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Donald Duke warns of disaster if Nigeria’s trajectory is not changed in four years

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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Donald Duke, has warned that Nigeria could slide into a deeper crisis within the next four years unless its current political and economic trajectory is urgently reversed.

Speaking during an exclusive interview with ARISE NEWS on Wednesday, the former Cross River State governor said the worsening state of the country compelled him to return to frontline politics, stressing that remaining a spectator was no longer an option.

“The direction the country is going requires very urgent intervention. In another four years, if we don’t change the trajectory, disaster — which is already looming — will deepen further,” Duke said.

The former governor explained that the country’s mounting economic hardship, insecurity and governance challenges informed his decision to seek the presidency under the PRP.

“It’s the urgency — the clear and apparent urgency of where we are today. You could be a spectator and make all sorts of analysis, or you can get involved,” he said.

Duke attributed Nigeria’s current challenges to weak economic growth, poor governance and what he described as years of leadership failure.

“A combination of all. The economy is broken; it’s not growing. Call it Boko Haram, call it ISWAP, call it banditry or kidnapping — those are the fallout. Those are the symptoms of inadequacy,” he said.

According to him, successive administrations have prioritised politics over governance, resulting in institutional weaknesses and declining public confidence.

“In the last 20-plus years, there has been very little governance going on — a lot of politics and no governance. The recent scandal where someone sets up an office in the Federal Secretariat that is not an institution of government shows there is poor governance in the system. Nothing speaks louder than that,” he added.

Duke also questioned the country’s economic management, arguing that high interest rates have made sustainable growth difficult.

“You have poor governance as a derivative of leadership, and you have an economy that is just not growing. How can you grow an economy with interest rates in the upper 30s?” he asked.

On the 2027 political landscape, the PRP presidential candidate called for greater cooperation among opposition parties, saying a fragmented opposition would struggle to offer Nigerians a viable alternative.

“Ideally, the opposition should come together. We have a splintered opposition with a common goal, but it doesn’t work that way. I want to be the voice of reason, because eventually, I think we all have to come together to decide where this country will go,” Duke said.

He added that personal ambitions among opposition leaders must give way to national interest, warning that Nigeria is currently “in a bad place” and requires collective leadership to change its course.


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Osun 2026: Reject APC over poor workers welfare — Gov Adeleke to voters

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Osun State Governor and Accord governorship candidate, Ademola Adeleke, has called on residents to vote against the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the August 15 governorship election.

This is as Governor Adeleke alleged that the opposition neglected civil servants during its period in office.




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Makinde would have sold Nigeria if elected president – APC 

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Oyo State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that Governor Seyi Makinde of the State would have sold Nigeria and other national assets if he were to be in the present condition of President Bola Tinubu.

APC while comparing Makinde with Tinubu, noted that the difference between the duo is like the difference between the heaven and the earth. 

APC made the allegation while responding to a recent remark made by the governor on Tinubu’s economic policies. 

Makinde, who spoke, through a representative, on Monday during the unveiling of Ogun state candidates of Allied People’s Movement, APM, ahead of the 2027 general elections in Abeokuta, had expressed his readiness to defeat Tinubu in 2027. 

But, the APC while reacting, disclosed that Nigeria was lucky not to have elected somebody like Makinde in 2023. 

In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Wasiu Sadare, he explained that no amount of criticisms will make Nigerians to choose someone like Makinde whom he said has failed the people of the State. 

He alleged that Makinde has transferred all assets of the State to the wrong hands in exchange for cash in seven years. 

“Gov. Makinde can afford to condemn the bold and courageous steps taken by President Bola Tinubu in 2023 as he is wont to playing to the gallery but all the informed minds and reputable global institutions cannot be wrong in their overwhelming applause to the President who has not only saved Nigeria from imminent collapse and extinction but also working tirelessly to place the country in its rightful place among the comity of nations.

“A Makinde who has transferred virtually all the assets of Oyo state to the wrong hands in exchange for cash in seven years would have sold Rivers Niger and Benue as well as the nation’s portion of the Atlantic Ocean if he had the opportunity. To this end, Nigerians will never make the mistake of trusting him with their mandate,” he alleged. 




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I’ll resign from APC if Tinubu disrespects opposition, Catholic church – Orji Uzor Kalu

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Abia North Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu, has vowed to resign from the All Progressives Congress, APC, if President Bola Tinubu disrespect the opposition and the Catholic church.

Kalu, however, said Nigerians should not expect Tinubu to lay red carpet for the opposition in Nigeria ahead of the 2027 elections.

The former Abia State governor spoke while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

He said: “Will you just lay red carpet for the opposition to come and be dancing around if you are a politician?

“Tinubu is fair to them, he has not touched any of them unknowingly.

“The law of the land is very straightforward and if you respect the law of the land you will be well in the country.

“What he said is that he can’t give the opposition red carpet. If I’m your enemy will you give me a red carpet? If I’m fighting with you, will you give me red carpet?

“I’m a very fair minded man who speaks the truth, if I heard what he said that we are going to have a fair contest and he won’t touch anybody.

“Any day Tinubu disrespect the opposition or Catholic church I will resign from the APC.”




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