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Politics
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Oyo REC, Agboke bows out, says INEC ready for free, credible polls in 2023
By Richard Thomas, Ibadan The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, Dr. Mutiu Agboke has urged the media to collaborate to collect their Permanent Voter Card (PVC) before the commencement of the 2023 general election. The REC stated this at the media briefing and valedictory programme held for him at the Dr. Mutiu Agboke Collation Centre, INEC headquarters, in Ibadan. According to…
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I prefer younger person for VP – Peter Obi
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi says he prefers to work with a younger person as running mate ahead of the 2023 presidential election. He said this while featuring on Arise TV on Wednesday. Obi said the party was speaking with a number of peoples towards running a joint ticket with him. On the story that the…
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PHOTO NEWS: Buhari presents APC flag to Oyetola ahead of Osun election
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presented the flag of All Progressives Congress (APC) to its governorship candidate in Osun State, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola at the State House. Chairman of the APC National Campaign Council for Osun State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the co-chairman, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje presented Oyetola to the President for endorsement. APC is expected to hold a grand…
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Desperation by political parties threat to Osun governorship election, says Yiaga Africa
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Yiaga Africa has warned that the desperation of contending political parties could threaten the integrity of the July 16 governorship elections in Osun State. Briefing journalists on Wednesday on the pre-election observation for the election, Yiaga Director of programs, Cynthia Mbamalu stated that major political parties have intensified their campaigns deploying both legal and illegal antics in…
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Osun 2022: APC victory will validate Tinubu’s acceptability in S/West — Abubakre
The victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming governorship election in Osun State will further validate the acceptability of presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the South-West. This assertion was made by a retired Professor and indigene of the state, Razaq Abubakre, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo on Wednesday. Abubakre, therefore,…
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Peter Obi set to announce substantive Vice Presidential candidate on Friday
Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Doyin Okupe said the party will announce a substantive candidate for the position latest Friday. Okupe made this known while appearing on Channels TV programme Politics Today on Tuesday. He had while appearing on the same programme last month said the party had submitted his name as a placeholder VP candidate to meet…
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Okowa breaks silence on missing certificates
says WAEC result second-best nationwide in 1976 Governor of Delta State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential candidate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has broken his silence on his missing certificates just as he said his secondary school result was the second-best in Nigeria when he finished secondary school in 1976. Okowa joined Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of All Progressives…
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Atiku appoints three new media aides
Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar has announced the appointment of three new media aides. According to a statement by Paul Ibe, the former vice president’s media adviser, the three appointees are Eta Uso, Abdulrashhed Shehu and Demola Olanrewaju. Uso, an alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a U.K trained Advanced Computing and Internet…
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Machina alleges plans to forge his letter claiming withdrawal from Yobe North senatorial race for Lawan
Winner of the Yobe North senatorial primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bashir Machina has alleged that there are plans to forge a letter claiming he has withdrawn from the contest. Machina said this in a statement by the spokesman of his campaign organisation, Husaini Isah. The senatorial candidate insisted he was not ready to step down for Senate…
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Don’t negotiate with my name, Amosun tells APC defectors
By Kolawole Olayinka, AbeokutaFormer governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, has warned some of his supporters who have been defecting to other political parties not to negotiate with his name. Amosun also declared his support for President Muhammadu Buhari and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in spite of the ‘injustice’ meted out…
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