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BREAKING: INEC shifts presidential election to Feb 25
The Independent National Electoral Commission has shifted the 2023 presidential electoral election by one week to February 25, 2022. The shift in date was announced by INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at a news conference in Abuja on Saturday. The new date was as a result of a result of the new electoral act signed into law by President Muhammadu…
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2023: Atiku visits Obasanjo, Alake, tells youths to compete with elders
Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has challenged Nigerian youths to compete with elders for elective offices in 2023, including the office of the President, instead of seeking to deny the old ones the constitutional rights to pursue their presidential ambition. Atiku who was the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019, hinted that the…
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VIDEO: Atiku visits Obasanjo in Abeokuta
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar visited his former boss, Olusegun Obasanjo at his Presidential Library in Abeokuta today
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APC Convention: South-West Govs meet today in Lagos over party offices
The five All Progressives Congress Governors in the South-West will meet today in Lagos over the sharing of the party positions allocated to the geopolitical zone. The meeting is to prepare the grounds for the party’s national convention now slated for March 26 and ensure the South-West is on the same page over the positions zoned to it. Top among…
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BREAKING: Atiku in a closed-door meeting with Obasanjo
Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is in a close door meeting with the former President Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo in Abeokuta. The meeting is being held at pent house inside Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The 2019 presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party arrived Abeokuta at exactly 10.10am on Saturday morning with…
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Oyetola thanks party leaders after Osun APC guber primary victory
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has thanked the leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state for the support they gave him to ensure his victory in the party’s governorship primary election which held last Saturday. Oyetola floored his opponents, former Secretary to the State Government, Moshood Adeoti, and ex-Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuf,…
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Saraki condemns Zamfara Deputy Governor’s impeachment, calls process illegal
Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has described the process leading to the impeachment of Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu Gusua as illegal. Dr. Saraki in a statement said the process of removing the deputy governor didn’t follow the process as clearly spelled out in the constitution of Nigeria noting that leaders across political divides must see the…
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Finally, Nigeria gets new electoral law, Buhari says law is great improvement on previous act
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Electoral Bill of 2022 today at the State House. The President had earlier rejected the earlier version of the Bill that made only direct primary compulsory for all political parties describing the provision as undemocratic. President at signing ceremony at Aso Rock were Senate President Dr. Ahmed Lawan, Speaker of House of…
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Why I dropped out of Ekiti PDP ticket as deputy governorship candidate – Funmi Ogun
Former Commissioner for Works in Ekiti State, Funmi Ogun, has given reasons for her decision to decline nomination as the deputy governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the state. Ogun had been nominated to fly the flag of the PDP alongside Governorship Candidate, Bisi Kolawole, in the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti. She however wrote to the…
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2023: Tinubu pays homage to Ooni, Aromolaran in continuation of consultation tour
All Progressives Congress National Leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, paid homage to the Ooni of Ife, His Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, and Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijeshaland, His Majesty Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, in continuation of his nationwide tour consultation for his presidential bid. The former Lagos State Governor commended the citizens and residents…
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