Politics

Do not lend Buhari any money – Bode George tells foreign nations

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6 years ago

December 3, 2019

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Chief Olabode George, a Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appealed to foreign countries not to lend President Muhammadu Buhari any money.

George said this while reacting to the $29.96billion 2016-2018 external borrowing plan sent by President Buhari to the Senate for its consideration and approval.

George said foreign nations will be laughing at Nigeria for borrowing money, as he lamented financial wastages going on in the country.

Speaking to Daily Independent, George said: “President Buhari wants to go and borrow money now. They will ask him ‘look at the wastages in your country’. Why should they give him money? They should give him nothing.

“How many African countries do you see these kinds of things? All these unnecessary adverts on CNN by Nigerian companies on products that are purely Nigerian is pure wastage.

“ABSA bank in South Africa, have you ever seen them on CNN? Yet, their capital base is bigger than all Nigerian banks put together. So, what is this egocentrism all about? There are people who are hungry in this country.

“All those money wasted on adverts will feed millions of people. I think the federal government should clamp down on them. For every one dollar, you spent on CNN adverts, you create a special purse for one dollar being put there. That money can then be used for skill acquisition for younger people. It is wasteful and egocentric.

“We are the people who are buying your products, satisfy us and stop wasting money. Your systems are not healthy, bad network, poor data services and so on.

“Look at Tony Elumelu doing adverts on CNN saying he is satisfying Africa. Has he satisfied his village? What about the poverty in his village?

“I want to go with him to his village and see the level of poverty in that place. They are making the rest of the world to hate us.”

Politics

Oriyomi Hamzat Formally Joins 2027 Oyo Governorship Race Under Accord Party

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3 days ago

January 17, 2026

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Popular Ibadan-based broadcaster and founder of Agidigbo 88.7 FM, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat has officially declared his intention to run for the 2027 Oyo State governorship under the Accord Party.

In a public declaration, Hamzat stated, “I am publicly declaring today that in 2027.

“I will not campaign for anyone or mobilise crowds for anyone.

“I will contest in the gubernatorial election under the Accord Party.”

The announcement signals Hamzat’s full commitment to his own political ambitions, stepping away from backing other candidates as he positions himself for the Oyo State governorship race.

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Rivers Crisis: Full List Of 8 Misconduct Allegations Against Governor Fubara

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2 weeks ago

January 9, 2026

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The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, has initiated impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Ngozi Odu, issuing them a seven-day notice to respond to allegations of gross misconduct.

The Assembly cited eight specific allegations of gross misconduct as the basis for the move.

This is the third time Fubara and Odu would be facing impeachment proceedings from the Assembly since coming to office in 2023.

Attempts to impeach them in 2023 and 2025, amid political feuds between the Governor and his predecessor and erstwhile political god-father, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, had been halted by presidential intervention.

Here are the allegations below:

1. Reckless and unconstitutional expenditure of public funds

2. Unconstitutional misappropriation of public funds

3. Hindering the Rivers Assembly from performing its constitutional duties

4. Illegal appointments of persons without screening by the House of Assembly as provided by the Constitution

5. Seizure of salaries and funds meant for Assembly members

6. Seizure of salaries of the clerk of the Rivers House of Assembly, Emeka Amadi

7. Refusal to implement provisions of the Constitution on financial autonomy of the legislature and the judiciary

8. Withholding of funds meant for the running of the Rivers House of Assembly Service Commission and hindering its activities

Politics

2027: SDP Will Defeat APC and Tinubu, Declares Lilian Adebayo

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3 months ago

October 30, 2025

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Lilian Adebayo, the wife of the 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, has said that the party will unseat the ruling All Progressive Party at the 2027 election if Nigerians are true to themselves.

Mrs Adebayo made this assertion known on Wednesday during an interview with journalists after an event in Abuja.

According to her, the opposition party has overcome its crisis after the expulsion of its former chairman, Shehu Gabam and others.

She said Nigerians should vote the APC out in the 2027 general election due to the hardship the party has plunged citizens into.

“There is always a crisis in the party; the SPD has been able to handle its own. The problems in the party have been resolved.

“He has a great chance of winning the election if Nigerians are honest with themselves. If Nigerians think that the ones they consistently vote for would move the country forward, they live in denial,” she concerning the husband.

Recall that SDP recently expelled Gabam and other party executives.

The party’s state chairmen on Wednesday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the police to investigate Gabam over alleged misappropriation.

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