Tag: Governorship Aspirant
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Ondo governorship aspirant, Akinterinwa in EFCC net
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Ondo State Wale Akinterinwa. He is being held in connection with the ongoing investigation of his tenure as Commissioner for Finance in the defunct Akeredolu administration. Until the State Executive Council was dissolved by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who succeeded…
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2023: Poll favours Amb Abubakar-Waziri may upstage Gov Fintri in Adamawa PDP primary election
From all indications the battle of Adamawa PDP Governorship ticket will be between Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri and Ambassador Mohammed Jameel Abubakar-Waziri, former Chief of Protocol to former President Goodluck Jonathan. In a poll conducted independently many factors will determine delegates’ voting patterns: politics, critical stakeholders’ interests, political errors and miscalculations, sentiment, geography including the…
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APC governorship aspirant shot dead; others kidnapped on Abuja-Kaduna Expressway
An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Zamfara in the 2019 governorship election, Alhaji Sagir Hamidu, was killed by
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2023: Benue governorship aspirant calls for state-wide campaign against drug abuse
Dr. Jeffrey Kuraun, All Progressive Congress (APC) Governorship Aspirant, Benue state has called on all relevant stakeholders to embark on state-wide campaign to discourage drug abuse/misuse, addictions and trafficking. Dr. Kuraun in a statement explained that, “the use of drugs for social rather than prescribed medical reasons has been a major public health and individual…
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APC Suspends Ondo Governorship Aspirant
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended a governorship aspirant Mrs Jumoke Anifowose with immediate effect. The Spokesperson of the party in the State, Alex Kalejaiye confirmed her suspension on Wednesday. Her suspension was contained in a letter signed by 25 out of the 29 officers of the party at a meeting in Igboroko unit…
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Ondo 2020: PDP governorship aspirant resigns party membership
Mr Banji Okunomo, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in the 2020 Governorship Election in Ondo State, has resigned his membership from the party. Okunomo, a former Publicity Secretary of the PDP in the state, announced his resignation and planned defection to the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) on Monday in Okitipupa. He told newsmen…
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2019: Ogun governorship aspirant abandons ambition, declares for second term in Senate
A governorship aspirant in Ogun State on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (aka Yayi) has abandoned his governorship ambition to pursue a second term in the Nigerian Senate. Recall that Adeola currently represents Lagos West on the floor of the Senate. He had earlier launched a campaign to contest…
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2019: Police arrest PDP governorship aspirant during Atiku’s programme
A politician and governorship aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno State, Grema Terrab, who was declared wanted by the police for his role in an alleged murder, was on Tuesday arrested by SARS operatives at an event attended by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Atiku delivered a speech at the event held…