Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has been tasked with reconciling the presidential aspirants who lost the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary with the party and its candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Osinbajo was himself a presidential aspirant. He came third behind Tinubu and former Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi. Osinbajo decision to contest in the primary pitted him against …

A Federal High Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State on Thursday, nullified the local government elections recently conducted in the state. The election was conducted by the the state Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC) on 30 July. EBSIEC chairperson, Jossy Eze declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress as winners of all the chairmanship and councillorship seats. The Peoples Democratic Party …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed media reports of alleged plot to remove its National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Adamu was Governor of Nasarawa State between 1999 and 2007, and Senator for Nasarawa West district from 2011 until his election unopposed as National Chairman during the APC national convention in Abuja five months ago. The report was hinged on …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that he is delighted with the performance of the Dapo Abiodun administration in Ogun State. Tinubu, who expressed his joy about the development of infrastructure in the state, declared that the Governor has done well. The visibly elated Tinubu gave the verdict at the MKO …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said empathically that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has no senatorial candidate for Yobe North and Akwa Ibom North West districts for the 2023 elections. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Barrister Festus Okoye said this on Sunday in an interview on Channels Television said the commission decided to …

Two days to the Osun States governorship election, a Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit challenging Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s emergence as the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate for the election. A governorship aspirant in the party’s primary , Alhaji Moshood Olalekan Adeoti sued the APC, Oyetola and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), accusing the Governor of …

The other day, I received a call from Ehigie Edobor Uzamere, who represented Edo South in the eighth and ninth sessions of the Senate. We had chatted a few days earlier, our subject of engagement typically revolving around Nigerian politics. I asked him if he was in Benin City, capital of his state, or Abuja, where he lives. “I dey …

The campaign of calumny by the support groups loyal to the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not augur well for the Yoruba race and Nigeria as a whole, The Yoruba Leadership and Peace Initiative (TYLPI) has cautioned. Osinbajo and Tinubu, who is the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), are leading Yoruba aspirants …

By Segun Ayobolu At last, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), this week, formally announced, via a recorded video shared on social media, his aspiration to contest the 2023 Presidential election in a bid to succeed his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari. This move has been much speculated and anticipated despite the good Professor’s hitherto public reticence on the matter. …

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu has begun reversing some of the decisions taken by his predecessor, Governor Mai Mala Buni, who was Caretaker Chairman of the party until its national convention last month. Less than a week ago, Adamu had disclosed his plans to look into the finances of the party. According to …