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Crisis still rocking the Ekiti state chapter of the APC as the Minister of Mines and Steel, Kayode Fayemi, walked out of a meeting with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu and some party leaders held with the governorship aspirants of the APC in Ekiti State, on Tuesday. The meeting took place at the Lagos state government house in Asokoro, Abuja. Some of the party leaders in attendance were: Pioneer chairman of the party, Bisi Akande; Former Ogun Governor, Segun Osoba; Former Ekiti Governor, Niyi Adebayo and zonal vice chairman of the APC in the south-west, Pius Akinyelure. After about two hours, there was a break and Fayemi walked out of the room ahead of other aspirants and party leaders. He ignored reporters who approached him, entered his car and his driver sped off. Akande, however, addressed reporters afterwards, stating that the outcome of the meeting would be presented to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. ...

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,Lagos State senator,Senator Oluremi Tinubu has warned lawmakers against linking the travails of embattled Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye to the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, Daily Post reports. The lawmaker, who is the wife of Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, gave the warning while the senate deliberated on the matter, on Wednesday. According to Tinubu, ”If we are talking about a particular issue, we should stay with it but when we are bringing in a government that a lot of people supported to be here, using whatever happened to implicate the government, I think I am against that. “We should face the issues. I am not in support of what happened to Dino. If we have anything against the executive, we have the leadership here who is supposed to go and meet with Mr. President. “This government is only three years old compared to 16 years of rot. It has only been in power for 3 years and inherited a lot of trouble.” Melaye is c...

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday attended the 10th Bola Tinubu Colloquim in Lagos. He said he was happy to celebrate the birthday of his friend and political partner. He called on Nigerians to join him in celebrating Asiwaju Tinubu “a political strategist”. His full speech below: “Here, Asiwaju also sets himself apart. I have come to see him as a man who cares about people and who is a fountain of ideas for economic development and improving the situation of the common man and woman. He is a true humanitarian and we appreciate his contributions to Nigeria’s and Africa’s progress. I salute the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and other members, for initiating this colloquium a full decade ago. Over the course of that ten years, we have traveled far in one sense, yet have moved but a few steps in another. We as a people and a nation are in the midst of a grand endeavor. We seek to change the ways and means of our collective existence, we seek...

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has reiterates his stands that there was no basis for the one year tenure extension given to the John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee, NWC, by the party’s National Executive Council, NEC. According to him, the tenure extension violates the constitution of Nigeria and the party. Tinubu, through his Special Adviser on media and publicity,Tunde Rahman,  reacted while speaking with Independent on whether the former Lagos Governor was privy to the meeting and gave his backing, but he  said his principal did not in any way support the extension of the tenure of the NWC because it was against Nigeria’s and APC’s constitution. He insisted that the NWC and all those who benefitted from the extension should seek re-election when their tenure expires, Tinubu said the APC should always strive to do things in accordance with the constitution, noting that that was the only thing that...

President Muhammadu Buhari and some All Progressive Congress, APC, bigwigs today storm Kano state for the Wedding Fatiha of Gov. Ganduje's Daughter and Ajimobi's son.  Inset: President @MBuhari , Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamidi Sanusi, Mallam Nasir @elrufai , and Senate President Bukola Saraki, et al..

President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressive Leader, Tinubu yesterday departed Abuja for Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to attend the 5th EU-AU Summit. He was accompanied by APC leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other Governors. The president today however, thanked the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for bringing to him “a beautiful piece of information” which he was not aware of before. Buhari, did not disclose what piece of information it was but promised to discuss it in detail with the former Lagos State Governor. “I also thank our leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He has brought me a very beautiful piece of information which I was not aware of it until I sat down and read it this evening (Tuesday night). Thank you very much for your hard work and I will discuss that paper with you,” he said, without disclosing what the information was about. The president said this while interacting with the Nigerian community in Abidjan, Cote d’...

A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has described the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as Nigeria’s greatest politicians alive. Obanikoro said this on Saturday in Lagos while formally announcing his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC. In his speech, ‘The Exigency of Time and the Dynamism of Politics’, made available to SUNDAY PUNCH, the former PDP chieftain said defecting to the APC was a homecoming for him. “To me and to all my associates, it is a return to our natural habitat. This (APC) is my home. My political voyage started from this association and I am proud to have learnt under our great leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The late Chief Obafemi Awolowo is the greatest politician of all time and I make bold to say the greatest politician of our time is Tinubu. “At this stage of my life, it is important for me to return to my original base and be part of the giant strides bei...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) , Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has thanked Nigerians for their show of concern over the death of his eldest son, Jide. Jide,37, died of cardiac arrest in Lagos on Wednesday, following which condolence messages poured into the APC chieftain’s home from President Muhammadu Buhari, state governors, ministers and the generality of Nigerians. Reflecting on his son’s death and the sympathy it generated from Nigerians in a statement he personally signed yesterday, Tinubu, on behalf of the family, expressed “deep appreciation to all who have demonstrated their sympathy and expressed their condolences over the loss of our eldest son.” He said: “I want to especially thank President Muhammadu Buhari, VP (Vice President) Yemi Osinbajo, the state governors, distinguished senators, particularly Senate President Bukola Saraki, members of the House of Representatives, APC leaders and members and, indeed, all Nigerians. “I thank the...

Yesterday, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of  the All Progressive Congress, APC, lost his first son, Jide Tinubu to the cold hands of death and he was just 43 years old. According to a family member, Jide who previously complained of chest pain suddenly collapsed and died from what was suspected to be a heart attack around 9 pm on Tuesday. “However, after the incidence, close family members rushed him down to hospital on Lagos Island where he was confirmed dead on arrival,” the person said. He added that the tragic news was kept secret because the father, Bola Tinubu, was in Abuja for the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of his party, the APC. After the news of his demise hit the net, there were many photos posted by different news medium alleging it was his photos but there were false as a staunch supporter of  the APC has taken to his handle to share his real photo with the captioned; 'I've observed so many pictures on the social media of Late ...

National Leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC, on Monday expressed confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari and also revealed after holding close doors meeting with him at the villa why he is not in frequent consultations again. He said; “We worked hard to bring about the government, there are certain things that are unpredictable and those are things that can lean itself to gossips, insinuations and all of that,” he said after a high-powered meeting with APC bigwigs and the president. He also explained why he was not in regular public consultation with the president. “Once you create leadership and it’s functioning you don’t have to babysit that leadership unless there is a loss of confidence; and I don’t have that,” he said. He added that the APC is a party of the people, “each of us have our roles to play and that is why we are playing it. I don’t believe in the myth, I believe in confidence building, the trust that we have in the president.” He said in a demo...

The Publisher of Ovation Magazine and former Presidential aspirant, Dele Momodu has given interpretations to recent comment by an All Progressives Congress chieftain, chief Bisi Akande. Akande during a meeting of the South West leaders of the ruling party had made it clear that there was no automatic ticket for President Muhammadu Buhari. Reacting to the matter in a long article he shared on social media yesterday, Momodu pointed out that Yoruba leaders are preparing a former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bolaji Tinubu for presidency come 2019. He said the decision is borne out of frustration, adding that the Yoruba leadership will no longer support any other tribe for presidency. Part of his article reads, “What Baba Akande has not said is simply that the days when the Presidency would be voluntarily zoned to exclude most sections of the country in favour of another section, whether the candidate presented and supported by the people is co...

The All Progressives Congress (APC), National leader, Bola Tinubu, has proposed a seven-point agenda, which he said, would revive the country’s troubled economy and drastically reduce her dependence on petrodollars. Tinubu explained that the development of a national infrastructure plan; the return of commodity exchange boards and the promotion of government-backed housing programmes were important measures that could help to reposition the national economy. The proposals are contained in the text of a recent lecture the APC leader delivered in Lagos, where he said the decline in oil prices had revealed the travesty of the country’s extant economic model. 1. A national industrial policy fostering the development of strategic industries, which he said, could create jobs as well as spur sustainable economic growth. 2. The need for the federal government to develop a policy of tax credits, subsidies that insulate critical sectors from the negative impact of imports. tinubu...