Author: David Great

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has continued discussions on the possibility of coming up with a consensus candidate ahead of Tuesday’s special convention for its presidential primary election. Alhaji Abubakar Kyari, Vice Chairman, North, of the party, on Monday in Abuja, said discussions on the issue would continue tonight at the house of Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the party’s national chairman. Kyari spoke to newsmen at the end of a closed-door meeting between governors elected on the party’s platform and members of its National Working Committee (NWC) at the party’s national secretariat. When asked if the party had…

Former President of the Senate, Ken Nnamani, has withdrawn from the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) presidential primary, vowing to back emergence of any Southeast aspirant. Nnamani, who disclosed this in Abuja on Monday, while briefing newsmen, said that he withdrew from the race over the party’s alleged decision to jettison the zoning arrangement. He also alleged that the primary had been monetised by some serving political office holders and some party chieftains. He, however, expressed determination to support the emergence of any aspirant from the Southeast, noting that “they have what it takes to move the country forward. “The fact…

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has described the move by the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu to impose Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the party candidate as a frolic mission. Akeredolu in a statement on Monday evening said the move runs contrary to decision by northern governors to zone presidency to the south. “My attention has just been drawn to the expensive joke purportedly enacted by the National Chairman of APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. “The speculation is rife that the Chairman took a flight of fancy and decided to make a pronouncement beyond his competence. He has, allegedly, made…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said that he will fight consensus candidate. Tinubu noted that he has been inundated with the attempted imposition of Ahmad Lawan by the national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu. In a statement by Babatunde Ogala, Director; Legal Directorate Tinubu Campaign Organization, he noted that the Electoral Act is clear on consensus. “The media is inundated with reports that the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has unilaterally announced the purported adoption of a certain candidate as the consensus presidential candidate of the APC for the forth coming presidential election in…

The Buhari Support Group has demanded that the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu resign following his attempt to impose a presidential candidate on the party. The group said that it has been vindicated by the position of President Muhammadu Buhari that he has not endorsed any consensus candidate for the position of presidential candidate. “The purported adoption of a consensus candidate by the party chairman, Senator Abdulahi Adamu, using the name of President Buhari, has not only caused Mr. President a national disgrace but also international embarrassment. “It is commendable that Mr. President has instantly…

Inside reports have emerged that members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have rejected an offer of $50,000 bribe each proposed to them to accept Ahmad Lawan as the party’s consensus presidential candidate for the 2023 general election. APC national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu had called a meeting of NWC by 1pm on Monday in Abuja. Sources privy to the meeting said that Adamu told the NWC members that President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed Ahmed Lawan as presidential candidate of the party. The NWC members however rejected the decision, saying it couldn’t have been…

Warns that there shall be no imposition President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday afternoon cleared all doubts about where he stands on the choice of a presidential candidate for the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, declaring before the party’s 14 governors of northern states that he has “no preferred candidate,” and has “anointed no one,” and is determined to ensure that “there shall be no imposition of any candidate on the party.” Speaking at a meeting with the Governors at the State House, Abuja, President Buhari said the party is important and its members must be respected, and made to feel…

Cruiserweight boxer, Stephen “Freeman” Kadima, on Saturday, emerged the best boxer at the 25th edition of the GOtv Boxing Night after defeating his opponent, Michael “Emirate” Godwin. Kadima’s stellar performance earned him the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy and the cash prize of N1million attached to it. The event took place at the Old Gymnasium of the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan, Oyo State saw Kadima emerge as the new star of Nigeria boxing. The seven-bout event also saw Ibadan-based lightweight boxer Samuel Moses defeat his opponent Wale Anifowose, thereby ending a streak of victories for Lagos-based boxers. But the other lightweight…

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…