LABOUR veteran and former Edo State Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole on Saturday emerged as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. He emerged unopposed at the party\’s national convention which also affirmed the election of 22 other members of the party\’s National Working Committee. They include former Ekiti State Governor, Otunba Niyi Adebayo […]
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NIGERIAN Intervention Movement, which is chaired by former National President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and a foremost human rights activist, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, has adopted Alliance for New Nigeria as the political party to contest the 2019 general elections. The political movement, co-chaired by Dr. Abdul Jelil-Tafawa Balewa, announced its adoption of […]
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THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disqualified the candidate of the Providence People’s Congress (PPC), Mr Stephen Obasola, and expunged his name from the list of candidates for the July 14 Ekiti State Governorship election. Reacting, the party has threatened to sue the electoral umpire for these actions. Obasola had emerged through a primary supervised by […]
Continue ReadingFORMER Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has been described as an asset for the Labour Party, LP, in view of his outstanding performance and record of service as governor, whose qualities will attract fine minds from the nation\’s political circle into the party, according to an ex National Secretary of the party, Dr. […]
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DISTINGUISHED ladies and gentlemen, I most humbly announce to Nigerians today my decision to quit the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), and return to Labour Party (LP), my true political family. I have taken this decision out of the conviction on the need to catalyze a greater focus on the ideological content of the Nigerian political […]
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By Taoheed Ajao Taoheed wrote: \”Five years ago, June 2013, while on a visit to my children in Arundel, Maryland, USA, I wrote the piece below on the June 12 agitation, its appropriateness for our Democracy Day and MKO Abiola\’s place in history. The vindication of the essence of the essay recently by President […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo have been advised by a retired Navy Commodore and former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, to settle their differences behind the curtain in the usual military style. He said in a statement that his appeal to the two is in […]
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THE Independent National Electoral Commission says it has identified 299 flashpoints among polling units in Ekiti State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Abdulganiyu Raji, made this known on Tuesday at the Nigeria civil society situation room dialogue ahead of the July 14 gubernatorial election in the state. At the programme, which took place […]
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THE National Assembly has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to address the worrisome killings in the country, problem of insecurity and perceived threat to the country’s democracy, or face the necessary constitutional sanctions. At a joint sitting of its two chambers, there was a subtle threat of impeachment of the president, as the face-off between the […]
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NO fewer than 60 persons have collected form to contest for positions in the forthcoming convention of All Progressives Congress, APC. Former Secretary of the party\’s National Convention Committee, Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja while handing over to the new secretary of the committee, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba, at the party’s […]
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