Author: David Great

The northern governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have insisted that they would back a southerner to emerge as the presidential candidate of the ruling party in the 2023 general elections. Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State stated this on Monday while briefing State House correspondents in Abuja. The governors, 13 of them, made their position known following their meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Lalong, in his briefing, clarified that a leaked memo that went viral last Saturday that they…

The presidential hopes of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu seems to hang in the balance as the Presidency formally reacts to his outburst in Abeokuta, Ogun state against President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu had claimed that if not for him, President Buhari would not have emerged president in 2015 after trying on three occasions unsuccessfully. Reacting to Tinubu’s outburst, Shehu Garba, spokesperson to President Buhari said in a press statement titled ‘Comment on the statement made by a leading APC flagbearer candidate’. “It is perhaps not surprising that on the eve of the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer primary there are those running…

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with at least 10 northern All Progressives Congress (APC) governors at the State House as the presidential primaries kick off in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The northern governors who have zoned presidency to the south have met some stiff resistance from some northern aspirants who claimed that they were not carried along. Governor Yahaya Bello is one of such aspirant who said he was not informed before the northern governors issued a signed statement. A source close to the meeting however told Chronicle NG that meeting was geared towards agreeing to a consensus candidate after…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has commended the Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo for overseeing the rescue of victims involved in an accident. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Mr Bisi Kazeem also confirmed that the Vice President was not the victim of the accident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Kazeem said that the Vice President and his security aides were joined by other Nigerians to pull the victims who were involved in an accident along airport road. He However, commended Osibajo on behalf of the…

The convoy of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was not involved in an accident as earlier reported by some blogs and social media accounts on Monday. According to eyewitnesses, the Vice President’s security and medical teams assisted in removing an accident victim from a crushed vehicle after the vehicle somersaulted. The victim was reportedly transported to Airforce Base hospital. “It was a single accident. The car had somersaulted on the opposite lane and was impaled on a tree,” the witness said. The spokesperson to Vice President Osinbajo confirmed that the VP stopped his convoy to offer help to the victim of…

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi, Presidential aspirant on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s only interest is to field the best candidate that will defeat other opponents in the 2023 presidential election. Bello said this at a media appearance on Sunday in Abuja, noting that the candidate must be able to give the people the right kind of leadership while building on the successes of the President. The governor said that he was optimistic that the best candidate would be chosen irrespective of region, tribe or religion, stressing that Nigerians were clamouring for who would solve…

Lionel Messi scored all five of Argentina’s goals as they continued their fine form by thrashing Estonia in a friendly in Pamplona, Spain. The Argentines swept aside Italy 3-0 in the Finalissima – a game between the champions of Europe and South America – on Wednesday. Messi provided two assists in that game and he was once again in vintage form. He opened the scoring with a penalty and his fourth moved him above Ferenc Puskas who scored 84 goals for Hungary. Messi is now the fourth highest-scorer in men’s international football, behind only Malaysia’s Mokhtar Dahari (89), Iran’s Ali…

Liverpool have rejected an opening £25m bid from Bayern Munich for 30-year-old Senegal forward Sadio Mane. (Times – subscription required) Tottenham are preparing to step up their interest in Middlesbrough’s English right-back Djed Spence, 21, who spent last season on loan at Nottingham Forest. (Express) Liverpool have ended their interest in Barcelona’s 17-year-old Spanish midfielder Gavi. (Sport – in Spanish) Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic, 33, will join Roma on a free transfer after his contract expires at Manchester United at the end of June. (Sky Sports) Roma’s pursuit of Matic could end their interest in 24-year-old Aston Villa and Brazil…

Presidential aspirant and governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello says Asiwaju Bola Tinubu agreed to consensus candidate at the meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday. Chronicle NG reports that President Buhari met with All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirants to seek a consensus candidate. Contrary to beliefs that Tinubu did not want a consensus candidate for the ruling party, Governor Yahaya Bello on Channels TV’s Politics Today said the former Lagos governor was in support. Asked if he will drop his ambition for a consensus candidate, he said, “If it comes from Mr. President, President Muhammadu Buhari himself, I…

The FCT Police Command has announced that there will be traffic diversion in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital from June 6th as the All Progressives Congress (APC) holds its presidential primaries. The police in a statement by DSP Josephine Adeh outlined routes that will be diverted across the Federal Capital Territory. “The All Progressive Congress ( APC) presidential primary election is scheduled to hold from Monday 6th June to Tuesday 7th June 2022 at Eagle’s Square. “The event is often associated with a high influx of different calibers of people especially the politicos thereby requiring an argumentation of the working security architecture…