Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide and activist, has slammed the Nigerian Airforce for allowing the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Aswaju Bola Tinubu, to land in the presidential wing of Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Sunday. Reno claimed that such a gesture demonstrates that the federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari is…
The issue of using a placeholder candidate has been addressed by 1 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). To meet the INEC deadline, some presidential candidates submitted the name of a member of their political party as a placeholder. Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Peter Obi of the Labour Party both used placeholders…
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, has slammed other presidential candidates who have submitted placeholder running mates. Remember that the All Progressives Congress and the Labour Party both used placeholders before the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Atiku, on the other hand, chose Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa…
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has confirmed that he’s still in talks with Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party. He made the confirmation on Sunday. The former Governor of Anambra State disclosed this during a panel session at the Men of Valour Conference convened by the…
Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has stated that reports of voting-buying in the Ekiti State governorship election are not solely associated with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In response to reports of mass vote buying and selling in the Ekiti governorship election, which the ruling party’s candidate, Biodun Oyebanji, won,…
When Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, APC 2023 Presidential candidate, was frustrated, he credited ‘prayers’ for helping him secure the party’s ticket. Speaking on Sunday, June 19 after paying a visit to the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu to seek royal blessing, Tinubu said he had to resort to prayer and that he poured out his mind…
The many supporters of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State erupted in jubilation in the early hours of today (Sunday) when the results of Saturday’s governorship election showed that the candidate of the party, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, trounced the 15 other candidates that partook in the exercise. Oyebanji, who is the immediate past Secretary…
It has been revealed that the much-talked-about merger between Labour Party (LP) and New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) might not see the light of the day. On Saturday morning, the presidential candidate of the NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, confirmed that his party was in talks with the Labour Party. Kwankwaso had said, “We are in talks…
Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, described President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) as a “true leader” and friend who demonstrated a “sense of purpose, composure, and maturity” in the weeks leading up to the party’s presidential primary elections. Tinubu said in a letter to the President that he personally signed, “You belonged…
According to an APC source, Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, has submitted Ibrahim Kabir Masari’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission as the party’s vice presidential candidate. During an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, APC chieftain Kabiru Faskari confirmed this. Choosing Kabiru, who is from Katsina State, does not violate…