Category: Politics

The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been receiving condemnation from the Peter Obi Support Network, accusing him of wishing the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, and his supporters dead. The group in a statement, observed with dismay that Tinubu has refused to condemn the “obituary” column written by one of his aides, Mr Sam Omatseye, published on Monday. The statement which was signed by the Deputy Director of Communications, POSN, Mr Adegbite Adekunle, on Wednesday, said Omatseye, had in the article, wished the…

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The Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ghana, Amb. Oloye Oyeyemi Fatuyi has hailed the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the Governor of Osun state on the platform of the PDP. Congratulating the people of Osun state for electing a man capable of transforming the state, Fatuyi said the victory was a great message that the people knew what they wanted. In a statement issued by Ghana PDP chapter’s Media Adviser, Mr Moses Owopade, Fatuyi expressed confidence in the ability of the governor elect as a…

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The deputy governor of Oyo State, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan has been impeached by the state’s House of Assembly over allegations of gross misconduct and financial impropriety, while in office. The Oyo State House of Assembly, during its emergency sitting recommended that, having considered the report of the seven-man panel constituted by the Chief Judge of the state to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against the deputy governor, it has found him culpable of all allegations. The recommendations stated further: “I hereby, recommend for the approval of the house, pursuant to…

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo, apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has denied endorsing the presidential aspiration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. It stated this while reacting to a story, captioned: ‘Ohanaeze Ndigbo dumps Peter Obi, declares support for Tinubu’. According to a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia, “the purveyor of the above remarks is Chief Solomon Aguene, the immediate past president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Lagos State Chapter.” The statement reads in part “Ohanaeze Ndigbo informs the general public that the current president of Ohanaeze…

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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the Ekiti State All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Biodun Oyebanji, on his victory at Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Sanwo-Olu described Oyebanji’s landslide victory as a testament to the good work the APC-led government has done in Ekiti State, as well as the sterling qualities of her candidates. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement, yesterday, by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said: “I congratulate Mr. Oyebanji for emerging victorious in Saturday’s gubernatorial election and returned as duly elected next governor of Ekiti…

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Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flag bearer, has said Okowa’s choice as his running mate was a very difficult decision in view of the fact that the other two persons whose names were submitted to him were equally qualified. He made this known at the party’s national caucus meeting attended by three other governors and other prominent leaders of the party. On Tuesday, a committee set up by Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee (NWC) met and voted 16-3 in favour of the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike. After…

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In a veiled statement yesterday referring to a former Lagos State governor and presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and signed by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the Presidency said many people, not one single individual, could lay claim to the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as president. Recall that Tinubu recently declared that nobody in the party could match all the sacrifices he had made for continued existence of APC – from the days of the defunct Action Congress (AC) and Action Congress…

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Kashim Shettima, former Governor of Borno State, on Sunday morning apologised to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, saying he did not mean to denigrate them. Shettima’s apology comes barely 48 hours after his interview on a television programme on Friday. The former governor, who is a strong ally of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, had described Osinbajo as a decent man who should be selling popcorn and ice cream. He said, “Osinbajo is a good man; he’s a nice man.…

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Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, Ondo State Governor, has warned the All Progressives Congress against giving its presidential ticket to a northern candidate. In a post on Facebook on Thursday, Akeredolu, who is the Chairman of the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum, charged the party to work hard to retain power by rotating the Presidency to the South. “APC must work to retain power. We must rotate power to retain power !!! Rotate to the South. …Shikena (That’s all),” he said. Apart from Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former Lagos State Governor, Bola…

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