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Dino Melaye emerges Kogi PDP governorship candidate
Dino Melaye, a former senator, Kogi West Senatorial District, has been declared winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Melaye polled 313 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Idoko Ilonah, who got 124 votes in the Direct Mode primary election on Sunday in Lokoja. The Chairman, PDP Primary…
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Achonu emerges Imo LP governorship candidate
A former senator, Athan Achonu, who represented Imo North Senatorial District, on Saturday night emerged as the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the 11 November governorship election in Imo State. Declaring the results in Owerri, the Chairman of the Electoral Panel and Abia governor-elect, Alex Otti, said Mr Achonu polled 134 votes. Otti said Mr Achonu defeated his…
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Timipre Sylva emerges APC governorship candidate in Bayelsa
Immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has been declared winner of the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary, held on Friday. The result of the primary was announced at the APC state secretariat in Yenagoa by the Chairman of the election committee, A T. Jibrin. Jibrin, a retired major general, said Sylva secured 52,061…
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Okonjo-Iweala urges Otti to focus on transparency, disruptive strategies in Abia
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has urged the governor-elect of Abia State, Alex Otti to ensure transparency and good governance in his administration. Speaking virtually at the inauguration of the 100-member Abia transition council on Friday, Okonjo-Iweala advised the governor-elect, to adopt disruptive strategies instead of traditional operational systems. “I told the governor-elect that everything…
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Hope Uzodimma wins APC guber nomination to run for second term
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State on Friday secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket for his second term bid. Uzodimma, who was the sole contender in the primary election that took place in Owerri, polled 63,618 valid votes. The Chairman of the seven-member 2023 Governorship Primary Election Committee, Williams Kayoda, said that 64,667 delegates from the 305 wards…
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FG recognises Oba of Benin as custodian of repatriated Benin artefacts
The long-standing dispute over the ownership and custody of repatriated looted Benin artefacts between the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, and Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has finally been settled by the Federal Government. According to a Government Notice No. 25 in Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 57, Volume 110 dated March 28, 2023, titled: “Notice…
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Deputy gov, 7 others quit APC guber primary as Yahaya Bello anoints Kogi Auditor General
In a dramatic twist, Kogi State Deputy Governor, Edward Onoja and seven other aspirants have withdrawn from Friday’s governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was after Governor Yahaya Bello unveiled the state’s Auditor-General, Ahmed Usman-Ododo, as his preferred candidate. Seven other aspirants, including a former Commissioner for Finance, David Adebanji-Jimoh, Ashiru Idris and Okala Yakubu, also…
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Kwara lawmakers approve nominees for KWSIEC
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Kwara State House of Assembly on Thursday confirmed the appointments of nominees for positions of chairman and members of Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC). The confirmation of the nominees was considered by the Committee of the Whole, chaired by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Salihu after thorough screening on the floor of the House The…
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Alex Otti appoints technocrats, private sector leaders into Abia Transition Council
The Abia State Governor-elect, Dr. Alex Otti has announced a list of professionals and technocrats in business, economics, entrepreneurship and politics as members of the Transition Council, preparatory to his formal assumption of office on May 29. Otti, in a statement issued by the Council’s Secretariat, said the Transition Council will help to articulate a policy document that would forge…
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Diri wins Bayelsa PDP governorship primary
Governor Douye Diri has emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary to contest the Bayelsa State governorship seat on Nov. 11. Mr Diri, the sole aspirant for the primary, polled 305 “yes” votes from the delegates to emerge as the party’s candidate. The primary election conducted on Wednesday had the party delegates from the eight local government areas…
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