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Oct

26

2022

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2023: Ex-Ondo Governor, Mimiko Rejects Atiku’s Appointment, Backs Wike

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Former Ondo Governor Olusegun Mimiko has rejected his appointment as leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council in the State. He also said he won’t abandon his support for Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on the call for equity within the party. According to The Nation, Mimiko was named Leader of the just constituted Ondo PDP Presidential Campaign Council billed for inauguration on Thursday. But the former Governor, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Digital Communications, John Paul Akinduro, said he had been inundated with calls and messages from political associates on whether…

Oct

25

2022

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BREAKING: Court nullifies all APC primaries in Rivers State

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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has nullified all the primaries conducted by All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state Recall that some aggrieved APC members loyal to the Governorship Candidate of SDP, Senator Magnus Abe, had approached the Court challenging the conduct of the Primary election with claims of exclusion from the delegates’ primaries conducted in the State. Detail later…

Oct

25

2022

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All The Demons In APC Have Relocated To PDP – Fani-Kayode

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A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, Femi Fani-Kayode said on Monday that the demons he claimed were in the ruling party relocated to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as soon as he joined the APC in September 2021. “The APC of the past is not the APC of today…The demons that were in the APC at that time have simply relocated and gone into the PDP,” he said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday. “My views were my views then and things changed when a new leadership came into the party, a leadership…

Oct

25

2022

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BREAKING: APC suspends Obinna Oriaku, ex-House of Reps member, Uzor Azubuike

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The leadership of Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended former governorship aspirant, Mr. Obinna Oriaku from the party. Also suspended was Uzo Azubuike, a former member of the House of Representatives representing Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency. Azubuike, also a former commissioner for Agriculture in the state under Governor Okezie Ikpeazu administration before defecting to the APC and his Finance counterpart, who equally joined the APC from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), were suspended by the APC for anti-party activities. A statement the party issued for their expulsion said it wielded the big stick against…

Oct

22

2022

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We Need Leaders With Capacity To Pilot The Affairs Of Nigeria — ADP Vice Presidential Candidate, Dr. Okey Udo

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Dr. Okey Udo, Vice Presidential Candidate of Action Democratic Party (SD), says leaders must understand the rudiments of utilizing the resources because it is the ideology of such sound leaders that will guarantee the technological, political, and economic well-being of the country, insisting that when the land oil is not put to good use by the "Intellectual oil" in the head, the country faces banditry, kidnapping, and patches of secession calls as we witness today. That is why you see some countries with oil getting poorer while the ones without "land Oil"l use their "intellectual Oil" to achieve technological advancement.…

Oct

22

2022

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2023: Why Ajegunle needs OmoBarca at the National Assembly

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The electorate in Ajegunle area of Lagos State have conferred a vote of confidence on Hon. Francis Barthlomew Chima aka OmoBarca, the PDP candidate for House of Representatives Ajeromi Ifelodun Federal Constituency for 2023 elections. OmoBarca had initiated a program to empower 100 people from Ajeromi Ifelodun LGA with job opportunities to ensure that youths in the area are gainfully employed. His efforts at reducing unemployment became a reality when OmoBarca met with a cross section of the 100 AJIFIANS selected to benefit from the First Bank Insurance Company career jobs. OmoBarca while addressing the beneficiaries urged them to work…

Oct

21

2022

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Supreme Court Affirms Oborevwori As Delta PDP Guber Candidate

News, Politics

The Supreme Court has affirmed Delta Speaker, Oborevwori Sheriff, as the right candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State. Delivering the lead judgement, Justice Tijani Abubakar, also dismissed the appeal of David Edevbie for lacking in merit. The Apex court upheld the Judgement of the Court of Appeal delivered on August 29, this year. More to follow…

Oct

20

2022

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‘I’m not a born again Christian like Ikpeazu’ – Wike

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Amid the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governor Nyesom Wike has vowed to always fight for his beliefs. Wike said he’s not a born-again Christian, hence would always fight back his aggressors. He spoke during the birthday celebration of his Abia State counterpart, Okezie Ikpeazu. Wike describing Ikpeazu as a quiet man who observes the Bible verse that when “they slap you, turn the other cheek”, the governor said he would retaliate rather than turn the other cheek if anybody slapped him. According to Wike, he would blow off the head of anybody who slaps him. He said:…

Oct

19

2022

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2023: ‘If I were not in PDP, you will see me working for Peter Obi’ — Ortom

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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said he would rather work for the success of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, if he were not to be a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Ortom stated this on Wednesday when he hosted Obi at his private residence in Abuja. He said, “I’m in PDP and I am working for PDP but I tell you if I were not in PDP, you will see me working for Peter Obi but I am in PDP. Let’s see how things work our but the truth is that the…

Oct

19

2022

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We’re discussing with Wike to join our party – APC chieftain reveals

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Farouk Aliyu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says the party has commenced talks with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State ahead of the 2023 elections. Wike and his camp have been at loggerheads with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership since the party’s presidential primaries. The governor had lost the PDP’s presidential ticket to Atiku Abubakar and has been calling for the removal of Iyorchia Ayu as the party’s National Chairman. However, Aliyu said the APC was ready to receive Wike as a new member ahead of the next general election. Aliyu disclosed this on Channels Television’s…