The verbal assaults between Femi Fani-Kayode, director of media and publicity for the PDP presidential campaign organisation, and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new turn on Monday. Reacting to the criticisms directed at him for insinuating that Yemi osibanjo, the running mate to APC’s presidential candidate, was planning to step down for Bola Tinubu, Fani-Kayode pointed accusing [...]
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Yemi Osinbajo, the running mate to Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has denied swearing any oath to step down for Bola Tinubu, his benefactor and national leader of APC. Speaking on Saturday during a programme tagged Conversations for change, Osinbajo said Femi Fani-Kayode, the director of media and publicity of the PDP presidential campaign, who made [...]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the allegation that Yemi Osinbajo, running mate of Muhmmadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the party, was planning to hand over to Bola Tinubu, APC national leader, if the opposition party wins the forthcoming general election. Describing the claim of the ruling party as an attempt to divert attention from the success of Buhari’s [...]
Femi Fani-Kayode, director of media and publicity of the presidential campaign organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has alleged that Yemi Osinbajo, running mate to Muhammadu Buhari, swore an oath to Bola Tinubu that he would hand over to him if APC wins the forthcoming election. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, Fani-Kayode advised Buhari to “watch [...]
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to use the military to oppress leaders of the opposition party. Some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been alleging that the military has laid siege on their homes. Bola Tinubu, APC national leader, accused the president of deploying "combat-ready soldiers" to his Ikoyi residence, while Garba Sheu, director of media and [...]
Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), wants Nigerians to hold President Goodluck Jonathan responsible should anything happen to him. According to Tinubu, stern-looking soldiers had been stationed at Bourdillon road Ikoyi, where his private residence is situated, since Sunday. He expressed belief that the soldiers were targeting him. “Nigerians and the south-west should hold the Jonathan-led military responsible if any harm [...]
Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has dismissed the reason given for the postponement of the election, accusing Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), of acting out a script. He alleged that Jega was hiding under the guise of insecurity to safeguard the interest of the federal government. “What happened Saturday was actually not a [...]
Bola Tinubu, the immediate past governor of Lagos state, has admitted that the record of Babatunde Fashola, his successor, is better than his. Tinubu said this on Wednesday during the flag-off of the party's campaign for the forthcoming general election in the state. "In the year 2007, I handed over to one young man, brought him to you and said he would [...]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lampooned Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, saying that President Goodluck Jonathan is going into the 2015 presidential contest with the main opposition party’s national leader, Bola Tinubu – not Buhari. Speaking on Sunday through Olisa Metuh, its spokesman, PDP branded Buhari as merely a front for Tinubu to "whom he had already surrendered [...]
The last time Lagosians witnessed anything close to the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries of Thursday/Friday was in 1999 when Bola Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of the party, engaged the late Funsho Williams in a battle for the governorship ticket of the then Alliance for Democracy (AD). Tinubu won the primaries and won the gubernatorial election as well. In 2003 when he sought reelection, [...]
Many Lagosians have been asking the question: who did Babatunde Raji Fashola (BRF) groom to succeed him as governor of Lagos state? TheCable can now unveil the man: he is Olasupo Shasore, former commissioner for justice and attorney-general of the state. The question of Fashola's succession plan has been on the lips of many Nigerians who fear that his legacy could fall [...]
Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state and the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the reins of government in Ekiti state would return to his party. Kayode Fayemi, the immediate past governor of the state, lost the June 21 gubernatorial election to Ayodele Fayose, the incumbent governor, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party [...]
Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has commended Aminu Tambuwal for his decision not to contest for president, describing him as a patriotic Nigerian who has made history. In a statement on Tuesday, Tambuwal, speaker of the federal house of representatives, said that he was suspending his participation in the presidential contest for the unity and cohesion of [...]
The hilltop mansion of Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigeria president hosted Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state and Atiku Abubakar, who was Obasanjo’s deputy between 1999 and 2007. Both Atiku and Tinubu, who are stalwarts of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), held separate meetings with the former president. Although none of them publicly discussed the outcome of their meetings, they are believed to be connected with [...]
Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has directed yet another attack on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). On Saturday, Tinubu alleged that the electoral body was planning to rig the 2015 election in favour of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “INEC is colluding with the presidency to rig the forthcoming election. They have merged with [...]
Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos state, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is planning to rig the 2015 election in favour of President Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking during a press conference on Saturday, Tinubu alleged that the electoral body was not for prepared for the forthcoming election. He criticised the poor conduct [...]
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