COVID-19 turns campaign tool ahead Ondo 2020 governorship race

Council poll not cancelled – ODIEC Despite the ravaging effects of the coronavirus pandemic, it has become a huge blessing in disguise for all the major contenders vying for the October 10, 2020 governorship election in Ondo State. The drive to get the people’s support and sympathy is not limited to the ruling All Progressives […]

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Twists and turns as factions jostle for Ondo APC guber ticket

Rotimi Akeredolu. Photo; TWITTER/ROTIMIAKEREDOLU A few days to the unveiling of Unity Group’s consensus candidate, most of the camps within All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, including that of the incumbent governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, are on tenterhooks. Unity Group has been a political thorn in the flesh of Akeredolu shortly after he was sworn in […]

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Osun APC sues for peace as Chairmen, Councillors’ rift deepens

Disturbed by the crisis brewing up in some Local Government Council areas, All Progressives Congress chairmen and councilors in Osun State have been urged to embrace peace in the overall interest of the people and the party. Party’s State Chairman, Prince Gboyega Famodun in a statement signed by his Media Consultant, Kola Olabisi, in Osogbo, […]

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‘PDP yet to decide on 2023 presidential candidate’

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has debunked the rumour that it had reached a conclusion on which part of the country its next presidential candidate would come from. It alleged that politicians in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, who had become jittery of its rising political fortunes were at work in planting seeds of disunity […]

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PDP says it will sack Akeredolu in 2020 as national vice chairman, Eddy Olafeso joins Ondo guber race

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed to sack the incumbent Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, from power in the forthcoming governorship election in the state next year, even as the party’s National Vice Chairman, Olorogun Eddy Olafeso, formally declared his intention to contest the election. Akeredolu, who would be contesting for his second […]

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Ondo APC battles to mend cracks ahead 2020 guber race

Despite efforts to tame rough edges within the All Progressives Congress (APC), to soften the grounds for Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s second term bid, there is still a minority within the party that is bent on denying him the ticket of the party by whatever means. There are cracks within the ruling party, and as ingenuous […]

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Jega, others move to reshape PRP ahead 2023 polls

In an effort to reposition the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) for the 2023 general elections and wrestle power from the ruling party, prominent Northerners, including the immediate past National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof Attahiru Jega have joined the opposition party. Jega, who is now a card-carrying member of the Peoples […]

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APC suspends national vice chairman

Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress national vice chairman, Inuwa Abdulkadir, has been suspended by the National Working Committee of the party. APC’s spokesperson, Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a statement on Thursday said Abdulkadir was suspended “over anti-party activities” He said: “The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has upheld the disciplinary actions […]

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PDP strategises for National Assembly offices

Peoples Democratic Party’s leadership will  meet with the party’s lawmakers in the Senate and  House of Representatives  very  soon to discuss the zoning of the offices meant for the opposition party in the two chambers, it has been learnt The offices are Minority Leader, Deputy Minority Leader, Minority Whip and Deputy Minority Whip. A source […]

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Speaker: South-West reps may dump Gbaja for Wase

Lawmakers to adopt secret ballot to frustrate Tinubu Largely excoriated for his alleged lack of acceptable human relations, the ambition of the House of Representatives speakership-hopeful, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, may be deeply under the waters, judging by feelers from his colleagues in the South-West and particularly in Lagos State, from where he hails. Representing Surulere […]

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