TOP 10 NEWS MAKING THE ROUNDS IN NIGERIA TODAY,  TUESDAY 

TOP 10 NEWS MAKING THE ROUNDS IN NIGERIA TODAY,  TUESDAY 

1. 2023: Nigeria Will Witness Overwhelming Transformation With Tinubu As President – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed confidence in the ability of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu to make Nigeria prosperous.

Buhari expressed optimism that Tinubu would continue the good works done by his administration since assuming power in 2015 if elected as the next Nigerian leader.

He said the APC candidate would do more and build on the achievements recorded by his government.

President Buhari who was represented by the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami stated this in Zamfara State when he visited the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Office in Gusau, the state capital.

He also expressed confidence that the APC would win the Zamfara governorship polls.

The president according to a statement issued by the APC Publicity Secretary in Zamfara State, Yusuf Idris Gusau commended the coordinator of Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council in Zamfara State, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle, and former governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar for their leadership roles in the Zamafara chapter of the party.

2. 2023: Bala Mohammed Raises Alarm Over Plot To Rig Elections

The Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed has raised an alarm over an alleged plot to rig during the 2023 general election.

The governor said he is aware that some agents are trying to use federal might to rig him out of office next year at the polls.

Mohammed, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to return to the office for another term of four years, said he knows President Muhammadu Buhari is a just person and he won’t give in to such pressure.

Mohammed, who said the elements at work won’t succeed, noted that the president has assured a free, fair and credible election.

The governor made the remark on Sunday when he received some members of the Bauchi State Christian Community who paid him a Christmas visit.

3. Policeman Shoots Lawyer Dead On Christmas Day In Lagos

A lawyer identified as Bolanle Raheem has been shot and killed by a policeman under questionable circumstances in the Ajah area of Lagos State.

It was gathered that the lawyer, and her husband were returning from church in their car around 11am when the police operative tried to stop them but shot at the driver.

The officer who was in the company of a team of police operatives was said to have fled the scene after shooting the woman just as she was trying to make a U-turn under the Ajah Bridge according to sources.

The woman was rushed to the hospital but was confirmed dead.

Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, described it as unfortunate and avoidable.

He however added that the affected officer has been arrested and is in custody while investigations go on.

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4. Bandits Are Our People, Vote Leaders Who Won’t Fight Them – Sheikh Gumi

Controversial and popular Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Ahmad Gumi has called on Nigerians to vote for those who will not fight bandit terrorists if elected president in 2023.

The Kaduna-based Islamic scholar made the call with the 2023 general election less than 90 days away.

Speaking during a sermon, Sheikh Gumi urged Nigerians to vote for leaders who would negotiate with bandits when elected into office.

While describing bandits as “our people,” Gumi said Nigeria’s next set of leaders should negotiate and give bandits what they want for peace to reign.

He said: “Don’t vote for those who will fight bandits. The fighters (bandits) are our people. So please vote for those who, after attaining power, will call and negotiate with our people (bandits) so as to give them what they want for peace to reign.”

5. 2023: Ortom Openly Endorses Popular Presidential Candidate

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has openly backed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, urging Nigerians to vote him to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

Speaking while praising the former Anambra State governor for visiting the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) camps in the State on Christmas day, Ortom said the LP presidential flagbearer is the best person that can help deliver Nigeria from its challenges.

While praying that God would bless Obi’s presidential ambition, Ortom said the LP candidate has the capacity to bring justice, equity and fairness.

According to Ortom: “Several presidential candidates have come here, and none of them have chosen to visit those IDPs camps and look at their plight to see how they are doing and give them hope that when they win, they will bring them succour, help, and hope.

“For you to have chosen to visit the IDPs on a Christmas day that you should be celebrating with your family, for me as a Christian, I say God will bless you and your aspirations. My prayer is that God will bless your aspiration to be the president of this country.

“Because I have seen capacity, faith, and hope, and I have seen someone who can bring the required equity, justice, and fairness that I have been pursuing since I became governor in 2015. If I were not in PDP, I would have been following you all over the place to canvass and vote for you.

“But, because I’m in PDP, I’m telling Nigerians that this man can help deliver this country from its challenges.”

6. IGP Reacts To Killing Of Lagos Lawyer, Bolanle Raheem

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has described the Christmas day killing of a Lagos lawyer, Bolanle Raheem as sad and unfortunate.

The IGP in a statement on Monday released by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi said a speedy investigation into the matter has been ordered.

He also commiserated with the family, friends, and colleagues of the slain lawyer and assured that justice will be served as the officers responsible for the unprofessional act have been arrested.

The IGP further warned men and officers of the force that no unprofessional act from them would be tolerated.

7. APC Inherited Insecurity, Critics Of President Buhari Not Fair – APC Chieftain Declares

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) has risen to defend President Muhammadu Buhari saying that all his critics concerning the state of insecurity in the country are not being fair to his administration.

According to the Director of contact and mobilisation for the Tinubu/Shettima presidential campaign council for the North West, Aminu Sani Jaji, the APC deserved reelection by Nigerians because the party under President Buhari has tried in the area of securing the country.

Jaji, who is a former lawmaker told pressmen in Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State, during a press briefing that the APC inherited the insecurity situation in the country, therefore any insinuation that insurgency and insecurity started under President Buhari’s administration won’t be fair to him.

Jaji submitted that the responsibility of securing lives and properties is a duty of all, including the opposition parties.

Jaji, while canvassing support for the APC said Nigerians had quickly forgotten that the discovery of oil in Gombe State was achieved during President Buhari’s tenure which he said was another milestone achievement by the APC-led administration in the country.

He predicted that indication shows that the APC will run away with a landslide victory in the forthcoming general elections.

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8. More Nigerians Would Be Thrown Under The Poverty Bus” – NLC Rejects CBN Naira Withdrawal Limit

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the naira withdrawal limit recently announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria would bring more hardship to citizens of the country, particularly the masses.

The NLC through its president, Ayuba Wabba said the implementation of the policy is ill-timed because most rural areas do not have technological facilities to support transactions of such type of business activities.

He said some local government areas in some states at the moment do not even have functional banking services and have to rely heavily on cash transactions to carry out day-to-day business activities.

Wabba added that the business of Point of Sales (POS) operators who rely on it for survival is also threatened.

The CBN had initially announced a limit of N100,000 per week for individual cash withdrawals and N500,000 ceiling for corporate cash withdrawals but following major outcries, the apex bank reviewed the limit to N500,000 and N5 million for individuals and organizations respectively.

While acknowledging the fact that the policy is targeted at stopping those manipulating the system for money laundering, it has become a case of trying to kill a fly with a machine gun.

The NLC president, therefore, called for a total review of the policy.

9. 2023: Details Of Presidential Candidate Wike May Support Emerges

Ahead of the planned revelation by Governor Nyesom Wike on the presidential candidate he would support in 2023, indications have suggested he may be pitching his camp with the All Progressives Congress flagbearer, Bola Tinubu.

Amidst the lingering face-off between the G5 Governors and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wike last week disclosed he would be revealing the presidential candidate that would get his support by January 2023.

The Rivers Governor said not only would he disclose his preferred presidential candidate in January, but he would also campaign for him.

The G5 Governors consisting Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia); Samuel Ortom (Benue), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) have insisted except the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu must step down from his position as a condition for supporting the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

However, fresh information suggests Wike may be supporting Tinubu of the APC, which will make the 2023 presidency a bigger up-hill challenge for Atiku and the PDP.

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A member of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) who spoke to Daily Independent on the condition of anonymity said on Sunday that they are confident Wike and his loyalists will support Tinubu.

10. ‘Your Christmas Message Ungodly’ – APC Fires Kukah Over Comments On Buhari

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, over his comments on President Muhamadu Buhari.

The ruling party was reacting to the emotional Christmas message at St. Mary Catholic Church, Sokoto, titled, ‘Let us turn a new leaf,’ on Sunday.

In the message, the fiery cleric criticised President Buhari over his failure to fulfill his 2015 electoral promises to Nigerians, saying that he will be leaving Nigerians more vulnerable than he met them eight years ago.

Reacting in a chat with The Punch on Sunday evening, the Director of Publicity for the APC, Bala Ibrahim, described Kukah’s Christmas message as ungodly and not objective.

The APC chieftain said Kukah was not been fair to Buhari, saying that the cleric should rather appreciate the President for the way and manner he handles the country.

Ibrahim said Kukah was wrong to have insinuated that Buhari has used public office or his position to access better healthcare abroad, adding that the cleric should always consult with his conscience before criticizing the President.

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He asserted that the government has not been bearing the cost of medical attention President Buhari has been getting abroad, adding that Buhari has not taken advantage of Nigerian healthcare for the betterment of his own health.