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The Vice President has officially submitted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s (@officialABAT) Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to the national officers of the ruling All Progressives Congress (@OfficialAPCNg).

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AS LOYAL DEPUTY SUBMITS PRESIDENT TINUBU'S NOMINATION FORM

Touted as a most loyal deputy to his boss, Vice President Kashim Shettima @officialSKSM has arrived at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre to officially submit President Bola Ahmed… pic.twitter.com/LDwosiZEkm

— Stanley Nkwocha (@stanleynkwocha_) May 7, 2026

Happening Now...

AS LOYAL DEPUTY SUBMITS PRESIDENT TINUBU'S NOMINATION FORM

Touted as a most loyal deputy to his boss, Vice President Kashim Shettima @officialSKSM has arrived at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre to officially submit President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s @officialABAT nomination and expression of interest forms to the national officers of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) @OfficialAPCNg .

The Vice President, whose vibrancy, loyalty, partnership, support, competence, and performance in his deputizing role have been publicly acknowledged and appreciated by his boss, was received at the venue by a cross-section of state governors, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, among other political heavyweights.

Recall that the President and his vice polled over 8 million votes to emerge victorious in the 2023 general election.

This stage marks the beginning of President Tinubu's quest for a fresh four-year term in office.

May the Almighty God grant him victory.

"I ask all Nigerians, I beseech all our countrymen, irrespective of differences in political affiliation, religious persuasions, or sectional background, to support this nomination and, by the special grace of God, the candidacy of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027."

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— Stanley Nkwocha (@stanleynkwocha_) May 7, 2026

Stolen:
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E NEVER REACH TIME WEY U GO POST UR OWN AND I POST MY OWN IN PEACE FOR THIS SITE?


BY THE WAY Y U ALWAYS PRESENT ON TRIBALISTIC THREAD?

Ishilove:
Can you expatiate?

planetx:
It was the white apartheid government that gave guns to both sides to kill each other by the thousands in the 90's

naptu2:
POST 1D

Diplomacy

Chief MKO Abiola was involved in many diplomatic engagements, both in aid of Nigeria’s foreign policy and also for his own causes and beliefs.

Abiola undertook a diplomatic trip to South Africa to mediate between Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s Inkatha Freedom Party and Dr Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress in the early 1990s. It was part of Nigeria’s efforts to help in ending the black on black violence that was rampant in South Africa in the early 1990s.

Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi is the president of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and a major chief of the Zulu Nation. Nelson Mandela was (at that time) the vice president of the ANC (he later became the president) and a member of the Xhosa Nation.

There was serious violence between supporters of the IFP and supporters of the ANC and between Zulus and Xhosas in the early 1990s (c1990-1993) after the collapse of Apartheid. Lots of people died in the clashes.

Nigeria, which had invested a lot into the anti-Apartheid struggle, was very concerned about these black on black clashes and President Babangida sent Professor Wole Soyinka and later Chief M.K.O Abiola to make peace between both parties.

Chief Buthelezi’s IFP later joined the ANC in a Government of National Unity and Chief Buthelezi was made a minister in Mandela’s government. I strongly suspect that this is one of the reasons that Mandela invited Abiola to his inauguration (Abiola’s presence angered Abacha).

I strongly suspect that the “sworn enemy” that Mandela was referring to in this piece was Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

Former South African President, Dr. Nelson Mandela, on Saturday night in Abuja dedicated his Pan African Broadcast Heritage Award (PABHA) to the memory of the acclaimed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 Presidential election Chief M.K.O. Abiola, whom he described as a great Nigerian.

Mandela, who was represented by the South African President, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, currently on a visit to Nigeria, described how he first came into contact with the Abiola.

He said President Ibrahim Babangida sent Abiola to mediate and talk to Mandela to reconcile with a sworn enemy of the African National Congress (ANC), who then was working against the interest of the party’s success at the poll.

Mbeki did not name the “sworn enemy” of the ANC, but said the late politician had since become their friend. He said when Abiola arrived, he (Mbeki) tried to get the message from Babangida, but refused, insisting that he must deliver the message to Mandela personally. Mbeki said he then took Abiola to Mandela to personally deliver Babangida’s message.

Mbeki said Abiola later told a story of the black ant to describe how dangerous the “sworn enemy” was to the ANC.

He said though the black ant was small, it could wreak much havoc if it had access to one’s clothing. He quoted Abiola as saying that it was easier to take care of the black ant than to allow it to wreak havoc.

The South African President explained that the message from Abiola made the ANC reconcile with the “sworn enemy”.

https://allafrica.com/stories/200010030073.html


That was not Chief Abiola’s only international foray. He was involved in many causes around the world and he donated to many institutions around the world, especially in Africa and the Caribbean.

naptu2:
1994 crisis

The transition to democracy in South Africa was not smooth. There were all kinds of problems.

I have told you that there were serious clashes between the ANC of Nelson Mandela and their Xhosa supporters and the Inkatha Freedom Party of Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi and their Zulu supporters. Many people died. President Babangida had to send Chief MKO Abiola and later Professor Wole Soyinka to bring both sides together (Nigeria had invested too much in the liberation movements to see it scatter when victory was near).

Ishilove:
I have a feeling that if migrants leave, the South Africans will turn on themselves rather than confront the real cause of their problems

koladata:
With all the money Lagos state is making , they couldn't do this.