2023 general elections
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Osun PDP, APC in verbal war over Saturday’s House of Assembly election
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday exchanged accusation and counter accusation over Saturday’s House of Assembly election in the state. While the PDP alleged that former governor of the state, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola and the National Secretary of APC, Iyiola Omisore were planning to create mayhem…
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Kwara Police receive shotguns, hand grenades, rubber bullets, others for Saturday’s elections
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Paul Odama said the command has received all necessary equipment, including Pump Action Shotguns (PASG), long-and shotgun-range riot gunners, hand grenades, rubber bullets, smoke pistols, body armor, fuel and utility vehicles for Saturday’s governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections This was contained in a statement by the Police Public…
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Aregbesola meets stakeholders, party stalwarts in Lagos, rallies support for Sanwo-Olu
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Sunday, met stakeholders and leaders of thought as well as stalwarts of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), in Lagos State, urging them to rally support for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s re-election. The meeting, which had in attendance artisans, the Igbo community and high-level players in the politics of Alimosho and other critical areas in Lagos,…
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I’m challenging process not Tinubu’s declaration as President-elect, says Obi
Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has disclosed that he is not challenging the outcome of the 25 February, 2023, presidential election won by President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, but the process that led to him being declared the winner of the poll. Obi spoke while speaking on Arise TV’s programme, Morning Show, on Monday. He said: “INEC is a public…
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Labour Party adopts Abiodun as candidate for Ogun governorship race
The Labour Party in Ogun State has endorsed and adopted Governor Dapo Abiodun for another term of four years in office. Speaking when he led the state executive members of the Labour Party to the governor’s residence at Iperu-Remo, state chairman of the party, Michael Ashade, disclosed that the good works of the governor and the need to sustain them…
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Supreme Court affirms Hanga as Kano Central Senatorial District Senator-elect
The Supreme Court on Friday said a former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, cannot be the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for Kano Central Senatorial District in the February 25 National Assembly election. The court affirmed Rufai Hanga as the Senator-elect for the senatorial district on the platform of NNPP. In a judgment prepared by Justice…
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INEC confirms WesternPost’s story, shifts guber, state assembly elections till March 18
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections earlier scheduled for this Saturday to March 18. This was contained in a statement by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman Voter Education, Festus Okoye. The statement confirms WesternPost’s earlier report that the commission might shift the polls by one week. According to Okoye, the…
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Senate spokesperson, Basiru calls for immediate resumption of tribunal judges in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Senate spokesperson, Ajibola Basiru, has appealed to the President of the Court of Appeal, Monica Dongban-Mensem, to prevail on the panel of judges sent to Osun to immediately resume for tribunal activities. According to Basiru, the appeal for immediate resumption of the judges to attend to election petition issues was necessary because the law doesn’t give…
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Tinubu inaugurates legal team, instructs Olanipekun, 49 others, to defend his mandate
The President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has assembled a team of 49 Senior Advocates of Nigeria to defend his mandate which crystallised from the presidential election which took place on 25th February, 2023. At the inaugural meeting which held on Tuesday, 7th March, 2023, at the Ikoyi office of his lead counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun, the president-elect informed the team that…
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BREAKING: INEC may shift governorship election by one week
There are plans by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to shift the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections slated for this Saturday across the country, WesternPost has gathered. Our correspondent gathered that the electoral body is planning a one week shift to allow for better preparation for the elections. The shift might not be unconnected with the reconfiguration…
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