Tag: Akande
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Fresh FM demolition: Akande urges Ajimobi to bring compassion into governance
Prof Adeolu Akande ,a Gubernatorial aspirant in Oyo State called on the state Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, to allow compassion to guide his decision when dealing with matters that directly involved the people he governs. Akande urged the governor to recall the promise he made to cater for the security and welfare of the people of…
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Ekiti 2018: Tinubu, Akande, Fayemi, others hold strategy meeting in Lagos
As the governorship election in Ekiti State draws to a close, the major opposition party in the state, All Progressives Congress (APC) is leaving no stone unturned to win the state. TheNewsGuru.com reports that state is presently governed by Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola…
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I went to commiserate with Buhari, not to talk politics – Akande
All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Chief Bisi Akande, said his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja was not political but to commiserate with him on his bereavement. Akande, pioneer National Chairman of the party, was at the Presidential Villa in company with another leader of the party, Sen. Bola Tinubu. The visit…
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JUST IN: Tinubu, Akande meet Buhari in Aso Villa
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with the former interim national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande and national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Tinubu arrived the Presidential Villa around 3:50 p.m with Chief Bisi Akande and headed to the President’s office. The meeting was…
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Buhari running a difficult system of government – Akande
A former Interim National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bisi Akande, says the presidential system of government Nigeria is practicing can no longer sustain its growth and success. Mr. Akande made the remark while addressing a news conference in his country home, Ila, Osun state as part of activities to mark his 79th birthday.…
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Tinubu warming up to be President come 2019 – Dele Momodu
Publisher of the Ovation Magazine and former Presidential aspirant, Dele Momodu has explained a recent comment by an All Progressives Congress chieftain, Chief Bisi Akande, on issues of ‘automatic ticket’ is a pointer that national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bolaji Tinubu is warming up for presidency come 2019. Akande during a meeting of the…
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Nigeria’s Constitution breeds, protects corruption – Akande
…Advocates adoption of 1963 Republican Constitution Former National Interim Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande, has described the 1999 Constitution “the greatest misadventure” for the country noting that its continuous use would not help the country make progress in the right direction. The elder statesman therefore called for the scrapping…
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Photos: Ambode, Ajimobi, others attend 8th-day Fidau prayer for Akande’s wife
Governors, Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, Abiola Ajimobi o Oyo, Aregbesola of Osun among other eminent politicians, yesterday attended the 8th-day Fidau prayer for Mrs Omowumi, the late wife of the first National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, which was held in Ila Orangun, Osun State.
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Half of IDPs’ food diverted – Presidency
The Presidency yesterday disclosed that until now, over 50 trucks in every 100 trucks of food sent to the North-East to cater for those displaced by the Boko Haram sect were being diverted. It said the ugly development was being addressed with the implementation of the Special Relief Intervention –an initiative launched by the Federal…
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APC youth group lambasts Akande over comment on Buhari’s health
The All Progressive Congress, APC Youth Progressive Frontier has slammed the former interim chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande over his recent ‘crude’ statement on the health of President Muhammadu Buhari. The group said people like Akande should be taken for psychiatric test because a sane human being would never joke with health of…