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13

2022

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2023: APC May Pick Tinubu’s Running Mate From North-East, Senate President From South-East

News, Politics

The ruling All Progressives Congress may soon reveal its vice-presidential candidate in the 2023 elections. The presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu, will on Tuesday meet with the party’s stakeholders, including governors and thereafter announce his running mate on Wednesday, The Punch reports. Meanwhile, according to the report, the APC governors and other stakeholders had agreed that the North-East should produce the vice-presidential candidate of the party. Prospective candidates are Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu; a former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima; the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje and the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong. The resolve of…

Jun

12

2022

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2023: Ibe Okwara Osonwa Meets NDU Abuja Branch, Promises Quality Representation For Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency (Photos)

News, Politics

Labour Party candidate for Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency, Mr Ibe Okwara Osonwa has declared that his ambition is triggered by his passion to give quality and effective representations to the good but deprived people of Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency in House of Representatives. Osonwa stated this while interacting with members of Ndi Ibe Ohafia Development Union (NDU), Abuja Branch on Sunday afternoon. He lamented that the bane of the Federal Constituency since the political dispensation has been unpatriotic representations and vowed to change the status quo for the betterment of the populace. The candidate insisted that he has the Midas touch for…

Jun

12

2022

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2023: Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike Gives Atiku Condition To Support Presidential Bid

News, Politics

Details of the demand made by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to support the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 election has emerged. According to an online blog, TheWhistler, Wike, who was the runner-up in the recently held presidential primary of the PDP, has demanded to be paired with Atiku as vice-presidential candidate to give his support to the party’s flagbearer ahead of the February 25 poll. At the keenly contested presidential primary held on May 28, the Rivers governor had scored 237 votes to emerge second position behind Atiku who polled…

Jun

11

2022

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PDP House of Reps primaries: OmoBarca denies false allegation of attacking, bribing Returning Officer by Rita Orji

News, Politics

Chief Francis Barthlomew Chima popularly known as OmoBarca, a frontline House of Representatives candidate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party for Ajeromi-Ifelodun constitutency in Lagos State, has denied allegations of violence, bribery and presentation of fake delegates during the re-run primaries. OmoBarca who was declared winner during the May 22nd PDP primaries in Lagos State told newsmen that he was shocked by the false accusations made against him by his opponent Rita Orji in Tribune Newspaper. Rita Orji and her co-travellers had told the newspaper: "OmoBarca presented a fake delegate list during the re-run primaries, when the Returning…

Jun

11

2022

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APC Presidential Primary: ‘He Demonstrated The Resilience Of An Igbo Man’, Abia Stakeholders Hail Orji Kalu

News, Politics

A political think tank group, Abia Progressives Arise Initiative (APAI) has praised the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for his performance at the last special national convention of the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying the former Abia state governor demonstrated capacity, courage and the resilient spirit of an Igbo man. According to the group, "Kalu fought so hard to integrate Ndigbo into mainstream politics by backing Ahmad Lawan in the presidential contest." Coordinator of the group, Chief Maxwell Onubogu, in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, said Kalu was the sole voice of Ndigbo at…

Jun

11

2022

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Five key takeaways from APC presidential convention by Farooq Kperogi

Opinion, Politics

I was fed up with the unendingly immature political melodrama and indiscipline of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary and national convention on June 7, which spilled over to June 8, but here are five key takeaways from it. 1. It exposed the inner circle of the Muhammadu Buhari regime as a weak, nerveless, internally incoherent, and disorganised junto. For years, Buhari’s inner circle, also known as the Aso Rock cabal, was united in its common resentment of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and its determination to scupper his bid for the APC presidential nomination, but it had neither the strategy…

Jun

11

2022

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Defection Hits Kebbi APC As 2 Senators, 6 Others Join PDP

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A wave of defection has hit the Kebbi State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the party has lost five members of the National Assembly and three members of the state assembly to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The mass defection to the PDP began after the primary election of APC as most of the decampees were disenchanted with the manner in which the party conducted its primary elections. Senator Adamu Aliero of Kebbi Central Senatorial District, Senate leader, Dr. Yahaya Abdullahi of Kebbi North Senatorial District as well as member of House of Representatives, representing Kalgo/Bunza Federal…

Jun

11

2022

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2023 Presidency : Aisha Yesufu endorses Peter Obi as Nigeria’s next President

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The campaign on social media for the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi to become the country’s next President in 2023 has received a boost on Friday as a human rights activist and co-convener of #BringBackOurGirls, Aisha Yesufu endorsed the former governor of Anambra State. Yesufu, on Twitter, said that the country does need an emperor but a President, therefore, urging Nigerian people to not forfeit their rights to vote by desperation. The two major problems confronting Nigeria are insecurity and poor economy, which will be the primary focus of the nation’s next leader as other challenges are also addressed.…

Jun

11

2022

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2023 presidency: Atiku, Tinubu heighten search for running mates

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• PDP committee to meet South-South, Southeast caucuses • Competence, knowledge of economy may determine APC pick The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are racing against time to pick their presidential running mates ahead of next Friday’s deadline handed down by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Alhaji Abubakar Atiku who was elected PDP’s flag bearer two weeks ago and APC’s Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who emerged as candidate last Tuesday have been brainstorming with the hierarchy of their party on their prospective deputies and the parameters for selecting them. Both candidates, party sources said yesterday,…

Jun

10

2022

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2023: Peter Obi Gets Certificate Of Return As Labour Party Presidential Candidate

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Peter Obi has received a certificate of return as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for next year’s general elections. The former governor Anambra State governor received the certificate of return from the party on Friday. “Mr. Peter Obi Receives Labour Party Certificate of Returns as its Presidential Candidate for 2023 presidential elections,” the Labour Party tweeted on its official handle alongside a photo of Obi holding the certificate of return. “Congratulations!! Mr. Peter Obi Receives Labour Party Certificate of Returns as its Presidential Candidate for 2023 presidential elections. Congratulations!! pic.twitter.com/9pD9xqwa5V — LabourPartyNG (@NgLabour) June 10, 2022 Before…