The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied freezing the bank accounts of Sen. Ademola Adeleke and those of his family members, including popular musician, Davido. Adeleke is the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the September 22 governorship election in Osun. Spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Sunday, said […]
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Former governor of Ekiti state and minister of solid minerals, Kayode Fayemi, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Ekiti. Mr. Fayemi secured the most votes in the rescheduled exercise held on Saturday. The former governor took a total of 941 votes, which put him a mile ahead of other aspirants. […]
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Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Mines and Steel Development and aspirant in Saturday’s All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in Ekiti, has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the exercise. Mr Fayemi, a former governor of the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekti, shortly after polling that the process was commendable. “I […]
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Voting at the ongoing governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has stopped, as violent thugs disrupted the process. They attacked the ballot boxes and smashed it to the ground, emptying the ballot papers on the ground. The security agencies, who were caught unawares, had a serious time as they tried to […]
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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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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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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a notice of election for the July 14 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu Raji, at a press conference in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday said this was in accordance with Section 30 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010 as […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed July 14, 2018 for Ekiti state gubernatorial election, while Osun state governorship election is slated for September 22, 2018. The electoral umpire has also fixed April 15, 2018 for the commencement of campaigns in Ekiti state, and June 24, 2018 for Osun state election. This was disclosed […]
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