APC Kicks PDP Out Of Power
Today marks exactly nine years since the All Progressives Congress, APC, kicked the then-ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, out of power.
On March 28, 2015, retired General Muhammadu Buhari, a former Head of State, was elected President of Nigeria in a keenly contested presidential election polling 15, 424,921 votes to beat his main rival, President Goodluck Jonathan, who got 12, 852,162 votes.
The election was historic as it was the first time a candidate from an opposition party, APC, defeated a sitting President in Nigeria. The PDP had boasted of being the largest political party on the African continent hoping to rule for another 60 years but APC booted it out of power at the federal level- including taking control of the two federal legislative houses as well as grabbing many states from PDP.
While the election had come and gone with APC taking overpower, many Nigerians looked up to the new party to turn things around even as the party kept asking for more time. Nine years down the line, the big question is, has the APC done anything differently after promising ''Change'' and ''Next Level'' under Buhari, and ''Renewed Hope'' under the current administration of President Bola Tinubu?
Hitler Gets Excess Power
After the 1932 elections where Nazi Party got substantial support, Franz von Papen and other conservatives successfully persuaded the German president, Field Marshal von Hindenburg, to appoint Adolf Hitler as Chancellor in a coalition government. That appointment first shot Hitler to power.
On March 23, 1933, the Reichstag convened in Berlin with the primary agenda being the enactment of a new law, the 'Enabling Act'. This act granted Hitler the authority to enact new laws without interference from the President or Reichstag for four years. Surrounding the building where the meeting was held were members of the SA and the SS, paramilitary organizations of the NSDAP that had been elevated to auxiliary police forces.
In his address, Hitler presented those in attendance with a stark choice between 'war and peace', effectively issuing an indirect threat to intimidate any opponents creating an atmosphere of fear. With 444 votes in favor and 94 against, the Reichstag ratified the Enabling Act. Hitler then assumed dictatorship on March 28, 1933, days after the Act was enacted. In June of the following year, during what he termed 'the night of the long knives', Hitler eliminated about a hundred rivals paving the way for him to do as he pleased. His dictatorial power went beyond Germany and Europe, later affecting the world as he largely caused World War II due to his belligerent and war-hungry approach.
Bandits Blow Up Abuja-Kaduna Train
Also, on 28 March 2022, a major tragedy occurred when armed bandits blew up an Abuja-Kaduna bound train. The terrorists planted explosive devices along the rail track and when the Abuja-Kaduna bound AK-9 passenger train got to that point, the device exploded and made the train derail. The Punch reports that the fatal attack led to the death of eight passengers while others were kidnapped by the heartless terrorists.
Two years after that tragedy with the affected families in pain, the bandits are still on the rampage attacking different states including Kaduna, killing and kidnapping people without even sparring innocent school pupils.
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