Buhari's entourage which included Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi and ex-Governor of Lagos Bola Tinubu were surprised at the warmth of Hammond's welcome...
The APC's two main components are Buhari's faction with substantial grassroots support in the north and Lagos ex-Governor Bola Tinubu's faction in the south-west which controls most state governments in the region...
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Behind them all stands Bola Ahmed Tinubu Governor of Lagos State in 1999-2007 and the acknowledged godfather of the APC...
Sceptics about Bola Tinubu's alignment suggest he may hesitate to promote a top figure in the south-west as candidate for the vice-presidency because it could undercut his own regional authority in the area...
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Political gain He adds that its 'likely presidential and vice-presidential candidates Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Ahmed Tinubu would constitute what many Nigerians consider to be a pro-Sharia Law 'Muslim-Muslim'...
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Much cloudier are the relations between Oando run by Wale Tinubu and the former Lagos State Governor and now opposition godfather Bola Tinubu...
In 2011 many believed that Bola Tinubu made a closed-doors agreement with the PDP...
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Konteh says he was involved in the award by Njala University of an honorary doctorate to Bola Tinubu one of the leaders of the Nigerian opposition All Progressives Congress...
The contest for the governorship in Ekiti State on 21 June is heating up with the APC chieftains – former military leader Muhammadu Buhari ex-Lagos Governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Kano Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso and Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi – pitching up in Edo Ekiti on 21 May to support Governor Kayode Fayemi's campaign for re-election...
Although the PDP sees Anambra and the south-east as its political heartland under the presidency of Goodluck Jonathan the APC has mobilised its leading lights such as former military leader General Muhammadu Buhari and the ex-Governor of Lagos State Bola Tinubu...
Although the opposition All Progressives' Congress (APC) and its éminence grise Bola Ahmed Tinubu dismiss the dialogue as a distraction other politicians are not so sure (AC Vol 54 No 14 The governors and the insurgency)...
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The key architects of the APC have been Buhari and the ACN leader former Lagos Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu...
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