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87 APC aspirants jostle for 26 Osun House of Assembly seats
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Eighty-seven aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are vying for 26 Osun State House of Assembly seats in the 2023 general elections, the Screening Committee led by Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has revealed. Ize-Iyamu, who met the aspirants at the party secretariat in Osogbo, the state capital on Tuesday assured that the committee…
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Absence of judge stalls suit to stop Osun, Ekiti, 2023 general elections
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A suit filed by some members of the Ilana Omo Oduduwa, contesting the legality of the 1999 Constitution as the framework upon which to conduct the Osun, Ekiti and the 2023 general elections, was on Tuesday frustrated due to the absence of the trial judge. Some members of the organization had taken the Attorney General of…
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Nigeria must be made to work for all – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the nation must be made to work for all. According to a statement by Laolu Akande, his media aide, Osinbajo said this when he received the award for Leadership Person of the Year 2021 at the Leadership Newspapers’ Annual Conference and Awards ceremony which held today at the International Conference Centre (ICC), in Abuja.…
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Sanwo-Olu, GAC, Lagos APC urge party members to conduct themselves during congresses, primaries
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appealed to leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to conduct themselves in a peaceful manner during the forthcoming primary elections and congresses of the party in the State. He also appealed to them to abide by the tenets of the ruling party during the primary elections, as well as the…
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I can’t run for Nigeria’s president now, AFDB boss Adesina tells supporters
President of the African Development Bank, Akinwunmi Adesina says he can’t run for the office of the president of Nigeria in 2023. Adesina said this in a statement he issued on Tuesday. Adesina who appreciated the calls for him to run as president, said the position he holds now will not allow him to do so. “I have been extremely…
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Fayemi asked me to rig election for him, Oshiomhole alleges
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole said that Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi had once sought his help to rig an election while he led the party. Oshiomhole who was speaking on a Channels TV programme Political Paradigm said he rather left the office honourably rather than acceding to Fayemi’s request. “I said it in…
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PDP has no regard for Peter Obi – Okupe
Former presidential spokesperson Doyin Okupe says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has no regard for former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi. In a statement, he accused some forces within the party of trying to remove the elected executive in Obi’s home state. “It is a matter for great regret that despite HE Peter Obi’s gentlemanly civil disposition and unwavering commitment…
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APC to inaugurate delagates election committee today
The All Progressives Congress (APC), will on Tuesday (today) inaugurate the committees for the state Houses of Assembly aspirants/special congress committees to elect local government, state and national delagates. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the National Organising Secretary of the party, Sulaiman Argungu. The committees will be inaugurated at the International Conference Centre, Abuja by 9am. The…
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2023: Why I chose Yahaya Bello over Southwest aspirants- Hafsat Abiola
The Director-General of the Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organisation, Hafsat Abiola-Costello, has said she is standing with Governor Yahaya Bello in the race for the All Progressives Congress’ presidential ticket because she has seen in him qualities of the kind of leader Nigeria needs at this point in time. Abiola-Costello, daughter of the winner of the 1993 presidential election, late…
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Amaechi sponsored CPC convention as PDP governor in 2011 – El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has revealed that Rotimi Amaechi funded the Congress for Progressives Change’s convention in 2011 when he was Rivers State governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. El-Rufai made this known when Amaechi visited Kaduna to canvass for votes from delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the party’s presidential primaries on…
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