Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has withdrawn from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential race. Tambuwal who stated this at the ongoing National Convention at MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja urged all his supporters and delegates to vote for former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Details shortly…
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Some northern stakeholders of the PDP have failed to persuade the aspirants from the region to agree on a consensus candidate as voting set to commence at the convention. The last minute efforts by some key stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to broker a consensus deal among all the northern presidential aspirants have […]
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Rep. James Faleke has won the ticket for the fourth term for Ikeja Federal Constituency . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Returning Officer, Mr Ewosho Oladunjoye, declared Faleke the winner having polled 47 votes. Other aspirants included Hon. Toke Benson and Hon. Mutiu Okunola who were not present at the exercise. […]
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A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen on Friday withdrew from the presidential race a few hours before the party’s primaries. Hayatu-Deen made this known In a letter addressed to the national chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu. In his letter titled “Why I am stepping down as […]
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Nigeria’s ruling, All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its presidential primaries to June 6th and 7th. This decision comes only a few hours before the original date of the exercise, which was earlier slated for Sunday, May 29. APC’s announcement follows the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) accepted appeals by political parties to extend the […]
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A political group, The Osinbajo Think Tank (TOTT), has called on Senator Bola Tinubu and other APC presidential aspirants on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) to drop their aspirations and support Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, to flag the party’s ticket for 2023 race. In a statement by its spokesperson, Mr Olugbenga Olaoye, made […]
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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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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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