Bola Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor has emerged as the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general elections.   Tinubu defeated other aspirants, including Yemi Osinbajo, the vice president; Ahmad Lawan, senate president; Yahaya Bello, Kogi State governor; Rotimi Amaechi, former Rivers State governor; Ben Ayade, Cross River State governor and David Umahi, ...

The former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu has been announced winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary elections.   The Asiwaju of Lagos garnered half of the total votes to beat his major opponents, the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi.   About 2,322 delegates from across the country had stormed Eagles Square, ...

Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have submitted the names of five presidential aspirants to President Muhammadu Buhari to select a consensus candidate. The governors submitted the names in the early hours of Tuesday, with those of Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos; Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers; Yemi Osibanjo, the vice president; Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi ...

Employees of Keystone Bank Limited recently supported 352 underprivileged individuals by enrolling them on annual health insurance plans.   The beneficiaries who are residents in Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ilesha, Nyanya and Yenagoa were also impacted via medical counselling sessions.   The initiative tagged, “The Health Insurance Project” was executed under the bank’s Employees Volunteering Scheme (EVS). The project addressed the need ...

The national working committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will align with the position of governors of the party on power shift to the south. Sulaiman Argungu, national organising secretary of the APC, announced the development at a media briefing on Monday, According to him, although Abdullahi Adamu, APC national chairman, had announced Senate President Ahmad ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, on, Saturday night met with all the aspirants for President on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), at State House, Abuja, urging them to hold consultations, and come up with a formidable candidate before the party holds its primary election between June 6-8, 2022.   The President, according to a statement from Femi Adesina, his spokesperson, ...

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, has endorsed a power shift to the South in 2023.   The president made this known at a dinner with All Progressives Congress presidential aspirants in Abuja.   His decision is coming hours after northern APC governors also backed power shift the south in national interest   Badaru Abubakar, governor of Jigawa State, has withdrawn from ...

Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the north have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to look toward the southern presidential hopefuls when considering his successor. The governors released a statement to this effect after a meeting on Saturday. They asked the northern presidential hopefuls to withdraw from the race in national interest.   Meanwhile, Badaru Abubakar, governor of Jigawa ...

More details have emerged regarding the list of 13 All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirants shortlisted by the party’s screening committee led by Chief John Oyegun, a former national chairman of the party. Reports had emerged on Friday that the panel, which screened 23 presidential aspirants in total, had disqualified 10 out of the total, with speculation also emerging to ...

Another explosion has occurred in Kano, at a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) refiling shop in the state. The incident that happened on Thursday led to the razing down of many shops, while not less than 20 people were injured. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the scene of the incident reported that the incident i ...