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Full statement COMMUNIQUE OF THE SELECTION PROCESS OF THE CONSENSUS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE THIRD FORCE IN NIGERIA CONDUCTED BY ADD Friday, 15th February 2019 ADD, Third Force Coalition adopts Olawepo Hashim as Consensus Presidential Candidate for 2019..... asks Nigerians to vote the pyramid symbol of PT in Saturday's  elections Following months of consultations dilly dally and rigmarole, the process of picking  a consensus Presidential flagbearer among new breed Presidential hopefuls of the political third force for the 2019 elections climaxed today in Nigeria as over seven million Nigerians mostly youths and women among others voted to pick a consensus Presidential Candidate At the end of voting on Thursday the poll Moderator and Spokesperson of Alliance for Defence of Democracy ADD, organisers of the third force primary polls declared Gbenga Olawepo Hashim, Presidential  Candidate of an emergent mega party, the People's Trust PT as the Consensus President

The hate we instigate against each other will not consume the land we live on, the tribe we belong or the religion we practice, it would only  consume us, the people, irrespective of tribe, region or religion. Although, I may not be able to tell you how we could solve the herdsmen problem, but i know how we won’t ever solve it. Instigating hate against each other will never solve the problem. This is something we all know, yet we continue to do the same thing over and over again. That's bad. Some myopic people are quick to claim that division is a way out. But what do they know? I will only refer them to India and Pakistan. India and Pakistan have hated each other for more than 70years. Here is why. The British colonized Indian for more than 200 years and Indians weren’t happy about it. All the people’s rage were directed at the British and to put stop to such rage, British had an idea, ‘’divide and rule’’. What does that mean? Muslims against Hindu’s, against Sikhs, ag

*Amaechi,Israali Firm in  Contract Scam Few days to the Nigerian elections,African Transparency International has raised alarm over a $195 million campaign fund scam against Buhari campaign organisation ,fingering Transportation Minister ,Rotimi Amaechi and an Israeli security firm.  The group at a press briefing in Abuja alleged that the presidential campaign of the All Progressive Congress is been bankrolled by an Israeli company with a contract interest with the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Transportation. Addressing a select group of journalists in Abuja,the Operation Director of the group,Demba Abdulahi disclosed that  HSLI Systems and Technology Limited had a $195 security waterway contract with the Nigerian government until it was terminated last year by the Federal Government. The group alleged that prior to the termination of the contract,the company had been paid $50 million which was never refunded,submitting that the said payment is allegedly being diverted to f

The weekly social media rating of presidential candidates engagements on the popular online platform, Facebook, on Tuesday showed that the candidate of Peoples Trust (PT), Mr. Gbenga Hashim is still leading as most popular Presidential candidate online 3 days to the 2019 Presidential election. The latest data shows that Mr. Hashim leads the incumbent President and All Progressive Congress APC’s Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari and major opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Mr Hashim who first overtook President Buhari and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on 10th December 2018 has remained on top with the highest engagements on social media consecutively ever since. Going by the data on Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 in Abuja, Gbenga-Hashim recorded Facebook engagements in excess of 63,000 this week, while Atiku Abubakar who came behind him, recorded 56,000+. Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhamm

There is a wise saying that goes thus, "only foolish people take the same action that has consistently failed them and expect positive outcome". Nigeria today is at a crossroad, no thanks to the incompetent and failed leadership of the political elites that have been taking turns among themselves to enslave Nigerians since 1999, I mean both the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressive Congress. These two parties and their candidates, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and President Muhammadu Buhari respectively, have been going about spending public funds to convince Nigerians to vote them in the February 16 Presidential election even though they both have damaged antecedents and they naturally should be begging a judge to reduce their jail terms if it were in saner climes. Atiku Abubakar was Vice President for 8 years and was notorious for looting everything he came in contact with, including funds for Petroleum Development Trust Fund. His colleague in looting and American Co

...as Dan Suleiman uncovers plot to split the region  By Our Reporter Barely a few days to the presidential election, leaders of the Middle Belt and groups in the region have reiterated their support for the candidate of the People's Trust (PT), Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim. The leaders who addressed hundreds of groups that converged on Abuja took a swipe at politicians who are allegedly causing divisions within their fold. They insisted that Olawepo-Hashim remained their choice for the presidency and would vote for him in the scheduled  February 16 election. The Middle  Belt leaders included, among others, Air Commodore Dan Suleiman (retd.), Dr Musa Moda, Elizabeth Jibrin, Dr Emmanuel Enecheyo, Dr Ene, Captain Agada Joe (retd.), and Hon. Jonathan Asake. They said they had resolved to leave no stone unturned in actualizing the political emancipation of the region. They claimed that the reported Middle Belt endorsement of the the presidential candidate of the People&#

The Guild of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria has urged all stakeholders in the coming elections to play by the rules and ensure free and fair elections nationwide. In a statement signed by the president of the association, Mr Chris Kehinde Nwandu, the association urged politicians not to see the coming elections as a do or die affair. “This is an opportunity for electorates to exercise their civic responsibility to select leaders without fear of violence. Violence is inimical to conducting a credible election. Politicians are therefore advised not to heat up the polity or incite their followers to violence,” the statement says.  The Guild also urged INEC to remain as an unbiased umpire, saying: “We strongly believe that INEC should be completely independent. On no account should INEC be perceived as being biased by either the electorates or election observers. “We urge everyone to vote because bad politicians are not born, they are created by some good people who don’t vote.

National Human Rights Commission( NHRC ) has condemned in strong terms the statement credited to the Kaduna State Governor ,Mallam Nasir El-Rufai warning that foreigners who interfere with the forthcoming elections 'will go back in body bags.' In a statement by the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu Esq in Abuja Friday, the Commission called on politicians to refrain from actscapable of instigating violence ahead of the elections. According to the Commission the Kaduna State Governor's statement is unacceptable and should be condemned by all and sundry. The Commission calls on the governor to retract the statement in the light of the dangerous signal it could send to both Nigerians and the international community. The Commission stated that it will invoke the weight of the legal instruments within its mandate on the governor and any other persons who may indulge in such hateful statements in the name of politics. It calls on the international obs