Ondo assembly poll: Akeredolu, Fayemi woo Mimiko

Barely four days to the March 9 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections, Ondo state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu and his Ekiti state counterpart, Kayode Fayemi, have approached former Governor of Ondo state, Olusegun Mimiko, to bolster the All Progressives Congress, APC’s chance in next Saturday’s election. Ondo state is among the states that will […]

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INEC: We’ll deploy card readers fully for guber, assembly polls

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given assurance that there would be uniform timing in the commencement of Saturday’s Governorship and State Assembly elections nationwide. Mr Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner in-charge of Enugu/Anambra/Benue States, gave the assurance on Tuesday in Enugu. Okoye, who spoke to newsmen on the preparedness of the commission […]

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Buhari seeks monarchs support against crime

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday welcomed traditional rulers in the country to the “Next Level”, urging them to be prepared to play a crucial role in the prevention and detection of criminal activities in their domains. Speaking while receiving members of the National Council of Traditional Rulers led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad […]

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PDP leaders storm INEC HQ, protest presidential poll results

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) this afternoon stormed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja to protest the result of the February 23 presidential election.   The party’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus, led leaders of the party including its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, and party supporters to the commission’s office located at […]

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Oyo parties adopt joint PDP guber candidate, Makinde

Ladoja presents him publicly in Ibadan This alliance is to free our people from misrule – Lanlehin Five opposition parties in Oyo state on Tuesday publicly presented a coalition governorship candidate to run against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for Saturday’s poll. The parties in the coalition include African Democratic Congress (ADC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Zenith […]

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Obaseki threatens to deal with APC leaders

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has threatened to deal with some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) whose activities led to the defeat of the party in the February 23 general elections. The APC lost the election by polling 267,842 against the 275,691 scored by the the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Government sources […]

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Presidential Committee gives APC 48-hour ultimatum to lift suspension on Okorocha

The Presidential Support Committee, PSC, South East Zone, has given the APC committee a 48 hours ultimatum to lift the suspension on Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha. He was suspended last week by the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Working Committee for alleged anti party activities. According to the Committee, the suspension on the Governor came […]

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Eating garlic lowers risk of colorectal cancer – Study

A recent Chinese study found that eating more allium vegetables may slash the risk of getting colorectal cancer. Allium is the Latin word for garlic. Researchers from the First Hospital of China Medical University in Shenyang, Liaoning Province conducted case-control study from June 2009 to November 2011 in three local hospitals. A total of 833 […]

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Lagos guber candidates to endorse party with best programmes

urge Lagosians to vote wisely on Saturday Lagosians checking their names on the INEC list of permanent voters cards (PVC) around 3 pm. at Sunday Adigun polling Unit, Alausa, Ikeja The Coalition of Progressive Lagos Gubernatorials (CPLG), on Tuesday, urged Lagos residents to vote wisely for candidates with people-oriented policy at the Gubernatorial and State […]

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Atiku, PDP file motion compelling INEC to surrender election materials for inspection

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have filed a motion to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to surrender all the materials that were used for the February 23 presidential election, for inspection. The motion ex-parte was lodged before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Tuesday. The Tribunal […]

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