Tag: Bola Tinubu

Godfatherism: Tinubu’s critics are lazy and envious -Alake

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All Progressives Congress presidential campaign council’s director of strategic communication Mr. Dele Alake, has described those criticising Bola Tinubu’s godfatherism in Lagos as indolent and exhausted politicians who are envious of the APC presidential flag bearer’s political feats. Alake, a veteran journalist, spoke on Channels TV Politics Today, in Lagos over the weekend. He insisted that though the notion of godfatherism has been given a negative connotation in Nigeria, there is nothing wrong with the concept if used to promote the public good. Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, was…

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OBJ to Gbajabiamila: ‘Your statement on my meeting with Tinubu is fake and a disservice to his ambition’

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Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former President has warned supporters of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, over the claim that he has endorsed Tinubu. Obasanjo expressed dissatisfaction with what he described as an unauthorised report of the discussion at the closed doors meeting he held with Tinubu. Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, in a statement on Thursday said that what transpired during the meeting between Obasanjo and Tinubu was a sign of victory for Tinubu come 2023. The former president in a statement issued by…

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‘Not our members,’ CAN disown clerics seen at Shettima’s unveiling

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The Christian Association of Nigeria, the umbrella body of all Christians in Nigeria, on Wednesday dissociated itself from Bishops who attended the unveiling of the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, describing them as fakes and desperados who went there for themselves. The organisation said that although the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was free to “hire mechanics and other artisans and sew clerical garments for them”, that effort would only add to their many ropes but would not change the need for…

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RCCG denies Adeboye meeting with Tinubu

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Pastor Enoch Adejare’s the Redeemed Christian Church of God has issued a disclaimed media report of a purported meeting between its General Overseer and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Several online news platforms had reported that the revered cleric met with Tinubu on Sunday at the Redemption Camp in Ogun State. Debunking the claim, the church’s Public Relations Office, in a statement on Tuesday, noted that such a meeting did not hold. The statement read, “It has come to our notice that some news outlets are…

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