The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has revealed that the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is healthy to rule Nigeria. Fashola explained that Tinubu ran the hardest presidential campaign on the grounds of a tough schedule, and that has gone a long way to prove his physical fitness for the presidency. He said this while Featuring on Channels television. Recall that some Nigerians had raised alarm over Tinubu’s health status. They alleged that the APC flagbearer lacked the capacity to rule the country. However, Fashola said: “We are running a democracy and…
Author: Victor Fola
By Onwuka Keynes CBN governor Emefiele is the author of two grandiose failures, the second more damning than the first. His e-currency was a foray into silly fad. Hailed as a ground breaker that would invigorate the economy, it simply fell to the ground. No great harm done except the waste of millions of dollars creating something the nation did not need. That whimsical experiment should have taught Emefiele a lesson. But the mediocre banker refused to learn. With the cash swap experiment, he has engineered an artificial economic disaster of epic proportion. If his goal were to make history,…
In a demonstration of his interest in the Nigerian entertainment industry, the All Progressives Congress(APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has celebrated Nigerian singer, Tems for winning the Grammys. In his Twitter handle on Monday, Tinubu congratulated Tems over her achievement. At the 65th edition of the Grammy Awards last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, US, the 27-year-old singer received a Grammy in the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category for her feature on Future’s ‘Wait For U’ ft. Drake. Commending Tems, Tinubu wrote, “I join other Nigerians in congratulating Temilade Openiyi aka Tems @temsbaby on winning…
Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has promised to end banditry, kidnapping and terrorism if elected in the 25 February election. Tinubu made this promise on Monday in Katsina during a campaign rally. The campaign was eventually turned into a prayer session as a result of the recent killing of some vigilante operatives in the state by fleeing terrorists. Over 100 vigilant operatives were killed by terrorists who ambushed them in the Bakori Local Government Area of the state. The APC candidate, however, called for the rally to go on after governor of the state,…
The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, for supporting the Naira redesign policy being implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Obi had on Sunday taken to his Twitter handle to aver his support for the currency redesign. In reaction, the spokesperson of the APC PCC in Osun State, Remi Omowaiye, in a statement on Monday, said the policy is an attempt to “inflict pains on Nigerians.”. According to Omowaiye, Obi is in connivance with bank officials to inflict hardship on Nigerians. I am not surprised that…
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that those who killed several travellers, including 16 Nigerians, in Burkina Faso will be “appropriately sanctioned.” This was as he said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Nigerian Embassy in Burkina Faso, is engaging with the Burkinabe authorities to ensure that the soldiers who allegedly shot and killed the Muslim Pilgrims are prosecuted. Buhari revealed this in a statement signed Monday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled ‘President Buhari calls killing of Nigerians in Burkina Faso unwelcome.’ At a news conference on Sunday in Abuja, the Jam’iyyatu Ansariddeen…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that they are fully ready to hold this year’s general elections. INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu spoke following the successful conduct of its mock accreditation holding nationwide. The mock accreditation exercise is meant to test the effectiveness of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) being deployed for the election nationwide as a replacement for the card reader. Yakub monitored the exercise in two polling units in Abuja Municipal Area Council and Bwari Area council, expressing satisfaction with the conduct of the exercise. He said reports from across the country indicate a huge…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday quelled rumours of a crack in relationship with APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu as he pledged to continue supporting the candidacy of the APC presidential candidate ahead of the February 25 elections. He said this at the party’s presidential campaign rally in Lafia, Nasarawa state. “I have known him for more than 20 years ago, and I will continue to campaign for Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Buhari said He appreciated party supporters for defying the hot weather and standing in the sun for hours to express their support for the party’s flag bearers in the forthcoming…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that those who are expectant of a fallout between him and President Muhammadu Buhari will be disappointed. He said this during a campaign rally in Nasarawa state, on Saturday, According to Tinubu, he shares a friendship and relationship with Buhari that is centred on nation-building. The former governor of Lagos described Buhari as democratic and principled despite being a retired general “Those who think there are cracks in our friendship and relationship will continue to be disappointed and have their short-time joy dashed. Ours is not…
An earlier decision ordering the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to hold new primaries in the Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala federal constituency of Imo State, where former governor Emeka Ihedioha is from, has been put on hold by a Federal Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri. Recall that In January, a Federal High Court had sacked Albert Agulanna, who emerged as the PDP candidate in the 2023 House of Representatives election, seeking to represent the constituency. The lower court also ordered that a fresh primary be held in the federal constituency within the next 14 days. However, following an appeal filed by…