Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has finally informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his presidential ambition, Daily Trust learnt from credible sources. The sources said the VP told the president of his desire to take over from him at the expiration of his tenure in 2023 to consolidate the achievements they recorded since they took over from the opposition PDP in 2015. With the intent, which had not been made public, the vice president will struggle for the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) with the likes of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who had a few months ago visited the…
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There are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s national convention slated for March 26 may not hold. Apart from the crisis in the party, there is a subsisting court order banning the national convention pending the determination of a suit before it. A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory had told the APC in late 2021 to halt its planned national convention until the case against the party before the court was heard and determined. The plaintiff in the matter, Honourable Salisu Umoru, had dragged the APC, the Chairman Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Governor of…
Following the reported endorsement of Senator Abdullahi Adamu, a former governor of Nasarawa State, for the All Progressives Congress chairmanship position by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), Senator Tanko Al-Makura, also a former governor of Nasarawa State, has vowed not to withdraw from the party’s chairmanship race. Although other aspirants have reportedly withdrawn to favour the president’s anointed candidate, Al-Makura has continued to intensify his campaign for the position. Al-Makura, while speaking with journalists in Abuja, on Sunday, said the report that Buhari has endorsed a candidate was a speculation. “The sources of information were not authentic. They…
Former executive chairman of Surulere local government Area of Oyo State, Hon. Ibraheem Gbodeniyi has reportedly dumped All Progressives Congress (APC) for the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP). A competent source within the ruling PDP disclosed dumped his former party to realize his ambition to represent Surulere/Ogo-Oluwa federal constituency. More Details To Follow….
Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, has revealed how the Federal Government quietly removed the subsidy on electricity tariff. She said the government had to carefully adjust the prices incrementally at some levels. Speaking on Thursday at a virtual meeting of African Finance Ministers and the International Monetary Fund, Ahmed also said the amendment of the budget was ongoing to accommodate the incremental removal of fuel subsidy. The theme of the meeting was ‘The political economy of fiscal reforms’. Ahmed said, “We are cleaning up our subsidies. We had a setback; we were to remove fuel subsidy by July…
Dele Momodu, the CEO of Ovation Magazine, has warned the Redeemed Christian Church of God that supporting Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and his suspected presidential ambitions could lead to a moral crisis. Recall that the RCCG, led by Pastor Enoch Adeboye, had established the Office of Directorate of Politics and Governance to engage members interested in politics and “mobilise support for them when needed.” The announcement sparked speculation that the Church is preparing to mobilize support for Osinbajo, one of its pastors, who is rumored to be running for President. Pastor Olaitan Olubiyi, the RCCG’s Head of Media and Public Relations,…
Ahead of his formal declaration to join the presidential race, Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, is set to meet with all state chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Abuja on Monday 14th March, 2022. The Acting Chairman of the party’s National Caretaker Committee and Governor of Niger State, Sani Bello, formally inaugurated the state chairmen last week Monday at the party secretariat in Abuja. The schedule of the meeting sent out to the state chairmen by Alhaji Bukar Dalori, Borno State APC Chairman and Chairman of the Forum, informed members that the meeting with the Vice President…
The quest by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to cover up its gaffes has suffered a setback as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had not received communication from the party’s chairman, Mai Mala Buni handing over to the Niger State governor, Abubakar Sani Bello. Bello had on Monday taken over the party’s affairs following President Muhammadu Buhari’s alleged order to sack of Buni, who had been piloting the affairs of the party since June 2020 when the Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee (NWC) was sacked. On Wednesday, Bello wrote the INEC in his capacity as the…
Chairman of Southern Governors’ Forum and Ondo State governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Thursday, threw his weight behind the Abubakar Sani Bello-led caretaker/extraordinary convention planning committee of the party, saying the All Progressives Congress (APC) is back on its track to greatness. Akeredolu, in a press statement he personally signed, frowned on the happenings in the party in the last few months under the immediate past leadership of Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, describing it as huge embarrassment to the party and members. He used the words of the former Director-General of Progressive Governors’ Forum, Lukman Salihu, to…
Governor Seyi Makinde’s appointee, Mr. Mukaila Lamidi Auxiliary and his gang stormed Mapo Hall, venue of the coronation of Oba Lekan Balogun as 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland. The State Affairs NG reports that Auxiliary boys allegedly killed an innocent citizen at Isale Ijebu on their way to Mapo. Details To Follow…