Author: David Great

Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa state has stepped down from the 2023 presidential election following an agreement to zone the presidency to the south by northern governors and leaders. The Jigawa governor who are part of a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari made the announcement shortly after northern governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) zoned the presidency to the South. Chronicle NG reports that the meeting with the 23 successfully presidential aspirants has now entered a closed session after the media was asked to leave. President Buhari and the aspirants will discuss the mode of…

Political leaders and governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have agreed to zone the party’s 2023 presidency to the South. In a statement signed by 11 northerner governors they said it was a question of honour to allow the South produce Nigeria’s next President. “APC governors and political leaders from the northern states of Nigeria today met to review the political situation and to further support our Party in providing progressive leadership amidst our national challenges. “During our discussions, we welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari’s invitation to governors and other stakeholders to contribute to the emergence of…

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, at the State House, Abuja. Buhari, who returned from an ECOWAS extraordinary summit hours ago, is meeting 23 presidential hopefuls. They are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Bola Tinubu, Governors Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Goodwill Akpabio, former transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi, amongst others. With barely 48 hours until the presidential primary elections of the APC, the meeting would, among other things, centre on the choice of a consensus candidate. Sources close to the meeting say the…

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, says the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, may be punished over his comment “against” President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu in Abeokuta, Ogun state on Wednesday told delegates of the ruling party that without him, Buhari would not have been president. He said after three election loses, Buhari wept and said he would not contest again, but he (Tinubu) went to Katsina and asked Buhari to run again and that he would win because he and others were on the president’s side. He said after three election…

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state has assured that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will have a hitch-free presidential primary election on Monday. Akeredolu said this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde on Saturday in Akure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akeredolu is the Chairman, sub-committee on Security and Compliance for the APC special convention and presidential primary election. He said that the party was ready for the election, adding that work had already commenced at the venue, with security and other necessary activities as priority. 2023: Akeredolu denies endorsing Tinubu The governor…

Presidential aspirants of South West extraction on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with meet on Saturday to ensure that the region produces the next president. The presidential aspirants from the South West geopolitical zone are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State; Senator Ibikunle Amosun; Deputy Majority Leader of the Senate, Ajayi Boroffice; Former House of Representatives Speaker, Dimeji Bankole; and Pastor Tunde Bakare. Also expected at the meeting are governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Gboyega Oyetola (Osun) and Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) and some ministers from the region. The…

A Federal High Court in Kano has ruled that statutory delegates are constitutionally qualified to participate in all meetings, congresses and conventions of any registered political party in Nigeria. Sen. Mas’ud El-Jibrin Doguwa, Hon. Habibu Sani and Hon. Bilyaminu Yusuf Shin’Kafi – all members of the All Progressive Congress, APC – filed the suit challenging the disenfranchisement of statutory delegates from participating at the primaries. The suit marked FHC/KN/CS/13712022, has the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; National Chairman of APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as…

Leeds United will not accept a bid of under £60m for Brazil winger Raphinha, 25, who has been strongly linked with a move to Barcelona. (The Athletic – subscription required) Liverpool’s Senegal forward Sadio Mane, 30, says he will do what the people want in response to an online poll in Senegal which found 60-70% of people want him to leave the Reds. (Sky Sports) Tottenham forward and England captain Harry Kane, 28, could now sign a new deal to stay at the club. (GiveMeSport) Manchester United have offered English defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka, 24, to at least one club and…

Tinubu Campaign Organisation says that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was misquoted in Abeokuta, Ogun state. Bayo Onanuga, director, media and communications for the Tinubu Campaign Organisation in a press statement said that the former Lagos governor did not mean to insult President Muhammadu Buhari. “The attention of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation has been drawn to the erroneous, misleading and mischievous interpretation of his address in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State on Thursday,” Onanuga said in a statement. “It is on record that the leading presidential aspirant in the forthcoming primaries…

By Babatunde Obele The presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have come and gone, but the outcome of that political event will go down in the history of our nation as one of the greatest affronts to our national unity. For a heterogeneous country like Nigeria, fostering national cohesion remains the greatest challenge of leadership whether at national or at sub-national level. Thus, one would expect that all our national structures will ever be conscious of the need to create a balance and give national cohesion a place of primacy in all their choices. However, recent decision…