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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed all members of the State Executive Council and political appointees who are delegates to the State House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate, Governorship and Presidential primaries election and those seeking elective offices to resign. The directive was contained in a circular with no 012, made available to our correspondent was signed by ... Read More »

….TSO belief in the capacity of Tinubu to positively transform Nigeria as President. Barely 24hours after the national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) announced the costs of its nomination and expression of interest forms, a group issued a N100 million cheque for a frontline presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to purchase his form. The group, Tinubu Support ... Read More »

NOTHING strengthens deceit more than silence. And on an occasion like this, one often wonders why some people twist events and history in order to legitimise a mission. While ruminating over why this should be, it is not impossible to embark on introspection by thinking out so many possibilities that politics is replete with. This line of thought is informed ... Read More »

Controversy has trailed a statement credited to one Olugbenga Olaoye, a co-convener of ‘Osinbajo Think Tank’ making reference to President Muhammadu Buhari’s health history. The statement elicited a flurry of reactions on social media. But Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, urged members of the public to ‘ignore’ statements from the ‘Osinbajo Think Tank’ group. Olugbenga Olaoye, a co-covener of Osinbajo Think ... Read More »

Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has declared, Monday, his interest to run for the office of the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Newsthumb had quoted sources to have hinted that the Vice President would declare to run for the highest office in the land but the source didn’t give details when, but merely stated.” after due consultation”. However, via ... Read More »

A cleric, Prophet Isaac Moses, has urged Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, not to contest for the 2023 presidency against former Lagos Governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The cleric, of the Amazing Revelation Divine Ministry Suleja, Niger State, said this would be tantamount to betrayal to Tinubu, who he described as the Vice President’s mentor Speaking with reporters in Abuja on Thursday, ... Read More »

ABUJA–The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly that defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, held that the lawmakers, having abandoned the political party that sponsored them to ... Read More »

Five of the aspirants for the national chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may have dropped out of the race, leaving the field for a tight contest by seven top members of the party. Only the seven met yesterday’s deadline for submission of their nomination forms. Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Otunba Iyiola Omisore yesterday submitted his nomination ... Read More »

The Presidential aspiration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu got a big boost yesterday. Tinubu got a rousing reception at the National Assembly and an instant endorsement by the House of Representatives caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Senate promised to be with him. Tinubu, a senator between 1992 and 1993, visited his former constituency to seek support for ... Read More »

…Buni returns Wed. with nod to take charge President Muhammadu Buhari may be weighing options on his choice of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as his preferred candidate for All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, it was learnt at the weekend. The President, who is in London, the United Kingdom, on a two-week medical check-up, has come under intense pressure from his ... Read More »