Politics Archives — Page 16 of 176

Mar

22

2023

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Abia Guber: APGA’s Greg Ibe Concedes Defeat, Says LP’s Alex Otti Has Sufficient Votes To Emerge Governor-Elect

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Professor Greg Ibe, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has conceded defeat to Dr Alex Otti of the Labour Party ahead of the final collation of results of Saturday’s governorship election in Abia State. Ibe, in a statement on Monday, said results declared so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have shown that Otti secured sufficient votes to be declared as the governor-elect of Abia. The APGA candidate’s concession came hours after INEC announced indefinite suspension of collation of the results after political thugs disrupted the process on Sunday. The thugs, said to be affiliated…

Mar

20

2023

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2023: Why I endorsed, delivered Governor Sanwo-Olu in Ajeromi Ifelodun — OmoBarca (VIDEO)

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The Peoples Democratic Party House of Representatives candidate for Ajeromi Ifelodun federal constituency in the just concluded National Assembly election, Hon Francis Bartholomew Chima aka OmoBarca has cleared the air on why he endorsed and ensured that the incumbent governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu won in his constituency. OmoBarca who just returned from vacation in London, had called on his supporters to vote for Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 governorship election. In a video posted on social media the PDP chieftain disclosed his satisfaction with the first term of Sanwo-Olu as governor and passed a vote of confidence…

Mar

18

2023

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LP Governorship Candidate Loses Polling Unit To Sanwo-Olu

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The Lagos State Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has lost his polling unit 045 in Anifowoshe, Ikeja to the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Sanwo-Olu who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 29 to defeat Rhodes-Vivour who scored 18, while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olajide Adediran got two votes. The results were announced by the Presiding Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the polling unit, Abiodun Daniel. Meanwhile, the Saturday’s Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections in the state were characterized by low turnout of voters, voter…

Mar

15

2023

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ANALYSIS: Election Litigation: Can Peter Obi again alter Nigeria’s election calendar?

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The judicial trenches are certainly not unfamiliar terrain for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 25 February general election. About 20 years ago, Mr Obi contested the 19 April, 2003 governorship election in Anambra State on the crest of newly registered All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). After Chris Ngige of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was declared winner in the race by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr Obi rejected the result and went to court for redress where he recorded a historic success. On Monday 13 March, Mr Obi stated that he…

Mar

14

2023

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SPONSORED: Ndi Enugu, Let’s Elect Our Next Governor Without Prejudices

Wike always talking like a motor park tout, alcohol has ruined his thinking faculty — Atiku

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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democ ratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has urged the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to stop speaking while he is under the influence of alcohol. Wike had while addressing supporters at the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State on Friday stated that he was drinking a 40-year-old whiskey when Atiku led protesters to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja in a protest. The PDP candidate had led other leaders of the party to protest alleged irregularities that marred the conduct of the presidential election. The country’s main opposition party had…

Mar

11

2023

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Alex Otti is the opposite of Peter Obi, he flies around in private jets, takes up entire floors of 7-Star hotels — Ikpeazu

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Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has declared that the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the state, Dr. Alex Otti, has no similarities in character with the Presidential candidate of the party, Mr. Peter Obi. Ikpeazu, who spoke with journalists in Aba, said while Obi was noted for his modest, frugal and simple lifestyle, the LP candidate in the state was the opposite. He said that Abia voters were aware that there was no connection between Obi and Otti’s schools of thought. He also said that the move by Otti and the LP in the state to capitalise…

Mar

11

2023

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2023 Enugu Guber: Meet The Top Contenders

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Outsiders and resident political neophytes have quaked and shivered over the noises generated by the activities of social media crusaders on who leads the pack of four frontrunners in the governorship election of Enugu State. The attendant disturbances have snowballed into name calling and charges, often accentuated in denial of profiles of the contenders, to score some cheap points. Those who had been of the Ebeano political organization now deny their membership and join in clubbing it to the ground. The ones who are kit and kin and thorough bred Gburugburu is swearing to high heavens like Peter before the…

Mar

11

2023

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2023 Guber: Change Abia Organization Adopts PDP’s Ahiwe As Consensus Candidate

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The Change Abia Organisation has endorsed Chief Okechukwu Ahiwe of the PDP for the 2023 governorship election slated for March 18th. The endorsement took place at emergency meeting of the group held at the Heaven is Real Country home of Ochiagha Reagan Ufomba on Thursday and was attended by the leadership and seventeen local government area cordinators of the state, and chaired by the leader, Ochiagha Reagan Ufomba. The Change Abia Organisation which is made up of over 150 solid affiliate groups is reputed for endorsing candidates with capacity to win elections since 1999. Criteria for the endorsement are, soundness…

Mar

10

2023

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Nollywood Actress Hilda Dokubo Emerges Rivers Labour Party Chairman

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The Labour Party has appointed Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo, as the new acting chairman of the River State chapter of the party days to the governorship and state assembly elections rescheduled for March 18. A statement signed by the national chairman, Julius Abure, on Thursday, stated that the appointment of Dokubo followed the tenure expiration and dissolution of the caretaker committee led by Dienye Pepple. Other members of the committee include Philip Loveday as secretary and Gogo Wellington as publicity secretary. Abure added that the appointment letter was for one month. Recall that the leadership of the Labour Party, on…