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APC in Terse Press Conference, ‘Attacks’ Arise Correspondent for Asking for a Change in Language

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3 weeks ago

February 28, 2023

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By Eric Elezuo

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has held a press conference in Abuja, where they addressed the state of the ongoing vote Collation exercise, and the call by some political parties to cancel the entire electoral process and remove the present Independent National Electoral Commission chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu.

During the conference, which appeared terse, the APC chieftains, led by media adviser to the presidential campaign council, Dele Alake, the party expressed their disdain to the call for cancelation, saying that there is no election that is perfect.

Alluding to Nigerians with languages ranging from ‘ignorant’, ‘common sense’ and more, the APC agreed that no one has the monopoly of violence.

During question, Arise TV correspondent had pointed out that the language being used by the men on the table was not appropriate considering that they are on live broadcast. She had barely finished when she descended on, and shouted down by the chieftains. Most of them including Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, who repeated muttered that the correspondent was rude, and has no right to tell them how to address their press conference, were placate by Mr Dele Alake, who led the team.

The APC believes that their candidate has already the election, and called on the candidates of the PDP and LP to call and congratulate their candidate.

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NLC Directs Workers to Shut Down CBN Offices Nationwide

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12 hours ago

March 22, 2023

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The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed workers to picket all offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) nationwide starting from next week, over the lingering cash crunch in the country.

The NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, gave the directive while addressing a press conference in Abuja, on Wednesday.

The labour leader said the directive became imperative following the expiration of one week ultimatum given to the apex bank to make cash available for Nigerians.

The NLC last week gave the CBN and commercial banks a one week ultimatum to make naira notes available to workers and Nigerians.

The Congress said it would direct workers to stay at home if the apex bank fails to make the Naira notes available to Nigerians.

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Presidential Election: Peter Obi Officially Files Petition at Tribunal

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2 days ago

March 21, 2023

Eric

The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has officially filed petitions at the presidential election tribunal.

Obi filed the petition to challenge the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.

The former Anambra State governor lost the presidential election after he came third.

Obi trailed Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and winner, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

But, he had faulted the process of the election that led to Tinubu’s emergence as president.

He had vowed to challenge the process that led to the outcome of the election because he was robbed of his victory.

Spokesman of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, disclosed the submission of the petition.

“It is official the Labor Party Presidential candidate Peter OBI has filed his petition to the presidential elections tribunal in Abuja. The process of reclaiming the people’s mandate has started,” he said.

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Stop Deceiving Yourself, You Selected Yourself, Not Re-elected, Falz Tells Sanwo-Olu

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2 days ago

March 21, 2023

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Popular musician and lawyer, Folarin Falana aka Falz has tackled Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over his re-election as Governor of Lagos State.

The Governor in an appreciation post on his verified Twitter handle @jidesanwoolu thanked Lagosians for coming out in their numbers to seal his reelection.

However, his post did not go down well with Falz who promptly responded thus: “You were not re-elected. You selected yourself. Everybody saw it unfold. You are only deceiving yourselves.”

Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared Sanwo-Olu winner of the governorship poll having polled a total of 762,134 votes to win a second term of four years.

The Labour Party (LP) came second with 312,329 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) trailed in third place with 62,449 votes.