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Wike vows to resist imposition of candidate in 2023

May 31, 2021 No Comments

Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that he is yet to nominate anyone as his successor once his tenure expires by 2023.

Wike further vowed to resist any cabal within and outside Rivers State contemplating to foist a candidate on the people of the state.

The Rivers State Governor made this remarks on Sunday at a special thanksgiving church service in commemoration of the second anniversary of his second tenure as governor at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Diobu, Port Harcourt.

“Let me say it again, I have never sat with anybody to say ‘I will make you governor.’ But as a governor, nobody from anywhere, be it in the party, in Abuja, will impose who will be the candidate of PDP in Rivers State.

Nobody can impose a candidate here in this state. So, if you are running to Abuja, you are wasting your time,” Wike clarified.

Wike reiterated that leaders and stakeholders in the state, would meet at the appropriate time to look at the pros and cons and then collectively decide who his successor will be.

The governor also urged church leaders in Rivers State to pray for a rancour-free transition ahead of 2023.

“I urge you to pray that we will have our transition very smooth. That there will be no crisis.”

Entertainment

Three Nigerian students defeat candidates from 82 countries to win global Artificial Intelligence contest

May 30, 2021 No Comments

Three Nigerian students have been crowned champions of the global cloud and artificial intelligence contest organized by Huawei Technologies.

The three students who are from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria defeated 150,000 students from 82 countries and 2000 universities.

This was confirmed by the Vice-Chancellor of the university during the 2019/2020 Huawei Nigeria ICT Competition Award and inauguration of the 2021/2022 launch ceremony in Zaria on Wednesday, May 26, Peoples Gazette reports.

Nigeria was represented at the competition by 15 students from Ahmadu Bello University, University of Port Harcourt and the University of Ibadan at the regional final.

Their good outing meant they’d go onto the global finals. At the global finals, the trio of Hamza Atabor, Emmanuel Abba, and Hamza Beira from ABU Zaria earned first prize in Network Track Globally.

Another trio of Mustapha Jimoh, Dahir Muhammad-Dahir, and Abdullahi Khalifa Muhammad then went on to win the grand prize in cloud and artificial intelligence at the global final.

Nigerians celebrated them on social media after a Twitter user @OvieAli shared the news.

ABU students win the Global Cloud and Artificial Intelligence Competition for Nigeria. They beat 150,000 students drawn from 2000 universities in 82 countries. Dahir Muhammad , Mustafa Jimoh and Khalifa Muhammad won the final for Nigeria in Global and Artificial Intelligence. pic.twitter.com/Ek4bHBYeMl
— ᴏᴠɪᴇ ™🇳🇬 (@OvieAli) May 27, 2021

Politics

I have no candidates in Lagos local council election – Tinubu

May 24, 2021 No Comments

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has denied endorsing any candidate in the July 22 local council election in Lagos State.

Tinubu, according to a statement issued by his media office, stated this in a chat with journalists at the end of a meeting with South-West governors and other APC stakeholders at the State House, Marina.

The former Lagos State governor asked those interested in contesting the local council election to follow the party’s guidelines and pursue their aspirations.

The statement read: “Unfortunately, people intent on sowing discord and undermining democracy within the party have begun to spread lies and rumours that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the GAC (Governor’s Advisory Council) have a list of preferred candidates for the upcoming primary elections and that the party will skew the primaries to benefit these people.

“We state categorically that there is no such list nor are there any plans to influence the primaries in any manner. These stories are false and mean-spirited attempts to hurt the party.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu would like it to be known, by way of this statement, that he has no preferred candidates for the upcoming local government primaries. He has no intention to endorse any of the people contesting for the party nomination in any election, whether for chairmanship or councillorship positions.

“On this matter, Asiwaju believes he can speak for the rest of the GAC regarding their belief in the impartiality and transparency of the internal party process.

“Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the other GAC leaders seek a free, fair, and transparent process in which the candidates who emerge are those who gather the most support among the party rank and file. Only in this manner, do we best prepare ourselves for the general election.

For the APC, the integrity of the primary process is of the highest priority. All efforts must be geared towards the realisation of a free, fair, and transparent process. To this end, party officials are obligated to establish the necessary arrangements and ensure orderly, peaceful, free, and fair primaries.

“They have also been empowered to deal appropriately with any who might attempt to undermine or otherwise try to inject impair the party primaries. The party should adopt a policy of no tolerance toward any attempt to inject trouble into this primary process.

“The APC Constitution directs that the party’s candidates should emerge through direct or indirect primaries or by consensus. In order to reduce tension and avoid discord and in-fighting, aspirants should embrace consensus wherever possible.

However, where consensus is not possible, fair and clean primaries must be held so that party members have a chance to choose the candidate they want from among the competing aspirants. All aspirants, however, must realize that only one person can win any given contest.”