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Osun poll: Oyetola asks Appeal Court to declare Adeleke unqualified over alleged certificate forgery

Osun poll: Oyetola asks Appeal Court to declare Adeleke unqualified over alleged certificate forgery

Bode March 13, 2023

Mr Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, asked the Court of Appeal, Abuja to declared Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun unqualified to have contested the July 16, 2022 poll in which he emerged as winner over alleged certificate forgery. Oyetola, whose candidacy in the poll...

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Labour Party flays imposition of candidates for Assembly election

Bode March 13, 2023

Labour Party members in Badagry, on Monday, decried the imposition of candidates on the party for the March 18, House of Assembly election. Addressing newsmen in Badagry, Mr Mark Akande, the Chairman of LP in Badagry, said that some chieftains had imposed candidates for the legislative seats in the...

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I support PDP’s guber candidate in Delta – Gov. Okowa

Bode March 13, 2023

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says he will continue to support the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr Sheriff Oborevwori. He told newsmen in Asaba on Monday that his decision was premised on the fact that Oborevwori was democratically elected at the party’s...

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Six guber candidates in Adamawa declare support for Gov. Fintiri

Bode March 13, 2023

Governorship candidates of six political parties in Adamawa on Monday in Yola directed their supporters and party members to vote for Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on March 18. The candidates gave the directive when they paid a solidarity visit to the governor. They are...

Judiciary

N2.5bn debt: Court adjourns ABU, 110 staff members’ suit for further report of settlement

Bode March 13, 2023

The National Industrial Court on Monday adjourned until April 24 for further report of settlement between Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, and 110 of its dismissed employees. .When the matter slated for further report of settlement before Justice Rakiya Haasteup came up, the claimants’ counsel, Mr Femi Adedeji informed...

Osun Governorship: Appeal Court reserves judgment in Adeleke’s suit

Bode March 13, 2023

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Monday, reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Mr Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against a judgment of the tribunal which invalidated his election as governor of Osun. The three-member panel led by Justice M. F. Shuaibu, after listening to...

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Senators-elect drum support for Orji Kalu as next Senate President

Bode March 13, 2023

By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ahead the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, some first term senators-elect from North East and North Central are rooting for the emergence of former Abia state Governor and Senate’s Majority Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as the next senate President, describing him as bridge...

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Caution Bauchi APC guber candidate over violent campaigns – Group petitions Buhari

Bode March 13, 2023

By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group, Coalition of United Civil Society Organizations in Bauchi State, has petitioned the President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately call to order the Bauchi State gubernatorial candidate, Sadique Abubakar, over alleged violent intimidation of innocent residents of the state. The letter entitled: Air Marshal...

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What election postponement has cost us – Oyo political actors, candidates

Bode March 13, 2023

Some political actors and candidates in Oyo State have expressed divergent views on the recent postponement of the governorship and house of assembly elections in the country. The actors and candidates made their submissions in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Sunday. NAN...

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VON DG urges APC to zone Senate Presidency to South East

Bode March 13, 2023

Mr Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) has called for zoning of the 10th President of the Senate to the South South for equity and fairness. Okechukwu, also a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. “Methinks it’s...

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10th Assembly: Analyst drums support for Wase as Speaker

Bode March 13, 2023

Mr Faliya Sharon, a public affairs analyst, has called on the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to support the aspiration of incumbent Deputy Speaker, Rep. Ahmed Wase, to emerge Speaker of the 10th Assembly. In a statement on Sunday, Sharon said that the APC should as...

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Katsina poll: “Our guber candidate incapable” – NNPP Chairman

Bode March 13, 2023

The Katsina State Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Alhaji Sani Liti, has said that the Party’s gubernatorial candidate, Engr Nura Khalil, is incapable to be governor of the state. The State Chairman of the party disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Sunday in Katsina, in reaction...

Court grants Bauchi PDP, NNPP candidates leave to inspect election materials

Bode March 12, 2023

The Governorship, National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal, sitting in Bauchi, on Saturday, granted leave to Garba Dahiru of the PDP, to access sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Feb. 25 NASS election in the state. Dahiru contested and lost the...

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APC alerts Police of unauthorised printing of party agent tags

Bode March 12, 2023

The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on security agencies to investigate report of illegal printing of party agents tags by a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by the...

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Peter Obi, Soludo campaign for Anambra House of Assembly candidates

Bode March 12, 2023

Mr Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party, and the Anambra state Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), have intensified campaigns for their respective candidates, ahead of the March 18 House of Assembly election in Anambra. While Obi called on candidates of the Labour...

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Perish the thought of upturning Tinubu’s victory – NADECO tells Peter Obi, Atiku

Bode March 12, 2023

The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) Renewal Group has advised opposition parties agitating against the declaration of Sen. Bola Tinubu as president-elect to perish the thought of upturning his victory. In a statement issued on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti, the group described Tinubu’s emergence as president-elect as the best that had...

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APC cautions banks against granting Ortom’s loan request

Bode March 11, 2023

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned commercial banks against granting loan request by Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, whose tenure will end on May 29. The Director of Communications, Alia/Ode Campaign Organisation, Mr Tersoo Kula, said this in a statement on Saturday in Makurdi. Kula alleged that the...

NNPP drags INEC to tribunal over alleged omission of logo

Bode March 11, 2023

Wakili Kabiru-Muhammad, Nasarawa West Senatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections has dragged INEC to the election tribunal over omission of the party’s logo. Speaking to newsmen shortly after filing his petition on Saturday in Lafia, Kabiru-Muhammad said...

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PDP’s Adebutu remains our guber candidate, says Ogun Accord Party

Bode March 11, 2023

Accord Party in Ogun State says there is no going back in the adoption of Mr Ladi Adebutu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its candidate for the March 18 governorship election. Alhaji Tajudeen Olayokun, the state Chairman of Accord Party, said this at a news conference held...

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Guber election: Amaechi urges Rivers residents to vote massively for Tonye Cole

Bode March 11, 2023

Former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has called on Rivers residents to go all out, vote and support Tonye Cole, the APC gubernatorial candidate of the state on March 18. A statement from Amaechi’s media office said he made the call when he visited the Northern community in Rivers....