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Abe accuses Wike of plotting to frustrate opposition from challenging polls’ outcome
Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, has told Governor Nyesom Wike that acceptability or rejection from the electorate are tested through free, fair and credible election and not through rigging and intimidation of voters. He said there were deliberate plots to frustrate opposition political parties from challenging the outcome of the just-concluded…
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Delta APC debunks news of Omo-Agege expulsion from party
The Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked reports of the expulsion of Deputy Senate Presiden,t Ovie Omo-Agege from the party. This was contained in a statement by the state Chairman of the party, Omeni Sobotie and Secretary, Peter Akarogbe. The party said they remained the only recognised executive of the party by the national leadership,…
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Tinubu commiserates with Orji Kalu over wife’s death
The President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, has expressed his sympathy and condolences with the Chief Whip of the Senate who is also a former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, over the passing of his first wife, Mrs. Ifeoma Ada Kalu, at 61. While noting that the death of a loved one, like a wife, is painful and saddening,…
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Orji Uzor Kalu loses wife, Ifeoma, 61, in USA
Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu has lost wife, Ifeoma at the age of 61. The former Abia State Governor announced his wife’s death in a statement on his Facebook page on Monday. “With a heavy heart and pain, we announce the passing on to eternal glory of Mrs Ifeoma Ada Kalu aged 61 years. “She was a woman of…
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Olofa reacts to Peter Obi’s leaked audio, decries disinformation
The Olofa of Ofa, Oba Mufutau Muhammed Gbadamosi, has reacted to the leaked audio conversation between Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the last general elections and Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, where his name was mentioned. The monarch in a statement by his Principal Private Secretary, Olayinka Kadri said he remains a father…
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NBA condemns arrest of APC lawyers in Rivers
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the arrest of lawyers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Cole while preparing documents to file a petition for the party. The lawyers were reportedly arrested while working on the petition to be submitted at the Governorship Election Tribunal. In a statement by its President Y. C.…
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Umo Eno presents certificate of return to Prelate Sunday Mbang
In line with his apostolic inclination, Governor-elect of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno has promised to run a Christocentric administration, sustain the peace and further development in the state. Pastor Eno stated this on a vist to show his Certificate of Return to Prelate emeritus of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Sunday Mbang. He emphasized that his successful election…
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I received threats during collation process – Abia INEC returning officer
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer in Abia State, Prof Nnenna Oti has revealed that she received threats and financial inducements during the collation process for the governorship election in the state. Oti, the vice chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Owerri was speaking after she was received by management and students of the school on Wednesday. The…
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Soludo inaugurates Anambra Internal Revenue Service board
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo on Wednesday inaugurated the board of the Anambra Internal Revenue Service (AIRS). The governor said that the service has the clear terms of reference and a task to increase the state’s internally generated revenue. He said as the life-blood of all government operations, nothing works if it doesn’t work. He said: “The results of IGR…
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Ihedioha withdraws from Imo PDP governorship primary
Former Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has withdrawn from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship election primary in the state. Mr Ihedioha disclosed his decision in a letter titled “notification of my withdrawal from the Imo state PDP gubernatorial primaries” addressed to the party national chairman, cited by The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday.…
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