Tag: Candidate
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Osun 2018: I have no anointed candidate – Aregbesola
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun says he has no anointed candidate for the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Aregbesola, who disclosed this while addressing the All Progressives Congress (APC) members on Saturday in Iwo, in Osun West Senatorial District, was reacting to consistent agitations by the people of the zone to produce the next…
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Nominate credible candidates for appointment into my government, George Weah tells opponent
Liberia’s President-Elect, George Weah on Monday (New Year Day) visited his closest opponent and incumbent Vice President, Mr. Joseph Boakai asking him to to suggest capable candidates for appointment into his government. Recall that the former football star won a landslide in the December 26, 2017 run-off election, which saw him elected as the next…
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Special Report: Meet the eight candidates contending PDP’s chairmanship title today
…as Bode George backs out of race All is now set for the conduct of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention scheduled to hold today (Saturday) at the Eagles Square in Abuja. However, one of the leading contenders, Chief Bode George backs out of the race on Friday evening, therefore, leaving the position open to…
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PDP chair: Jonathan denies drumming support for any candidate
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied reports published in some sections of the media that he was drumming support for the emergence of certain candidates in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention scheduled to hold on Saturday (tomorrow). Jonathan disclosed this in a felicitation message issued by his Media Office on Friday in Abuja. The…
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PDP chair: I have no preferred candidate – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he does not have an anointed candidate in Saturday’s national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). The former Vice President said in a press statement signed by his media office in Abuja on Friday that he, as an advocate of internal democracy in a political party system, believes…
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South east governors to meet on PDP chairmanship candidate: Umahi
South East governors belonging to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party will meet soon to decide on a consensus candidate for the chairmanship of their party. Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state disclosed the planned meeting, but he did not indicate the date it would take place. He spoke in Abakaliki on Tuesday, during the vote-seeking…
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Just in: Gunmen kill candidate in Venezuela election
A candidate for the new body in ongoing Venezuela election – at southeastern town of Ciudad Bolivar, 39-year-old lawyer Jose Felix Pineda, was killed from multiple shots fired by assailants on Sunday. According to prosecutors, he was killed after the hoodlums broke into his home overnight. He was the second candidate to be murdered, after…
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Osun West by-election: Ademola Adeleke emerges PDP candidate
The younger brother of late Sen. Isiaka Adeleke, Demola, has emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Osun West Senatorial District bye-election. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Adeleke, who had been cleared to contest for the primary on the platform of APC, defected to PDP on Tuesday evening. Adeleke was set to contest…
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JAMB candidate arrested with gun in exam hall
21-year-old candidate of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination was arrested for bringing firearms into one of the centres at the ongoing examinations in Nasarawa State. The state’s commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Mr. Bashir Lawal-Kano, told journalists in Lafia about the arrest on Thursday. He said that the suspect was arrested…