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Disregard Apapa, other betrayers’ letters seeking to withdraw Obi’s, others’ cases against Tinubu, others ―Labour Party tells election tribunals

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Labour Party (LP) has on Tuesday raised the alarm over an action taken by a self-acclaimed factional chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, asking the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to dismiss all cases by his party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the […]

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Tinubu and his wife, Oluremi return to Nigeria from France

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Nigerian president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has arrived Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Monday. His flight touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and was welcomed by a crowd of supporters. Tinubu arrived from France in the company of his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, at the presidential wing of the airport to a rousing […]

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Tinubu faces fresh controversy over alleged dual citizenship as foreign Passport emerges online (Photo)

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Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, is currently finding himself at the center of a fresh controversy as allegation of holding dual citizenship has surfaced. A photo of the bio-page of a Guinea Conakry passport allegedly belonging to Mr. Tinubu has surfaced online after popular influencer, David Hundeyin […]

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Results on INEC portal shows Peter Obi won in Rivers, not Tinubu ―Premium Times claims

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Report by Premium Times says results uploaded on the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV) indicate that the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, won the 25 February presidential election in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria. According to the report, Obi’s votes in the area implies he, and not Bola Tinubu […]

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No power can remove Tinubu, those in court wasting their time ―Gov Umahi says

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Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, has said no power can deprive the President-elect Bola Tinubu of his mandate. Mr Umahi made the assertion in Abakaliki on Tuesday while dedicating the victory of the All Progressives Congress in the state and across the country to God. According to him, those seeking to upturn the victories at […]

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Kukah sends tough message to Buhari, Tinubu, Obidients, Supreme court in Easter

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Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Nigeria, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has issued a powerful message to Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the world celebrates Easter Sunday. The fiery cleric said, Nigeria’s most pressing need is not infrastructure, but rather, ensuring the safety and well-being of Nigerians. Bishop Kukah’s Easter message also extended to the […]

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Court orders Tinubu to be served with petitions through APC

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Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, on Friday, ordered that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, should be served with copies of petitions seeking to nullify his election, through substituted means, on APC. The ruling followed separate ex-parte applications that were brought before the court by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, […]

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No meeting between Tinubu and CJN in London ―APC campaign

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All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council (PCC) has said there was no plan for a meeting in London between Bola Tinubu, president-elect, and Olukayode Ariwoola, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). In a statement on Thursday, Bayo Onanuga, media director of the campaign council decried an attempt to create doubt about the legitimacy of the […]

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Machiavellian democracy and APC of Buhari and Tinubu, By Azuka Onwuka

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When the People’s Democratic Party was in power for 16 years, from 1999 to 2015, many Nigerians, especially members of the opposition, complained of the party’s haughtiness, highhandedness and fixation with victory. PDP was accused of seeing election as a “do-or-die affair.” The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was a member of the opposition […]

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I didn’t contest to make Tinubu win ―Obi replies Keyamo

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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Mr. Peter Obi on Monday responded to claims that he helped the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, win the just-concluded presidential election. Obi said he contested the presidential election to win and not to help Tinubu’s emergence. He was reacting to a remark by the Minister of Labour and Employment, […]

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Tinubu’s so-called victory not God’s plan for Nigeria ―Peter Obi replies Aisha Buhari, religious leaders

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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, on Monday replied to the recent comments by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and religious leaders that the victory of Bola Tinubu at the just-concluded presidential election, should be accepted as the will of God. Mrs. Aisha Buhari, wife of Nigerian President, Muhammadu […]

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Tinubu, Atiku and political obituary (I), By Tunde Odesola

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When cornered by death or stalked by danger, an insect called the Malaysian Exploding Ant turns against its assailant, ruptures its abdominal muscles, causing its poisonous glands to explode. With the explosion of the poisonous glands, the ant releases an irritating substance in all directions. The released secretion is capable of immobilising or entangling the […]

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Afenifere rejects Tinubu’s victory, says Peter Obi won the election

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The Pan Yoruba Socio-Political Group, Afenifere,  has rejected the emergence of APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the president-elect, insisting that Labour party’s Peter Obi won the election. The group stated this in a statement signed and released by its National leader and Secretary General, Pa Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Sola Ebiseni,  after its Special […]

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Ex-AGF, Aondoakaa, says Tinubu must score 25% in FCT to win election

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A former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Aondoakaa SAN, has maintained that before a candidate can be declared winner in a presidential election, that candidate must score 25 per cent of the votes cast in the election in 2/3 of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory […]

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Obi defeats Tinubu, Atiku at Presidential Villa

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Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday, defeated the presidential candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and that of the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, at the Presidential Villa, Asokoro, Abuja. Obi won the highest total number of votes cast for the presidential candidates at all […]

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Obi defeats Tinubu at Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila’s polling unit

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Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) beat has beaten Tinubu at the polling unit of the Speaker of Nigerian House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. At the polling unit which is located at Elizabeth Fowler Primary School, Unit 14, Ward G2, Masha-Surulere, Obi polled a total of  89 votes to defeat Tinubu who had 59 […]

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Tinubu: The Moment of Truth is Nigh, By Shaka Momodu

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Fellow Nigerians, the moment of truth is nigh. We are at a critical moment – another opportunity to seize back the country from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its merchants of anarchy and grotesque self-entitlement. Failure to get it right for the third time in a row will cause the entrenchment of wuruwuru anda stinking culture of impunity in […]

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G-5 govs not supporting Tinubu ―Jang counters Lalong

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In a statement, a member of the Integrity Group and former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, has berated the Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC) (PCC), Governor Simon Lalong, over his claim that the G-5 governors led by Nyesom Wike were supporting his party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Responding to […]

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