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LG Polls: Ogun PDP clears sacked Ijebu East Council Chairman, Adedayo
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun has cleared Wale Adedayo, sacked chair of Ijebu east LGA, to contest in its upcoming primary election for chairmanship aspirants. A statement issued by Afolabi Orekoya, Ogun PDP Publicity Secretary secretary, said the chairmanship primary elections will be held on Saturday, September 7, across the 236 wards and 20 local governments in the…
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Kwara swears in election petition tribunal ahead LG polls
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Abiodun Ayodele Adebara, on Thursday inaugurated two sets of local government election petition tribunals ahead of the upcoming September 21 local government elections in the state. Each tribunal consists of three members, led by two chairmen, tasked with adjudicating any disputes that may arise from the election process. During…
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Abure group disowns LP national caretaker committee
The Julius Abure-led Labour Party has disowned the meeting summoned by Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, on Wednesday where ex-Minister Nenadi Usman emerged as the chairman of a 29-man caretaker committee. Otti had called for the stakeholders meeting in Umuahia to address the crisis rocking the party’s leadership. The meeting produced Usman as chairman and Senator Darlington Nwokocha as Secretary…
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BREAKING: Ex-Minister Nenadi Usman emerges LP Caretaker Chairman
Former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the Labour Party (LP). The decision was made on Wednesday during the Labour Party’s extended stakeholders meeting held at the Banquet Hall of the Abia State Government House in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State. Usman, who defected to the LP…
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Rivers Crisis: PDP Governors urge security agencies to note Wike’s utterances
Governors under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have urged security agencies to note the “threats” by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to cause political crises in the state of any governor who tries to interfere in the affairs of the PDP in Rivers State. Wike in Port Harcourt on Saturday had said…
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Atiku’s call for NNPCL’s listing on NGX belated, unoriginal – TMV
The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TVM)have dismissed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s suggestion to list the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX), describing it as belated and unoriginal. In a statement signed by its Chairman, Chukwudi Enekwechi, and Secretary, Sunday Shedrach Gyungoun, the group criticized Atiku’s call as repetitive and irrelevant, noting that the process…
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Opposition parties can’t unseat Tinubu in 2027, says Okonkwo
Former spokesperson for the Obi/Datti campaign organisation, Kenneth Okonkwo, has expressed doubts about the opposition’s ability to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Okonkwo claimed that Tinubu manipulated the Nigerian system to secure his presidency and will not allow the opposition to unseat him. In an interview with Arise TV on Tuesday, he criticized opposition parties for failing to hold…
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NLC accuses President Tinubu of betrayal over fuel price hike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has accused President Bola Tinubu of betraying Nigerians following the recent substantial increase in fuel prices. In a statement made public on Tuesday by NLC President Joe Ajaero, the union expressed shock and dismay at the secretive hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), describing it as a “deep sense of betrayal.”…
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TDF condemns alleged foreign involvement in plot to overthrow Tinubu’s gov’t
The Democratic Front (TDF) has expressed outrage following revelations by the Nigeria Police Force about the involvement of a foreign national in an alleged plot to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The plot, reportedly disguised as a peaceful protest, has sparked widespread concern. In a statement signed by TDF Chairman Mallam Danjuma Muhammad and Secretary…
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Ex-Oyo SSG, Koleosho dies at 86
The former Secretary to the Oyo State Government (SSG), under late Governor, Alhaji Lam Adeshina, Chief Michael Koleosho, has died. Koleosho, who was a prominent politician in Oyo State, died on Monday night at the age of 86. He was the Babalaje of Saki, his hometown, and a renowned figure in Oke Ogun, Oyo State and Nigeria. Earlier this year,…
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