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Major gladiators in Osun governorship race
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo With the July 16 governorship election in Osun State fast approaching, political campaigns are at feverish pitch with parties and their candidates crisscrossing the length and breadth of the state to woo the electorate. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 14 candidates will slug it out during the gubernatorial contest. However, looking at the…
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Academic Staff Of Adeyemi College demand Federal University
By Temitope Adedeji,Akure The College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, has demanded immediate takeoff and the implementation of the Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo (Establishment) Act, 2021 The Chairman and the Secretary, Dr Joel Edafe of the College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Dr Adetokunboh Adepoju made…
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Ask candidates questions, test their abilities before voting – Fashola
Minister of Works and Housing Development Babatunde Fashola SAN has urged Nigerians to be involved in the voting process by scrutinising candidates. Fashola was speaking at the sixth edition of the annual ‘BRF GABFEST’, which held in Lagos on Tuesday with the theme, ‘What Am I Voting For?’. According to the former Lagos State governor, voters must interact with candidates…
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Buhari assures APC senators of intervention over primary election crisis
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will sustain the hearing and healing process that it started to ensure fairness, justice and oneness before the 2023 general elections. In an audience with some APC senators on the outcome of the party primaries and its implications, the President noted that complaints were…
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NASS may amend Electoral Act in favour of direct primaries
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said that efforts will be made by the National Assembly to amend the electoral act to serve as safeguard against weaknesses identified in the law. Lawan made this known on Tuesday in a short remark at plenary, following a matter of national importance brought to the floor by Senator Yahaya Abdullahi (APC, Kebbi North). Rising…
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Tinubu congratulates Acting CJN Justice Ariwoola
…wishes Justice Tanko Muhammad Quick Recovery The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate and National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated Justice Olukayode Ariwoola on his appointment as the Acting Chief Justice of the Federation. While urging Justice Ariwoola to bring unto the apex judicial position the competence and integrity that have hallmarked his career, he wished the former CJN,…
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PDP threatens Obasanjo with ‘exposure’, gives former president 24hrs to clarify statement on Atiku
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to send “bombardment” the way of former President Olusegun Obasanjo if he does not recount his statement on his former vice, Atiku Abubakar. Obasanjo had during an interview, said he regretted picking his number two man while he was president. But reacting, PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin while addressing…
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Abe will be on ballot for Rivers governorship election, insists support group
Former senator, representing Rivers West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Wilson Ake, has said that no one individual will appoint a governor for Rivers people. Ake made the declaration while speaking at the conclusion of inauguration of registration of officers for the Project SMA 2023, at Bori, headquarters of Rivers South-East senatorial district, on Sunday. Performing the exercise, he…
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NNPP picks former UNILORIN VC as governorship candidate in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kwara State has adopted the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof Shuaib AbdulRaheem as its governorship candidate for the 2023 election. NNPP Chairman in the state, AbdulRazaq Abdulsalam announced this in Ilorin, the state capital on Monday, shortly after a meeting the stakeholders of the party…
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PDP ignores Makinde, picks Governor Diri to lead guber campaign in Osun
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri as the chairman of the it’s campaign council in Osun State. The appointment of the 128-member campaign council for the July 16 governorship election was announced in a statement signed by PDP National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature. While it’s customary most times to pick a governor from the…
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