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Mimiko’s younger brother, Abass emerges Ondo ZLP governorship candidate
Abass Mimiko, a younger brother to a former Governor of Ondo State Olusegun Mimiko has emerged as the Zenith Labour Party(ZLP) candidate for the November 16 governorship election in the state. He emerged as the candidate through affirmation in the primary election of the party held on Wednesday at the ZLP secretariat in Akure. Speaking after his emergence, Mimiko said…
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Ondo PDP conducts governorship primary for 7 aspirants
The governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State is set to be held Thursday (today) in Akure. Seven aspirants have been cleared by the Senator Sam-Egwu-led screening committee to contest in the indirect primary election. The election will be held at the International Culture and Events Centre in Akure. Among the aspirants is a former…
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Lukman charges APC on Code of Conduct for party leaders
A former National Vice Chairman, North-West of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, says the ruling party should publish its code of acceptable conduct for leaders and elected representatives of the party. Lukman said this while reacting on a national television to the Yahaya Bello and Abdullahi Ganduje’s issues. “None of the Second Republic parties will allow what is…
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Another Wike’s loyalist, Kamalu quits Fubara’s cabinet
Another commissioner, Isaac Kamalu, has exited the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. This is coming few hours after the former Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor resigned from the cabinet. Kamalu, in a letter to the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Tammy Danagogo, on Wednesday, rejected his redeployment from the Finance Ministry to the Ministry of…
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BREAKING: Wike’s loyalist, Adangor resigns from Rivers Cabinet
A former Attorney General, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor (SAN), who was deployed to the Ministry of Special Duties by Gov. Siminalayi Fubara on Tuesday, has again resigned from the Rivers State Cabinet. In a letter to the Secretary of the Rivers State Government, Tammy Danagogo, sighted by our correspondent on Wednesday, Adangor rejected the deployment and resigned from the Rivers Executive…
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Omogoroye, Jimoh Ibrahim file appeals against Aiyedatiwa’s victory
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Primary Appeal Committee, which former governor of Bauchi State Abdullahi Abubakar chairs received petitions from two more aspirants for the governorship primary in Ondo State last Saturday, Folakemi Omogoroye and Senator Jimoh Ibrahim submitted their petitions contesting Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s declaration as the winner. Olugbenga Edema, Jimi Odimayo, and Wale Akinterinwa are the other aspirants…
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Okupe opens up on why Obi joined LP
A former director-general of the Labour Party presidential campaign, Doyin Okupe, says the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, never believed in the ideologies of the party. Okupe said that LP was just a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the presidential election. He spoke while featuring on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’. Okupe who resigned his membership of the Labour Party…
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JUST IN: Former Deputy Speaker, Ihedioha resigns from PDP
Kunle Sanni The former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha has issued his resignation from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) In a letter he signed on Tuesday, Ihedioha cited reasons which included the PDP taking up decisions which he described as at variance with his personal beliefs. The former Imo state governor also highlighted that the…
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Edo Guber: LP candidate, Akpata addresses UNIBEN senior staff club incident
By Innocent Raphael The gubernatorial candidate for the Labour Party in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, has provided further details regarding the troubling events that unfolded at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) Senior Staff Club meeting on April 12, 2024. In a statement made public on Tuesday, Akpata expressed his dismay over the incident, emphasizing that neither he nor his team…
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BREAKING: Court orders EFCC to serve charge on Yahaya Bello’s lawyer
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to serve a copy of the charge against the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohamed. This was due to the absence of Bello in court for his arraignment on Tuesday (Today). Bello was absent from court for his…
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