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Peter Obi detained at London airport over impersonation concerns
Labour Party candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, was detained by immigration officials upon his arrival at Heathrow Airport in London from Nigeria on Good Friday, April 7, 2023. According to a statement from Diran Onifade, Head of the Obi-Datti media team, Mr. Obi was handed a detention note and questioned for a long time, which…
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Turkish President Erdoğan congratulates Tinubu as Nigeria’s next leader
President of Turkey, Tayyip Erdoğan, has joined the list of world leaders that have sent congratulory and goodwill messages to Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. President Xi Jinping of China, United Kingdom Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, President of France, Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, are among global leaders that have since sent goodwill messages to Asiwaju…
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INEC replies Atiku’s petition, gives reasons for declaring Tinubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission has replied the petition of the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar challenging the declaration of All Progressives Congress’ Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as winner of February 25 presidential election. Atiku had in a petition he submitted at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal argued that Tinubu didn’t meet the requirements to be…
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Tinubu: APC asks election tribunal to dismiss Obi, LP’s petition, gives reasons
The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss the petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, against the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the president-elect in the 25 February election. The APC, the 4th respondent, urged the PEPC to reject the petition in its…
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Adediran petitions tribunal, seeks disqualification of Sanwo-Olu, Rhodes-Vivour
…says Sanwo-Olu presents fake WASC results The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) in Lagos State in the March18 governorship election, Olajide Adediran (Jandor), has petitioned the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, seeking the disqualification of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu, and the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour over alleged breach of Electoral Act…
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Tinubu Presidency: Tayo Ayinde dissociates himself from agitation for Chief of Staff’s position
Chief of Staff to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Mr. Tayo Ayinde, has distanced himself from the agitation for the position of Chief of Staff to the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. It would be recalled that there was a viral banner on social media indicating that Ayinde was eyeing the position of Chief of Staff to Tinubu. But in a statement issued…
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Ogun PDP scribe, Solarin confirms party ‘empowered’ voters on election day
…says N10,000 credit cards in the name of Madam Caroline Adebutu a philanthropic gesture By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Sunday Solarin, has confirmed that the party’s governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, distributed pre-paid credit cards with N10,000 to empower voters during the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. Solarin,…
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It’s turn of Kogi West to produce Governor- Faleke
The Secretary of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC, PCC), Hon. James Faleke, has said that Kogi West Senatorial District deserves to produce the next governor of the state. Faleke explained that giving all parts of the state a sense of belonging is key to peaceful coexistence among the several ethnic groups in Kogi. The fourth time lawmaker…
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Senators-elect bribing APC NWC to jettison zoning for NASS leadership, North West VC Salihu Lukman alleges
North West Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman has accused some senators-elect from the party of trying to buy their way into becoming senate president. In a statement he wrote titled; “Cash-and-carry contest for leadership of 10th National Assembly”, Lukman said the concerned senators-elect have perfected plans to ensure the party does not zone the positions…
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Bring your ‘preferred candidates who resisted debates to face Datti LP fires back at Soyinka
The Labour Party has declined the invitation request by Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka to its Vice Presidential Candidate Datti Baba-Ahmed. In a statement by its media office on Saturday, the LP said there was no basis for debate between Datti and Soyinka. It however him to present his preferred presidential candidate, who shunned debates during the campaign, for a…
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