A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says the current administration is the worst since the civil war. Abubakar, who was vice president from 1999 to 2007, said this on Sunday at a media chat organised under the aegis of The United Nigeria Group (TUNG) in Abuja. Listing […]
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A serving member of the house of representatives, Razak Atunwa, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Kwara state. Atunwa defeated Sha’aba Lafiagi, the senator currently representing Kwara north, who participated in the rescheduled exercise held on Monday. According to the results, Atunwa scored 1555 votes ahead of Lafiagi who recorded 578 […]
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Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the only aspirant challenging Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos, to the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, says he wants to propose solutions to problems facing the state and not “sling insults”. He said this in response to the allegation of Ambode that he was arrested for spending fake dollars at a […]
Continue ReadingThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a den of fraudsters and election riggers. The party said this while reacting to Ambode’s blistering attack on Babajide Sanwo-Olu, a governorship aspirant of the APC in Lagos. While addressing a press conference on Sunday, Ambode had said his challenger was unfit […]
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In an announcement made by its spokesman on Saturday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has postponed its governorship primary election in Lagos, Imo and Kano states. Kola Ologbondiyan, said the primary will hold on Sunday, while those of Lagos, Kano and Imo have been postponed, the exercise would go on as planned in […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its governorship primary elections for Imo and Lagos states to Monday, Oct.1. Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the party’s National Chairman announced this on Saturday in Abuja,while inaugurating the party’s Governorship Primary Election Committee and the Presidential National Convention Committee. Oshiomhole, who attributed logistics for postponing the primary election in […]
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Following the withdrawal of Dr Obafemi Hamzat, thirty-six of the 40 Lagos house of assembly members have endorsed Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the governorship ticket of the state. The lawmakers have thrown their weight behind Sanwo-Olu ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary fixed for Sunday. Adefunmilayo Tejuoso, chairman of the house committee on […]
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Hajia Aisha Alhassan, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, has resigned her appointment and also withdrawn her membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In separate letters to the Presidency and her Sarkin-Dawaki ward of the APC in Jalingo, Taraba State, Alhassan attributed her action to “the unfair treatment and grave injustice” meted […]
Continue ReadingThe National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, is trending on social media over a blunder, “pain of rigging” he made during a press conference on Friday. Oshiomhole goofed while commenting on the Osun governorship rerun election which was won by Gboyega Oyetola, his party’s candidate. “I think that for democracy to flourish, […]
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As part of its mandate to engage electoral democracy in Nigeria, the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) observed the Supplementary Governorship Elections which took place on the 27th of September, 2018. TMG deployed observers across the seven (7) polling units across the four-local government councils, namely Orolu, Ife North, Ife South and Osogbo where elections where […]
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