Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Tuesday warned that any party that fields a northern candidate in the 2023 Presidential election will lose. Akeredolu disclosed that Governors in the Southern part of the country under the auspices of the Southern Governors Forum are determined to ensure […]
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Deputy Commissioner of Police, Basil Idegwu (left); Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Musa Bello; Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu and FCT Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Yahaya Bello, at the stakeholders’ forum for the February 12 council election in Abuja…yesterday. Credit: Lucu Ladidi Ateko Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has […]
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People following Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on his Facebook page have urged him to join the 2023 presidential race. The over one million commentators appreciated the progress of work at the site of the Nabo Graham-Douglas campus of the Nigerian Law School. They said the governor had lived up to his nickname as Mr. […]
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Eyebrow on provision that ministers should resign to contest for office INEC to get list of candidates Aug. 18 President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure to reject the reworked Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022, it was learnt yesterday. Sources said those pushing against presidential assent to the bill anchor their argument on “certain anti-democratic and […]
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A video footage of a former Osun State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Kolapo Alimi, launching a verbal attack on the state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Sunday attracted different reactions from supporters of the two factions of the All Progressives Congress in the state. Alimi, a staunch supporter of the Minister of […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) recently held their governorship primary elections in Ekiti State for the June 18, 2022 governorship. Two winners emerged due to some political factors, which worked in favour of the candidates. The immediate past Chairman of the PDP, Mr Bisi Kolawole and former state Commissioner […]
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Tambuwal, Wike, Mohammed 1st row; Saraki, Abubakar, Obi 2nd row Governors elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other presidential aspirants of the party, are currently at war over the mode of primary election that should be used to nominate the party’s presidential candidate for the next presidential election. Following […]
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Political leaders comprising former and incumbent governors, ex-senators as well as business leaders met in a seminar in Lagos on Saturday to discuss issues bordering on the state of the nation. While the highlight of the seminar tagged ‘2022 Group of Eminent Nigerians on Way Forward’ held at Eko Hotel was not made public, It […]
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Nigeria’s ex-envoy to the Republic of Togo and a former governorship aspirant, Ambassador Olusola Iji, has declared his bid for the seat of Ondo South Senatorial District in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate. Simultaneously, he announced the appointment of the Federal Commissioner, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), and the […]
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By Banji Ayoola The senatorial aspirant into the seat of the Ondo South Senatorial District in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate, on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming 2023 elections, Mr. Mathew Oye Oyerinmade, popularly called MATO, has unveiled the motive which propelled him to […]
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