• G-5 governors on retreat to decide on preferred presidential candidate There was disquiet in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday as the five aggrieved governors relocated to London to finalise decision on who to back for the presidency in next year’s general election. Before they left, the governors had foreclosed working for the presidential […]
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Unified rate will support growth, says Rewane • Local refineries must work’ Multiple exchange rates and the retention of petrol subsidy payment are unhelpful to the economy, finance and economic experts said yesterday. They called for urgent policy reforms and redirection of key monetary and fiscal policies to halt economic decline and boost productivity. The […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, on Sunday, named the Ekiti State presidential campaign council ahead of the 2023 General Elections. The PDP governorship candidate in the just concluded election that was held in the state, Bisi Kolawole, was named the Chairman of the council and Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe was named as the Vice […]
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Advises ex-Lagos governor to address allegations, stop diversionary tactics The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation apologised to Nigerians and the international community for what it described as “the shame and embarrassing” outing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, recently, at Chatham House, London. The Atiku/Okowa campaign berated the Tinubu/Shettima […]
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Senator Ademola Adeleke with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar during campaign; Source: Web The leadership of the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party has approved the appointment the Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, as a member of the campaign council. Adeleke was appointed as the Chairman of the South-West Coordinating Committee of the campaign […]
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Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission has lamented the poor understanding of the Electoral Act by key political actors and stakeholders in the country. The Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Festus Okoye, stated this at the weekend during a media/civil society organisations’ parley with INEC on identifying and mitigating flashpoints […]
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INEC Chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Katsina State has cautioned politicians and political parties to avoid using provocative and abusive words during campaigns in the state. Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim-Umar, the Head of the Commission’s Election and Party Monitoring (EPM), gave the caution at a stakeholders forum on Friday in […]
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National Working Committee of Labour Party on Friday terminated the appointment of its acting National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, and dissolved the Ogun chapter of the party over the role they played in the alleged expulsion of the Director General of Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe. Also the NWC passed a vote of confidence […]
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Chief spokesperson of Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, has indicated that the speech by All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on grabbing political power could serve as a recipe for violence in next year’s general elections. Tinubu spoke of power grabbing in a London restaurant, while addressing his supporters […]
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The Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, which was presided over by Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, has adjourned hearing on a fundamental human rights suit instituted by an Onitsha-based human rights activist and lawyer, Dr. Jezie Ekejiuba, against Federal Government and four others, seeking disqualification of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party […]
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