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APC abandoned me , says Oshiomhole
This is a man who knows the meaning of friendship. He (Wike) also identified with people when they are in distress.
A former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, lamented that his party abandoned him after his removal from public office.
Adams Oshiomhole was removed as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on June 16, 2020, when the Abuja Court of Appeal upheld his earlier suspension by an FCT High Court. His suspension originated from a vote of no confidence by his ward in Edo State.
Speaking at a ceremony in Benin City, where Governor Monday Okpebholo handed over 54 heavy-duty trucks to the 18 local government areas, Oshiomhole said that he was shocked the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, called him to commission a flyover project.
“This is a man who knows the meaning of friendship. He (Wike) also identified with people when they are in distress.
“After I was dismissed as National Chairman of the APC, even after I led them to victory, I became lonely and abandoned by my own party. People were even afraid to visit me because it could be termed anti-party.
“I got a call from a Nigerian who identifies with those who are lonely, and he invited me to Port Harcourt to commission a flyover. Wike honoured me by giving me the highest honour of the River State. He also renewed my hope.”
Politics
Atiku’s campaign promises (2): ” I’ll reopen borders if elected president 2027
Atiku made the pledge while addressing supporters in a video circulating online and shared by ADC chieftain, Dele Momodu, on Friday.
The African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has said he will reopen Nigeria’s land borders if elected president in the next year general election.
Atiku made the pledge while addressing supporters in a video circulating online and shared by ADC chieftain, Dele Momodu, on Friday.
Atiku said that the closure of Nigeria’s borders with neighbouring countries had negatively affected transborder trade and contributed to unemployment among young people.
“The Northern states is bordering Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Benin Republic. And you close all those borders. All our young men who are doing trading between these countries, they carry goods across, they do this and that, all what we call transborder trade is a legitimate business,” Atiku said.
He said many young people who previously operated businesses with capital running into millions of naira had been forced out of business following the border closures.“All the upcoming young men and women who used to have a capital of 10 million, 20 million, and they were employing two, three other people, and then all of them went bankrupt and unemployed. How can there be security?” he asked.
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Governor Fubara Tasks Judges on Rulings That Advance Development
Governor Fubara gave the charge while declaring open the 66th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Port Harcourt.
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has urged judges to consider the overall impact of their judgments on the polity and national development.
Governor Fubara gave the charge while declaring open the 66th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Port Harcourt.
Fubara noted that law and order, including national development, were closely linked to the quality of justice delivered by the courts.
He charged judges to ensure that truth prevailed at all times, irrespective of the status, influence or social affiliations of parties appearing before them.
Politics
[UPDATED] 2027: APC dismisses report of campaign council list withdrawal
Morka said the party had not withdrawn the list, adding that any decision to alter it would be formally communicated by the APC.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed reports that it withdrew its list of members of the 2027 presidential campaign council, describing the reports as rumours.
Felix Morka, national publicity secretary of the APC, made the clarification in a statement to media houses this morning.
Morka said the party had not withdrawn the list, adding that any decision to alter it would be formally communicated by the APC.
“Those reports are rumours,” Morka said.
He added that any changes to the campaign council list would be officially announced by the party
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