Bola Ahmed Tinubu
4 Sep 2018
As the 2019 general elections approach, there have been strong speculations that the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu might deny Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode a second term re-election. These speculations which suggested Ambode is on the verge of joining the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have generated…
13 Aug 2018
I have observed that election transforms politicians into representatives in any democracy. Every elected representative is the product of aggregate votes by the electorate including the president...
6 Aug 2018
Nigerian Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio has, again, met the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Akpabio and Tinubu met in Lagos on Saturday before the former governor of Akwa-Ibom state met with president Muhammadu Buhari, who is on holiday in London. But, this time Akpabio who is believed…
5 Aug 2018
An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed that Senator Godswill Akpabio will defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress on Wednesday. Akpabio, the Nigerian Senate's minority leader and a former governor of Akwa-Ibom in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, has been a staunch critic of the APC-led government. "I'm confirming that the APC family as…
1 Aug 2018
Exactly 16 days after the commemoration of the third year in office of his innovative and aggressively modernising administration on May 29, 2018, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode celebrated his 55th birthday on June 14. As expected, there was widespread commendation and approbation from within and beyond Lagos State of the remarkable strides…
11 Jul 2018
The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday expressed confidence it would retain power in the 2019 elections, notwithstanding opposition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and dozens of other political parties.
11 Jul 2018
Sir: I dedicate this letter-article to those saying on radio that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed in the area of security and fight against corruption...
8 Jul 2018
Two first class Obas from the South-West, Oba Saheed Ademola, Elegushi Kushenia III of Lagos and Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo in Osun State, on Monday, July 2, 2018...
25 Apr 2018
The National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appealed to those that have spent up to three terms in political offices in Lagos State to give room for others.
8 Apr 2018
The Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned that the proposed convention could jeopardise the chances of the party at next year’s general elections.
24 Feb 2018
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has reiterated his desire to support the national leader of the party...
20 Feb 2018
The news credited to the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the effect that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and General Ibrahim Badamosi .Babangida should retire from politics or rather allow the nation to move forward by keeping quite is to me a ‘tongue in cheek’ comment.
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