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Lagos PDP may pick Funke Akindele as deputy governorship candidate
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State may have settled for popular Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele (Jenifa) as its deputy governorship candidate for the 2023 general elections. Sources within the party said that the choice of Akindele had the backing of the party’s elders in the state and that it was for gender balancing. The sources who confided in our…
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PDP accuses Oyetola of refusing to approve venues for mega rally
…produce evidence of your application, says Oyetola’s aide By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has accused Governor Gboyega Oyetola of refusing to approve the venue for the planned mega rally of its governorship candidate, Ademola Adeleke. Addressing a press conference in Osogbo on Wednesday, the party’s Caretaker Committee Chairman, Mr Adekunle Akindele, said the state…
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Osun 2022: Christian group endorses Accord Party candidate, Ogunbiyi
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A non-denominational Christian group, the Gospel Pushers, Nigeria has called on indigenes of Osun State to vote for the governorship candidate of Accord Party, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi and his deputy, Alhaji Kunle Jimoh during the July 16th, 2022 elections. The group, in a statement by its Chairman and a one-time Osun State Secretary of Pentecostal Fellowship of…
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Oyo REC, Agboke bows out, says INEC ready for free, credible polls in 2023
By Richard Thomas, Ibadan The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, Dr. Mutiu Agboke has urged the media to collaborate to collect their Permanent Voter Card (PVC) before the commencement of the 2023 general election. The REC stated this at the media briefing and valedictory programme held for him at the Dr. Mutiu Agboke Collation Centre, INEC headquarters, in Ibadan. According to…
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I prefer younger person for VP – Peter Obi
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi says he prefers to work with a younger person as running mate ahead of the 2023 presidential election. He said this while featuring on Arise TV on Wednesday. Obi said the party was speaking with a number of peoples towards running a joint ticket with him. On the story that the…
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PHOTO NEWS: Buhari presents APC flag to Oyetola ahead of Osun election
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presented the flag of All Progressives Congress (APC) to its governorship candidate in Osun State, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola at the State House. Chairman of the APC National Campaign Council for Osun State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the co-chairman, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje presented Oyetola to the President for endorsement. APC is expected to hold a grand…
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Desperation by political parties threat to Osun governorship election, says Yiaga Africa
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Yiaga Africa has warned that the desperation of contending political parties could threaten the integrity of the July 16 governorship elections in Osun State. Briefing journalists on Wednesday on the pre-election observation for the election, Yiaga Director of programs, Cynthia Mbamalu stated that major political parties have intensified their campaigns deploying both legal and illegal antics in…
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Osun 2022: APC victory will validate Tinubu’s acceptability in S/West — Abubakre
The victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming governorship election in Osun State will further validate the acceptability of presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the South-West. This assertion was made by a retired Professor and indigene of the state, Razaq Abubakre, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo on Wednesday. Abubakre, therefore,…
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Peter Obi set to announce substantive Vice Presidential candidate on Friday
Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Doyin Okupe said the party will announce a substantive candidate for the position latest Friday. Okupe made this known while appearing on Channels TV programme Politics Today on Tuesday. He had while appearing on the same programme last month said the party had submitted his name as a placeholder VP candidate to meet…
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Okowa breaks silence on missing certificates
says WAEC result second-best nationwide in 1976 Governor of Delta State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential candidate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has broken his silence on his missing certificates just as he said his secondary school result was the second-best in Nigeria when he finished secondary school in 1976. Okowa joined Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of All Progressives…
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