Tag: APC
Bola Tinubu: State of emergency – President Jonathan’s ploy to subvert constitutional democracy
by Bola Tinubu If development is about the people, all measures put in place for the sustenance and maintenance of the super-structure of the society must take into cognisance local…
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The APC will collapse soon – Tony Anenih boasts, blames opposition for NGF troubles
by Isi Esene The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are not taking the looming challenge of the coalition parties under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress (APC) lightly as it…
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“Anarchy is knocking on the door” – Buhari warns at party convention
by Isi Esene The leader of the Congress for Progressive Change, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) yesterday accused the People s Democratic Party led federal government of a lack of capacity…
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Opinion: The APC is becoming a reality – and the PDP is running scared
by Segun Gbadegesin Since the announcement of the mega merger to form the All Progressives Congress (APC), there has been a new art of scaremongering and there is something paradoxical…
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12 PDP governors ready to join the opposition – Gov. Okorocha boasts as he defects to unregistered APC
by Akan Ido By the time the political dust settles as the country moves towards the 2015 elections the ranks of the All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled states may have…
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Ife Adebayo: The hunger for change is the power of the APC (Y! Politico)
by Ife Adebayo What we have now is a national shift in political advisers; Nigerians are tired of listening to their empty stomach for political advice and are instead hungry…
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How the Yoruba will determine who becomes President in 2015
by Azuka Onwuka The combination that will likely attract the highest number of votes from the North and South-West may be that of Buhari-Fashola or Buhari-Tinubu. The voting pattern of…
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“People are tired of PDP” – Captain Obvious explains why his party joined APC
by Ogunyemi Bukola The Democratic People’s Party has said it decided to join the All Progressives Congress to ‘correct the failures of the Peoples Democratic Party and strengthen the opposition.’…
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Call it a tsunami: Amaechi, Aliyu, Lamido, and 7 other PDP governors are “on their way to APC”
by Ogunyemi Bukola If reports available to us are anything to go by, no fewer than 10 serving governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party may be on…
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Opinion: Leave the President alone
by Abdullahi Garba It is desperate opposition politicians who have a problem of presenting a credible track-record and an impressive score-sheet that Nigerian voters can rely on in deciding who…
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Opinion: When governors sneeze…
by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed "It is certainly more agreeable to have power to give than to receive." - Winston Churchill An amusing report in one of the dailies last week claimed that…
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Gbenga Olorunpomi: The birth of APC – INEC’s moment in the sun
by Gbenga Olorunpomi Now, the ACN has shown its hand. It is time for the other partners to follow suit. On Thursday, April 18th, the leadership of the Action Congress…
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Why APC will never rule Nigeria – Bauchi governor, Isa Yuguda
by Akan Ido In this interview with the Vanguard Newspapers, Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State talks about his party, the race for the 2015 elections, the opposition parties, Boko…
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Opinion: Bola Tinubu and the speech that may be his ‘Barack Obama 2004’ moment
Sen. Abiola Ajimobi, Sen. Bola Tinubu, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and Sen. Ibikunle Amosun by Mayowa Salami I must start by confessing that I am a sucker for good speeches. The fact…
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Expensive sh-t — and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze
by Cheta Nwanze Baba Suwe must have a lot of faith to still go back to the same judiciary which has proven time and again, that it has no bite…
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APC releases manifesto: Jonathan, Obasanjo to face probe; immunity for president and governors to go (READ)
After weeks of intense debates, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, and a faction of the All Progressives…
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“A positive storm is brewing” – Bola Tinubu’s rousing speech at the ACN Convention [READ]
SACRIFICING THE PARTY TO SAVE NIGERIA Protocol 1. History is upon us, asking something bold of us. Those who hear must respond to its call because history is impatient. If…
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Ife Adebayo: Nigeria – 2015 and youth participation (Y! Politico)
by Ife Adebayo Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber - Plato I’ll start today’s article with two…
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Opinion: APC is the devil’s alternative
by Ojay Kaikai In the same manner, some APC serving Governors strolled into Borno, discarding their escorts, to show that Boko Haram is just about bad government, The structure of…
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Debo Adejugbe: Social media votes and the pitfalls of ignorance (Y! Politico)
by Debo Adejugbe Personally, I would have loved if "Social Media Votes" translated to actual votes... Sadly, it doesn't! It means that all our hue and cry will amount to…
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Chukwuma Soludo: Is APC really the game changer it claims to be?
by Chukwuma Soludo Unfortunately, the quality of political discourse has deteriorated greatly since the first and second republics. I can still recall what each of the political parties during the…
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Banky W, Hafsat Abiola-Costello to speak at the Bola Tinubu Colloquium
by Isi Esene The 5th Annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium will hold on Thursday March 28, 2013, at the Shell Hall of the Muson Centre, Lagos. The theme for the colloquium…
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Power play: Amaechi, 7 other PDP governors move to defect
As political calculations towards the 2015 elections heighten, it has emerged that at least eight Peoples Democratic Party governors are set to leave the party. It is not a question…
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Hauwa Gambo: I tire for this our nyama-nyama president (Y! FrontPage)
by Hauwa Gambo We have a president who, in the same year, declared that he is “not a lion” and has no need to be, only for him to turn…
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Gbenga Olorunpomi: APC – When a few good men choose to be selfless (Y! Politico)
by Gbenga Olorunpomi The proverbial wind has blown and PDP's bum-bum is on public viewing. So, I won't waste my time on that lot anymore. Their calamitous end crawls ever…
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Osato Edokpayi: Of presidential pardons, multiple APCs and the race for 2015 (Y! Politico)
by Osato Edokpayi Is it impossible to equate the re-emergence of Chief Tony Aninih as chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees with the recent state pardons, the application of…
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Abubakar Usman: PDP – The devil’s umbrella
by Abubakar Usman All these revelations we have seen are not borne out of the brilliance or vigilance of those who exposed them, it is because God too is tired…
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Politics 101: Between dummies and neophytes, contenders and pretenders
by Ayokunle Odekunle On the last issue for determination, going by the above explanations, it is clear here that APC2 are DULY registered under the Law. While the APC2…
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Opinion: The APC is not the answer – It is the question
by Jude Egbas If all the PDP stands for is endorsing corruption like we have been reminded in the last couple of days, what is the APC’s trump card in…
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Michael Orodare: APC governors visit to Maiduguri; of what significance? (Y! Politico)
by Michael Orodare I have come to understand that in Nigeria, we tend to vest a lot of effort into celebrating process rather than the result, if not we won’t…
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