Tag: Campaign
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Umahi denies owing N200m during governorship campaign
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, on Thursday denied owing a businesswoman, Mrs Tracynither Ohiri, N200 million for promotional materials she supplied during his 2014 governorship campaign. Umahi denied the allegation while fielding questions from journalists during his tour of the Independence
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U.S. telecom firm fined $1m for fake Biden AI campaign call
A U.S. telecommunications company has been fined one million dollars for sending a campaign call featuring a fake voice of U.S. President, Joe Biden, generated using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Wednesday that Lingo Telecom agreed to
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Biden gets campaign help from Obama, Clinton
Former U. S. presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have jumped to the aid of incumbent Joe Biden in the election campaign. The three Democrats appeared together at a major fundraising event in New York.
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Bayelsa guber race: Despite disqualification, Sylva begins massive campaign
Immediate past Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC) guber candidate in Bayelsa State, officially launched his campaign for the November 11 poll despite being disqualified as the candidate by the court. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, delivered the
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LP inaugurates 481-member campaign council for Imo guber
The Labour Party (LP) in Imo has inaugurated a 481-member campaign council to strategise and sparehead its campaign for the November 11 governorship poll. Performing the ceremony in Owerri, its state Chairman, Mr Callistus Ihejiagwa, urged the members
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PDP postpones campaign launch for Imo guber poll
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the launch of its campaign for the Nov. 11 Imo governorship election. The PDP said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba.
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Trump calls new indictment ‘rigged,’ deliberately filed during political campaign
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called an indictment approved by a Fulton County grand jury in the U.S. state of Georgia “rigged”. Trump added that it was deliberately presented in the midst of his political campaign and that the move was a “witch hunt.”
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Mercy Johnson’s husband, Prince Okojie, hails wife over her support during his campaigns
Prince Odi Okojie, the newly elected House of Representatives for Esan South/North East Edo State, has praised his actress wife, Mercy Johnson-Okojie for her support during his campaign. The politician showered praises on his wife for being a perfect example of a supportive partner. He described the veteran movie star as the best thing that…
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Train Crash: Sanwo-Olu halts campaigns, declares flag flown at half-mast
To commensurate with the families of affected victims in a train crash that occurred on Thursday at the Ikeja area of Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared political campaigns suspended and national flags to be flown at half-mast. Several people were injured after a passenger train crushed into a Lagos State Government staff bus…
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JUST IN: Atiku’s Rivers Campaign DG survives alleged assassination, venue destroyed
The Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers State, Dr. Abiye Sekibo, narrowly escaped assassination on Thursday midnight. It was alleged that gunmen dressed in police uniform opened fire on Sekibo’s vehicle, a Land Cruiser bulletproof jeep at the Rainbow Town in Port Harcourt, where he went to inspect the venue…