LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP TICKET: Ambode loses out as Tinubu is adamant
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State may have finally lost out in the battle for the ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to contest the 2019 governorship election despite interventions by President Muhammadu Buhari’s proxies and governors aimed at staving off what they claimed was a damaging crisis in one of the party’s strongest bases.
Defections: Tinubu, Tambuwal tango
The National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, accused Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of defecting from the APC because the party refused to guarantee them automatic re-election tickets.
Why Saraki, Tambuwal left APC by Tinubu
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has offered a political-philosophical analysis on why Senate President Bukola Saraki and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal left the APC.
Kofi Annan, Africa’s gift to the world — Tinubu
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says late Kofi Annan will be remembered for his remarkable role in ensuring stability of democratic governments in Africa.
Post 2019: Plot against Tinubu unfolds in Osun
There is apprehension in sections of the All Progressives Congress, APC over alleged moves to polarise the Southwest zone of the party ahead of the 2019 general elections with next month’s governorship election in Osun State as a springboard. At the centre of the plot are two governors from the region, a federal minister and a prominent member of the National Assembly that is presently embattled over his defection from the party.
Photos: Tinubu, Ambode at Lagos APC stakeholders’ meeting
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held a stakeholders’ meeting at the party’s secretariat on Acme Road, Ogba, where the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said it was gratifying to report that the party had resolved to register additional members, adding that membership register would be opened to facilitate the process, which eventually would be used for direct primaries.
