Tag: Lamido
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2019: Lamido may withdraw support for Atiku – Aide
Indications emerged on Saturday that ex-governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, may withdraw support for the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, in the upcoming presidential election. Recall that Lamido was one of the aspirants who lost out at the opposition party presidential primaries held a few weeks ago. Most of…
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I will not leave PDP even if I lose primaries – Lamido
Alhaji Sule Lamido, a former Governor of Jigawa and Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said he will not leave the party even if he loses primaries for the presidential race. Lamido said this in an interview with newsmen at the residence of Gen. Jeremiah Useni, during a solidarity…
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2019: Let’s flush out Buhari for a secure, prosperous Nigeria – Lamido tells Nigerians
A former Governor of Jigawa State and the presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on Tuesday, said Nigerians must flush out Buhari in 2019 for a better, secure and prosperous Nigeria. Lamido made the call at the Government House in Jalingo when he led his presidential campaign team…
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2019: Lamido declares self PDP candidate, mocks Atiku, other aspirants
Former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on Friday declared himself the sole presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 election. Lamido insisted that among all the presidential aspirants, he remained the only one without a membership ‘lacuna’. He told PDP stakeholders in Bayelsa State to address him as “the aspirant”…
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I nearly ran away with huge debts, uncompleted projects Lamido left behind – Jigawa Governor
Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State on Monday said he nearly abandoned his job after going through huge debt profile and uncompleted projects left behind by the immediate past governor of the state, Sule Lamido. The governor said the debts were in excess of over N31.3 billion. “The first day I went through the handover…
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Nigeria has become sick under APC-led govt – Lamido
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Alhaji Sule Lamido has blasted the ruling party, the All Progresses Congress (APC) for poor performance over the past three years. Speaking in Calabar on Wednesday while paying courtesy visit to Governor Ben Ayade, Alhaji Lamido regretted that Nigeria now had more injuries than before. “In 1999 we…
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2019: The men who want Muhammadu Buhari’s job
By Mideno Bayagbon As at the last count, no woman has expressed intention to be president of Nigeria come 2019. It is still a man’s world. So far, nine men are known to be eyeing the seat of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in 2019.The field is still open though for more…
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Court returns Lamido’s case file to central registry for reassignment
Justice Babatunde Quadri of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday returned the case of the former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, to the court’s central registry for reassignment. Mr. Lamido, his sons, Aminu and Mustapha, alongside Aminu Abubakar, Batholomew Agoha, and three companies are facing a 43-count charge, bordering on corruption. Mr. Quadri had…
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2019: Arewa Youths beg Atiku, Lamido, Makarfi, others to ‘step down’ for Dankwambo
Northern youths under the aegis of Arewa Youths Coalition have called on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi and former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, to drop their presidential ambition. The coalition asked all the presidential aspirants in the PDP to…
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2019: Former Jigawa Gov. Lamido announces presidential bid
Former governor of Jigawa state Sule Lamido has declared his intention to run for the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2019. Lamido, made his intention known in a letter to all members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) across the country, thereby becoming the first politician from the North to…