The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the conduct of primary elections ahead of the 2023 general elections. INEC’s decision was contained in a statement issued by the commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Friday, May 27, 2022. This decision comes following a […]
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Former Chief of Air Staff, retired Air Marshal, Saddique Abubakar, has emerged the All Progressives Congress (APC) governoship candidate for 2023 general election in Bauchi State. Abubakar, who is Nigerian Ambassador to Benin Republic, polled 370 votes to defeat six other aspirants in the primary election held on Thursday in Buchi. Announcing the result on […]
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Hon. Desmond Elliot, representing Surulere Constituency I in the Lagos State House of Assembly, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for a third term.. The primary election took place on Friday at Akerele Primary Health Centre, Surulere, amid tight security provided by the police and other agencies. The primary election was also conducted […]
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Former Presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Peter Obi has joined the Labour Party. Obi made this known on his Twitter page on Friday as he registered with the party in his Agulu Ward in Anambra State. Giving reasons for joining the Labour Party, Obi said:“ Since I resigned from […]
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has said the fear of prosecution is a major drive for Governor Nyesom Wike’s presidential ambition. The group accused the hierarchy of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of engaging in a choreographed suicide mission by hatching and implementing active but corrosive and toxic anti-South East antics by […]
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The former Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe who announced his resignation from the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has joined the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA. The Senator, who confirmed the development to Vanguard on Friday, said he would be participating in the party’s senatorial primaries tomorrow (Saturday). A member of the APGA Board […]
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A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Minister of Transport, Mr Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has lost his legal battle seeking to stop his probe in alleged N96b fraud and alleged fraudulent sale of valued assets belonging to Rivers State. The Supreme Court in a judgment just delivered ordered […]
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Senator Aishatu Binani has won the governorship Primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State. In a historic victory, Binani floored five men to clinch the party’s ticket in the just concluded governorship primary election in the State. Binani has now become the first woman to win the governorship candidacy of a major […]
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Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun has promised not to let the people of the state down, if re-elected in the July 16 Governorship Election in the state. Oyetola said that the people of the state, who elected him in 2018, could attest to the various development projects he embarked on in the last three and […]
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Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that the party would take a decision on zoning after screening its 2023 presidential aspirants. Adamu said this in an interview with selected Hausa service media organisations late Wednesday night, adding that the presidential aspirants would be scrutinised in accordance with the […]
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