INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, kicked against what it described as marginalisation of women in the political space, imploring political parties to give preference to the gender during their primaries. It underscored the need for women to break the barriers of being just aspirants to contestants, while advising […]
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Pledges: ‘Declaration of state emergency on power outage in Ondo South my first assignment in Senate’ By Banji Ayoola Billionaire businessman and senatorial aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Jimoh Ibrahim, has promised to end the blackout that has pervaded the Ondo South Senatorial District, for about 20 years […]
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Despite losing his party’s Ondo Central senatorial district’s ticket, the immediate former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Engnr Clement Faboyede, has vowed that he would not defect from the party. He came third at the primary, losing to Mr Ifedayo Adedipe, who polled 82 votes to win the exercise. Faboyede, […]
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Credit: Kola Sulaimon / AFP) Fayemi: Only five aspirants are serious Nwajiuba backs party on controversial letter of withdrawal Ohanaeze Ndigbo upbeat about Igbo producing next president Barring last minute changes, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will today screen its presidential aspirants for the 2023 general elections after earlier postponements. This was announced, yesterday, […]
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Credit: /Twitter/Gov Wike Godwin Emefiele, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday, withdrew the suit he filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation over his presidential ambition. Emefiele, through his counsel, S.T. Maliki, told Justice Ahmed Mohammed that a notice of discontinuance had been filed and […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has lauded the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the peaceful condition of its primaries in Delta. Rev. Monday Udoh-Tom, the state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) said this after monitoring the House of Assembly and House of Representatives primaries of the PDP in the three senatorial districts of the […]
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Son of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, Joju, and his longstanding media aide Lere Olayinka are among those declared winners of yesterday’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives primary in Ekiti State. Joju, who won the party’s ticket for the Ekiti Central Federal Constituency I comprising Ado and Irepodun/Ifelodun, polled 69 votes to […]
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Process skewed in Rivers, no delegates’ election in Benue – Factional leaders All Progressives Congress chapters in states including Rivers, Benue, Oyo and Sokoto are currently facing crises arising from last week’s election of delegates for governorship primaries holding on Thursday. Factional leaders and aspirants in separate interviews on Sunday alleged that elections were not […]
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Immediate past Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ondo State, Prince Dele Ogunbameru, has said he resigned his position to foster unity in the party. He had announced his resignation during the May 16 party congress. In an interview yesterday in Akure, he said: “We have witnessed a lot of bickering in the […]
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National Consultative Front (NCFront), umbrella body of the ‘3 Force’ Movement and Political Alternatives to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has adopted the Labour Party (LP) as its mega party for ‘3rd Force’ stakeholders and allies for the 2023 elections. The group, in a statement, yesterday, said the adoption […]
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