Tag: 2023 election

Tinubu Silent on Buhari’s comment after He declared Ambition to President

ADEOLA YUSUF

2023: Tinubu visits Buhari, declares intention to become Nigeria’s President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the ruling All progressives Congress, says he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to contest the presidential election in 2023. He, however, declared that he has yet to inform Nigerians of his intention to succeed the President. Tinubu stated this on Monday while briefing State House correspondents after he met with President Buhari at the Aso Villa in Abuja. According to him, the President is a democrat and therefore, has not…

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2023 Presidency: Obasanjo backs AfDB Akinwunmi Adesina over Tinubu – Report

Gbenga Adeoti

  Nigeria’s Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is in support of a move to draft the current President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, into the 2023 presidential race, a report by Vanguard showed on Sunday, quoting competent source close to the former President to have confirmed the news last night. The move comes as the former Head of State reportedly failed to convince Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and former Rabiu Kwankwanso of Kano State to work together in order to advance political interest of the Peoples…

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JUST IN: EFCC goes after Nigeria’s top Politician, Bola Tinubu – Report

Gbenga Adeoti

  Nigeria’s Anti-corruption agency hunts for CCB’s documents to nail ex-Lagos governor ahead 2023 election Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has begun a hunt for more incriminating evidences to nail top politician and a former governor of Lagos, Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over allegation of corruption. The agency, a report by People’s Gazatte read, has requested Bola Tinubu’s asset declaration documents from the Code of Conduct Bureau, in a politically-charged inquiry that could see the ruling party chieftain arrested and prosecuted before 2023. The anti-graft…

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