The chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (r-APC), Buba Galadima, was involved in a motor accident along Hadeija-Kano road in Jigawa state on Monday. Galadima was returning from Yobe state where he went to condole with his brother who lost his daughter, when the tragic incident occurred. He was in the company of his […]
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Former National Spokesperson of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described the election of Nyesom Wike as Governor of Rivers State in 2015 as a sham, charade, tragic and unfortunate. Eze, who is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and was an ally to Governor Wike when […]
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In a statement by Kazeem Afegbua, the spokesman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), a new faction of the APC, says the ruling party has been pleading with its members to return to its fold. Afegbua said Buhari promised “mouth-watering offers all in the name of re-election” to “the same leader who was ridiculed, […]
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Suffering from corruption stigma placed on it, the leading opposition party in Nigeria, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved to change its name, a rebranding measure ahead of 2019 general election. ThisDay reported that the party had suffered a string of losses in the last four governorship elections – Edo, Ondo, Anambra and Ekiti. […]
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Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Saturday, won the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the September 22, 2018 Governorship election in Osun State. Adeleke polled 1, 569 votes to beat his closest rival, Akin Ogunbiyi, who scored 1, 562 votes, a difference of seven votes! A recount of the votes was required before […]
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Thousands of supporters thronged Ribadu Square, Yola, Adamawa state, on Saturday as a grand reception was held in honour of Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president. The reception, which saw Atiku make his 2019 presidential declaration, was hosted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa and the north-east. Ben Murray Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east, Uche […]
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Alhaji Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola has been declared winner of the Osun All Progressives Congress governorship primary, ahead of the 22 September election in the state. In the direct primary which held today, he polled 127,017 votes as against House of Representatives deputy speaker Yusuf Lasun who scored 21,000. Speaker of the Osun House of Assembly […]
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The Kogi State Police Command has summoned Senator Dino Melaye to report at the State Criminal and Investigation Department after his armed guards fired on a team of policemen on patrol duties in the state. A police sergeant was the victim of the shooting, the police said and is recuperating in the hospital. The Kogi […]
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The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is reconsidering participating in the forthcoming 2019 general elections. Speaking on Thursday when he received a Joint International Election Observation Mission fielded by two main American international civil agencies, the National Democratic Institute, (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI), the Chairman of PDP, […]
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The senate on Thursday directed its committee on federal character to probe all appointments of President Muhammadu Buhari to establish alleged lopsidedness or otherwise. This followed the rowdiness that ensued after Senate President Bukola Saraki read a request letter from Buhari seeking the confirmation of Tunde Lemo, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria […]
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