Oshiomhole disowns aide’s comments on removal plot

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said he did not approve the statement issued on his behalf by his media aide which accused some unnamed aggrieved members of the party of plotting a vote of no confidence on him. Oshiomhole’s media aide, Simon Egbebulem on Sunday 21 October […]

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Buhari’s men, 15 governors plot against Oshiomhole

Disturbed by their inability to have their way, some members of  President Muhammadu Buhari’s kitchen cabinet and a host of governors are plotting against the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. The governors, about 15 in number along side their allies in the presidency want the chairman out of office […]

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Submission of candidates’ list: No extension of deadline, INEC insists

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will not extend the deadline for submission of list of candidates by political parties for the 2019 general elections. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. Oyekanmi said that the Commission had […]

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PDP warns against submission of unauthorised names to INEC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned against submission of unauthorised names of candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan on Friday in Abuja, said that PDP had officially submitted names of candidates for National Assembly elections to the NEC ahead of the […]

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APC defies INEC, submits Zamfara candidates’ list

Adams Oshiomhole, APC leader The All Progressives Congress (APC) has submitted the list of presidential and senatorial candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in a bid to beat the October 18 deadline.The Guardian learnt that the APC’s director of organisation, Alhaji Abubakar Kari, led other senior staff of the party in a branded […]

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From EFCC custody, Fayose says Fayemi lied on alleged N170b debt

• challenges governor to publish loans’ approvals • ‘EFCC deploying double standards on ex-governor, Babachir’ • Ekiti scraps levy, declares free educationFormer Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has insisted his administration did not commit the state to any financial institution in the form of bonds and commercial loans and described as false the claim that […]

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Obasanjo’s son joins Buhari’s campaign team

From Left- Alhaji Nasiru Danu, Director of Logistics, Olujonwo Obasanjo  and Barr. Festus Keyamo, SAN (Director of Strategic Communications & official Spokesperson, PMB Campaign Organisation, as they officially receive Olujonwo A son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Abraham Olujonwo, has formally joined President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign team of ahead of the 2019 general election. This […]

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EFCC denies alleged plot to assassinate Fayose in custody

EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has dissociated himself from a purported audio recording in which he allegedly said he was not bothered if the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose dies in EFCC custody. A former deputy national publicity secretary of the […]

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