Seven governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress governorship aspirants in Ekiti State have withdrawn from the ongoing primary election. The aspirants — Kayode Mojo, Demola Popoola, Femi Bamisile, Bamidele Faparusi, Dayo Adeyeye, Opeyemi Bamidele and Afolabi Oluwasola — are protesting alleged irregularities in the conduct of party primaries. “The seven aspirants herein received with […]
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• Voters to queue behind aspirant’s poster for APC primary, says Badaru Candidate of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, Chief Bisi Kolawole, was last night declared winner of the primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held yesterday to fly the party’s flag in the June 18 governorship election in the […]
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Group tells Buhari to support Igbo presidency The South-East should wait for another five years till 2027 to produce the president of Nigeria. Chairman of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Technical Committee, Raymond Dokpesi, who stated this yesterday, said that waiting till 2027 would afford the North the opportunity to complete former President Umaru Musa Y’Ardua’s […]
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Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Kalu, has said he decided to contest the 2023 presidential election after leaders from the six geopolitical zones approached him to run. This is as he revealed that he had earlier told other presidential aspirants like the former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, former president of the […]
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The sudden resignation of the Director General of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Dr Salihu Lukman in the heat of controversy around the forthcoming national convention of All Progressives Congress (APC) is a pointer to the fierce battle among various interest groups jostling to produce national chairman of the party. Although, Lukman has not disclosed reasons […]
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The Senate on Wednesday included the consensus mode of primary in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill as suggested by President Muhammadu Buhari. Both chambers of the National Assembly, the Senate and the House of Representatives, however, deleted compulsory direct primaries from the bill. While the House gave options of parties adopting direct or indirect primaries, […]
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• I’ll declare intention after convention, says Yahaya Bello • Group warns against election of corrupt aspirants A group, Coalition of Women for Osinbajo, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to endorse Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Led by Hajia Rabi Dauda, the group also called […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for rejecting popular calls for state police and alleged mismanagement of Nigeria’s economy. Also, they asked the National Assembly to override the president’s veto of the 2010 Electoral Amendment Bill Act. These were part of their decisions at a crucial meeting in Port Harcourt, […]
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The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), an umbrella body of governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has given assurance that the party’s National Convention will hold in February. Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu and Chairman of the PGF gave the assurance while speaking with journalists at the end of a closed […]
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Renowned economist and former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has been named as chairman of an 80-member transition committee to assist the swearing-in of Anambra State Governor-elect, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo on March 17, 2022. Also, Prof. Pat Utomi, Prof Osita Chidoka, Prof. Osita Ogbu, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu and Prof. Benedict Oramah would play crucial […]
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