Politics

Akeredolu hails Northern governors for endorsing presidency return to South

Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has hailed his counterparts from the Northern part of the country for collectively endorsing the return of presidency to the South. WesternPost reported that the Northern governors took the decision in a meeting on Saturday, where Jigawa Governor, Badaru Abubakar also withdrew his presidential ambition. Akeredolu who is also the Chairman of the Southern Nigeria…

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Consult, reduce your number before Monday’s primaries, Buhari charges APC presidential aspirants

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress to continue consultations towards reducing their number ahead of the party’s special convention on Monday. The president gave the charge when he met with the aspirants Saturday night. In a statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Buhari…

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BREAKING: Buhari endorses southern presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the rotation of the presidency to the Southern part of the country after his eight-year tenure. The president made this known in a meeting he had with presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress Saturday night. Details later…

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Northern APC Governors endorse power shift to South as Badaru withdraws from presidential race

All Progressives Congress Governors from the Northern part of the country have endorsed the transfer of power to the South. The decision was taken at a meeting of the governors on Saturday night in Abuja. According to a statement issued at the end of the meeting which was signed by the governors, Jigawa State Governor Badaru Abubakar also withdrew from…

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Buhari meets Tinubu, other APC presidential aspirants tonight

President Muhammadu Buhari will tonight meet with presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress ahead of the party’s special convention on Monday June 6th, 2022. The president is expected to charge the aspirants on the importance of unity among them as the party prepares for the 2023 general elections. The meeting is in continuation of President Buhari’s…

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Buhari’s senior aide, Darazo, rallies support for Tinubu, says President was once victim of misrepresentation

Mallam Ya’u Darazo, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Special Duties, has urged Nigerians, especially members of the All Progressives Congress, to ignore the malicious attempt by the opponents of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to misrepresent what he told party leaders and delegates in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Thursday. Darazo, in a statement he signed in his personal capacity…

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My tweet wasn’t in response to Tinubu – Gov Abiodun

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun said his social media post on not being an emperor was not a response to National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Abiodun had posted on all his social media pages Friday morning, “I am not an emperor by any chance and this is not my family inheritance. “I am holding this…

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Court orders statutory delegates to vote at APC presidential primary

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has ruled that statutory delegates cannot be barred from voting in the presidential primaries of the All Progressive Congress next week. Presiding Judge, Justice A.M. Liman gave the ruling in a case brought before him by Senator Mas’ud Doguwa, Hon. Habibu Sani and Hon. Bilyaminu Shinkafi. In the case which had the senate…

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Tinubu should be given right of first refusal to presidency – Shettima

Former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, says National Leader of the All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is the most deserving to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking on Channels TV programme Politics Today on Friday, Shettima said with the contribution of Tinubu to the APC, he deserved to be given the right of first refusal to the presidency. The serving…

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Eagles Square ready for APC presidential nomination convention

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu says the Eagles Square is ready for the All Progressives Congress special convention for presidential primary. Akeredolu who is chairman of the Security and Compliance subcommittee visited the venue in company of the co-chairman of the committee, Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazua. The Ondo State governor said this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary. “Ondo…

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