Bolanle Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu (Bola Tinubu)

Other cabinet candidates including nominees of Bola Tinubu godfather of the victorious All Progressives Congress (APC) in the south-west are being screened for corruption links...

MachiavellianFor now the unknown in the APC is the role of Bola Ahmed Tinubu self-styled national leader of the party...

Part of that will be reward for the national role of Lagos and that of its political chieftain and former state Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in underpinning the south-north alliance that was the backbone of the APC's national campaign...

The APC party machine led by former Lagos Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu signally failed to deliver a huge vote with only 1...

That's all the more remarkable given that supporters of Bola Tinubu – a ruthless deal-maker ranking with the likes of Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley – claim he was the presiding genius behind the APC alliance...

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...

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...

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'...

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...

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...