Who told El-Rufai North is supporting Tinubu ―Bafarawa, ex-gov asks

Former Governor of Sokoto State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Attahiru Bafarawa, has reacted to the comment by the Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai that there are no elders left in northern Nigeria. He said the comment made by El-Rufai was an affront to the North and unpleasant for El-Rufai to categorise […]

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Tinubu and ghosts of fuel scarcity, new naira notes, By Festus Adedayo

In a piece I wrote entitled “A o M’erin J’oba At Tinubu’s Colloquium” (1 April, 2018) I warned that the man who has now become the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was making a strategic mistake in assuming that Buhari loved him. Or that he would probably want to […]

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The Tinubu-Buhari Cold War Is Becoming a Hot War, By Farooq A. Kperogi

It was always obvious to keen, disinterested observers that Bola Tinubu’s gamble in helping Buhari to ascend to power won’t pay off in the end; that his opportunistic political love affair with Buhari won’t be requited; and that the brittle, delicately thin thread that held their relational dynamic would snap sooner or later. I wrote […]

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Atiku/Tinubu: Please, Grow Up!, By Olusegun Adeniyi

Street wisdom dictates that those in glass houses don’t walk naked. This seems lost on Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate and the flagbearer of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have allowed their media managers to trade damaging allegations that question their own character and […]

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You may change the ink of naira notes, what you expect will not happen, we will win ―Tinubu says at Ogun rally

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said he would be elected Nigeria’s next president despite attempts by some persons to sabotage his chances in the February 25 poll. Tinubu made the assertion during a rally at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Nigeria on […]

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Dino Melaye fell down at PDP campaign rally, mocking Tinubu (Video)

Former Nigerian Senator from Kogi State and the presidential spokesperson for the PDP’s Atiku Abubakar/Ifeanyi Okowa campaign council, Mr. Dino Melaye, has mocked the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu by repeatedly falling to the ground. The incident happened on Tuesday during the party’s presidential campaign event at the Stephen Keshi […]

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Tinubu vs Atiku’s òjóró cancel òjóró, By Abimbola Adelakun

In one of those moments of comic relief only Nigeria can throw up, the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign demanded that anti-corruption agencies arrest their opponent, the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over allegations of corruption by his former aide. In an electoral season, it is not unusual for party spokespersons to feign […]

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Chime, Nnamani, Nwoye, others boycott Tinubu’s Enugu rally

Some notable leaders of the All Progressives Congress  in Enugu State yesterday boycotted the party’s presidential rally. The crisis rocking the party in the state forced members like the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; a former President of the Senate, Ken Nnamani; a former governor of the state, Sullivan Chime; a former Speaker of […]

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Why APC topshots are reluctant to campaign for Tinubu ―Dele Momodu

CEO of Ovation international magazine, politician and member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential campaign council, has, in a statement, shared his view why President Muhammadu  Buhari and many senior APC chieftains are not openly campaigning for their presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. “It is obvious that President Muhammadu  Buhari and many senior APC chieftains […]

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Obasanjo formally endorses Peter Obi for president, rejects Tinubu, Atiku (Full open letter)

In an open letter released on Sunday, the former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has formally endorsed Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), as his preferred choice for president in next month’s general election. In the open letter to young Nigerians, Chief Obasanjo gave his formal endorsement of Mr. Peter […]

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Tinubu denies meeting PDP’s G-5 governors in London

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said that reports linking him with a meeting with the five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) popularly known as G-5 were unsubstantiated and ‘evil intentioned.’ There had been media reports of Tinubu’s purported marathon meeting with the PDP governors in London, […]

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Forecast of What Atiku, Tinubu, or Obi Govts Might Be, By Farooq A. Kperogi

If the general election holds in February next year, one of three people will be declared president: APC’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu, PDP’s Atiku Abubakar, or Labor Party’s Peter Obi. Only a natural disaster, such as death, can change that reality. There is no foretoken of indications at the moment that can reveal with certainty which […]

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Will Buhari Vote For Tinubu?, By Lasisi Olagunju

Muhammadu Buhari started his presidency with “I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody.” Will he end as a nobody’s man? Sometimes, and for some, it is gracious to maintain one’s lane, listen to your own vision, single, unattached. French statesman, Charles de Gaulle, who holds the copyright of “I am a man who belongs to […]

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Tinubu was not rushed off the stage in Minna rally ―Bayo Onanuga

In a statement, the Director, Media and Publicity, All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC) (PCC), Bayo Onanuga, has said presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was not rushed off the stage due to health concerns at his rally in Minna, the Niger State capital. Onanuga, in the statement, said the crowd that turned up to […]

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Tinubu dodges Arise TV townhall meeting, travels to UK

On the eve of the Presidential Town Hall meeting organised by Arise News for candidates of the major four political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, on Saturday morning, left the country for United Kingdom. A statement issued on Saturday by Director of Media and Publicity for APC Presidential Campaign Council, […]

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Former gov, Donald Duke accuses APC of using his photo as young Tinubu in documentaries

A former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has claimed that his photograph was being used in various documentaries to depict the childhood of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Duke made the revelation before editors during a roundtable that was organised by the Front Fort Media Initiative and […]

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I told Tinubu old people should leave politics but he didn’t agree —El Rufai (Video)

Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate for the 2023 elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, disagreed with his opinion about old people in politics. The governor spoke in Hausa language in a video clip that has since gone viral, The video clip has no date when […]

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I don’t read social media anymore, they abuse the hell out of me ―Tinubu (Video)

Former governor of Lagos State and the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that he doesn’t use social media anymore because users “abuse the hell” of out him. Tinubu said his children and workers send posts about him on social media once in a while […]

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Lagos Assembly member slumps, dies at Tinubu rally in Jos

A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Mushin II state constituency under the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Abdulsobur Olayiwola Olawale has died. Before his death, the deceased was popularly known as Omititi. The APC chieftain reportedly slumped and died at the Rawang Pam Township Stadium in Jos, Plateau […]

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Tinubu is a potential dictator ―Dele Momodu says

Media personality and member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential campaign council, Dele Momodu has described the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as a potential dictator. Momodu made the claim while appearing on a Channels Television’s Politics Today program on Tuesday, October 24. He added that he doesn’t support […]

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