Rev. Jacob Musa, the Public Relations Officer of the farmers under the name: “Buhari-Osibajo Presidential Appeal Campaign Fund,” said farmers from 10 states of the federation were planning the fund raiser
Browsing: Alhaji Mohammadu Buhari
Odigie-Oyegun, however, accused the Peoples Democratic Party of blasphemy, which he said “will punish them come February 14”, following comments from the Presidency comparing President Goodluck Jonathan with Jesus Christ
Unlike his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, counterpart, President Goodluck Jonathan, whose academic certificates were conspicuously displayed by the commission upon presentation, Buhari’s credentials were visibly without trace at the commission’s office at Area 10, Abuja
Aregbesola said the time is now for those who had in the past rendered selfless services to their fatherland by confronting dictatorial governments and installing democratic rule
It is on record that former Heads of State, Generals Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari are ardent critics of the Jonathan administration
“Today is a time to remember that we are all brothers and sisters and we are stronger when we are together, when we reach out and care for each other,” Buhari said.
He added: I wish to all the families of Nigeria this holiday season a time of peace and hope and for the New Year, a year of safety, promise and change
The PDP maintained that the description did not, in any way, compare with the many instances of vicious, malicious and provocative attacks on the person and office of President Goodluck Jonathan by the APC
The Organization has therefore challenged other competitors in the 2015 presidential race and their sympathizers to produce and propagate only the messages that will enlighten and ennoble the process of choosing the president of the world’s most populous black nation
The National Secretary of the PDP, Prof. Wale Oladipo, who stated this when he played host to the chairmen of PDP foreign chapters in Abuja, said the APC was not a political party that is really ready to offer an alternative to the teeming masses of Nigerians
This is why we endorse Nigerian Media Code of Election Coverage and pledge to co-operate with all media stakeholders to ensure that the objectives of the coverage, including the need to educate the people on the electoral process, provide informed choices, treat journalists with respect and understanding, are attained. Since we cannot blame the messenger for the message, the situation calls for the exercise of strong restraint in the issuance of messages by all interested parties
Buhari made the disclosure at a press conference in Abuja while formally unveiling Osibajo, a professor of Law as well as former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, as his running mate
APC and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as General Buhari’s running mate, is a confirmation of PDP’s stand that the APC is the personal project of a cabal commanded by Tinubu to expand his (Tinubu’s) political and economic frontiers
The news conference, which commenced at about 5pm, was the height of the waiting game for the unveiling of the vice presidential candidate
Information available on Monday morning had it that Buhari has approved the appointment of a former Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Prof. Yemi Osibajo, as his running mate
In a congratulatory letter addressed to the All Progressives Congress candidate in next year’s presidential election, President Jonathan prayed that God Almighty should grant him many more years of good health and personal fulfillment
Buhari particularly hit hard at the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for saying that his (Buhari’s) position to the effect that NNPC maintains two accounts was “a beer parlour gossip”
Governor Ahmed stated this in Ilorin during an interview with Government House correspondents on his arrival from the third National Convention of the party held in Lagos
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party urged Nigerians to ignore the widespread and misleading reports in the traditional and social media about the choice of the APC presidential running mate
A cross section of the people that spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, appealed to the contestants not to use foul language
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos by the APC.
Buhari, in the statement, said that the two historic cities were known for their rich cultural and religious heritage