After a long period of negotiations and apparent delay, Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC has finally picked Kashim Shettima, former governor of Borno State who represents Borno central in the senate. Shettima, a long time political ally of Tinubu was with the candidate throughout his campaign for the ticket of the…
Tinubu Vs Osinbajo: The Challenge Of The Godson
EDITORIAL As we prepare for another general election, TELL believes that our preoccupation-particularly in the face of the myriad of crises bordering on insecurity, economic hardship and under-development-should not be to focus on the geographical location of the candidate to take over the reins of government nor the religion or language he/she speaks. Rather, we…
Much Ado About the People’s Vote
The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. Joseph Stalin (18-195) Nigeria politics and elections could come pretty hot and goose-step into something of a somersault on a cliff edge. Yes, they do. They may as well, according to the inimitable Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe of blessed memory,…
Tinubu Ends Ambode’s Impeachment Plot
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has assured that the feud between Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and the Lagos State House of Assembly would not lead to the impeachment of the governor as widely speculated. Tinubu stated this on Sunday after a meeting with members of the Governor’s Advisory Council, GAC in…
Give Obaseki Free hands, Afegbua Tells Oshiomhole
In this interview with Adekunbi Ero, executive editor, Kassim Afegbua, former Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, and later Commissioner for Information and Orientation in the administration of Adams Oshiomhole, immediate past governor of Edo State, comments on the leadership style of the former labour leader, and notes that he aspires to be to Edo State,…
What Piece of Information Did Tinubu Gift President Buhari in Cote d’Ivoire?
It was quite gratifying seeing President Muhammadu Buhari display rare strength and character recently in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire’s capital. Strength because without betraying any sign of tiredness or weakness, he was engaged in one bilateral meeting after another, lasting well past midnight for the duration of the conference. And character as evidenced in the currency and…
NASS: Group Hails APC, Chides Opposition
Eko Foundation, a non-governmental group, has commended the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for stemming down the supposed political tension arising from the outcome of the National Assembly leadership election. At a recently held meeting of the Foundation in which members examined the nation’s current political climate, Wale Smith, President of Eko Foundation,…
Tinubu Casts His Vote
Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC has voted in ward 32, Alausa, Ikeja Local Government Area, LGA, Lagos State. Speaking with reporters after casting his vote, the former governor of Lagos State said there is every need to vote in his party for continuation of “developmental strides” in the state. Tinubu…
Nigerians Speak
If they say the military cannot secure 14 local government areas out of 774 local governments in six years, how can we be sure, they can secure those 14 council areas in six weeks? Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of APC, picking holes on the reasons given for the postponement of elections by INEC. There is…
‘I was never admitted in a London hospital’ – Tinubu
Bola Tinubu, National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on arrival yesterday in Lagos dismissed claims that he was ill and admitted in a London hospital. The former governor of Lagos State who said, “I am solid, fit as a fiddle. I never needed Panadol, except when I visited my friend, the dentist,” claimed…
