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Make me your President, I can chart path to success-Tinubu tells Kwara delegates
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has urged people of Kwara and delegates in the forthcoming party primary election to support his ambition and make him the next president of the country. He said he would be coming up with a lot of programmes, chart the path to success and make way for…
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State chairman, excos dump ADP in Ekiti
The State Chairman, Olakunle Abegunde and other executive members of Action Democratic Party (ADP) in Ekiti State have dumped the party. Abegunde led leaders of the party in the 16 local government areas of the state to dump the ADP just six days after the party’s deputy governorship candidate Idowu Afuye announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC).…
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PHOTO NEWS: Tinubu meets Kwara, Benue APC delegates
All Progressives Congress leading presidential aspirant, Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu paid homage to Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari on Tuesday at the Emir’s palace in Ilorin, Kwara State after which he met party leaders and delegates to the Presidential Convention of the party coming up on May 30 and 31. He had earlier visited Markurdi, Benue State where…
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87 APC aspirants jostle for 26 Osun House of Assembly seats
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Eighty-seven aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are vying for 26 Osun State House of Assembly seats in the 2023 general elections, the Screening Committee led by Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has revealed. Ize-Iyamu, who met the aspirants at the party secretariat in Osogbo, the state capital on Tuesday assured that the committee…
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Absence of judge stalls suit to stop Osun, Ekiti, 2023 general elections
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A suit filed by some members of the Ilana Omo Oduduwa, contesting the legality of the 1999 Constitution as the framework upon which to conduct the Osun, Ekiti and the 2023 general elections, was on Tuesday frustrated due to the absence of the trial judge. Some members of the organization had taken the Attorney General of…
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Nigeria must be made to work for all – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the nation must be made to work for all. According to a statement by Laolu Akande, his media aide, Osinbajo said this when he received the award for Leadership Person of the Year 2021 at the Leadership Newspapers’ Annual Conference and Awards ceremony which held today at the International Conference Centre (ICC), in Abuja.…
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Sanwo-Olu, GAC, Lagos APC urge party members to conduct themselves during congresses, primaries
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appealed to leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to conduct themselves in a peaceful manner during the forthcoming primary elections and congresses of the party in the State. He also appealed to them to abide by the tenets of the ruling party during the primary elections, as well as the…
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I can’t run for Nigeria’s president now, AFDB boss Adesina tells supporters
President of the African Development Bank, Akinwunmi Adesina says he can’t run for the office of the president of Nigeria in 2023. Adesina said this in a statement he issued on Tuesday. Adesina who appreciated the calls for him to run as president, said the position he holds now will not allow him to do so. “I have been extremely…
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Fayemi asked me to rig election for him, Oshiomhole alleges
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole said that Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi had once sought his help to rig an election while he led the party. Oshiomhole who was speaking on a Channels TV programme Political Paradigm said he rather left the office honourably rather than acceding to Fayemi’s request. “I said it in…
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PDP has no regard for Peter Obi – Okupe
Former presidential spokesperson Doyin Okupe says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has no regard for former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi. In a statement, he accused some forces within the party of trying to remove the elected executive in Obi’s home state. “It is a matter for great regret that despite HE Peter Obi’s gentlemanly civil disposition and unwavering commitment…
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