3 quotes which explains Bode George’s grudge with Tinubu (READ)

by Kolapo Olapoju For all those who have been wondering, now you have your answer on the reason for Bode George’s acrimony with Bola Tinubu. Apparently, late sage and Yoruba nationalist, Obafemi Awolowo, is partially responsible for why the two politicians may never see eye-to-eye. George, who’s a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, let... Read More

APC, Bode George, bola tinubu, Obafemi Awolowo, PDP

March 8, 2015

‘Shame! Shame! Shame!,’ says Tinubu’s wife to the PDP

by Kolapo Olapoju Hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorned wrath.. believe that. It is official that in this electioneering season, it is a free for all, everyone is involved and the gloves are off. No pun intended, but even the most unlikely politicians are taking verbal political swipes. Things have gotten very personal and direct attacks... Read More

bola tinubu, Oluremi Tinubu, PDP, President Jonathan

March 5, 2015

Opinion: The PDP’s ‘Big Lie’ strategy will eventually fail

by Alfred Omolewa “If you tell a lie that’s big enough, and you tell it often enough, people will believe you are telling the truth, even when what you are saying is total crap.” – Richard Belzer in his book UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don’t Have To Be Crazy To Believe From time immemorial,... Read More

bola tinubu, PDP, Peoples Democratic Party

March 5, 2015

No time! AIT replies Tinubu, threatens N100 billion countersuit

by Kolapo Olapoju African Independent Television, has reacted to the lawsuit threat and apology request by All Progressives Congress National leader, Bola Tinubu. The parent company of AIT, Daar Communications Plc has written to Tunji Abayomi and co on behalf of Bola Tinubu, rejecting in their entirety the demands. Tinubu had demanded that include the stoppage of... Read More

The News Blog

AIT, bola tinubu, daar communications, Lawsuit, Mike Ozekhome, Tunji Abayomi

March 4, 2015

Niyi Akinnaso: The South-west will determine who wins between Jonathan and Buhari

by Niyi Akinnaso It is also important not to overlook the relative sophistication of Yoruba voters. Compared to other groups, they have a higher literacy rate and are more exposed to urban life. Finally, they are hard to deceive or cheat, which is why they often fought to the death to reclaim their stolen mandate.... Read More

bola tinubu, Muhammadu Buhari, Olusegun Mimiko, olusegun obasanjo, Ondo State

March 4, 2015

APC has a talent for noise making… – Abati’s gloves are finally off

by Kolapo Olapoju The Presidency has rubbished some of the recent claims of the All Progressives Congress saying that the party is especially gifted in the art of noise-making and deception. The Special Adviser to the President, Dr. Reuben Abati, stated that allegations of the APC were baseless, meaningless and false, adding that the party... Read More

#bbcdebate on africa, APC, Attahiru Jega, bola tinubu, President Goodluck Jonathan, reuben abati, Rotimi Amaechi

March 4, 2015

It’s open season: Osinbajo calls in Falana to sue Fani-Kayode for defamation

by Kolapo Olapoju Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, has threatened to institute legal action against the spokesperson for the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, for defamation of his person. Fani-Kayode had recently alleged that Osinbajo had taken a secret oath with National leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu,... Read More

APC, bola tinubu, defamation of character, femi falana, Femi Fani-Kayode, PDP, Yemi Osinbajo

March 3, 2015

Tinubu belongs in a sanatorium… – 7 fiery quotes from Femi Fani-Kayode

by Kolapo Olapoju The verbal altercation between the pair of APC National leader, Bola Tinubu and spokesperson of the PDP Presidential campaign organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, seems to intensify by the day. In the last 48 hours, the duo have released series of statements, attacking and counter-attacking one another, and it shows no sign of abating... Read More

APC, bola tinubu, Femi Fani-Kayode, Muhammadu Buhari, Muhammadu Buhari and his vice-presidential nominee, PDP

March 3, 2015

Who is unbalanced, the misfit or he who hires him? || Tinubu comes for GEJ, Fani-Kayode

by Kolapo Olapoju APC National leader, Bola Tinubu, has described spokesperson of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has the worst and the most outspoken of the PDP lot. He said this in a statement by his media aide, Sunday Dare, pointing out that Fani-Kayode returned to the Peoples Democratic Party, in order to... Read More

APC, bola tinubu, EFCC, Femi Fani-Kayode, Muhammadu Buhari, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan

March 2, 2015

PDP must produce evidence of oath-taking or meet us in court – APC spits fire

by Damilola Jagun The All Progressive Congress (APC) has asked the Peoples Democratic Party and its Presidential Campaign’s Director of Media and Publicity, Femi Fani-Kayode, to make public any evidence to back their claims of oath-taking between Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and National leader of APC, Bola Tinubu. The ruling party had alleged that Osinbajo had... Read More

APC, bola tinubu, Femi Fani-Kayode, Garba Shehu, Muhammadu Buhari, PDP, Yemi Osinbajo

March 2, 2015

Tinubu’s not playing, threatens to sue AIT for N20 billion

by Kolapo Olapoju All Progressives Congress National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has threatened to sue the management of the Daar Communications Limited, owners of the Africa Independent Television, AIT for N20 billion, over a documentary it aired on Sunday, March 1. Tinubu’s counsel, Tunji Abayomi, wrote a letter to Daar Communications asking the company... Read More

The News Blog

AIT, bola tinubu, Daar Communication, Lawsuit, Tunji Abayomi

March 2, 2015

We believe Tinubu is working with OBJ to deny North of Presidency – Arewa Youth group

The Arewa Youth Integrity Forum (AYIF) has backed the claims made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign organisation that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, is critically ill and not healthy enough to be President. The group also verified the allegations accusing the APC leader,... Read More

bola tinubu, Muhammadu Buhari, Musa Yar'Adua, nigeria, olusegun obasanjo, President Goodluck Jonathan

March 2, 2015

“Nobody can kill me before my time” || Who is after Fani-Kayode’s life?

by Damilola Jagun Former aviation minister and Director of the PDP Presidential campaign organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, is displeased over the supposed allegation by the National leaders of the All Progressives Congress, that he’s suffering from ill health as well as having committed many atrocities. While castigating former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu and the... Read More

APC, bola tinubu, Femi Fani-Kayode, lai mohammed, PDP

March 1, 2015

Free Buhari from Tinubu and APC cabal – 5 things we learnt from Fayose’s latest tirade

by Kolapo Olapoju Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has beckoned on Nigerians and Northern leaders to save the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Gen. Muhamadu Buhari (retd.), from the hold of the party’s National leader, Bola Tinubu, and his cabal in the APC. The governor, who has been a vocal critic of Buhari, says... Read More

APC, Ayo Fayose, bola tinubu, Muhammadu Buhari, PDP

March 1, 2015

PDP plans to freeze Tinubu, Amaechi’s bank accounts – APC makes serious claims

by Kolapo Olapoju The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, has revealed an alleged plot by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Peoples Democratic Party to derail the APC campaign by freezing the accounts of party leaders, Bola Tinubu and Rotimi Amaechi. In a statement released on Saturday, February 28, by the Director Media and Publicity of... Read More

APC, bola tinubu, Garba Shehu, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan, President Goodluck Jonathan and Asari Dokubo, Rotimi Amaechi

March 1, 2015

‘We stand by our claims’ – PDP insists Tinubu wants to benefit from Buhari’s death

by Kolapo Olapoju The Peoples Democratic Party has issued a statement after the All Progressives Congress refuted its claim that the national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, has an arrangement in place for Vice Presidential candidate of the party, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to step down for him, if elected. The APC had responded saying... Read More

APC, bola tinubu, Femi Fani-Kayode, Muhammadu Buhari, PDP, Yemi Osinbajo

February 28, 2015

“Sickening and outlandish” – How APC described PDP’s claim of Tinubu’s plot to be President

by Damilola Jagun The All Progressives Congress has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of trying to take attention from the success of the party’s presidential candidate during his appearance at Chatham House, by insinuating that the National leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, is scheming to become President through the backdoor. The APC described the... Read More

APC, bola tinubu, chatham house, Muhammadu Buhari, PDP

February 13, 2015

#PlotTwist: Tinubu, Amaechi, Saraki’s phones have been bugged – APC cries foul

by Kolapo Olapoju The All Progressives Congress has accused the security agencies of the Federal Government of bugging the mobile phones of a national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and Senator Bukola Saraki. Similarly, the opposition party further alleged that the telephones of its National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun... Read More

APC, bola tinubu, Bukola Saraki, Federal Government, lai mohammed, PDP, Rotimi Amaechi

February 12, 2015

Did APC have secret meetings with Prof. Jega? Well, the PDP seems to think so

by Ranti Joseph The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, of working with the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been holding secret meetings in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and other unnamed cities to rig the forthcoming general elections. They were accused of... Read More

2015, adamawa, APC, bola tinubu, dubai, Femi Fani-Kayode, INEC, kano, lagos, lai mohammed, nigeria, PDP, Prof. Attahiru Jega, PVC, united arab emirates

February 12, 2015

Just In: Police lay siege on Garba Shehu’s Abuja residence, APC reacts

by Isi Esene A detachment of policemen reportedly laid siege on the residence of the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Organization, Mallam Garba Shehu. Reports say the police detachment, comprising of four police vehicles and a van, arrived Shehu’s residence located at the NNPC Quarters, Area 11, Abuja around 3am on... Read More

Abuja, APC, bola tinubu, Garba Shehu, lagos, lai mohammed, nigeria, PDP, police, Politics

February 11, 2015

Tinubu lied, no politician in Lagos is under our watch list – Military

by Ranti Joseph Major General Tamubomiebi Dibi, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division, Lagos, on Wednesday has said that it was an mischievous allegation that armed soldiers were at the Bourdillon home of Senator Bola Tinubu. Dibi said that it was a figment of imagination of anyone to contemplate that armed soldiers had been deployed... Read More

The News Blog

2015, bola tinubu, nigeria, Politics, soldiers

January 31, 2015

I’m qualified, younger & richer than Buhari + 2 more highlights of Bola Tinubu’s speech at the Lagos rally

by Anike Jacobs A former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said he sacrificed his presidential ambition for the All Progressives Congress candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari. The APC chairman, Tinubu stated this while addressing a crowd of APC supporters at the party’s presidential rally in Lagos on Friday. Here are highlights of his speech:... Read More

bola tinubu, Bola Tinubu at APC rally, Tinubu and buhari

January 26, 2015

APC leader, Bola Tinubu goes hard on the state of the economy

by Bola Tinubu They want us to believe their prescriptions are the only plausible ones. Only one road exists: theirs. They don’t want us to seek alternatives because they are afraid of what we might learn…. They are afraid that if we reject their economic model that they may lose their elite position. Reason for... Read More

bola tinubu, economy

January 23, 2015

Lanre Olagunju: With Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos will be fine

by Lanre Olagunju My fear with Jimi Agbaje is that in every sense of it, he doesn’t come close to Ambode’s wealth of relevant experience. Say I’m biased, but truthfully I have researched and concluded that Agbaje’s private sector experience isn’t any stellar. The phenomenal transformation Lagos has encountered in recent years is basically due... Read More

2015, Accountant General, Akinwunmi Ambode, babatunde Fashola, bola tinubu, jimi agbaje, lagos, nigeria, Politics

January 15, 2015

Fayose says OBJ wants Buhari to die in office

by Kolapo Olapoju Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has admonished Nigerians to be cautious of the intention of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in regards to whom should emerge as the next president of the country. Fayose accused Obasanjo of attempting to make as president, an old man like Muhammadu Buhari, just like he did... Read More

Ayo Fayose, bola tinubu, Ekiti, Muhammadu Buhari, olusegun obasanjo, President Goodluck Jonathan, Umar Musa Yar'Adua

January 15, 2015

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Amosun thanks GEJ for doing him a favour | GEJ, GMB settle for peace | INEC’s senatorial list has k-leg | More stories

As you count down to the February General Elections, we show you what to read and what to skip today. Let’s just say Fashola doesn’t trust Mr. President. YNaija Jonathan, Buhari settle for peace. Nation Interim govt?! If we hear? – ACF. Nation Tinubu thinks PDP can’t rule Lagos. Nation INEC’s senatorial list has k-leg.... Read More

APC, bola tinubu, Goodluck Jonathan, Ibikunle Amosun, jimi agbaje, Muhammadu Buahri, Ogun, Olusegun Osoba, PDP, Politics, SDP

January 8, 2015

Lateef Raji: Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode and the baton of excellence

by Lateef Raji The emergence of Akinwunmi Ambode… is another indication that the party is not in short supply of capable hands to keep the state on the path of growth and progress. For us in Lagos State, the last fifteen years of civil administration had been an epic. Lagos has been able to live... Read More

APC, bola tinubu, jimi agbaje, lagos, Lateef Raji, Lekki Free Trade Zone, nigeria, PDP, Politics

January 7, 2015

Opinion: Akinwumi Ambode – If only evil could stink

by Olabode Odunuga Lagosians would only deceive themselves if they even entertain the thought that Ambode could be held responsible for his own deeds in office. It is too obvious already that this man is not his own man. The human nose is one of man’s most crucial properties. It is connected tightly to breathing and... Read More

Akinwumi Ambode, APC, bola tinubu, jimi agbaje, lagos, nigeria, PDP, Politics

January 7, 2015

Opinion: Jimi Agbaje ticks all the right boxes

by Yemi Adeyemi Jimi Agbaje’s candidacy offers Lagos and Lagosians a chance to set the destiny of the state aright. Lagos has known some development since the beginning of the latest Republic but has it really been about most Lagosians? How many slums have been turned into habitable places, just good enough for the masses to... Read More

2015, APC, babatunde Fashola, bola tinubu, bourdillon, ikoyi, jimi agbaje, lagos, PDP, Politics

January 6, 2015

Tinubu, Atiku, Fashola, others listed as members of Buhari’s campaign team (See full list)

by Isi Esene Days after President Goodluck Jonathan released the list of members of his Presidential Campaign Committee, his arch-opponent, Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), who is contesting on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has made his own public. Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar will serve as a Vice Chairman of the team in... Read More

babatunde Fashola, bola tinubu, Muhammadu Buhari, nigeria, Politics

3 quotes which explains Bode George’s grudge with Tinubu (READ)

‘Shame! Shame! Shame!,’ says Tinubu’s wife to the PDP

Opinion: The PDP’s ‘Big Lie’ strategy will eventually fail

No time! AIT replies Tinubu, threatens N100 billion countersuit

Niyi Akinnaso: The South-west will determine who wins between Jonathan and Buhari

APC has a talent for noise making… – Abati’s gloves are finally off

It’s open season: Osinbajo calls in Falana to sue Fani-Kayode for defamation

Tinubu belongs in a sanatorium… – 7 fiery quotes from Femi Fani-Kayode

Who is unbalanced, the misfit or he who hires him? || Tinubu comes for GEJ, Fani-Kayode

PDP must produce evidence of oath-taking or meet us in court – APC spits fire

Tinubu’s not playing, threatens to sue AIT for N20 billion

We believe Tinubu is working with OBJ to deny North of Presidency – Arewa Youth group

“Nobody can kill me before my time” || Who is after Fani-Kayode’s life?

Free Buhari from Tinubu and APC cabal – 5 things we learnt from Fayose’s latest tirade

PDP plans to freeze Tinubu, Amaechi’s bank accounts – APC makes serious claims

‘We stand by our claims’ – PDP insists Tinubu wants to benefit from Buhari’s death

“Sickening and outlandish” – How APC described PDP’s claim of Tinubu’s plot to be President

#PlotTwist: Tinubu, Amaechi, Saraki’s phones have been bugged – APC cries foul

Did APC have secret meetings with Prof. Jega? Well, the PDP seems to think so

Just In: Police lay siege on Garba Shehu’s Abuja residence, APC reacts

Tinubu lied, no politician in Lagos is under our watch list – Military

I’m qualified, younger & richer than Buhari + 2 more highlights of Bola Tinubu’s speech at the Lagos rally

APC leader, Bola Tinubu goes hard on the state of the economy

Lanre Olagunju: With Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos will be fine

Fayose says OBJ wants Buhari to die in office

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Amosun thanks GEJ for doing him a favour | GEJ, GMB settle for peace | INEC’s senatorial list has k-leg | More stories

Lateef Raji: Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode and the baton of excellence

Opinion: Akinwumi Ambode – If only evil could stink

Opinion: Jimi Agbaje ticks all the right boxes

Tinubu, Atiku, Fashola, others listed as members of Buhari’s campaign team (See full list)

Recent Posts

Categories

Recent Comments

YNaija

Join the Newsletter