The family of late Moshood Abiola (MKO) has chided journalist, David Hundeyin, for claiming that the democracy hero was involved in narcotics. Hundeyin had in an article titled: “Bola Ahmed Tinubu: From Drug Lord To Presidential Candidate” alleged that Abiola traded in hard drugs while he was alive. Reacting...
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The Bishop, Diocese of Lagos West Anglican Communion, Rev. James Odedeji, has described late APC Women Leader, Mrs Kemi Nelson, as unforgettable. The bishop said Nelson was unforgettable because of her sensitivity to the needy and the poor in the community. Odedeji, who led a team of other priests...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Tinubu Campaign Organisation (TCO) has followed the heated debate that the choice of our vice presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima has generated in the country . It restated that religion or ethnicity was far from the calculations of the All Progressives Congress and...
This piece stemmed from two uniquely similar but different sources. First is a Whatsapp picture of Peter Obi, Labor Party Presidential Flag bearer, and his running mate Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, which I recently stumbled upon in a group platform. The referenced portrait was laced with the following inscriptions;...
Mr Adeniyi Adegbomire, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ondo Central Senatorial District, says the party’s Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, is not a religious bigot. Adegbomire, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Daura, Katsina State, said the process that led to election of former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was purely democratic, and a reflection of the will...
The Vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima has broken his silence on the controversy surrounding the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the ruling party ahead of forthcoming general elections. Shettima was recently announced as the vice-presidential candidate of the APC by the party’s flagbearer and former...
The Presidency says no classified report against the All Progressives Congress (APC) Muslim-Muslim ticket in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election by the Department of State Service (DSS) has been submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that an online newspaper, Peoples Gazette, on Friday...
Citizens across divides who wish Nigeria well are raising their voices against the Muslim-Muslim ticket, which Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his party, All Progressives Congress, the APC, are determined to force down the throats of Nigerians. The APC Muslim-Muslim ticket is also an affront to the Nigerian Constitution if...
Peoples Democratic Party has instituted a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, praying the court to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission to prevent the Presidential Candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu and Labour Party, Peter Obi, from replacing their running mates with Senator Kashim...
A political support group, Project 37 for Tinubu- Shettima, says it has activated campaigns in the 774 local government areas in the country. Project 37 says the move will ensure the emergence of Sen. Bola Tinubu and Sen. Kashim Shettima as president and vice president, come 2023. Project 37...
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, the party’s Presidential candidate and the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, have urged people of Osun to re-elect Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, during Saturday’s governorship election. Also, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun...
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has faulted the announcement of a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Lawal, in a note he personally signed on Tuesday, described the decision as a “disastrous error.” Mr Tinubu on...
*Why VP argued for a Christian running mate for APC presidential flagbearer. The eventual adoption of a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the presidential flagbearer of the ruling APC has ignited a new wave of tension in the party as the country’s most senior Christian official, the Vice President is said...
The Ghana chapter of the APC says Nigerians must rise above religious bigotry and have faith in Sen. Bola Tinubu’s wisdom in choosing a Muslim as a running mate. The Chairman of the chapter, Mr Oghenosa Micheletti, in his congratulatory message on Tuesday to Tinubu, APC Presidential Candidate for...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Monday called on Yoruba sons and daughters to unite and support the presidential aspiration of Sen Bola Tinubu. Sanwo-Olu made the call at the 2022 edition of the Annual Ojude Oba Festival in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. He urged the Yoruba race to...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Bishop of Calabar, Anglican Communion, Professor Nneoyi Egbe has described as unjust, and wrong for a secular state such as Nigeria to allow any presidential candidate to nominate a Christian-Christian ticket or Muslim-Muslim tickets. “We absolutely do not , will not and cannot...
Enough is enough, President Buhari tells ASUU, urges lecturers to consider generational consequences
Enough is enough, President Buhari tells ASUU, urges lecturers to consider generational consequences
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reconsider their position on the prolonged strike, expressing worry that the strike will have generational consequences on families, the educational system and future development of the country. President Buhari also said...
President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan and North East caucus of the APC has congratulated Sen. Kashim Shettima on his nomination as 2023 vice presidential candidate of the party. Shettima is running mate to APC presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu. Lawan in a statement on behalf of the...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHU, Bauchi – As the controversy over All Progressive Congress (APC) continues on an APC Presidential Muslim candidate choosing a Presidential Muslim running mate, Hon. Jibrin Adamu, a public commentator has described the development as another regional rhetoric. He spoke to our North-East Editor, Austine Tsenzughul. At...