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PHOTO NEWS: Tinubu warmly received at the Palace of the Ewi of Ado Ekiti
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived to a warm welcome at the Palace of the Ewi of Ado Ekiti after a lengthy consultation with Ekiti Royal Fathers at the Council Chambers earlier in the afternoon. READ ALSO: POLICE NAB DELTA PRINCIPAL
Read MoreActivist Deji Adeyanju attacks Tinubu, says Nigerians wiser than 2015
Activist Deji Adeyanju of the Concerned Nigerians group says Nigerians are now wiser than 2015 and won’t be deceived into voting in politicians who suddenly start dressing like youths ahead of the 2023 elections. The activist also advised All Progressives
Read MoreActors who met Tinubu didn’t represent guild – AGN
The Actors’ Guild of Nigeria has stated that the Nollywood stars who met with presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu, didn’t represent the interest of the guild. This was contained in a statement signed by the AGN National Task force chairman, McSmith
Read MoreTinubu visits IBB, seeks ex-military leader’s blessing for presidential bid
All Progressives Congress National Leader and former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Thursday visited former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, to “get his blessing”.l for his presidential bid. Tinubu is seeking to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in
Read MoreMy refusal to support Tinubu’s presidential bid is no betrayal – Ojudu
The Special Adviser on Political Matters to President Muhammadu Buhari, Sen. Babafemi Ojudu, has said his decision not to support the presidential ambition of the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is no betrayal but principled
Read More2023: I have no alliance withTinubu — Fayemi
The Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has denied media reports that he has struck a deal with a former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the 2023 presidential election following a recent meeting between the two leaders. Fayemi
Read MoreBuhari’s ally, Saleh, others begin mobilisation for Tinubu in Kaduna
An ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Mohammed Saleh, and some supporters of former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, under the aegis of The Disciples of Jagaban, on Saturday began mobilising support for Tinubu’s rumoured presidential ambition. They also
Read MoreNigerians should wait for Tinubu to speak in January – Fashola
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has urged Nigerians to wait till January 2022 for the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to declare whether he will be running for president in 2023 or not. He stated
Read More2023 Presidency: We’ll sue Tinubu, force him to contest – TSO
The Director-General, Tinubu Support Organisation, TSO, Aminu Sulaiman has threatened that the group will sue Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to compel him to contest the 2023 Presidency. Speaking at the inauguration of TSO, Osun state chapter in Osogbo on Monday,
Read MoreOsinbajo, Tinubu meet in Abuja after UK medical trip
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), on Friday, met with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting, which is ongoing as of press time, is holding weeks after the ex-Lagos
Read MoreOvation Publisher, Dele Momodu joins PDP
A former presidential candidate, publisher, and journalist, Dele Momodu, has joined Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party. Momodu announced this in a statement on Friday. He explained that his decision was to contribute meaningfully to the development of
Read MoreNo going back to APC – Bukola Saraki
Bukola Saraki, a former Senate President, has dismissed the possibility of returning to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Saraki assured that he would remain in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2023. He spoke while responding to a question on
Read MoreAPC CCC Mai Mala Buni visits Tinubu in Lagos
The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni, has visited a national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, in Lagos. Buni, who is also the Governor of Yobe State, joins the over 30 politicians
Read MoreAPC mulls consensus arrangement, Osinbajo, Tinubu to meet
There are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress (APC) may adopt consensus arrangement to pick its presidential candidate in 2023. Top chieftains of the APC, who confided in The PUNCH on Tuesday, said stalwarts of the party had started reaching out
Read MoreOhanaeze fires Dokpesi over ‘no southern candidate can win presidency’ comment
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has described as ‘unfortunate’ the comment of the Chairman, Daar Communications Ltd, Raymond Dokpesi, who said that there is no candidate in the South East or in the entire South that can win
Read MoreTinubu, APC national leader returns from London
The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, returned to Nigeria on Friday after about three-month medical trip to the United Kingdom, where he underwent a knee surgery. The former Lagos State governor arrived in Lagos
Read MoreAPC’ll destroy you, remain in PDP, Wike tells Jonathan
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged former President Goodluck Jonathan to remain in the Peoples Democratic Party and not join the All Progressives Congress. According to the governor, the PDP is a better political platform for the ex-President to
Read More2023: It’s injustice for northerner to succeed Buhari; APC potential candidate in South-West, not South-East – Yakasai
Salihu Tanko Yakasai, a former Special Adviser on Media to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has criticised Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State over his posture that the ruling All Progressives Congress will zone the 2023 Presidency to the South-East
Read More2023: Obasanjo, Lamido in closed-door meeting
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, and a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, held a closed-door meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. Lamido visited the former president at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Pent House residence, Abeokuta, Ogun State
Read MoreGod won’t give Nigeria another president like Buhari – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday knocked his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi, who said that God will give Nigeria a president “who has a good heart like President Muhammadu Buhari for the good of this country” in 2023. Umahi had
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