by Tunde Fagbenle No president in the history of Nigeria made greater mockery of the seat and personalised the presidency more than Chief Olusegun Obasanjo of whom I should say no more. Nigeria is a peculiar country. Peculiar and sad. The more one looks at the country, her political structure and her leadership, the more... Read More
by Oluwatosin Fatoyinbo The party flag bearer is decided in Lagos at the home of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This had been done for all the ACN controlled states and Ondo was no exception. Never in the history of Ondo state had a sitting governor been re-elected without controversy. Dr Olusegun Agagu was declared winner... Read More
by Cheta Nwanze From that vote, two “leaders” emerged. What struck me the most was that one camp, the camp belonging to GrandPa Jang, claimed victory, despite having (and admitting to having) 16 votes out of 35. No abstentions. I’m currently involved in a shindig that is focusing on Nigeria’s current Constitutional Amendment, an event... Read More
by Japheth Omojuwa If the APC wants to be taken seriously, there are realities it must take without kid gloves. Bola Ahmed Tinubu may be politically powerful but he is not the type you want to represent your image. He has not been proved to be corrupt but there is a strong perception of corruption... Read More
by Isi Esene The Publicity Secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Lagos state, Joe Igbokwe has denied reports that the former governor of Lagos, Bola Tinubu has perfected plans to impose his wife, Oluremi on the party as the next governor of the state. Igbokwe said the reports are a mere fabrication... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu The daughter of the former governor of Lagos State and National Leader, Action Congress of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu has spoken up to defend her father after he was accused of forcing Lagos market women and men to recognise her as the market leader. The new Iya Oloja-General (market leader), Sade Tinubu-Ojo, said she... Read More
by Akan Ido Nyesom Wike, the Minister of State for Education has been in a long-drawn political battle with the embattled Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi with both parties engaging in verbal battle. In this no holds barred interview with the Saturday Sun, Wike speaks about his relationship with Amaechi, his contribution to making him the... Read More
by Michael Orodare The story of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is enough for Emperor Jagaban to learn from, one day the Grande Armee will be utterly damaged and the mighty will fall. “Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.” – Mwai Kibaki, former Kenyan... Read More
by Isi Esene The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has strongly condemned the persistent campaign of calumny against the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the attempt to use ethno-religious sentiments to destroy the budding party as a cheap shot that has fallen flat on the faces of the purveyors of falsehood. In a statement issued... Read More
by Abimbola Adelakun If the post of Iyaloja gets ceded to another Tinubu, people will murmur and live with it… Lagosians are sophisticated people and when they have had enough, they will do the needful. “This new development portends great danger for our democracy and indeed Lagos integrity. We are thus calling on the Lagos State Governor,... Read More
by Isi Esene Governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi yesterday visited the former governor of Lagos state and the leader of the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Tinubu, over the death of his mother, Alhaja Abibat Mogaji. While on the visit, Amaechi urged Nigerians to protect their votes after every election with a view... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, to withdraw his decision to force his daughter, Shade Tinubu-Ojo into becoming the new leader of market women in the state. In a statement on Monday by its Lagos Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, the PDP urged Tinubu to... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Mother of former Lagos governor and Action Congress of Nigeria chieftain, Bola Tinubu, was buried in Lagos yesterday June 16 according to Islamic rites. Abibat Asabi Mogaji, 96 died at her residence in Ikeja on Saturday evening, June 15. The speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, and the chairman of the ACN,... Read More
by Akan Ido Alhaja Abibat Asabi Mogaji, mother of the former governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu is dead. She died at her residence in Ikeja on Saturday evening. Reports say she would be buried tomorrow at the Ikoyi Muslim cemetery, reception and Islamic prayers will follow immediately at the Blue Roof, Ikeja, Lagos. Mogaji,... Read More
by Dele Momodu Jonathan will win today because the opposition is yet to organise itself properly. Fellow Nigerians, please let’s not deceive ourselves, the race for the 2015 elections has started in earnest. The gladiators are virtually ready and the bullets are already flying. In our clime, elections are fought like war. And nothing is... Read More
by Akan Ido The official launch of the ‘Opon Imo’ learning tablet by the Osun State government was witnessed by leading faces in the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria who came to show support for their own, Governor Rauf Aregbesola. But right in the midst of Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Adebisi Akande and others was... Read More
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 contents. It is now abundantly clear that President Jonathan has finally bared his fangs confirming what was widely speculated. By declaring a state of emergency... Read More
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 for a change. Albert Einstein said – “An empty stomach is not a good political adviser”. This has been the strongest weapon of most Nigerian... Read More
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 of Nigeria (ACN) took one of the biggest gambles in the history of Nigerian politics. Determined to play the Big Brother role in the proposed... Read More
by Dele Momodu How many politicians born of women can resist the lure of money in a country where money speaketh all languages and conquereth all territories? Fellow Nigerians, please allow me to set the records straight before I go into the main meat of this letter. On a personal note, I have no problem... Read More
by Isi Esene In this Punch Newspapers interview, the leader of a faction of the Oodua Peoples Congress, a Pan-Yoruba group, speaks on oil pipeline vandalisation, his relationship with OPC founder, Dr. Frederick Fasheun, and his family. Read excerpts of the interview below: Now that kidnapping is taking place in the South-West, which is the... Read More
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 nearer. This piece could easily have been a serious bashing for the shenanigans of some unscrupulous, demonic and undoubtedly cowardly characters within the Nigerian Presidency,... Read More
by Olasukanmi Akoni In the 1920s, road-based bus transportation was pioneered in Lagos by two Nigerians, Mrs Charlotte Olajumoke Obasa (a leading indigenous entrepreneur of that time) and W.A. Dawodu. This was followed by the establishment of J.N. Zarpas, a company owned by Levantine expatriates. Zarpas dominated the Lagos transportation scene until their buses... Read More
by Joachim MacEbong It is an established fact that our leaders do not care about how their activities affect the lives of ‘ordinary Nigerians’. Wherever VIPs are gathered, traffic hell is bound to follow in their wake, especially when the event is held in Lagos. Today was no different, as Asiwaju Tinubu launched his book... Read More
We must always remember that in Nigeria, because it can be so easy for one to lose one’s way; our challenge is clear – we need to drastically reduce the number of us who fall by the wayside. I have to confess; I never really understood the concept of round pegs in round holes as... Read More
by Simon Kolawole Those who play up ethnic and religious sentiments for political purposes in Nigeria may wish to look at football, or sport, more closely. They need to renew their minds. I was close to tears. I arrived Abuja, last Tuesday, shortly after the Super Eagles returned from South Africa where they had... Read More
by Akan Ido The plan to form a mega party with the strength and capability to give the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a run for its money in upcoming elections is well underway as four political parties; the Action Congress of Nigeria, All Nigeria Peoples Party, All Progressive Grand Alliance and the Congress for Progressive... Read More
by Ife Adebayo As we approach 2015, I encourage all Nigerians young and old, big and small to come and work with the Action Congress of Nigeria towards creating the opposition of the future… As we all know, the path we trod to get to where we are today was a rough path. After years... Read More
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