APC Will Win Both Bayelsa and Kogi – Tinubu
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that the party would win the governorship election in Kogi and Bayelsa States. Tinubu who spoke in Benin City at the 90th birthday of Chief David Edebiri, the Esogban of Benin Kingdom said he expects victory for the APC in both states. He said there was no other political party in the two states. Tinubu said the broom would come together to sweep away the debris of the past to secure electoral victory. According to him, “I expect nothing less than victory in Kogi and Bayelsa States.
2020/2023: Tinubu, Akeredolu in marriage of convenience
POLITICS of 2020 and 2023 played out, last week, in Akure, the Ondo State capital between two gladiators of the All Progressive Congress, APC. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has not been on the same page with National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, since November 26, 2016 when the governorship primary of the party in the state won by Akeredolu was conducted. Both leaders have tolerated each other whenever their path cross. Akeredolu had soldiered on ignoring all entreaties to mend fences with Tinubu while the National leader had also made himself unavailable despite efforts by leaders
Tinubu disowns group rallying for his 2023 Presidential bid
LAGOS — National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Tinubu, says he does not have any affiliations with a group sharing materials branded for his alleged 2023 presidential campaign. In April, the former governor had earlier denounced reports that he was planning to strengthen his presidential ambition by planting his allies in key positions at the national assembly. Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Tunde Rahman, denied any knowledge of the group, named Asiwaju Reloaded Ambassadors, which branded shirts, caps and leaflets bearing his name. The former Lagos governor also described as “faceless” the group
Tinubu Reconciles APC In Ondo, Solicits Support For Akeredolu’s 2nd Term
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Lagos state governor and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, visited Ondo state to reconcile aggrieved members of the party. Tinubu was accompanied by the former interim national chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande; former governor of Ogun state, Segun Osoba and former governor of Ekiti state, Niyi Adebayo. The APC national leader, who arrived at the Akure Airport at exactly 1:48 pm, was received by Governors Rotimi Akeredolu and Kayode Fayemi of Ondo and Ekiti states respectively. Other APC notable leaders who received Tinubu at the Airport were Isaac Kekemeke,
Tinubu Kicks, Disagrees With Buhari As Ambode Listed For Ministerial Position
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwajo Bola Tinubu is presently in fresh disagreement with President Buhari over the move to appoint Ambode as the Minister who will represent Lagos-State, Starnews has learnt. According to a top civil servant working with presidency, President Buhari has constantly rejected the recommendations from Tinubu for the Ministerial appointment of Lagos State. The source hinted Starnews that Buhari insisted on listing the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Akinwumi Ambode for the slot, a decision that did not go down well with the National Leader of the party. This had resulted to
I Was Approached To Join In Destroying Tinubu — El-Rufai
Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Friday, claimed that some unnamed people asked him to join in a plot to destroy All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Senator Bola Tinubu. Governor el-Rufai stated this while he was playing host to 121 members-elect of the House of Representatives who were on a consultation tour of the North West on Friday at the Government House in Kaduna. The governor was invited to deliver a lecture in Lagos last month on godfatherism, where he said that he had an answer to godfatherism as he had retired four godfathers in Kaduna. According to him, during
Lagos Group Moves Against Tinubu, Wants Osinbajo As Buhari’s Successor In 2023
A group in Lagos under the auspices of Save Lagos Group (SLG) has lauded the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over his stand against godfatherism in Lagos which was widely believed to be against the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. The SLG convener, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, in a statement on Sunday, said El-Rufai captured the feelings of many Lagosians in his comment. The group also advised Tinubu to drop his 2023 ambition, adding that if the presidency was to be zoned to the Southwest, Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo “is more qualified and will be supported
Revealed: EFCC keeps mum over Tinubu’s bullion vans during 2019 election
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday declined comments about whether it had launched an investigation to find out how former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu, came about the bullion vans that drove into his home in February. Nigerians have mounted pressure on the anti-graft office to open money laundering probe against Mr Tinubu, after the ruling party chieftain was seen on February 22 receiving at least two armoured vehicles believed to be bearing cash. The development raised controversies because it came a day to the presidential election on February 23. Mr Tinubu is a senior leader of the
NASS Leadership: Tinubu Relocates To Abuja
Puts Aregbesola in charge of Lagos PERHAPS in a bid to avoid a repeat of the 2015 last-minute disappointment, National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, has reportedly relocated to Abuja to personally monitor shifting political developments regarding the election of the next leadership of the National Assembly, Saturday Tribune has learnt. Calls to the mobile phone of his media aide, Tunde Rahman, rang out and as of press time, he was yet to either return the calls or reply the SMS sent him. Tinubu is backing Senator Ahmed Lawan for Senate presidency and Femi
Tinubu Plans To Revoke Igbo Properties In Lagos – Massob Alleges
President Mohammadu Buhari and his Fulani cabals have perfected their plans to establish northern agenda, says Massob Buhari and Northern The leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has accused the former governor of Lagos State and National leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu of planing to revoke all properties owned by Ndigbo in Lagos. The group made this known in a statement signed by the National Director of information, Comrade Edeson Samuel and obtained by DAILY POST in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital on Thursday. The statement read in part:
