The Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described the poll suggesting the emergence of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, as the next President in 2023 as fake and biased.
The spokesman of the Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, who reacted on behalf of Tinubu, in a statement yesterday, September 15 said that the said poll is dubious and made up of unreliable statistics.
He said that the APC and its presidential flagbearer are not bothered about the fake and biased poll.
The statement read: “The attention of the APC Presidential Campaign Council has been drawn to a poll conducted by the NOI polls which made wild and incredible permutations on the presidential elections.
“We are unperturbed by these dubious and unreliable statistics because our research shows that NOI Polls have been off the mark at critical election periods in recent times.
“For example, preparatory to the March 2015 presidential elections, NOI published in October 2014 the results of a “Viability Poll” which used the concepts of Familiarity and Net Favourability Position to survey. In the results, NOI claimed that President Goodluck Jonathan has the best overall familiarity rating at 99% and Net Favourability Probability of ±25.
“By contrast, NOI dismissed the then All Progressives Congress candidate, Muhammadu Buhari as a “borderline candidate” who needed ” huge public relations” to shore up his performance.
“But when the Nigerian people went to the polls, who won? The APC candidate and now President, Muhammadu Buhari. This is not the only instance when the NOI has turned its political bias in an election period to fraudulent statistics.
“Towards the 2019 presidential elections, and knowing fully that President Muhammadu Buhari was going for re-election for a second term in office, the NOI pollsters embarked on another abracadabra. In June 2017, they issued the results of another poll, that Nigerians prefer a middle-aged president claiming that this poll was inspired by the election of Macron as the president of France and the campaign of the Not Too Young To Run.”
It added: “According to the predictable bias, NOI claimed that 64% said they would prefer to vote for a presidential candidate between the ages of 40 and 50 years and 15% preferred candidates between 51 and 60.
“In short, for a presidential candidate in his 70s running for re-election, NOI results meant certain defeat. But when the Nigerian people went to the polls on February 23, 2019, the man the NOI polls had tried to bully with statistics out of the race won again.
“It is significant that at the time NOI was generating unrealistic figures to boost the ego of President Jonathan, a more serious and independent team of pollsters- Neo-Telligence based in the United Kingdom used geo-demographics and public sentiment analysis to forecast the emergence of President Buhari.
“By contrast, their empirical analysis showed that two years before the 2015 presidential elections, Goodluck Jonathan’s public approval rating on corruption, insecurity and the economy had nosedived across most of the battleground states.”
Onanuga described NOI Polls as an anti-APC research organisation, stressing that it has chosen Obi as its preferred candidate and has decided to use fake, dubious statistics to package him to the Nigerian voters.
The council spokesman, however, advised NOI to stop sharing irresponsible, unscientific and biased statistics and polling.
“Our objective profiling of NOI Polls as an anti-APC research organisation is grounded on the aforesaid facts and that is why we believe this present report is, in the language of Nigerians, “wuruwuru to the answer”.
“The NOI has chosen the preferred candidate and has decided to use fake, dubious statistics to package him to the Nigerian voters.
“We know, as a matter of fact, the owners of NOI and where their political interest lies and wish to advise NOI to stop polluting the political system with irresponsible, unscientific and biased polling so that we don’t expose the puppeteers pulling its strings.
“Our party is putting every necessary machinery in motion to win the federal elections with a margin that will be too wide to contest. Our candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu recorded the highest votes of a senator across the country under the Social Democratic Party in July 1992. He will do it on a nationwide scale on February 25, 2023.”
The Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has dismissed as laughable, the projections in the presidential poll by Anap Foundation which concluded that the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has won the 2023 Presidential election.
The spokesperson of the NNPP Campaign Council, Ladipo Johnson, who reacted on behalf of the candidate, said that results of the poll are self seeking, self serving, misleading, inaccurate and laced with partisanship. The poll projected Kwankwaso as coming fourth in the 2023 general elections.
Johnson described the projection as bogus and misleading, adding that he watched the interview on Arise Television programme earlier in the morning when the Chairman of ANAP Foundation, Atedo Peterside could not adequately respond to, or substantiate “the sampling method used in arriving at the obviously unverifiable or concocted data”.
“His defence was rather unclear and begging the question whether the poll was authentic by telling Nigerians or whoever is not comfortable with the outcome to go do their own poll!
“I would take it with a pinch of salt. This is a known template. In this season we should expect many more dubious sounding opinions, polls etc.
“Unfortunately there are many who for parochial reasons are drawing back the development of our democracy, due to various propaganda tricks.”
According to him, the data purportedly relied upon did not go far enough in an empirical manner to show the ethnic and religious backgrounds of those polled.
He added that there was no indication as to whether those polled were artisans, educated or non educated, professional or non professional Nigerians among others.
“The poll is to say the least bogus and an attempt to create the impression that the LP candidate has the potential to succeed when in actual fact, the reality on ground is totally different.
“This is similar to a misleading poll they conducted before the Ekiti election,” he said.
According to him, in any event, the poll will succeed in giving their supporters temporary euphoria.
“On our part, we are building momentum at the grassroots level round the country and look forward to Sept. 28 when we will openly bring our positive message for a new and prosperous Nigeria where every citizen will have the opportunity for a better life, to the people of the country.
“The NNPP insists that the complete process of the poll should be published if not, the poll cannot be taken seriously.”
A few days to the beginning of the campaigns by political parties for the 2023 general elections, a private concern, Anap Foundation, has declared the candidates of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi the winner of the Presidency.
In a poll, conducted by NOI Polls Limited, Peter Obi is declared to be leading the race with 21 percent of votes in the poll against the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, coming second and the candidate of the ain opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, coming third.
In the poll result, released today, Obi’s votes give him an 8 percent lead over APC’s Tinubu and PDP’s Abubakar who each got 13 percent of the votes to end up as joint second in the poll.
The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, was fourth with three percent of the votes.
“Mr. Peter Obi’s 8 percentage point lead at this early stage is significant, but not sufficient to separate him completely from a leading pack of candidates scoring 21%, 13%, and 13% respectively,” said a statement by Anap Foundation’s President and Founder, Mr Atedo Peterside, CON.
“Undecided voters and those who prefer not to reveal their preferred candidate add up to a whopping 32% and 15% respectively.
“The gender split of undecided voters shows that 39% of women are undecided versus 27% of male voters.”
A female teacher, Joy Eze, has complained to a customary court in Jikwoyi, Abuja that her husband her husband Nuel Chukwu have turned against her and calling her prostitute.
“My husband keeps telling my children terrible things about me. He told them that I was a prostitute. He told them that all the clothes and shoes I wear were bought by my lovers.”
Mrs. Eze, in a divorce petition she filed against Chukwu, said today, September 15 that her husband has also continually refuses to eat the food she cooks, accusing he rof wanting to poison him.
“I cannot continue to live under the same roof with this man. He has stopped eating my food, when I confronted him on the issue, he said that he is aware of my plans to kill him.
”He also told members of his family that if he dies I should be held responsible,” she said.
She also told the court that Chukwu has turned the children’s mind against her.
She begged the court to dissolve the marriage and grant her custody of her children.
The husband, who is a tricycle driver, denied all the allegations even as the presiding Judge, Labaran Gusau, adjourned the matter to September 21, for further hearing.
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria, CSOs have called on the Federal Government to expunge repressive legislation and policies as part of efforts to create a favorable operational environment them. The programme manager, Global Rights, Edosa Oviawe, who spoke on behalf of other CSOs during a press briefing in Abuja, said that despite the availability of legislations and policies that currently guide the activities of the not for-profit sector, several attempts have been made by different regulatory agencies to introduce new legislations to further regulate CSOs’ operations without recourse to extant legal provisions. He expressed concerns over the poor level of awareness of existing regulations among relevant stakeholders, including CSOs/NGOs and regulators despite the existence of over a dozen legislations. “Instead, a misguided perception continues to expand the narrative among these regulatory agencies that CSOs are not adequately regulated. “Although the need for capacity improvement and enabling regulatory environment require attention to strengthen CSOs operations in Nigeria, it is, however, expedient to address the concerns around the regulatory framework as several issues embedded therein need to be clarified in order to clear the air of the current state of confusion among all concerned stakeholders. “Currently, there is no unified perspective about what should constitute a body of regulations for CSOs and this has resulted in various interpretations by different actors on how the sector should be regulated. Unless resolved and properly clarified, this issue of multiple definitions will continue to put both regulatory agencies to the boxing of CSO regulations within the broad civic space narrative, where all forms of government repressive actions to the generality of her citizens are interpreted as clamping down on civil society.” On his part, Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Alhaji Garba Abubakar, who spoke at the national conference on CSOs operational environment, said that government is working assiduously to create an enabling environment for CSOs to operate. The programme was supported by the European Union Delegation to Nigeria and West Africa and EU-Agents for Citizen-driven Transformation, ACT, Programme through a collaboration of EU-ACT Programme, Open Society Initiative for West Africa, OSIWA, and USAID-Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement, SCALE, aimed at improving the civil society regulatory environment in Nigeria. He said that in modern times, CSOs are widely understood to be the “third sector” of the economy distinct from government and business. “The topic ‘unpacking the regulatory framework for CSOs in Nigeria’ presupposes that the environment is currently tightly packed or conscripted and require loosening in order to make it more effective. “This assumption appears to be an exaggeration or untenable because Section 40 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999) as amended provides that ‘every person shall be entitled to assemble freely and associate with other persons, and in particular.’ “The person may form or belong to a political party, trade union or any other association for the protection of his interests,” he said. Abubakar said that the constitution had already unpacked the operational environment for CSOs. The deputy ambassador and head, Politics, Press and Information section of the EU, Elexandre Borges Gomes, said they are great fans of the CSOs in Nigeria and would support them to promote good governance and democracy.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved National Honours and cash awards of N200 million for Team Nigeria contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Athletics championships. Speaking at a presidential reception in honour of the athletes today, September 15 at the Presidential villa, Abuja, the President said that his Government is committed to rewarding excellence, no less for members of Team Nigeria who ignited the spirit of victory in the nation through stellar performances at international competitions. The President congratulated all the awardees and recipients, and expressed confidence that this will spur them to greater heights. The President, who described the athletes as champions, worthy ambassadors, national heroes and heroines, heaped praises on them for proudly flying the Nigerian flag in nine sporting events. ”I watched with millions of Nigerians those exciting moments when you all brought smiles to us and our homes by breaking world, national and games records, as well as achieving personal best in your careers. ”Your outstanding performances in recent times are consistent with the determination of a nation always yearning for excellent performance. ”You all, members of Team Nigeria have ignited the spirit for victory in our nation but even more you have been victorious in major sporting championships and games.
“I have followed keenly your achievements at the World Championships in Oregon USA and indeed your remarkable performance at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom. ”And I am very pleased that you displayed at both the personal and group levels great sporting talents and delivered for your country great podium performances.” The President told the athletes that their hour of sporting glory beamed the ‘‘radar of the world on Nigeria’’, adding that their exploits have gone a long way in projecting the positive image of the country. ”Twelve times the world stood still as our green, white green national flag was hoisted and the National Anthem recited. Thirty-five times we made it to the podium. You all Team Nigeria made that possible. ”You brought glory and honour to our country. And today, on behalf of the nation- I say, THANK YOU!” President Buhari called out the names of the gold winners and other medal winners, including the world champion in the 100m hurdles, Tobiloba Amusan, Ese Brume, Blessing Oborodudu , Oluwafemiayo Folashade, Taiwo Liadi, Ikechukwu Obichukwu, Bose Omolayo, Favour Ofili, Nasiru Sule, Ifechukwude Ikpeoyi, Ebikewenimo Welson, Hannah Rueben and Elizabeth Oshoba. Reiterating the commitment of this administration in providing the enabling environment for youths to ascend to the pinnacle of their chosen careers, the President expressed satisfaction with the impact the Adopt-An-Athlete Initiative of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports had on the performance of athletes. He called for more private individuals and corporate organizations to support government’s investment in sports, which has been reclassified from being a recreational activity to being a business in line with modern practices worldwide. President Buhari acknowledged the many giant strides witnessed in the sports sector under the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare and his team, commending the numerous and sustained successes recorded in the last few years. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development described 2022 as an outstanding year in the history of Nigerian sports, which shall not be forgotten in a hurry.
According to him, it is a year where many Sporting Federations have surpassed and are surpassing their previous performances, while many athletic records were broken. Highlighting the most remarkable feats, Dare said in track and field, Amusan in a span of 4 months won Nigeria’s first ever gold medal in World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA with a world record performance in an event highly dominated by the Americans and Europeans. She also successfully defended her Commonwealth Games title, which she won in 2018 in Gold Coast, with a games record in 2022 in Birmingham; and Diamond League title in Zurich, Switzerland on September 8, 2022, the Minister said, adding that this remarkable performance has never been achieved by any Nigerian in the history of our sports. The Minister said Brume, another trailblazer in Nigerian sports, won silver medal in the Women’s Long Jump event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with a games record performance. Dare recalled that the first time Nigeria won a medal in wrestling at the Olympic Games since 1952, was at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by Oborodudu, who clinched a silver medal to the admiration of the entire globe. ”In confirming that the performance was not a fluke, she won a gold medal in the Women’s 68 kg category at the just concluded 2022 Commonwealth Games.” Describing Nigeria as the best Para Powerlifting nation in the world, the Minister hailed Oluwafemiayo for keeping with this tradition by winning gold medal in the Women’s heavyweight category, setting a new world record in that class at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics and the 2022 Commonwealth Games. ”Mr. President, through the sporting exploits and excellence of the young athletes before you in this hall and several others not able to make it for this reception, Nigeria has served notice that it will not relent. ”That it will show up and compete for every laurel available not only in sports but in youth development, economic progress, social emancipation, political development and many more,” he said. The Minister thanked the President for being a great source of encouragement and support to the teeming youth in sports and other areas, saying ”this administration’s investment in youth and sports development, will continue to yield dividends years after you might have completed your term as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” He commended some well-meaning Nigerians and sports philanthropists for keying into several initiatives of the Ministry on sports development.
Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has taken the bull by the horns by going full length into partnership with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) of Morocco and the Economic Commission of West Africa States (ECOWAS).
The partners are expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the ceremony which will take place in Rabat, Morocco tomorrow, Thursday, September 15.
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPCL, Malam Mele Kyari, in preparation for the signing ceremony, paid a courtesy call on the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray in Abuja yesterday, September 13.
NNPCL and ONHYN will also sign MOUs with Mauritania and Senegal national oil companies. Both countries will participate in the trans sahara gas pipeline project. A statement about the visit to the ECOWAS Commission and the MOUs to be signed by the three countries was released through the official twitter handle of NNPC.
A statement from the NNPCL said: “in line with Federal Govt’s mandate to drive the execution of the 7000km Nigeria Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) Project, GCEO, NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari today ( Tuesday ) paid a courtesy call on the President of ECOWAS _cedeao Commission, H.E Dr Omar A. Touray. The visit was in preparation of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the NNPC, Limited and the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) of Morocco and the @ecowas_cedeao, scheduled to hold on 15 September, 2022 in Rabat, Morocco. During the visit, NNPC and the @ecowas_cedeao Commission reaffirmed their commitment towards the project, which, when completed, will provide gas to the West African countries through to the Kingdom of Morocco and subsequently to Europe.
“NNPC and ONHYM will also sign two MoUs with Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH) of Mauritania and Petrosen of Senegal, both of whom are expected to participate in the project.” In August 2017, NNPC and ONHYN began a feasibility study for the pipeline project. It is estimated to cost $25 billion dollars. When completed, the over 7,000 km long gas pipeline, ” being promoted by Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) of Morocco and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of Nigeria, will link Nigeria with Morocco, cross 11 west African countries and extend to Europe.”
“It will be the longest offshore pipeline in the world and the second longest pipeline overall. The NMGP pipeline, according to official record,” is expected to traverse 13 countries, and will help to boost local industries and economies by delivering a reliable and sustainable energy source.” It will also support industrial development and create employment opportunities. Additionally, the pipeline will provide a new avenue for countries along the route to export their gas to their neighboring countries and Europe.
A devastating flood after days of torrential downpours in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, has rendered more than 3,000 residents homeless and destroyed over 200 houses.
The executive secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Emmanuel Shior, at the monthly distribution of relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Makurdi today, September 14, said that parts of the state capital have been submerged due to flood.
Shior listed the affected parts of the city as Naka Road, Achusa Kucha Utebe, Gyado Villa, Judge’s Quarters Extension and parts of Nyiman, among others.
“We are grappling with floods that have submerged most parts of Markudi due to torrential rains.
“The flooding had never been this terrible in the past. As a stop gap, the state’s flood committee has approved the expansion of selected camps in Makurdi, Guma and Logo to accommodate flood victims.”
The Nigeria police force has launched total war against cybercrimes, which include identity theft, child sexual exploitation, cyber-stalking, cyber-bullying, credit card fraud, internet fraud and other forms of cybercrimes online
In a statement today, September 14, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, quoted the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali as having asked members of the public, who are strategic partners in security and policing of the country, to report all such cybercrimes through the Nigeria Police Force Cybercrime Reporting Portal – https://incb.npf.gov.ng, interpolnigeria@npf.gov.ng, via WhatsApp on 07043797900, and via call/SMS on 08094557845.
The statement said that Cybercrime Reporting Portal, which is domiciled at the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, will avail the Force with access to intelligence and data sharing between the 195 member countries of the INTERPOL.
According to the statement, the portal has various other resources to be enjoyed by visitors to the website, such as abridged cybercrime awareness material, online safety tips, the 2015 Cybercrime Act and Africa’s First Storified Cybersecurity Handbook – “no go fall maga”, in portable document format.
It said that the Inspector General is committed to expand the intelligence gathering capability of the Nigeria Police Force, and has therefore ordered the immediate completion of a new office complex opposite the Louis Edet House for the Force Intelligence Bureau.
“The new complex will be fitted with ICT-based state-of-the-art gadgets which will be in tune with contemporary intelligence gathering realities.
“The IGP, who is an ardent believer in the wide array of possibilities available for effective policing via intelligence gathering, has charged the Assistant Inspector-General of Police Force Intelligence Bureau (AIG-FIB), on the effective deployment of human and materials assets for effective gathering of active intelligence.
“The IGP equally tasked the AIG-FIB to commence immediate training for its officers and men on the use of the new office complex, and deployment of the new gadgets.”
“The Inspector-General of Police while reiterating the commitment of the Force to ensuring protection of lives and property, urges all stakeholders in security to ensure effective and timely dissemination of available and actionable intelligence for prompt police action with a view to achieving effective policing and public safety across the country.”
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“I have followed keenly your achievements at the World Championships in Oregon USA and indeed your remarkable performance at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
According to him, it is a year where many Sporting Federations have surpassed and are surpassing their previous performances, while many athletic records were broken.
