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Bauchi Fraud: How APC headquarters cheated candidate who won party’s primaries Despite winning the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primaries in six of the seven local government areas of Bauchi North, the winner’s name was substituted without any reason, PREMIUM TIMES findings show. Usman Tuggar was one of the five aspirants who sought to represent the ruling party in the Senate from Bauchi North. Mr Tuggar won the primaries held on October 3 in six local government areas: Itas/Gadau, Zaki, Jama’are, Giade, Gamawa and Shira. His closest challenger, Mohammed Bulkachuwa, won narrowly in Katagum local government by 7,263 votes to 6,278. In total, Mr Tuggar scored 71,508 votes while Mr Bulkachuwa scored 16680 votes. None of the other three aspirants scored up to 10,000 votes in total. Mr Tuggar’s victory at the primaries was also ascertained by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), whose officials monitored the primaries. In a document...

BREAKING News!!! “You Never Joined The ArmyWith WAEC Certificate: You Were Selected From College. Nigerian Army To Buhari. The Nigeria Army has finally broken its long silence over the educational qualifications of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) by asserting that the retired general actually entered the Army from secondary school. Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Olajide Laleye, told a crowded press conference on Tuesday that the Army holds General Buhari in high esteem and would not like to be dragged into any controversy concerning the eligibility or otherwise of the retired general to occupy any public office. Laleye stated, however, that the Army decided to speak now to douse the controversy over-shadowing the politician’s educational qualifications and to halt the avalanche of requests from numerous individuals and corporate bodies to the military asking for the records. He stated that APC P...

If you have a daughter or a sister who's grown, check on them. Give them money to buy pads,under wears maybe toiletries. Females sometimes would never ask for these things but they genuinely need them. If you have friends who are students, call them sometimes, check on them. If you have #500 or 1k you ain't using currently, give them. Life as a student sometimes gets really tough. If you have friends who are currently not working or jobless. Call them sometimes when you going for a shelve, let them be shelve while you pay or maybe when recharging your phone, send them a 100 or 200 airtime. It may be nothing to you but sure means a lot to a jobless fellow, their ego wouldn't permit them to ask for it though. When your friends are into business, patronize and support them even when it means adding a little tip for them, pls do it. It wouldn't cost you much. Instead of buying beer for your friends, why dont you buy them food? Sometimes, our friends, colleagues ma...

Top 5 Qualities of Good Political Leader. Deciding which candidate to vote into office is simply a matter of party affiliation for many people. Others, however, cast their votes based on specific characteristics they look for in their candidate of choice. So what are the qualities or characteristics good political leaders should possess? 1. Honesty Being honest can sometimes be difficult because it makes individuals vulnerable.  It reveals who we really are and discloses our mistakes, which gives others the opportunity to criticize or reject openly. Honesty develops character and builds credibility and trust, which are the foundation to evoke confidence and respect from those around you, and in the case of political leaders, teammates and constituents. 2. Compassion Compassion is the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something to alleviate that suffering. While many see compassion as a weakness, true compassion is a characteristic t...