Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIEC), on Thursday gave an update on the results for 18 chairmanship seats out of the 23 Local Governments in the just concluded May 12 local councils polls. The chairman of the Commission, Dr Saratu Dikko who confirmed the results in Kaduna, said the All progressives Congress (APC) won 14 […]
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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won the chairmanship and councillorship election in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Returning Officer for the election, Danjuma Baye-Luka, announced the results on Sunday morning in Zonkwa. He said Elias Maza of the PDP scored 55,643 votes to […]
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The Imo chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) says it has shifted Saturday’s local government congress in the state to Monday, citing advice by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) as reason. Chairman of the party in the state, Mr Hilary Eke, said in a statement on Saturday in Owerri, that the advice to […]
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Senator Babafemi Ojudu, an adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on political matters, has quit the Ekiti state governorship race. Ojudu was one of the 33 aspirants in the aborted All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary on Saturday, May 5. At a press conference in Ado-Ekiti today, he said he has decided to withdraw from the […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun has released the timetable for the conduct of the state’s September 22 governorship election. Presenting the timetable on Thursday in Osogbo, Olusegun Agbaje, the newly appointed Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) said election activities would commence on June 23 with the release of “Notice of Election’’ by […]
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The senator representing Osun west senatorial district, Ademola Adeleke, has declared his interest to contest the September 22 governorship election in his state. Adeleke made this known in a letter he addressed to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Aleleke, who has spent barely a year in the senate, replaced Isiaka, his elder brother, who died […]
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Dr Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Mines and Steel Development, has notified the national and state leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) of his ambition to run for July 14, governorship election in Ekiti. Mr Olayinka Oyebode, Special Assistant on Media to the minister, disclosed in a statement on Thursday in Abuja that letters had been […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday declared that the current leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by John Odigie-Oyegun is not eligible to seek re-election in the forthcoming congresses and national convention of the party. President Buhari made the disclosure at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the APC at the national secretariat of […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) said it would commence sale of Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to aspirants for the July 14 Ekiti State governorship election on Monday. A schedule of activities released by Organising Secretary of the party, Sen. Isita Izunaso, on Friday in Abuja, indicated that the forms would be on sale […]
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Ikechukwu Eze, the spokesman to former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has said his boss “wasn’t aware” of any use of Cambridge Analytica by his party in the country’s elections. The Nigerian government is probing claims that Cambridge Analytica, a British-based political consultancy, illegally used Facebook data in past election campaigns for the People’s Democratic […]
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