The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, has said the party is not happy with the outburst of one of its presidential aspirants, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abeokuta. He also said the party has appealed the judgment in favour of statutory delegates, meaning they will not...
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Mr Abdul Abiola, the son of late Chief MKO Abiola has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to look for a youthful Presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 General Elections. The younger Abiola said this via a tweet with the handle @AbdulMKOAbiola on Saturday. According to him, “I urge...
Some members of the All Progressives Congress, under the aegis of Gaskiya Youth Movement, are asking the federal high court in Abuja to disqualify the former Lagos State Governor and presidential aspirant, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, from the party’s presidential primary, scheduled for Monday 6th and 7th. The members made...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos- A presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has said he holds President Muhammadu Buhari in high regard. Reactions had trailed Mr Tinubu’s comments in Abeokuta on Thursday where he said he deserves to lead the nation after helping President...
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 Presidential Screening Committee, has said that the committee engaged the 23 presidential aspirants that appeared before it on issues of consensus. He said this on Friday in Abuja, while submitting the 7-man committee report to the party`s National Chairman Sen....
Few days after President Muhammadu Buhari indicated a template for his successor in the forthcoming APC Presidential Primaries, governors of the ruling party are beginning to rally around Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who is believed to fit the president’s description. Several APC governors were sighted in the Presidential Villa...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has recalled his role in the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, maintaining that the Katsina-born leader would have lost the election if not for his efforts. Tinubu made the comment on Thursday while addressing party delegates at...
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Mr Kola Abiola, says he drew inspiration from his deceased father, Chief MKO Abiola to take interest in the 2023 presidential election. Chief MKO Abiola was the presidential candidate of the defunct Social Democratic Party at the...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, says money cannot buy Nigeria’s president. Kalu, in a statement he issued on Thursday in Abuja, said that it was only cohesion and consensus among the regions that could produce a president. According to him, if you throw in money,...
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, said on Thursday that he deserved to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari based on his (Tinubu) antecedents. Tinubu stated this during his visit to Abeokuta to seek the support of delegates ahead of the presidential primary of the...
Ahead of the Presidential Primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, a now-deleted poll conducted by TVC, a Nigeria-based broadcast outlet, tipped Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the favourite for the party’s ticket. TVC, with headquarters in Lagos, is owned by the former Lagos State Governor and APC...
By Adewale Sam, Ilorin. Politics is widely acknowledged to be nothing more than a game largely played on the field of interest. However, it is part of wisdom that when pushing interests through opinions, there should be an employment of simple logic and fact as that is the only...
A former Chief Judge of Anambra State, Retired Justice Peter Umeadi, has emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Justice Umeadi who is the sole presidential aspirant of APGA was declared the winner of the primary election of the party on Wednesday. His candidacy...
Sen. Rochas Okorocha, one of the presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday night, appeared before the party’s seven-man 2023 Presidential Screening Committee. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okorocha, the immediate past Governor of Imo represents Imo West in the Senate. He had...
President Muhammadu Buhari will likely anoint a successor and propose a consensus presidential candidate for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in next week’s primaries. The President gave this indication earlier today during his meeting with the APC governors and Chairman of the party n what is considered as...
It is now very clear that President Muhammadu Buhari has an anointed successor whose identity he is keeping close to his chest. He made his pitch in that direction in his address to governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at their Tuesday meeting in Abuja. He tabled before...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, a frontline presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday appeared before the party’s John Odigie-Oyegun-led seven-man Presidential Screening Committee. According to a statement issued by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director-General Tinubu Campaign Organisation, the former two-term Lagos State governor answered questions bordering on his...
Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), an Arewa Group, has vowed to disrupt campaign events of Igbo presidential candidates in the North after a similar threat by a prominent Ndigbo group ahead of the 2023 general polls. President of NYCN, Comrade Isah Abubakar disclosed this to Politics Digest while...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has met with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in Abuja. Alhaji Atiku defeated Wike at the party’s presidential primary on Saturday night. Atiku secured the votes of 371 delegates while his closest rival (Wike), polled 237 votes. It was learnt that...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has began the screening of presidential hopefuls seeking to fly the party’s flag in the 2023 general elections. The exercise is being conducted secretly at a popular hotel in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu; the party’s National...