The Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has disclosed that if the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, should emerge winner of the 2023 presidential election, the existence of the country might be threatened. Giwa stated that Nigerians should be vigilant in preventing the APC from regaining power in order to save the country from collapsing. The pastor, who stated this on Wednesday, emphasised that an event that will recreate Nigeria for better would soon happen. He said, “This is the time reasonable Nigerians should put their heads together to resist the policies of some politicians who always think of themselves. Nigeria is above the interest of any individual. “An unexpected event will happen that will recreate and change the name of Nigeria. Until the event happens, there is nobody elected that can proffer solutions to the problems plaguing Nigeria. “I don’t care for Atiku, I don’t care for Obi, I don’t care for Tinubu. They are all birds of a feather. “More importantly, all hands must be on deck to prevent the current ruling party from manipulating its way to power again. “We should forget Nigeria if APC wins the coming presidential election. The country will be forgotten totally if APC should find its way to power again.”

•Lamido has lost his Political value– Wike •Ayu says victory certain in 25 states •Wike: Rivers PDP opposition mobilises 10million-man-march for Atiku/Okowa ATIKU ABUBAKAR, presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has headed to the UK in an attempt to resolve his rift with Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, TheCable reports. Sources close to the former vice-president said Abubakar is billed to meet with the Rivers governor on Thursday. “The PDP presidential candidate headed for London today after arriving Paris yesterday. He is billed to meet with Wike tomorrow in an attempt to resolve the issues between them,” a source said. Also, associates close to the PDP presidential candidate are not happy with the way in which Sule Lamido, former governor of Jigawa, and Babangida Aliyu, former governor of Niger, have criticised Wike and they want Abubakar to call them to order, another insider said. In an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday, Lamido said: “We should forget about Wike.” “Wike is an individual, I don’t think because he is a governor there he has control and monopoly over the peoples of Rivers,” the former Jigawa governor had said. Abubakar’s desperate move to resolve the issues between him and Wike came a day after Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), met with the Rivers governor in Paris, France. Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue; Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, and other PDP stalwarts loyal to the Rivers governor also attended the meeting. The PDP has been in turmoil since it held its presidential primary election in May. Atiku clinched the party’s ticket after the dramatic withdrawal of Tambuwal from the race. Tambuwal had asked his supporters to support the former vice-president. The crisis in the party escalated after Atiku chose Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta, as his running mate Party stakeholders had expressed concerns that Atiku ignored Wike — who was said to have been preferred by a majority of the PDP’s national working committee (NWC) members as the candidate for the position. Both men met weeks ago but they were not able to broker a truce. Lamido has lost his Political value– Wike Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has taken a swipe at the former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, saying the latter has lost relevance politically. Lamido had while speaking on Channel’s Television ‘Politics Today’ on Tuesday night said there was no need for any reconciliation between Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, saying nobody wronged the Rivers governor. But Wike in a statement through his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, on Wednesday, described the comments credited to Lamido as disgusting and disdainful. The statement reads,” We have observed with disgust the disdainful remarks made by the former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido about Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, during his recent interview on Channels television. “While, we cannot deny that Alhaji Lamido has an inalienable right to his personal opinion, we wish to declare that he, however, lacks the right to malign governor Wike, whose immense contributions to the sustenance of the Peoples Democratic Party are not in dispute. “It is rather appalling that at a time when concerted efforts are being made by lovers of true democracy and the unity of the party, to resolve some inherent contradictions plaguing the PDP, Alhaji Lamido and his cohorts, who have since lost their relevance in the polity, are busy creating friction and schism.” He said Wike has never claimed to be the custodian of the over three million votes in Rivers state. “But as the leader of the PDP and good people of Rivers State, anyone who underrates the governor’s political pedigree or dares to ignore his influence in the state and beyond will be doing so at his own peril. “We wish to remind Alhaji Lamido that governor Wike has never left anyone in doubt about his capacity to sway the voters in Rivers state in a direction that benefits the people and the state, in overall. political pedigree or dares to ignore his influence in the state and beyond will be doing so at his own peril. “We wish to remind Alhaji Lamido that governor Wike has never left anyone in doubt about his capacity to sway the voters in Rivers state in a direction that benefits the people and the state, in overall. “When he speaks, Rivers people will listen, no doubt. Perhaps, Alhaji Lamido thinks Nigerians are suffering from selective amnesia to have forgotten in a hurry, the ignoble role he and his cohorts played between 2014 and 2015, that culminated in the defeat of the PDP in the 2015 general election. “We hope that he is not up in such scheme again to cause a repeat of that history. Otherwise, if Alhaji Lamido has any modicum of conscience, he won’t be making disparaging comments about governor Wike, whom many have described as the pillar of the PDP since 2015,” he added. Continuing, he said, “We wish to state without equivocation that no well-meaning member of the PDP will describe governor Wike as ‘insignificant’ in the affairs of the PDP. With all modesty, only persons plagued by schizophrenia psychosis will ascribe any form of relevance to Alhaji Lamido, under whose leadership the PDP has woefully lost two governorship elections in Jigawa State in quick succession. “Under Lamido’s watch, as a governor of Jigawa State in 2015, the APC governorship candidate, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, scored a total 648,045 votes to defeat his PDP opponent, Malam Aminu Ringim, who scored a total 479, 447 votes. Worst still, in 2019, governor Abubakar polled 810,933, while the PDP candidate scored 288,356. “Such records depict that Alhaji Lamido cannot and does not have such political following that will benefit the PDP. Those who want electoral victory for the PDP are not dampening the morale required for a political offensive at APC, but Alhaji Lamido is cracking the wall of unity badly. “Let it be

  Indigenes and residents of Ogun State have been advised not to allow the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) deceive them again, as its period of adminstration has brought untold hardship and many regrets to the people. The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Sikirulai Ogundele stated this, during the handing over and commissioning of a borehole project donated to Lantoro community by Chief Toyin Amuzu, the candidate of the party vying to represent Abeokuta South Federal Constituency in the forthcoming general elections. Ogundele said the PDP as a party is so proud of Amuzu and other candidates whom he described as selfless individuals with the interest of the people and the betterment of their communities at heart. He advised, people of Abeokuta South local government not to miss such sincere and honest leadership exemplified by Amuzu. Ogundele said the APC got to power with concocted lies, vile propaganda and deceit but could not sustain all these, as their level of insincerity and incompetence are now very glaring to every Nigerian. He said, it wasn’t as if the PDP did not face challenges, but the party was able to match the challenges and reduce the pains of the people. The donor, Chief Toyin Amuzu who expressed shock and disappointment at the level of deprivation the people are going through especially as it concerns the availability of potable water, said he would not relent in his efforts to see a better Federal Constituency. He said, any responsible government would not play politics with the needs of the people but work assiduously for their betterment. According to him “it is not the amount of wealth that one has that would determine doing such projects or seeing others happy, but the heart willing to alleviate the sufferings of the people. Residents of Lantoro community unanimously expressed their appreciation to the donor, Chief Toyin Amuzu for his magnanimity, saying they have been neglected for too long. They promised that the water project would be well managed, stressing that such project from a private individual not holding any political position at present was a great surprise and relief to the Lantoro community.

  President Muhammadu Buhari says he remains a “disciplined soldier” of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and will, in all the coming elections, support only those candidates fielded by the party and no other. The president made his position known in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Wednesday in Abuja. The Nigerian leader also warned decamped party members and some others who are still in court against official candidates of the APC that they are on their own and nobody outside the party should link what they are doing to him The statement read in part: “The Presidency wishes to put it on record, and at the same time, reassure faithful party members that President Muhammadu Buhari remains a ‘disciplined soldier’ of the All Progressives Congress (APC). “And will, in all the coming elections, support only those candidates fielded by the party and no other. “This is a warning to decamped party members and some others who are still in court against official candidates of the APC that they are on their own and nobody outside the party tent should link what they are doing to President Buhari. “The President wishes to be quoted as saying that he is the `occupant of the high office of the President by the Grace of God who used the instrumentality of the APC to bring him to power with a historic verdict in 2015.’ “In 2019, he was returned with a bigger majority. For the first time, a non-PDP government came to power with a huge majority after 16 years of the Fourth Republic. “His constant refrain is: `I will not betray or undermine my party by supporting candidates other than those of the APC.’ According to the presidential aide, this statement is not against any particular candidate. “However, our stand is clear that only those candidates fielded by the APC will enjoy the support of the President and they are the ones he will campaign for. “However, we welcome support for our candidates at all levels by other parties. “The President says he will continue to support the party at all levels to enforce discipline, synchronisation and coordination.’’ Shehu quoted the president as directing officials in and around the Presidential Villa and all those engaging in loose talk to resist making controversial statements. He said such statements may eventually end up hurting the party and the government, thereby providing a weapon for the opposition to use against the administration, the party or its candidates in the coming elections.

  Spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Senator Dino Melaye, has said his principal will floor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State. Tinubu has been in control of Lagos State since 1999 when he was elected governor. Although he left in 2007, he still wields a large influence in the state, determining who gets what as far as politics is concerned. Speaking in an interview on Trust TV, Melaye said though Osun is the “ancestral home” of Tinubu, he was defeated by the PDP which removed his first cousin as governor. “If election is conducted in Lagos today PDP will win the election, Atiku will defeat Tinubu, Atiku was in Lagos two days ago, and he was received everywhere he goes. The people want him and he is going to win the election,” he said. Melaye also said the crisis between his principal and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State cannot derail the victory of the PDP in 2023. Melaye described the current situation in PDP as a misunderstanding that takes place in any political party after a major primary, adding that the issue would be resolved. Dino said: “There is no crisis in the PDP, the PDP is one strong political party and I am telling you that as I speak with you today there is no shaking and no cause for alarm. “Campaign starts end of September, we have one month before campaign starts, so we are not too early or too late to constitute a campaign council, I am telling you that in matter of weeks or so, the council will be announced. “I did not say there are no issues in the PDP, but there are just disagreements and I am telling you that those problems do not have the capacity to derail the success of the PDP. “The PDP is stronger than any individual, Wike is a PDP man, we respect him, and he is a man of honour. At the convention he made a commitment that he will not leave the PDP and anybody that wins the election that he would support that person and that is what we are holding on to.” Asked whether he (Wike) might remain in the PDP to work against the interest of the PDP, Melaye said the Rivers Governor is a man of honour. He said at the convention ground, Wike promised that he would not leave the party and would work with the PDP flagbearer.

  Rufa’i Alkali, national chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), says the party is in talks with Ibrahim Shekarau over his recent outburst against the party leadership. Alkali said this on Wednesday during an interview with NAN in Lagos. On Monday, Shekarau, a former governor of Kano and serving senator, accused Rabiu Kwankwaso, the party’s presidential candidate, and his group of betraying the trust reposed in them since he joined the party in March. Shekarau said since his defection to the NNPP, apart from the senatorial slot given to him, none of his supporters have been accommodated in the party. In response, the NNPP chairman said the party will not be dragged into unnecessary controversies over Shekarau’s planned defection. “On Shekarau, we respect his judgment but will not allow the NNPP to be dragged into an unnecessary controversy. We have great respect for him and he is also a person who believes in a better country. We respect his decision, whatever he has decided for himself,” Alkali said. “What is important again in politics is that if you lose, you will gain. it doesn’t mean a total loss, whatever happened, it doesn’t mean a total loss, it may be a setback.   “But for now, the situation is that we are discussing with him (Shekarau). We are sure that case is not over until it is over. “The party is working in every state of the federation to ensure that wherever there are problems, we handle those problems.”