Tag: election
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10th HoR: Jaji joins parade of those gunning for Gbajabiamila’s job
…declares intention Hon Aminu Sani Jaji has officially joined those gunning for Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila’s job as he declared his intention to vie for the position of Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports that Jaji is a member of the G-7, a group of aspirants who feel aggrieved over the choice…
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YAPJEN makes case for youth inclusion
Amb. Timothy Nwachukwu, the President of A Global Goals Advocacy Organisation, Youth Advocates For Peace Justice And Empowerment Network, YAPJEN, has called for the inclusion of young people in leadership positions across all strata of government in Nigeria. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja over the just concluded Commonwealth Youth and Students Summit organised by the…
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10th Assembly: We will stand with Tinubu, APC – Gov Sule tells Abass, Kalu +Photos
The governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has said that he and his counterparts from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North would not go against the choice of the president-elect regarding the leadership of the 10th National Assembly. Governor Sule noted that they are loyal party members who would want the incoming…
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Again, disgraced LP factional leader, Apapa vows to appear in court on Friday
After echoes of ‘ole, ole’ greeted him last Wednesday while in court, LP factional leader, Lamidi Apapa has vowed to appear before the Presidential Election Tribunal on Friday. Apapa has vowed that he will again, storm the Presidential Petition Tribunal on Friday to receive another round of insults. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls that Apapa and Mr…
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Speakership: G-7 splits as Doguwa, two other aspirants support Abbas
… declare support for zoning There seems to be a split in the camp of aggrieved Speakership aspirants in the 10th House of Representatives otherwise known as the Group of Seven (G-7) following the withdrawal from the race by the Majority Leader of the 9th House of Representatives, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa. Doguwa who…
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Speakership Race: consider Nigeria’s interest first, Ooni of Ife tells Abbas, Kalu
…backs APC anointed candidates A foremost Yoruba monarch, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has admonished the front runners in the race for the Speakership and Deputy Speakership positions of the incoming 10th House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Abbas Tajudeen and Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, to always have the interest of…
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Inauguration: Why Asiwaju should pilot state affairs with technocrats-ED ADSC,Walsh
As Nigerians patiently wait for the inauguration of the incoming administration, the Executive Director of African Development Studies Centre, ADSC, Victor Oluwafemi Walsh has advised President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to pilot the state of affairs with technocrats. The ADSC ED disclosed this at an interactive session with critical stakeholders in the private and public sector…
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Few days to go: Buhari presides over FEC meeting, to consider 60 memos
President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting. Buhari, on Tuesday, returned from a two-week vacation to the United Kingdom. This meeting is a precursor to the forthcoming valedictory session for cabinet members next week. The Council, as learnt, will deliberate on approximately 60 memos, as the administration rapidly approaches the…
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Tinubu opposes live broadcast of election petition proceedings, says It’s abuse of court’
Following the application of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, for a live broadcast of proceedings, the President-elect, Bola Tinubu has urged the Presidential Election Petition Court to dismiss the application. He argued that the relief sought by the applicants are not such that the court could grant it.…
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C’River Tribunal Chairman tasks lawyers, others on self conduct as sittings begin
Wevole Ezin, Calabar Justice Oken Inneh, Chairman of the panel for the Gubernatorial Election Petition Tribunal in Cross River, has warned legal practitioners and journalists at the tribunal to conduct themselves as sittings begins. Inneh gave the warning in Calabar on Tuesday at the inaugural sitting of the Cross River Gubernatorial Election Petition Tribunal. The…