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Tinubu explains why Ribadu had to step down for Buhari in 2011

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has revealed how Nuhu Ribadu, a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, was pressured in 2011 not to abandon his presidential aspiration to support the race of Muhammadu Buhari. Ribadu ran under the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria while President Buhari was... Read More

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Bello Bawa Bwari: A tribute to the great Jagaban- Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

by Bello Bawa Bwari I am convinced that without Tinubu’s initiative, strategy and leadership, the PDP would still be in power come May 29, 2015. He is perhaps the single most important factor responsible for the great success of the APC in the last presidential election. Men make history and not the other way around.... Read More

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November 23, 2014

@Gbengagold: Shame on me for letting GEJ win in 2011! (Y! Politico)

by Gbenga Olorunpomi After the 2011 general elections, I fell on emotional hard times. I was depressed. My wife forced me out of my shell a little and I switched jobs. Ayomide my daughter was still under six months old and she made me smile a bit. But, I hated my job. Hated it even... Read More

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August 24, 2014

They are stealing our old acronyms – APC raises the alarm over new parties

by Godwin Akanfe The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over a plan by unscrupulous and apparently-hired hands to relaunch the acronym battle against the party by seeking to register three new parties that bear the acronyms of the same parties that merged to become the APC. Party spokesman, Lai Mohammed, said on... Read More

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August 23, 2014

Dele Momodu: Nuhu Ribadu and the rest of us

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, it has been a week of serious fireworks and heavy bombardment against one of our own on social media. The brouhaha erupted over what should have been a simple migration of Nuhu Ribadu from his erstwhile political Party, APC, to PDP, a Party most of his fans turned attackers consider... Read More

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Collins Uma: We will not infringe upon Nyako’s rights to associate with pigs (Y! FrontPage)

by Collins Uma The PDP, through the non-existent Wendell Simlin and its spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, started this mudslinging. We have a choice to join them in that gutter or not. Nyako chose to join them. We will not infringe upon his rights to association, with pigs. On a good day, Admiral Murtala Nyako should be... Read More

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Opinion: The tragedy of partisan politics in Nigeria

by Femi Owolabi Unconfirmed sources reported that Atiku had given N1b each to the ACN branches across the states of the federation. Yes, that is N36b! I was an ACN member. Money and other souvenirs were shared at our ward. In Nigeria, money, or gbemu – as it is being philosophized in the case of... Read More

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February 7, 2014

Opinion: Why is Edwin Clark scared of Bola Tinubu?

by Idowu Ajanaku In questioning why Tinubu’s daughter has become the IyaOloja and his wife Oluremi is a Senator, Clark has forgotten the Kennedy and George Bush dynasties of the United States as well as the Gandis of India. All in the queer quest for political relevance and more precisely to get his Ijaw-born brother,... Read More

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February 2, 2014

Tunde Fagbenle: Praises for the guru, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola

by Tunde Fagbenle Having worsted all political adversaries along the way to becoming the state’s governor, Ogbeni has thrown himself at the job with so much zeal, passion, and vision such as the state has never before seen. Because of his ascetic lifestyle, he seems to embody those lines of Awo’s self-assessment of leadership quoted... Read More

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February 1, 2014

Ex-VP, Atiku ends nationwide consultations, set to declare for APC

by Akan Ido After an elaborate round of political consultative meeting which took him round the country including a well-publicized session in Edo State, former Vice-President and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have decided to dump the party for the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). Reports say Atiku, who increasingly sees the... Read More

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January 28, 2014

Femi Aribisala: How the 2015 elections will play out for Tinubu

by Femi Aribisala This, therefore, is my position. The APC adventure marks the end of the road politically for Tinubu. It is downhill all the way for him from now on. The very things that made Tinubu successful in the South-West are bound to shipwreck him in the APC. Over the past few years, Bola... Read More

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January 26, 2014

Tunde Bakare: Why I distanced myself from the APC merger

by Tunde Bakare On whether I see the APC as credible alternative to the PDP, particularly with the type of people the party is currently fraternizing with, let me put it this way, if you take on a Sango (god of thunder) worshiper and tell him he is an idolater, he might not agree with you.... Read More

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January 24, 2014

Opinion: Dear Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele, you are deceitful sir

by Alofe Sunday I keep asking myself that if you could betray Bola Tinubu who would probably take up close to 95% of your autobiography if and when you decide to write it, then the masses of Ekiti whom you have no personal relationship with are in for real trouble should you be elected governor.... Read More

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January 4, 2014

How runway was blocked and APC delegation prevented from landing at Gombe Airport

by Akintomiwa Agbaje An aircraft carrying a delegation led by a former Minister of State for Power and Steel, Muritala Aliyu, of the All Progressive Congress was prevented from landing at the Gombe Airport. Reports on Friday say that the aircraft was about to land when the pilot saw that a fire truck was parked at... Read More

December 9, 2013

Defecting governors maintain stance, turndown president’s overtures

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Sokoto State governor, Governor Aliyu Wamakko has insisted that his defection along with the five other governors from the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) to the All Progressives Congress(APC) is permanent. Wamakko declared their stand while addressing State House correspondents on Monday after a seven-hour meeting of some PDP governors, including three of the G-7 governors, with President... Read More

December 4, 2013

Collins Uma: #AnambraElections – APC was taught a lesson on strongholds

by Collins Uma One of the most obvious lessons we learnt from the recent governorship election in Anambra is that the guys who make up the All Progressives Congress (APC) are bad losers. This is not news, though. The legacy parties that make up the APC, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria... Read More

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November 25, 2013

Opinion: Let’s face facts, Anambra election was not free and fair

by Moshood Isah No doubt, INEC is still far away from conducting a free and fair election in the country. There are little positives to take away from the Anambra elections. The fact that election results were cancelled in about sixty-five polling units goes a long way in sending a message that the body is... Read More

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November 25, 2013

Ochereome Nnanna: Decisive factors in the Anambra election

by Ochereome Nnanna They are calling for fresh elections. But on the other hand, Nwoye’s party, the PDP, APGA and 16 other registered political parties which participated have extolled the poll’s virtues. It is a classic case of osondi owendi. The much awaited governorship election in AnambraState has come, though it has not quite gone.... Read More

November 24, 2013

INEC must tell us who sabotaged Anambra election – Lai Mohammed

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The debate on the outcome of governorship election that held in Anambra state about a week ago continues to fester. [READ:“Where did they get the results?”: Scores of women protest in Anambra, dare police to shoot (PHOTOS)] The Independent National Electoral Commission had announced November 30 for the supplementary elections in Idemili North so... Read More

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November 22, 2013

Opinion: Another election, another blunder by INEC!

by Levi Obijiofor Would Jega accept responsibility for the botched governorship election in Anambra State? No, he won’t. It is just not his style. He is too perfect to be faulted by anyone. As chair of INEC, he perceives himself as a superstar and an infallible man The Anambra State governorship election that was conducted... Read More

November 20, 2013

#AnambraElection: APGA’s Obiano thanks INEC for providing a level playing ground

The flag bearer of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Willie Obiano described the November 16, governorship election as a sign of great things to come to the state. Chief Obiano made this statement while speaking to journalists yesterday at his home town of Aguleri in Anambra East council area. Chief Obiano said the outcome of the... Read More

November 20, 2013

Okey Ndibe: INEC’s outing in Anambra is nothing short of awful

by Okey Ndibe If INEC couldn’t conduct a hitch-free, credible election in Anambra, what are the odds of its handling the fast-approaching 2015 nation-wide elections with any integrity? If the names of many Anambra voters were missing, then imagine the scale of the crisis when many more voters around the country will come out to... Read More

November 16, 2013

Why I have not re-married since I lost my wife – Adams Oshiomhole reveals

by Akan Ido Governor Adams Oshiomhole recently clocked five years as governor of Edo and the landmark occasion was celebrated in style. Oshiomhole talked about his journey so far as Edo governor, the politics of the state, style of administration, the death of his wife, Clara, and more. Read excerpts from the interview below: ... Read More

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November 15, 2013

Akin Osuntokun: The APC & CPC call the PDP evil, but there are no different

by Akin Osuntokun You might have heard that it was the same political personality namely Chief Bola Ige , that authored the outline of the constitution of the three political parties that contested the 1999 general elections. It is true and this is how it came to be. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, originated... Read More

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