I know that cost him over N2 billion. Whenever there was a need for expenditure, he didn't go to the campaign purse. He spent from his own purse. - Former SGF Babachir Lawal
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El-Rufai and Tinubu were never friends. It got to a stage where El-Rufai went to Lagos and tried to undermine Tinubu at a conference where he boasted about dealing with godfathers - Former SGF Babachir Lawal spoke on claims that El-Rufai led the Northern governors to support Tinubu in 2023
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On the day of the APC convention in 2014, the North West was supporting Kwankwaso and Atiku while the South West was waiting for Tinubu's direction. The South East was supporting Okorocha, and he was likely to win the presidential ticket based on our numbers. So we decided to visit Governor Nyako and Governor Wamakko to convince them to support Buhari. They didn't listen much, so we went to Tinubu at night. We met with him, showed him the data on Buhari's previous votes in the North, and convinced him to align the South West with Buhari. That night, Bola didn't sleep. He went back to Governor Nyako and Governor Wamakko and persuaded both to support Buhari. That was when we got the North West votes back for Buhari. At the convention, Buhari had the North West and South West and picked up votes from other zones while the other candidates split the remaining votes. So anytime Buhari complained about Tinubu, I would bring up the history, and Buhari, being a man of conscience, would agree. The complaints were about Tinubu's upbringing and education. He had access to files on Tinubu, but I told him, "You knew all this when you asked for his support, and he gave it to us. So why bite the finger that fed us?" Buhari agreed and changed. I was one of the people who knew firsthand what Tinubu did to facilitate Buhari's presidency, and I never let Buhari forget it. - Former SGF Babachir Lawal
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President Tinubu did well when he called me to say he was embarrassed over the freezing of the Osun State First Bank account by the EFCC. Tinubu said during the call that the Adeleke family is well respected in Nigeria and the international community and that he won't do anything..... - Governor Adeleke spoke at the Arise TV Townhall debate for the Osun State governorship election.
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INEC is neutral. They've never intimidated anybody. If political opponents are crying wolf, maybe they're afraid of their own shadows and the uncertainties in the company they keep, not me - President Tinubu spoke to a delegation of Catholic Bishops who visited him at the Presidential Villa
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BREAKING: Governor Seyi Makinde has unveiled Lawal Daura, the former DSS DG, as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election during the APM National Convention in Bauchi State. Lawal replaces Ibrahim Adamu Bala, who was earlier announced as Makinde's running mate, but was intended to be a placeholder. The former DSS DG joined the APM a few days ago after resigning from the ADC due to losing the Katsina ADC governorship ticket.
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