umebi Kachikwu, a media entrepreneur, has defeated Kingsley Moghalu at the presidential convention of the African Democratic Congress. Mr Kachikwu scored 977 votes against Mr Moghalu’s 589 votes. Chukwuka Monye came third with 339 votes at the primary exercise in Abeokuta on Wednesday night. Mr Kachikwu’s victory was immediately slammed by opponents, who said the…
Igbo group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo says denying the South-East region Presidency will attract consequences including an increase in agitations for the independence of Biafra. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation stated this in reaction to the result of the just-concluded convention of the All Progressives Congress in which former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu emerged as the party’s…
EU, INEC organise free ‘Youth Vote Count’ concert in Nigeria By Kehinde Olatunji and Oluwatomiwa Ogunniyi08 June 2022 | 4:10 am The European Union (EU) has partnered with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to organise the second edition of ‘Youth Votes Count’, a free music concert to encourage more youths to register and vote…
The South-West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA’23) on Wednesday told Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to go and prepare for the 2023 presidential election. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday clinched the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Otunba Bosun Oladele, the National Secretary of SWAGA, said Tinubu…
Yesterday marked a watershed moment in our country’s history, as the APC, Africa’s largest political party, finished its presidential primaries for the 2023 general elections, with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerging as its flagbearer. Ordinarily, this would not have been a big concern given Tinubu’s role as a major co-founder of the All Progressives Congress….
As projected by TheCable, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state, defeated all comers to win the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Eagle Square, Abuja, on Wednesday. He polled 1,271 votes to defeat 13 other presidential hopefuls, with Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation, coming a very distant second…
An elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has hailed the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress. In a congratulatory message on Thursday, Yakasai said history will be made if Tinubu emerges as the president of the country. The elder statesman said Tinubu’s emergence as president would signify “the total…
Leke Baiyewu The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, has said the running mate to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, may come from the North-East geopolitical zone. According to Ado-Doguwa, this is based on the current zoning arrangement of the APC. Tinubu, a former Governor of…
National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has written to congratulate the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his emergence as standard bearer of the party at its 2022 Special Convention and Presidential Primary. Adamu had in the lead up to the exercise demonstrated open animosity…
Inhabitants of Adara community in the southern part of Kaduna State have said that about 32 persons lost their lives in an alleged helicopter-aided attack by terrorists, who razed houses, including Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in the area. Adara leaders said more bodies were discovered in bushes around the villages attacked by terrorists in helicopters. The…