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Tinubu Meets Buhari In Katsina Following Outburst At APC Rally

Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has visited President Muhammadu Buhari at Daura, the latter’s hometown in Katsina State.

. gathered that Tinubu, paid a visit to Buhari in the company of Katsina State Governor, Bello Masari, and some APC governors on Friday night.

Although the details of the meeting could not be ascertained, it was learned that the APC presidential candidate met with Buhari over his outburst at the party’s presidential campaign rally in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Wednesday.

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It would be recalled that the two-term former governor of Lagos State at the rally in Abeokuta alleged that there was a grand conspiracy to scuttle the 2023 general election.

Tinubu declared that the current fuel crisis and naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) were parts of the plot by some people to sabotage the forthcoming polls.

Tinubu, in a statement issued on Thursday by the Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, however, rushed to exculpate President Buhari saying that the fuel crisis and the difficulties over the naira redesign policy were being masterminded by some government officials working with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general election.

Onanuga stressed that Tinubu re-echoed what is well-known and acknowledged by Buhari that there are fifth columnists in and outside of the government who often work against good intentions and programmes of the government.

He, however, noted that Tinubu did not blame or accuse Buhari for the current challenges in the country, adding that “no political blackmail and an attempt to create a conflict” between the APC presidential flag-bearer and the President would succeed.

The presidency has yet to speak on the development as of press time.

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Open Letter To President Tinubu Over Perceived Political Witch-Hunt Of Yahaya Bello – Lifestyle Nigeria

On the 27th day of January 2024, Yahaya Adoza Bello handed over to Ahmed Usman Ododo as Governor of Kogi State.

Few days to the said handover date, rumors were spreading that EFCC was planning to arrest and or invite Governor Bello over some alleged corruption or fraud that had to do with the notorious 20 billion bailout fund, diversion of N80b Local Government or security funds; etc.

Rumors were also circulating that the Chairman of EFCC sent text messages inviting the former Governor, but no indication or evidence of an invitation letter delivered to Alh Yahaya Bello.

Curiously, on the 5th day of February 2024, and to confirm some of the rumors, EFCC filed an amended charge, wherein the name of Alh Yahaya Bells was included in the charge; though not as a party, but was accused of misappropriating about 80billion Naira sometime in 2015,when he was not Governor of Kogi State.

One wonders how possible this could have happened, which gave credence to the notion that EFCC was on political  witch-hunt.

Strangely, while the controversy on the 2015 was raging, EFCC in her desperate attempt, that further exposed her as an agency on a hatchet mission, and as an afterthought, filed another Charge against Yahaya Adoza Bello at another FHC; wherein the 2015 date was changed to February 2016. The question still begging for answer is; how possible for a regime that was sworn in on the 27th day of January 2016 misappropriated or laundered about 80 billion Naira in February 2016, when the budget of Kogi State for the year 2016 was not near 80billion Naira???

It is indeed ridiculous, a mockery of any  so called anti-corruption fight, and an embarrassment to Nigeria. This appears to give credence to the belief that EFCC is clearly working outside her mandate( if any) and only out for persecution, witch-hunt, and other primordial, political agendas.

Ironically, Yahaya Bello’s administration was adjudged the best administration in the history of Kogi State. It was also believed that despite the meager resources available to the state, it was optimally utilized to address the issues of security, infrastructure, education, health, etc, to the extent that the government received accolades from the World Bank, other international organizations, and even the Country’s National Intelligence Agency ( NIA ).

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President Tinubu Endorses Tunde Onakoya’s Attempt to Break the Record for the Longest Unbeaten Chess Marathon

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President Bola Tinubu and other prominent citizens have backed chess Grandmaster, Tunde Onakoya, in his attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest unbeaten chess marathon.

Onakoya’s 58-hour quest to break the Guinness World record for the longest unbeaten chess marathon began Wednesday April 17 at 10am in Times Square, New York and according to Tiltify, he is scheduled to conclude at 8pm on Friday (US time today).

The current Guinness World record for the longest chess marathon stands at 56 hours, nine minutes, and 37 seconds and was set by Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad of Norway on November 11, 2018.

Reacting to Onakoya’s Guinness World Record attempt, Tinubu simply wrote on X, “Checkmate the world Tunde Onakoya.”

Vice President Kashim Shettima added, “We are not only proud of the ambition of the chess maverick, Tunde Onakoya, in his attempt to break the Guinness World record for playing chess for 58 hours without losing a game, but also of his humanitarian interventions and his representation of Nigeria on the global stage through this game of brilliant minds.

“Mr Onakoya is a symbol of excellence and resilience that distinguishes Nigerians both at home and abroad and we stand with him in spirit as he captivates the world from Times Square, New York City. Go, make history and inscribe our name in gold.”

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwoolu, also tweeted, backing Onakoya to set the new record.

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Court Upholds Ganduje’s Suspension As APC Chairman

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A High Court in Kano State has issued an ex parte order, restraining the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, from acting as the National Chairman and member of the party.

Lifestyle Nigeria reports that the court ruled that Ganduje should refrain from presiding over the affairs of the National Working Committee of the party, pending the determination of the substituted motion of his suspension.

The order was granted by Justice Usman Malam Na’abba on Wednesday, following an ex parte motion filed by Dr Ibrahim Sa’ad, on behalf of two executive members of Ganduje’s ward in Dawakin-Tofa Local Government Area. The plaintiffs were part of the nine ward executives who suspended Ganduje.

The court also directed the APC NWC, APC Kano State Working Committee (KSWC), and Ganduje, to maintain the status quo ante bellum as of 15th April 2024, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit on 30th April 2024.

The court further held that the State Working Committee must not interfere with the legally and validly considered decision of the executives of Ganduje’s ward, essentially on action endorsed by a third majority of the executives as provided by the party constitution.

The matter has been adjourned till April 30th for a hearing.

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