Periodicals
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Accolades As Bisi Akande Marks 85th Birthday
President Bola Tinubu has celebrated his long-time confidant, Chief Bisi Akande, as he marks his 85th birthday today, January 16, 2024. Akande was the governor of Osun State from 1999 to 2003 and the pioneer interim national chairman of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC). Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, extolled Baba’s defining principles of integrity, loyalty, truth, and justice, recalling his exemplary leadership odyssey and selfless service to Nigeria. “Baba was a principal actor in the founding of our great party, the APC. He has always been a progressive; always noble and disciplined in thoughts and actions, as well as given to rational and enlightened ideals.…
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Tinubu, Buhari, Akpabio, Governor Sanwo-Olu Celebrate Akande at 85
•President: He’s someone of principles, integrity, loyalty, truth •He’s a wise man, says ex-Nigerian leader Deji Elumoye, Sunday Aborisade in Abuja and Segun James in Lagos President Bola Tinubu, his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, today, rejoice with a former governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, as he marks his 85th birthday. While Tinubu described Akande as a man of principles of integrity, loyalty, and truth, among other attributes, Buhari said he was a wise man, Akpabio identified him as a conscientious stateman, and Sanwo-Olu painted him as a courageous, exemplary, honest and an advocate of good…
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Tinubu, leaders eulogise ex-APC Chair Bisi Akande at 85
President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, and Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu have celebrated pioneer Interim National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, on today’s celebration of his 85 birthday. A statement yesterday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, reads: “With a heart full of joy and gratitude to God, President Bola Tinubu celebrates his long-time confidant, Chief Bisi Akande, as he marks his 85th birthday on January 16, 2024. “Chief Akande, CFR, was the governor of Osun State from 1999 to 2003 and the first interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress…
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Sanwo-Olu, Zulum, others storm Ibadan for Akande at 85
President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima are expected to grace the 85th birthday anniversary of the former acting national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande in Ibadan. The event is being held at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan. Dignitaries who have arrived at the event include President Tinubu, who was represented by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, and Vice President Shettima, who was represented by Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State. While President Tinubu is the guest of honour, Vice President Shettima is the guest lecturer. The list of dignitaries who are attending the event from within and outside the country…
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2027 coalition: Rejecting APC won’t solve your problem – Bisi Akande to Nigerians
The pioneer Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, has told Nigerians it would be disastrous to return the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to power in 2027. Akande believes Nigerians would be thrown into a more difficult situation should the main opposition party return to power. The elder statesman was reacting to the proposal by the opposition parties to form a coalition and dislodge the ruling party at the federal level in the next general election. He said the proposed coalition would not offer Nigerians respite from the current hardship. Akande said this while speaking to journalists in Ila Orangun, Osun State, on Saturday as part of…
