An Nsukka Lady, Stephanie Ajibo Olitex who survived the Owo attack celebrates her birthday today. Her testimonyWe were inside the church when they started shooting from the outside. People at the back started running towards the altar. Some jumped fence, our priest escaped through the sacristy with the help of our catechist. By the time…
Leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, said he warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader and frontline presidential aspirant of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, against supporting President Muhammadu Buhari. He spoke to Daily Trust against the backdrop of the controversy generated by his comment last Thursday in Abeokuta…
An analysis conducted by Daily Trust after days of talking to key leaders of the APC and studying developments in the party shows former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, taking the lead in terms of support of party juggernauts expected to determine the voting direction of delegates. Ahead of the APC’s national convention holding…
According to an investigation, five northern governors have been promised the office of Vice President, prompting some of the governors to push for the zoning of the All Progressive Congress presidential ticket to the South. The investigation reveals that five governors are fervently pushing for the ticket to be zoning to a southern candidate in…
The next 24 hours is crucial to the survival of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Will the ruling party overcome the challenge of picking a presidential candidate without risking an explosion? Monday, the national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, stirred controversy. He announced Senate President Ahmed Lawan as the choice of President Muhammadu Buhari. This was…
NNEWI – In spite of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s effort at providing security for Anambra State, hoodlums believed to be gunmen allegedly struck Sunday evening and abducted about 15 persons near Nkpor. It was gathered that the gunmen reportedly arrived the place at 3 p.m. and held residents and travellers captive while shooting sporadically into…
ON the day of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election, the race for the ticket has narrowed to a straight contest between four leading aspirants – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former governor of Lagos State Bola Tinubu, former minister of transportation Rotimi Amaechi and Senate President Ahmad Lawan. The Ekiti State Governor and…
According to the schedule, eligible delegates from the 36 states and the FCT, Abuja, are expected to arrive at the venue between 10am and 1pm. The election of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will start today by 6pm at the party’s national convention in Abuja. According to the schedule, eligible delegates…
Seven Presidential aspirants under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, have dismissed the names of five presidential aspirants purportedly to President Muhammadu Buhari to select a consensus candidate, stressing that they were not consulted before the Governors arrived at the decision. The aggrieved aspirants in a terse statement issued in the early hours of Tuesday…
President Muhammadu Buhari is keenly interested in who wins the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 presidential ticket. A source told DAILY POST on Tuesday that the Nigerian leader is favourably disposed to the emergence of Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. The insider was reacting to Monday’s announcement of Lawan as the anointed candidate of the ruling…