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Ogun not for sale, beware of gamblers, APC warns
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised the electorate to beware of gamblers. The party noted that the state is not for sale, while urging people to come out en masse on Saturday to vote for its candidates during the governorship and House of Assembly elections. In a statement issued in Abeokuta on…
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Wike says won’t contest presidency after Tinubu’s tenure
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says he won’t contest for presidency again after the end of the eight-year tenure of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Wike, who was addressing supporters ahead of the governorship election said he was only interested in returning power to the South which has been achieved through Tinubu. He said: “It’s not everyone that started a revolution that…
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Obi didn’t say he’ll fight and bleed to death – Aide
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to ignore the news being circulated where he was quoted as saying that he never lost an election. Obi was quoted as saying that he would fight and “bleed to death until” his mandate is restored; that he would drag “INEC until there will be no life left in…
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Pursue your case in court, stop attacking us, INEC tells PDP
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (Pdp) to take any case it has against the conduct of the presidential and National Assembly elections to court rather than attacking the electoral body. Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi was responding to call by the PDP for the resignation of INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu.…
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PDP demands resignation of INEC chairman over conduct of presidential election
…asks Police, DSS, EFCC to investigate electoral body boss The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resign ahead of March 18 governorship and state assembly elections across the country. The PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba said after the “electoral offences” the Yakubu-led INEC committed…
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We will rebuild PDP into formidable party – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike said he and other like minds will build the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into a formidable party. He said this will be achieved after they must have chased away vampires and buccaneers from the party. Wike said this during the inauguration of the 10km internal roads constructed by his administration in Igwuruta town, Ikwerre Local…
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Tinubu’s camp uncovers alleged NADECO impostor, Lloyd Ukwu in US
The team of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has uncover an alleged impostor claiming to be an Executive Director of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) Lloyd Ukwu in the United States of America. According Dele Alake, Special Adviser to Tinubu in a statement, Ukwu was planning to organise a press conference specifically intended to disparage and cast aspersions on the credibility…
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INEC confirms WesternPost’s story, shifts guber, state assembly elections till March 18
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections earlier scheduled for this Saturday to March 18. This was contained in a statement by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman Voter Education, Festus Okoye. The statement confirms WesternPost’s earlier report that the commission might shift the polls by one week. According to Okoye, the…
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Tinubu inaugurates legal team, instructs Olanipekun, 49 others, to defend his mandate
The President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has assembled a team of 49 Senior Advocates of Nigeria to defend his mandate which crystallised from the presidential election which took place on 25th February, 2023. At the inaugural meeting which held on Tuesday, 7th March, 2023, at the Ikoyi office of his lead counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun, the president-elect informed the team that…
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BREAKING: INEC may shift governorship election by one week
There are plans by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to shift the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections slated for this Saturday across the country, WesternPost has gathered. Our correspondent gathered that the electoral body is planning a one week shift to allow for better preparation for the elections. The shift might not be unconnected with the reconfiguration…
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