Tag: Party
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Analysis: A’Court judgement on Zamfara APC primaries and implication for party’s win
It is no longer news that the Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto on Monday led by Justice Tom Yakubu, has set aside the judgement of a Zamfara High Court on the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries that produced the party’s candidates for governorship, National and State Assembly elections. However, what is not clear to…
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Supplementary polls: Buhari rejects party pressures, advises voters to elect leaders of their choice
President Muhammadu Buhari says he believes in the will of the people and cannot put pressure on voters to elect leaders they do not like. Buhari in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday, dismissed insinuations that he was forcing voters to elect candidates…
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Ezekwesili, party chair trade words over withdrawal from presidential race
Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, the Presidential Candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN). has described allegation by the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Abdul-Ganiyu Galadima that she was never really serious about her presidential ambition as baseless. In an interview with News Agency of Nigeria, her media aide, Mr Uzoma Ubabukoh, in Lagos, on…
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56 political parties ready for 2019 general elections – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 56 political parties out of the 91 registered parties in the country are set to participate in the 2019 general elections. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in charge of Rivers, Mr Obo Effanga, said this during a media briefing on Friday in Port Harcourt. He said that INEC…
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2019: Ezekwesili joins presidential race, unveils party today
A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili on Saturday made public her intention to run for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2019. Ezekwesili was also a former Vice President of the World Bank for Africa made the declaration in a statement released to the media on Saturday. She…
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2019: APC writes INEC, releases dates for party primaries
Barring any last minute change of plans, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will, on Wednesday, September 19, elect its flag bearer in next year’s elections. The choice will be through either direct or indirect primary, party chair Adams Oshiomhole said in an August 17,2018 letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Also to…
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2019: Presidential aspirant dumps party over N7.4m levy
A presidential aspirant on the platform of National Conscience Party (NCP), Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, on Monday renounced his membership of the party. Mr Ikubese told journalists in Akure, the Ondo State capital, that he was renouncing his membership as well as presidential aspiration on the platform of NCP, alleging unconstitutional acts on the part of the…
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Buhari arrives Daura for party congress
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived his hometown, Daura ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congress on May 5. The president arrived Daura at about 5:30 pm on Friday. He is expected to participate in the ward congress at Sarkin Yara A ward in Daura. The APC ward chairman, Malam Ali Mani said all…
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Forgive me if I wrong you, Gov. Bindow begs APC stakeholders
Gov. Muhammadu Bindow of Adamawa has urged stakeholders and other members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to forgive him, if he wronged them. Bindow made the plea Monday at a stakeholders meeting in Yola to discuss the upcoming party congress. “If I offended any of you here please forgive me. I didn’t…
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Your ‘looters list’ shows our party is free of corruption, PDP tells FG
…Vows to name verifiable corrupt officials in Buhari’s administration The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the list of alleged “looters” published by the federal government as a justification of the fact that the party is free of corruption. Recall that the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed had on Friday mentioned the PDP chairman,…