Tag: governorship candidate
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Anambra 2021: Senator Uba emerges APC governorship candidate, 11 other aspirants reject results
A former Senator who represented Anambra South Senatorial District, Andy Uba, has been declared winner of the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Uba emerged the winner in the primary election contested by 13 other aspirants. Declaring the results of the exercise on Sunday morning at the Golden Tulips…
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Edo poll: Governorship candidate asks court to void Obaseki’s election
The governorship candidate of Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the September 19 poll in Edo State, Iboyi Emmanuel, is set to challenge the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki at the Election Petitions Tribunal. Emmanuel spoke through ADP National Chairman Yabagi Yusuf Sani at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Sani said the decision to…
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#EdoDecides2020: Governorship candidate held down in Lagos over ill-health, expresses sadness for not participating in poll
A governorship candidate in the ongoing Edo State governorship election, Mabel Oboh was unable to perform her civil responsibility because of her ill-health. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Mabel, the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) election earlier left Benin for Lagos for medical care when her health deteriorated. She is from Edo Central…
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Police shuns court order, fails to produce detained Bayelsa gov candidate
The Nigerian Police, on Wednesday, failed to honour the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, directing it to produce the Bayelsa governorship candidate, Vijah Opuama, who had been in police detention since Aug. 15. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Taiwo Taiwo had, on Monday, ordered the police to produce Opuama…
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PDP governorship aspirant joins APC
Alhaji Sani Gwamna, the Zonal Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara says the party has received as a member the former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Shehu-Bakauye. He told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau that Shehu-Bakauye’s defection followed a meeting with some bigwigs in…
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Senator Diri emerges PDP governorship candidate in Bayelsa
The Senator representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Douye Diri, has emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State. Out of the the 1,244 accredited voters, Diri scored 561 votes to defeat his closest rival and former Managing Director, Niger Delta Development…
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Kogi: APC approves indirect primaries to elect party's governorship candidate
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved indirect primaries to elect the party’s candidate for the forthcoming Kogi governorship election. The party said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by its National publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu. Issa-Onilu said that the approval was given after a…
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Supreme Court affirms nomination of Fayemi as APC Governorship Candidate
The Supreme Court, on Thursday affirmed Kayode Fayemi’s nomination as the Candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC) in the July 14, 2018, governorship election in Ekiti State. Justice Amiru Sanusi held that the appeal had become status barred as the suit was caught up by Section 285 of the 1999 Constitution. The News Agency of…
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2019: Kashamu, Reuben Abati emerge Ogun PDP governorship, deputy candidate
Senator Buruji Kashamu has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for the Ogun State governorship election following the withdrawal of Mr Adeleke Shittu from the race. Shittu, who emerged as the governorship candidate of PDP from the primary conducted by the Bayo Dayo faction of the party in the state, allegedly withdrew from race…
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BREAKING: Jimi Agbaje defeats Adedeji Doherty, emerges PDP governorship candidate
Jimi Agbaje has emerged the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State. He polled 1,100 votes to defeat his rival Adedeji Doherty who polled 742 votes in the party’s primary election, reports Channels Television. Agbaje was the PDP candidate in the 2015 governorship election but lost to incumbent governor Akinwunmi Ambode. Details…