Barring any last-minute changes, APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, will on Wednesday, June 15, and Tuesday, June 14, unveil their running mates for the 2023 Presidential election. According to reports, Tinubu will conclude his consultations with APC Governors on Tuesday, June 14, and...
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President Muhammadu Buhari in the course of the week appraised the series of consultations held so far towards getting a widely acceptable presidential standard bearer for the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). The president, who met with members of the National Advisory Council of the APC on June 5,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A PDP chieftain in Edo State, Prince Kassim Afegbua has congratulated the former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu on his emergence as the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate in the forthcoming election. Prince Afegbua in a statement on Sunday also congratulated the APC...
First, let me congratulate all Nigerians on this Democracy Day. We must also congratulate ourselves that Nigeria has endured uninterrupted representative democracy since 1999. I have used the word “endure” deliberately, because much more has happened in the last 23 years that could have forced undemocratic interventions in the...
The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, says that the just-concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention has proved nay sayers wrong and those that thought that the party will collapse. Mr. Okechukwu, a foundation member of APC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Nigerian presidential candidates; Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi are among dignitaries invited to grace an event to pay tributes to the late MKO Abiola on June 12. Anthony Kila, chairman of the event’s organising committee, announced this in a statement on Friday. On June 12, 1993, Abiola...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Friday commended Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, for mobilising the consciousness of youths during his campaign. Tinubu stated this when he visited Gov Bello in Abuja, barely 72 hours after his emergence as the flag bearer...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has charged the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), to stand strong, united and vigilant ahead of the 2023 elections. APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, said in a statement on Friday that Tinubu gave...
The consideration of a Muslim president and a Muslim vice president in the country in 2023 is dead on arrival, Mr Babachir Lawal has said. Lawal, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), stated this on Thursday during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has described the just-concluded presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as one of the most competitive and peaceful in the history of Nigeria’s democracy. President Buhari stated this on Thursday in a letter addressed to Gov. Atiku Bagudu of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday night hosted All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at the State House, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, Tinubu pledged to sustain Buhari’s legacies when he wins the election and is sworn in as his successor. He commended...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Zamfara chapter has congratulated Bola Tinubu for emerging the party’s flag bearer in the 2023 presidential election at the party’s special convention in Abuja. According to the party, delegates made the best choice for Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued by the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mocked Bola Ahmed Tinubu after he clinched the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement issued on Wednesday evening, signed by Debo Ologunagba, its National Publicity Secretary, PDP also accused Tinubu of being desperate for keys to the...
Tinubu, who emerged as the APC 2023 presidential candidate at its just concluded Special Convention and presidential primary election, said this on Wednesday in Abuja. The former two-term Lagos State governor thanked the party’s delegates and leadership for making him its presidential candidate for 2023 presidential election. “I humbly...
The Deputy Speaker of Cross River House of Assembly, Mr Joseph Bassey, has congratulated Sen. Bola Tinubu for emerging as the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress primary election. Bassey, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Calabar, said that...
Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday reacted to his emergence as the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he didn’t expect to win the party’s primary election. He also said Nigeria is back on track following his victory at the just concluded...
With counting of votes ongoing at the Eagle Square venue of the presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), allegations of rigging have emerged with accusing fingers pointed at a North-West governor. An eye witness at the APC Presidential Primary revealed that the Chairman of the Election...
Former spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr Seye Oladejo, says Sen. Bola Tinubu’s consistency and large-heartedness has won him the APC presidential ticket. Oladejo, former Commissioner for Special Duties in Lagos State, made the remark in Lagos while reacting to Tinubu’s victory at the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the All Progressives Congress (APC) Victory Flag to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, winner of the just concluded party’s presidential primary election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that delegates of the APC at the convention elected the former Lagos State governor as APC presidential...
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has won All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket for the 2023 general elections. He scored 1,271 votes to clinch the ticket. Tinubu, also the National Leader of the party, defeated 13 other aspirants to emerge the flag bearer at the end of the Special National Convention...