Tag: Tinubu
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EFCC disrupts press briefing, manhandles journalists as activists submit petition against Tinubu
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday manhandled journalists at its head office in Abuja while a group of activists, including the convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, was submitting a petition addressed to the Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu. The activists had gone to submit a petition calling for the…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…