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Shekarau confirms plans to leave NNPP, accuses Kwankwaso of deceit, betrayal
Former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau has revealed plans to leave the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) with his supporters just months after defecting to the party from the All Progressives Congress (APC). While speaking with his supporters at the Kano Foundation office, BUK Road, Kano on Monday, Shekarau accused Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, presidential candidate and founder of NNPP of…
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Our successes in Lagos, Borno show we’ll hit the ground running, says Shettima at NBA conference
Nigerians should be sure of getting experienced leaders who will hit the ground running immediately from 29 May 2023, vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima has said. Shettima said this while representing the party’s presidential flagbearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at the Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos on Monday. According to…
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Tribunal grants Oyetola, APC prayers for substituted service on Adeleke, access to election materials
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Election Petition Tribunal sitting Osogbo, on Monday, granted the motion ex-parte brought before it by Governor Gboyega Oyetola and his party, All Progressives Congress, (APC) for substitution service on the state governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke. The tribunal also granted the requests of the petitioners access to inspect election materials used for the 16th July governorship…
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PHOTO NEWS: Atiku, Shettima, Obi attend NBA conference in Lagos
Leading presidential candidates on Monday attended the opening session of the 2022 Nigerian Bar Association Conference in Lagos. The conference opened at the Expo Centre of Eko Hotel, Victoria Island with a presidential dialogue session with the presidential candidates for 2023 elections. While candidates of Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar and that of Labour Party, Peter Obi attended in person,…
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I’m hopeful of reclaiming my mandate at tribunal, says Oyetola
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said that his faith in the Nigerian judiciary in respect of his petition before the election tribunal remains firm and unshaken. Oyetola said he and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have confidence of emerging victorious at the tribunal. The governor said this during the annual photograph and videography…
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APC appoints Onanuga, Alake, Keyamo to lead campaign’s media directorate
The All Progressives Congress has appointed members who will lead its campaign directorate. This was contained in a statement signed by Director of Media and Publicity of the party’s presidential campaign council. According to the statement, the directorate, approved by the presidential candidate is made up of three departments. The three departments are Public Affairs, Media and Publicity and Strategic…
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Ogun PDP crisis: Appeal Court ruled in favour of Showunmi, counsel insists
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The ruling of the Court of Appeal in the case between Segun Showunmi and the Peoples Demcratic Party (PDP) and two others was clearly in favour of the appellant. This clarification was made Showunmi’s counsel, Monday Mawah. His clarification came on the heels of what he described as deliberate attempts by “desperate persons” to rewrite the judgment…
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We’ll collate 2023 elections results manually – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will collate results of the 2023 general elections manually. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made this known in an interview with The PUNCH. He said the commission would continue to collate manually because that was what was stipulated in the electoral act. He said…
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The imperative of a power shift and a Tinubu presidency and the degeneration of the PDP, By Femi Fani-Kayode
The greatest threat to Nigeria’s national unity is the refusal to shift power to the South next year. Nothing could be more dangerous to our national cohesion than another 8 years of Fulani rule after President Muhammadu Buhari. The Northern Governors of the APC themselves made this point and saw this danger and consequently insisted on a power shift to…
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Obasanjo expresses dissatisfaction with media report on meeting with Tinubu
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed dissatisfaction with media reports of the discussion with presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aswiaju Bola Tinubu during their meeting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi on Saturday, Obasanjo said the statements coming from those claiming to…
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