ASIWAJU
Ogun considers a review of electoral law. Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission has called for a review of its electoral law to make it conform with the current law of the country. OGSIEC Chairman, Mr. Babatunde Osibodu, made this known in Joga/Ibooro ward 5, Yewa North Local Government, during a sensitization visit to traditional rulers of three communities in the area, on the forthcoming councillorship bye-election. According to him, the review will help to address some grey areas in the electoral law and will focus on a situation where if only one political party or candidate...
Read
ASIWAJU
On his choice of Shettima: Tinubu lists 35 points. Statement by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Presidential Flag Bearer of the All Progressives Congress on his Choice of the Vice Presidential Candidate. July 10, 2022. 1. Fellow Nigerians, we enter a moment of renewed hope. We hold the chance to move the nation and our collective cause forward as never before. Let us seize this moment so that history may write kindly of us. 2. It is time to focus with utmost devotion and love of the country to do all we can do to advance the ideals of democratic and progressive good governance...
Read
ASIWAJU
APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket ‘ll be defeated by the people — MBF. The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, has said the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is a danger to the collective wellbeing and unity of the country assuring that it is an evil plot that Nigerians will defeat in 2023. The National President of MBF, Dr. Bitrus Pogu who made the assertion in Makurdi while reacting to the choice of Alhaji Ibrahim Shettima as the running mate of Senator Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election also described...
Read
ASIWAJU
‘I will be fair to all’, Tinubu speaks on Muslim-Muslim ticket. *CAN insists Christian must be on ticket, Ladoja disagrees All eyes are on Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu as he resolves the jigsaw puzzle surrounding his running mate as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) this week. Tinubu has up till Friday to submit the name of his vice presidential candidate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Read Also: 2023: There is nothing wrong with Muslim-Muslim...
Read
ASIWAJU
Breaking: Tinubu picks former Borno gov, Shettima as running mate. Reports reaching Vanguard indicate that the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate for the 2023 polls, Bola Tinubu has confirmed Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Meanwhile, News Agency of Nigeria also reported in one of its bulletins on Sunday that the vice presidential candidate will be unveiled to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the leader of the party in his hometown in Daura, Katsina State on Sunday (today). President Buhari has been in Daura since Friday for the Eid-el Kabir celebration....
Read
ASIWAJU
Why Funke Akindele may emerge Lagos PDP Dep. Gov candidate While Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Abdul Azeez Olajide Adediran popularly known as Jandor has dispelled reports that he had picked star actress, Funke Akindele as his running mate, odds seem to favour the ‘Omo Ghetto’ star still. Akindele seems to tower high above her competitors, like Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, Yeye Shobanjo, David Kolawole Vaugh, known as Dakova and Engr. Teslim Balogun in terms of popularity. While her political pedigree may be weak,...
Read
ASIWAJU
2023: You’re noisemakers, can’t win the presidency – Primate Ayodele tells Peter Obi, Kwankwaso. The Leader Of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has issued a caution to the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Primate Ayodele said Obi and Kwankwaso are noisemakers who can’t win the 2023 presidential election. He disclosed this while addressing journalists in his church on Saturday in Lagos, during the release of his annual prophecies, “Warnings to the...
Read
ASIWAJU
2023: Coalition, LP to deploy 15 agents to each polling unit – Utomi. Prof. Pat Utomi, the Convener, The Big Tent of the Third Force, says the coalition and the Labour Party (LP) plan to deploy at least 15 agents each to polling booths in the country to help safeguard votes in the 2023 general elections. Utomi, the Chairman of, the National Consultative Front (NCFront) and a leader in the Labour Party, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Lagos on Election Agenda. According to him, the coalition has worked and made many sacrifices to get Nigeria to move from state capture by...
Read
ASIWAJU
Gombe gov urges residents to imbibe the spirit of love, and sacrifice. Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, has urged Gombe Muslim ummah to imbibe the spirit of love and sacrifice, adding that they are answers to insecurity and socio-economic issues. In a goodwill message made available to our correspondent by the Director-General of Press Affairs, Government House, Ismaila Misilli, the governor described the Eid-el-Kabir festivity as a period of sacrifice, sharing, and caring, admonishing the faithful to continue to imbibe the spirit of love, unity of purpose and obedience as exemplified...
Read
ASIWAJU
BREAKING: Protesters set Sri Lankan PM’s house on fire. Following the crisis rocking Sri Lanka, angry protesters today set the house of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on fire. According to a statement from his office, protesters angered by the unprecedented economic crisis in the island nation broke into the PM’s private home and set it on fire. The protesters had earlier marched into the home of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, demanding his resignation. “Protesters have broken into the private residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and have set it...
Read
ASIWAJU
Why I directed my subjects to support Oyetola – Oluwo. The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has explained why he directed his subjects and all residents of his town to vote for the incumbent Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, in the July 16 governorship poll. Speaking exclusively to reporters, Oba Akanbi said he gave the directive in the interest of his town, with the hope that if Oyetola got reelected, Iwo can work towards producing his successor in 2026. Oba Akanbi’s recent directive that the 90,000 registered voters in his domain should vote for Oyetola had raised...
Read
ASIWAJU
AGF Malami Marries Buhari's Daughter, Hadiza. The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, on Friday wedded Nana Hadiza, the daughter of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) Hadiza is the third daughter from Buhari’s first wife, Safinatu and has just become Malami's third wife. According to TheCable, the private Nikkai ceremony took place at the villa. Nana Hadiza is 41 years old, a divorcee with six children. Credit: TheCable -- Follow us for more breaking news and videos #nanahadiza #abubakarmalami #buhari #nikkai
Read