Tag: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Tinubu showers MON, Abuja flats, lands on Super Eagle

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

Nigeria’s President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has awarded the Super Eagles team the Member of the Order of the Niger(MON) national honour for their impressive display at the just concluded AFCON 2023 tournament held in Ivory Coast. They were also given one flat each and a plot of land in the FCT Nigeria came in second place, losing the trophy to the hosts Ivory Coast who were the eventual winners The Nigerian team were received at the State House on Tuesday where they were conferred with the titles. All the…

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APC Presidential Campaign Council raises alarm over PDP’s plot to sponsor fake publications against Tinubu

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has raised an alarm over plots by the People’s Democratic Party to unleashed a wave of fake news aimed at destroying the character of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, its Presidential flag bearer. According to a statement issued on Sunday and signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, the APC accused the PDP of perfecting the scurrilous campaign ‘with a dedicated team working day and night from the PDP national headquarters at Wadata House, Abuja and has also recruited many social…

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Tinubu to CAN: My choice of running mate, strategic, not religious

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, has explained why he chose the former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate in the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu, who met with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday, said the choice of Shettima was strategic, not religious. Explaining to the CAN leadership Tinubu said, “Choosing a Christian running mate would have been easy but that is not the case. “My choice of Shettima is borne out of the urgent need…

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Tinubu returns to Jos to kickstart Presidential campaign

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress will return to Jos the North Central city reputed to have served as the springboard of progressive politics to launch his bid for the Nigerian Presidency come 2023. It was in that beautiful tourism city that Moshood Abiola picked the Presidential ticket of the Social Democratic Party in 1993 and the same city where Olusegun Obasanjo secured the ticket of the Peoples; Democratic Party in 1999 and went on the win the Presidential election. According to the party’s presidential…

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Tinubu releases manifesto, makes 10 promises to Nigerians

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Ahmed Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, released an 80-page policy document that highlights an eight-point agenda. Among others, Tinubu listed national security, economy, agriculture, power, oil and gas, transportation and education as top priorities. In the manifesto, Tinubu said his objective is to foster a new society based on shared prosperity, tolerance, compassion, and the unwavering commitment to treating each citizen with equal respect and due regard. Here are 10 key promises made by the APC candidate: 1. Build a Nigeria, especially for…

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Tinubu meets Northern Pentecostal Bishops, explains reasons behind Shettima’s choice

Jide Ige

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, met with the Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria in Abuja, Thursday night. Exclusive photographs of his meeting with the northern clerics in his Abuja campaign office trended on the internet shortly after. The development is coming barely three months after the Christian Association of Nigeria dissociated itself from the presence of some alleged bishops and pastors at the unveiling of the vice presidential candidate of the party, Kashim Shettima, saying they were desperados who went there for themselves.…

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Osinbajo, Dogara others out as Amaechi, Aregbesola make Tinubu’s 422 Presidential campaign team

Jide Ige

Following weeks of anxiety and serial postponements, the presidential campaign council list of the flagbearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was released with several notable names of party chieftains missing. The 422-man list has names of political heavyweights including APC governors, ministers, lawmakers, ambassadors as well as serving and past public office holders. In the latest list released by the Presidential Campaign Council Secretary, James Faleke, in Abuja on Friday night, Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, retained his position as Director-General just as Deputy Director-General (Operations),…

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Tinubu at Gombe Gov., Son’s wedding, seeks continued support for APC as Lawan pledges massive loyalty

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress presidential flag candidate in the 2023 general elections, has urged members of the party in the North-East zone to do more for the success of the party in the forth coming general elections. Tinubu spoke in Gombe on Saturday during the wedding reception of Misbahu Yahaya, son of Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State. He said with the emergence of Senator Kashim Shettima, a former governor of Borno State, as his running mate, members of the party in the region had a…

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Tinubu best bet for Igbos -APC Youth leader

Jide Ige

Abdulhamid Umar Mohammad, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Northwest youth Leader, has called on Ndigbo in Nigeria to vote for Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. Muhammad said Tinubu has done more for the Igbo than other presidential candidates. He said, “Tinubu has done more good for the Igbos than any other presidential candidates and, it is time for them to pay back by voting massively for him in the upcoming general election. “Tinubu is a detribalized leader because when Igbos left southeast in droves,…

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Gbajabiamila salutes Tinubu @ 68

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has paid glowing tributes to the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his 68th birthday. Gbajabiamila, who said Tinubu has been serving humanity diligently and tirelessly in the last 68 years on earth, noted that having the former Lagos State governor in the country is a tremendous blessing to the citizens.In a birthday message he signed, the Speaker said Tinubu’s belief in democratic tenets is unparalleled, and his democratic credentials are unprecedented and…

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