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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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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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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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the current democracy in Nigeria is being threatened by the predominance of money politics. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu,said this at a one-day colloquium on Emerging Issues that will Shape the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in collaboration […]
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has emerged winner of the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party. Makinde had polled a total of 1,040 delegates votes to defeat his rival, Mr Hazeem Gbolarunmi who had two votes. The primary was held at Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Announcing the […]
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Prophet Bisi Olujobi of Wisdom Church International in Lagos has said former Governor Bola Tinubu will lose his presidential bid. The clergyman disclosed that his monthly prophecies “as ordained by God”, revealed events that will happen in Nigeria soon. In a statement on Wednesday, he declared: “Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not clinch the APC […]
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Just three days to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention slated for 28 and 29 May, to elect its presidential candidate, an aspirant and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has dumped the main opposition party. Obi, who made this known in a letter addressed to the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu dated […]
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