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Akwa Ibom commissioner defies Gov Udom Emmanuel, resigns to pursue guber ambition
Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Economic Development and Ibom Deep Sea Port, Mr. Akan Okon, has resigned his position as a member of the state executive council. In his press statement where he announced his resignation, Mr. Okon said he left the government to pursue his governorship ambition. WESTERN POST gathered that key members of Governor Udom Emmanuel’s administration are…
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Obiano dissolves cabinet ahead handing over to Soludo
Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano has dissoloved his cabinet in preparation for the expiration of his tenure on March 16. Governor-elect, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, will take the oath of office on March 17, taking over from Obiano. Secretary to the Anambra State Government, Solo Chukwulobelu announced the cabinet dissolution in a statement on Monday. “This is to notify all political…
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2023 Presidency: Vote for personality not party, Group tells Nigerian
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure A Yoruba socio-political group, the Ifebori Solidarity Forum, has said that it would mobilise the electorate to vote against political parties that presents candidates who will not be of any benefit to Nigerians in next year’s general election. National Coordinator of the group, Bola Oyewale, who spoke in Ore, Odigbo Local Government, Ondo State, at a…
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I will smoke you out of PDP, you are serial betrayal, Wike hits Obaseki
The war of words between River State Governor, Nyesom Wike and his Edo State counterpart Godwin Obaseki seems not to be ending soon as Wike has hit back at Obaseki, calling him a serial betrayal. WESTERN POST had earlier reported that Obaseki flayed Wike for publicity attacking Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu. Obaseki had in an advertorial he published in…
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Ekiti 2022: INEC clears Oyebanji, Kolawole, Oni, 13 others for guber polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released names of the 16 candidates and their running mates for the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State. INEC released the list of qualified candidates for the Ekiti 2022 governorship election in Ado Ekiti on Monday. The list has Abiodun Oyebanji as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with Mrs…
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PDP is not your personal property, Edo can’t be procured, Obaseki tells Wike
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has warned his Rivers counterpart Nyesom Wike to desist from threatening members of his party. Obaseki was reacting to Wike’s attack on Philip Shaibu, the Edo State Deputy Governor. The Edo State governor in a newspaper advertorial, warned Wike that the PDP was not his personal property. “The recent personal attacks by His Excellency, the…
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Osinbajo cancels parley with APC state chairmen
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has cancelled his planned meeting with All Progressives Congress state chairmen scheduled for Monday at the State House. WESTERN POST had earlier exclusively reported that the Vice President planned to meet with the state chairmen to intimate them with his plan to join the presidential race. The meeting was originally scheduled for tomorrow by 8.30pm…
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EXCLUSIVE: Osinbajo to meet APC state chairmen over 2023 presidential ambition
Ahead of his formal declaration to join the presidential race, Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, is set to meet with all state chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Abuja on Monday 14th March, 2022. The Acting Chairman of the party’s National Caretaker Committee and Governor of Niger State, Sani Bello, formally inaugurated the state chairmen last week…
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Court orders PDP, INEC not to recognise Adeleke as Osun governorship candidate
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo An Osun State High Court sitting in Ijebu-Jesa, has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to recognise Senator Ademola Adeleke as the party’s candidate for the July 16 governorship election in the state. The court ordered the INEC and PDP to recognise Dotun Babayemi as the valid candidate…
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