ACN rejects troops deployment

Troops deployment during elections is wrong, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said yesterday. The Federal Government said on Tuesday that it would send in soldiers to fight thugs during the general elections, which begin on Saturday. The Council of State at its Tuesday meeting endorsed the proposal. But, to the ACN chairman Chief Bisi […]

el-Rufai Backs Boycott Of Presidential Debate By ACN, ANPP, CPC

The former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, has thrown his weight behind the decision of candidates of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) to shun the presidential debate held on Monday. The former FCT minister told LEADERSHIP in Abuja yesterday […]

Polls: ACN Raises Alarm Over Rigging Tactics

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised  alarm over the clandestine plot by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP to rig the forthcoming general elections in Edo State. Chairman of the party in the state, Hon Thomas Okosun said the party had uncovered several plots by the PDP to undermine the electoral process and the […]

APRIL POLLS: Violence mars campaigns in Ondo, Ekiti, Ogun •As PDP, ACN, LP supporters’ clash, 7 dead

THE nation’s hitherto over-heated political atmosphere, on Wednesday, practically gave way to chaos, as violent clashes among supporters of political parties led to the death of some people, leaving many injured, less than nine days to the general election. At least three people were shot in Obanla area of Ondo State with four people reportedly […]

Campaign mishap: ACN chieftains escape death

The presidential campaign of the Action Congress of Nigeria, (ACN) in Bauchi yesterday almost ended on a tragic note when the jet  conveying top officials of the party, including the vice presidential candidate, Fola Adeola, nearly crash- landed at the Bauchi airstrip. The aircraft crashed into some animals on the runway as it landed. The Jet with […]

How PDP, ACN intend to battle for Lagos

LAGOS — TO win Lagos in next month’s election, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have mapped out strategies to corner the 6.1 million voters of the state. They are also raising a hefty war-chest for the political battle. Sources told Vanguard, weekend, that each of the parties was planning […]

ACF sacks Haruna for backing Jonathan

The Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has eased out its chairman, Gen. Ibrahim Haruna (rtd). He was replaced by Alhaji Aliko Mohammed at yesterday’s rowdy session of the executive committee of the forum, which is widely regarded as the voice of the North. But other top offocials, including Deputy Chairman Sardu Barda, Secretary […]

ACN VP ticket: How Adeola beat Ebi, Akabueze

THE Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, yesterday, formally submitted Mr. Fola Adeola to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the running mate of its presidential candidate, Nuhu Ribadu. Vanguard learnt that Adeola, erstwhile Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank, beat former Deputy Governor of the Central  Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Ernest Ebi and […]

Soyinka decries insecurity, backs Ribadu for President

THE Democratic Front for a Peoples Federation (DFPF), yesterday declared its support for the candidature of Malam Nuhu Ribadu of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the race for the Presidency in the April elections. In a communiqué issued by the party’s Directorate of Publicity after an emergency meeting by its executive in Abuja, […]

Is Okonjo-Iweala as Ribadu’s running mate a game-changer?

As we approach the April timeline of the national election, the frenzy is palpable. As national elections go, this is one election in which most Nigerians repose a lot of hope: hope that the rottenness characterising past elections will be a thing of the past at least in scale if not in totality; hope for […]

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