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Tinubu cannot be Nigeria’s President in 2023, a Northerner will return, says Yerima

National president of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Yerima Shettima has said the southeast will support a presidential candidate from the north in 2023. Yerima who argues that the north needs another chance in 2023 to serve as compensation for the many challenges troubling the region, said that Bola Tinubu, leader of the All…

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N33bn fraud: moves to impeach Osinbajo looms in Senate

The travails of Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo over the alleged N33bn in National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is set to be compounded as plots to begin impeachment process against him in the Senate are brewing, Pointblanknews.com reports. Sources revealed that some senators, goaded by some forces in the villa, are gearing to dust up…

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Tinubu reacts to Osinbajo’s plight says he’s not behind his crisis to forestall presidential ambition

Following a new speculation that former Lagos State governor and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is behind Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s plight to resign his position so as to forestall his 2013 presidential ambition, Tinubu has dismissed the speculation. President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly met recently with Tinubu and Chief…

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Resign or be impeached: –Aso Rock cabals threaten VP Osinbajo with plan to replace him with another popular pastor

Efforts are in top gear by powerful cabals around President Muhammadu Buhari within Aso Rock who have concluded plans to forcibly make embattled Vice President Yemi Osinbajo out of office. Despite the fog of uncertainty surrounding the fate of Osinbajo, nothing concrete is yet be traced to the president regarding the future of his deputy…

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Tribunal judgment: Atiku finally breaks silence vows to get justice at Supreme Court

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate in the February 23 election, Atiku Abubakar, has written an open letter of gratitude to Nigerians in which he vowed to get justice at the Supreme Court, Legit.com reported. This latest move by Atiku is coming days after the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) in Abuja confirmed that…

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PDP victories show APC is dead in Oyo, says Adedibu’s wife

•Speaks on Makinde’s fairness to PDP party leaders, LAUTECH crisis From Taiwo Oluwadare, Ibadan Alhaja Modinat Abosede Adedibu, the wife of late strongman of Ibadan politics, Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu has said following the landmark victories of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general elections in Oyo State showed that All Progressive Party is dead…

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Oyo APC berates Makinde for constituting electoral committee, ignoring court order

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned Governor Seyi Makinde’s decision of reconstituting the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC). A statement signed by the APC Publicity Secretary in Oyo State, Dr Olatunde Azeez says the party got a report that the Governor had forwarded names of his proposed nominees to the State House of…

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More troubles for Osinbajo as more pressure mounts on him to resign

•Femi Fani-Kayode says Osinbajo will be asked to wash toilet if fail to resign There is intense pressure on Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to resign his position with immediate effect, Daily Independent has exclusively gathered. Sources close to the vice president said since the latest developments in the presidency started, he has received calls from…

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Buhari moves Osinbajo’s aides out of presidential villa as Tradermoni, others may go to new ministry

•Northern forces plot for 2023 presidency, Sidelined Osinbajo The Northern forces have begun to rage power tussle for the Presidency ahead 2023 and this may have led to the relocation of some aides of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbanjo out of the Presidential Villa. It was gathered that on Monday, September 16, the Federal Government…

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Makinde reacts to Tribunal judgment, says ‘Truth has prevailed’

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Monday, described the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on which platform he won the March 9, 2019 governorship election in the state, at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, as the triumph of truth over falsehood. This was as the Governor appreciated the people of the State…

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