Bola Ahmed Tinubu

October 26, 2013

Tinubu takes a break from politics to attend Broadway-styled ‘SARO The Musical’ (PHOTOS)

by Isi Esene Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu took a little break from politics to attend Saro The Musical, a Broadway style stage play produced by Bolanle Auten-Peters, the founder of Terra-Kulture, Victoria Island. Tinubu who returned to the country weeks ago after a successful surgery on a nagging knee in the... Read More

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October 21, 2013

Ochereome Nnanna: We want a real conference, not a jamboree

by Ochereome Nnanna The conference will now be exactly what we had feared: an Obasanjo-like jamboree that will not satisfy the yearnings of those hoping it would give Nigeria a new beginning and cure the polity of the ailments responsible for the overall unhappiness of every stakeholder. When Senator Ahmed Tinubu came back from his... Read More

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August 31, 2013

Who will be Fashola’s successor? Crisis hits APC in Lagos

An implosion is threatening the political empire of former Lagos State governor and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu into shreds following a move by his successor and current chief executive of the state, Babatunde Raji Fashola to impose one of his loyalists as the party’s governorship candidate in the... Read More

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Pius Adesanmi: Tinubu, Buhari, and their social media supporters

by Pius Adesanmi If Buhari’s or Tinubu’s loyalists insult you for asking questions, shrug your shoulders and tell them that insults do not grow on the forehead of the insulted or, as the Yoruba would put it, “eebu o so”. It’s been ‘eebu tins’ (insult extravaganza) in the arena of political discourse and public commentary... Read More

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 the Yoruba people of South-West geopolitical zone in the 2015 presidential election may determine who wins and who loses. In 2011, even though the zone... Read More

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“The cluelessness of the current government needs no announcement” – Tinubu attacks Jonathan

by Isi Esene The ACN-PDP war of words have always been prosecuted like a cold war with both parties bickering through their media representatives but it appears the ACN have gone for a change of strategy as the National leader of the party, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu has decided to draw first blood. Part of... Read More

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Opinion: Bola Tinubu and the speech that may be his ‘Barack Obama 2004’ moment

by Mayowa Salami I must start by confessing that I am a sucker for good speeches. The fact that we don’t have many speeches that can be considered good, deep, and propelled by deep thinking and vision in Nigeria is a sad commentary on the conviction of our leaders to inspire citizens. As a U.S Illinois... Read More

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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 to support its bark. Imagine being deprived of your liberty, for three weeks, and in those three weeks, being made to do your business in... Read More

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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 we tarry, history shall not. If we fail to act as the situation requires, history will still move forward and its pen will write an... Read More

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Lagos stands still – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze The ACN itself, does not have a stellar record when it comes to traffic management in Lagos as the charade that happened during Jagaban’s last birthday bash screams from the rooftops. Please someone tell me that ACN parrot, Lai Mohammed did not threaten the Prez? Snap me out of the nightmare, he... Read More

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Gbenga Olorunpomi: The Bola Tinubu Colloquium – When a new generation spoke (Y! Politico)

by Gbenga Olorunpomi This time around, the youth took centre stage, while the elderly and experienced listened and marveled. Just over a week before hugely successful Future Awards Symposium, a similar event took place at the Muson Centre, Lagos. It was the 5th Annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium, with the theme, “Beyond Merger: A National Movement... Read More

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Happy birthday, son: Bola Tinubu meets with his mother as he celebrates his 60th (SNAPSHOT)

by Rachel Ogbu National leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu visited his mother, Abibatu Mogaji on his birthday on March 29 to receive a special prayer with his wife, Oluremi Tinubu. [Photo: H/T to PM News]

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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 is ‘Beyond Mergers: A National Movement for Change, A New Generation Speaks!’ The Annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium was an idea conceived by close friends and... Read More

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“Foreign investment is welcome but will not lead us to prosperity”: Bola Tinubu at launch of his book, ‘Financialism’ [COMPLETE SPEECH]

by Bola Ahmed Tinubu I stand before you today not as the national leader of the ACN or a member of the APC. I’m not here as Asiwaju, a former Senator, or a former Governor. Today, I rest these titles. Thus, I stand before you simply as Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a Nigerian, who has dedicated... Read More

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January 19, 2013

Tanko Yakasai: Let’s ALL support the opposition’s marriage of convenience (Y! Politico)

by Tanko Yakasai The importance of this merger cannot be over emphasized simply because PDP’s roots are deep in rigging, election manipulation, voter intimidation and many more… The only thing certain about the 2015 elections is that campaign started the day President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was sworn into office, May 29th, 2011. Since the return... Read More

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December 31, 2012

Sidenote: Olusegun Mimiko: The Iroko fought a good fight

by Stanley Azuakola *Dr. Olusegun Mimiko is a YNaija Person of the Year 2012 finalist On the morning of October 22, The Vanguard Newspaper carried this brilliant headline: “A broom can’t bring down an Iroko.” If it was a Nollywood movie, the next statement would have been, “You’re speaking in parables. Who is the broom... Read More

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November 23, 2012

PDP floors ACN (again) in Lagos as tribunal declares Busari Akande winner of LG poll

by Isi Esene The Local Government Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lagos yesterday declared the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Busari Akande, as the validly elected chairman of Agbado Oke-odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the state. The Tribunal declared invalid the Certificate of Return earlier issued to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) candidate,... Read More

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November 19, 2012

Coincidence? Bola Tinubu named Egba Field Marshal as aide, Toyin Hamzat is assassinated in Ogun

by Isi Esene Four gunmen yesterday shot and killed the former chairman of Ikeja Local Government, Toyin Hamzat. Hamzat was said to have being waylaid by the gunmen around 9pm while dropping off a female companion in Sagamu, Ogun State. Reports say the former chairman and the lady were reported to have been returning from... Read More

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November 19, 2012

‘Stop playing stone age politics’ – PDP Youth Circuit denounces Bola Tinubu over Babajide Obanikoro

by Isi Esene The Youth Circuit of the Peoples Democratic Party are threatening fire and brimstone over what it described as the “desperate antics” of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to deny Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro his mandate. Obanikoro was returned by the election tribunal on the 4th of October as chairman of Ikoyi-Obalende LCDA... Read More

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November 16, 2012

Hauwa Gambo: The truth about Tunde Bakare (YNaija FrontPage)

Save for fire and brimstone, no one can distil in a nutshell what exactly Tunde Bakare and Buhari were going to do better than Jonathan and Sambo. Let me quickly share one truth: anyone who believes, even for one second, that President Goodluck Jonathan won the 2011 elections because he rigged the polls will never... Read More

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October 4, 2012

#Lobatan: “A vote for Mimiko is a vote against the Yoruba race” – Rauf Aregbesola

by Isi Esene The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has denied claims by the opposition that the former Lagos State Governor and leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is backing the candidacy of Rotimi Akeredolu, for the governorship election because of what is in it for him financially. The Osun... Read More

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