Tag: Candidate
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Kogi guber: PDP reacts to emergence of Yahaya Bello as APC candidate
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Monday that with Gov. Yahaya Bello as the APC flag bearer it would easily win the Nov. 16 governorship election in Kogi. Mr Bode Ogunmola, the PDP spokesman in the state, made the remark in a statement in Lokoja. Ogunmola said the poor performance of the governor in…
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Bayelsa guber: I have no preferred candidate – Dickson
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has insisted that he had no preferred candidate for the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state. Dickson in a statement by the Special Adviser, Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, called on Bayelsans to discountenance aspirants claiming to have his…
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2019: INEC to release final list of Governorship, State Assembly candidates Thursday
The final list of candidates for Governorship, State Assembly and FCT Area Council elections will be published on Thursday, the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) has said. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the list will be published in all the State offices nationwide and the Commission’s website. Yakubu spoke on…
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Osun: Court dismisses suit challenging Oyetola as APC governorship candidate
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed a suit challenging the nomination of Governor Gboyega Oyetola as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the last governorship election in Osun State. The suit was instituted by an aggrieved aspirant on the platform of the party, Kunle Adegoke, who alleged that the July…
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2019: We have no preferred candidate, political party in Nigeria’s presidential election – EU
…We won’t interfere in INEC’s duties – Amaechi The European Union (EU) on Thursday said it has no preferred candidate in next year’s election. EU Delegation Head Amb. Ketil Karlsen gave the assurance at an audience with Buhari Campaign Organisation Director-General Rotimi Amaechi. Amaechi told the EU that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would adhere…
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2019: Obasanjo free to support any candidate – Falana
Activist lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has said that it is the right of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to support any presidential candidate of his choice. Reacting to his recent endorsement of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, he said Obasanjo has a constitutional right to do so. According to him, “Former President Obasanjo has…
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APC convention: Buhari becomes APC candidate for 2019, mocks PDP
President Muhammadu Buhari promptly launched his campaign for a second term in office early on Sunday morning after being overwhelmingly endorsed as candidate by 14,842,072 members of the All Progressives Congress across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory(FCT). Taunting the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, which had governed Nigeria for 16 years, up…
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2019: Lamido declares self PDP candidate, mocks Atiku, other aspirants
Former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on Friday declared himself the sole presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 election. Lamido insisted that among all the presidential aspirants, he remained the only one without a membership ‘lacuna’. He told PDP stakeholders in Bayelsa State to address him as “the aspirant”…
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Ekiti 2018: Accord Party suspends state exco for backing PDP’s candidate, Olusola
The national working committee of Accord Party has suspended members of the executive committee of the Ekiti State chapter of the party for openly declaring support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Kolapo Olusola. The NWC also dissolved the state executive committee led by Abiola Adeoba, accusing the officials of anti-party activities. A leader…
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Ekiti APC Primary: Tinubu denies anointing any candidate
As aspirants slugged it out for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket in the party’s primary election in Ekiti on Saturday, APC National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu said in Lagos that he had no anointed candidate. Tinubu spoke with newsmen in Ikeja as the APC held its ward congresses in Lagos. The winner of…