Tag: Bola Tinubu

Just Like I Need Nigeria, Nigeria Needs Me, Says Tinubu

Ganiyu Amodu

Bola Ahmed Tinubu said he will be the courageous President that the country needs to tackle its challenges. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress said this in a statement during a one-day forum organised by the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, for serving Speakers and the former Speakers and deputies in Ikeja GRA. 15 serving House of Assembly Speakers from APC governed States attended the event themed “The Legislature, changing times and Nigeria’s democratic journey”. Bola Ahmed Tinubu noted that…

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APC convention: Tinubu visits Buhari’s Anointed candidate, Adamu, at night +PHOTO

Ayobami Adedinni

An All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, reportedly with Senator Abdullahi Adamu, ahead of the party’s national convention. Tinubu paid Adamu a solidarity visit in his Abuja residence, on Friday night. READ ALSO Tinubu Asked Me To Make Him Vice President – Atiku He started to think he is our god, Aregbesola Bombs Tinubu + Full Speech Ango Abdullahi to Tinubu- The North has always been the Kingmaker Why EFCC Is Yet To Arrest Tinubu — Bawa Opens Up on Trial of Top Politician A Twitter user @cbngov_Akin1,…

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Tinubu Asked Me To Make Him Vice President – Atiku

Ayobami Adedinni

“Some say the South-east have not been given the chance,” Atiku who wants PDP ticket speaks on the chance of Ndigbo to become Nigerian president in 2023 Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress asked him to make him the vice president as a condition for giving him the presidential ticket. He made this known in an interactive session with PDP BoT members to seek their support for his presidential aspiration in Abuja on Tuesday. “Some say the South-east…

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He Was Our Student, Chicago Varsity Ends Tinubu’s 20-Yr Certificate Issue

Wonuola Olujobi

The Chicago State University says All Progressives Congress stalwart and presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu, indeed attended the university. Beverly Poindexter, who is in charge of official transcript requests, enrolment and degree verification at the Office of the Registrar, CSU, said this in a terse email response to The PUNCH on Tuesday. “Mr Tinubu did attend our university, however, if further information is needed, go to studentclearinghouse.org website to make a formal request,” Poindexter wrote. READ ALSO: Ango Abdullahi to Tinubu- The North has always been the Kingmaker BREAKING: Saraki Joins…

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Bola Tinubu, Top Politician eyeing Nigeria’s Presidency, Isn’t Dead — Aide

Tade Salako

“He has no medical problem that would require hospitalization. Yes, he is out of the country at the moment. He will be back shortly.”   Mr. Tunde Rahman, Media Adviser to Bola Tinubu, top Nigerian politician who is eyeing the country’s presidency, has denied that his principal is dead. Mr. Tinubu is the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Platforms Africa reports that some online media had reported that Tinubu died early Saturday morning.   READ ALSO: Why EFCC Is Yet To Arrest Tinubu — Bawa Opens…

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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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Confusion in EFCC as Bola Tinubu assets’ file disappears from CCB vault

Gbenga Adeoti

The case file of top Nigerian politician and a former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju  Bola Tinubu, has reportedly disappeared from the storage facility of  the Code of Conduct Bureau that has held it for years. This has simultaneously caused confusion at the Economic and Finacial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which had begun a fresh probe into the allegation of graft against Tinubu. Three officials familiar with the matter said that the bureau started looking for Tinubu’s asset filings after the EFCC requested copies as part of an ongoing investigation into…

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Nigeria’s top politician, Bola Tinubu, Returns 1-month after COVID-19 scare

Tade Salako

  National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, has arrived in Nigeria after a month absence, greeted by reports on COVID-19 scare. Tinubu returned to the country on Tuesday, according to a report, about a month after he left. He was sighted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, in company of some of his aides. The Cable reported that Tinubu was hospitalised in Paris, France, after falling ill. There were speculations that he tested positive to COVID-19 but his media team later denied such…

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How Tinubu met Sunday Igboho + His Lies, Betrayals, by Babafemi Ojudu

Babafemi Ojudu

  In this article originally entitled; “The Sunday Igboho I Knew,” President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Babafemi Ojudu, reveals details of a meeting between the National Leader of Nigeria’s ruling party, Bola Tinubu, and political war lord, Sunday Igboho. He uneaths Igboho’s betrayal of trust reposed in him by allies and his many lies.   It was in 2009. The Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin ordered a rerun in a number of polling units in the election between Segun Oni of PDP and Dr Kayode Fayemi of ACN. Oni had in…

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Pulpit abuse for descecrating politics by Yinka Odumakin

Yinka Odumakin

Many watchers of events around 2023 politics in Nigeria knew that the declaration by popular Pastor, Tunde Bakare, on Bola Tinubu, one of the major contenders for President Muhammadu Buhari’s seat, would generate  torrents of reactions, but very few knew that this one with lots of venoms would come from Yinka Odumakin who was, on many occasions, seen at the front seat as worshipper in Bakare’s Church. Here below, is the reaction.   Pulpit abuse for descecrating politics by Yinka Odumakin CHIEF Ayo Adebanjo was practically in tears as he…

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