LIVE UPDATES: Ondo guber: Uncertainty as residents elect governor
Posted: 7:56 AM INEC begins distribution of election materials The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) began the distribution of election materials from the Registration Area Centre (RAC) to the different polling units. Posted: 8:03 AM Boat conveying election officials, mater…
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#Ondo guber: INEC, security agencies under pressure to scuttle people’s will –Wike
The Executive Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has on Friday, alleged that pressure was being mounted on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Security Agencies to scuttle the will of Ondo people during the forthcoming gubernatorial election. Governor …
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Embrace issue-based campaign, APC tells PDP ahead of Edo guber poll
As the September 19, 2020 Edo State gubernatorial election draws nearer, the ruling party at the federal level, All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on its rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to shun threats and embrace issue based campaign. It claimed that the camp of Governor God…
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INEC heads to Supreme Court over conflicting court orders on deregistered parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed plans to challenge a Court of Appeal judgment reinstating 23 deregistered political parties in Nigeria. This is coming days after a Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday overturned a ruling by a lower court affirming t…
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Ondo State deputy governor dumps PDP, picks ZLP guber ticket
The Deputy Governor of Ondo state, Agboola Ajayi, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join Zenith Labour Party (ZLP). The resignation was confirmed by Ajayi’s Media Adviser, Mr. Allen Sowore, few weeks after the deputy governor lost PDP ticket to Eyitayo…
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EDO 2020: Group Buys ADC Nomination Form For Obaseki
Following the upcoming gubernatorial election in Edo state, the people of Edo State resident in Abuja have purchased an Expression of Interest and Nomination Form for Governor Godwin Obaseki from the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The form, according to the group made of mostly youths…
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EDO 2020: PDP Leadership To Decide Obaseki'S Fate Today
The Leadership of the People’s Democratic Party has decided to meet on Thursday 18th June 2020, to decide on the fate of the embattled Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, who is seeking its ticket to re-contest. Sources in the main opposition party said last night that the meeting will co…
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"Put God first" -Oshiomohle begs Giadom
The suspended National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has faulted the claim by Deputy National Secretary, Victor Giadom, that he had taken over as acting chairman is against common sense. Speaking last night on Channels Television, Oshiomhole s…
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Ihedioha accuses Imo government of trying to arrest him
Immediate former Imo State governor Emeka Ihedioha has accused the state government of working with security agents to arrest his supporters. The planned arrest and scheme according to him, has made him decide to postpone his visit to the state he governed for more than seven months. Ihed…
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Yoruba group sets agenda for 2023 presidential aspirants
South West socio-political organisation, Yoruba Ronu, through their president Mr. Akin Malaolu, has disclosed that it will only support the candidate with the desire and energy to strengthen Nigeria’s diversity in the coming 2023 presidential election. Malaolu said the group would also …
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Tribunal affirms the election of senator Tinubu
The National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Ikeja yesterday affirmed the declaration of Senator Oluremi Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of Lagos Central senatorial seat. The three-man tribunal led by Justice Kunaza Hami…
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Tribunal reaffirms El-Rufai’s election as Kaduna governor
Kaduna Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Monday 9th September, affirmed the election of the State’s governor Nasir El-Rufai. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Alhaji Isah Ashiru filed an application seeking a recount of the votes cast during the M…
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Tribunal sacks Senate chief whip, senator Orji Kalu
The National Assembly petitions tribunal sitting in Abia state on Monday 9th September sacked senator Orji Uzor Kalu as senator representing Abia north. The tribunal ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a supplementary election within 90 days in eight wards in …
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North can’t retain power, punish Igbo forever, says Shehu Sani
The immediate past senator, who represented Kaduna Central in the Eighth National Assembly, Shehu Sani, w ho reacting to Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s recent call for abolition of power rotation, said it would be unfair for the North to hold grip of power in Nigeria and others …
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GUBER POLL: Don’t destroy Edo, Kogi like Zamfara, Rivers, Lukman cautions Oshiomhole
Salihu Lukman, the Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, cautioned Adams Oshiomhole, t he National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and other party leaders against rigid attitude in the forthcoming Kogi and Edo governorship elections. Lukman, i n a lette…
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North Central, North East groups endorse Goje for senate presidency
★ The North Central Alliance for Danjuma Goje and North East Consultative Forum (NESF) as well as five other groups in the geopolitical zone have endorsed the former Gombe State governor for the senate presidency of the Ninth Assembly. The chairman of The North Central Alliance for Danju…
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