Tag: Presidential Candidate
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President Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan, others attend Senator Anyim’s birthday party in Abuja
ABUJA- Prominent Nigerians including President Muhammadu Buhari and former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan are currently gathered at the International Conference Centre, Abuja to celebrate with former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim who turned 61 years old on Saturday. President Buhari, represented by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha arrived at the venue…
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Presidential candidate’s wife under fire over alleged ‘use’ of public servants
Presidential candidate’s wife under fire
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OPC not among 57 S/West groups seeking pro-restructuring presidential candidate — Spokesman
The O’odua Peoples Congress (OPC) has dissociated itself from a coalition of 57 Yoruba groups allegedly rooting for South-West pro-restructuring presidential candidate in 2023. OPC Publicity Secretary, Mr Yinka Oguntimehin, in a statement, denied the involvement of Aare Gani Adams in the mega accord, saying such moves were purely fraudulent and very far from the…
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Niger’s ruling party presidential candidate wins first round, heads for runoff
Ruling party candidate and former minister Mohamed Bazoum won the first round of Niger’s presidential vote, the electoral commission announced on Saturday, with a runoff set for next month. The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said the close ally of outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou garnered 39.33 percent of the votes in last weekend’s election. Bazoum…
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US poll: Presidential candidate concedes defeat, hints another trial in 2024
After roughly four months of campaigning and millions of dollars of his own money invested into the race, popular rapper Kanye West has officially given up his run for 2020 presidential race. The rapper chronicled his first-ever voting experience on social media on Tuesday, tweeting, “God is so good. Today I am voting for the…
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Democrats officially nominate Biden as presidential candidate
U.S. Democratic Party has officially nominated former Vice President, Mr Joe Biden, as its candidate for the Nov. 3 presidential election. Joe, whose nomination came on the second day of the party’s virtual National Convention on Tuesday night, will face incumbent President Donald Trump in the race for the White House. The candidate immediately reacted…
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Adamawa SDP rejects adoption of Buhari as party’s presidential candidate
The Adamawa State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has distanced itself from the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for next week’s presidential election. The chairman of the SDP in Adamawa State, Mr. John Muva, said during a press briefing at the state…
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2019: Donald Duke reacts to court judgement removing him as SDP presidential candidate
The Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, (SDP), Donald Duke, says he will appeal the judgement, removing him as the party’s presidential flag bearer. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday declared Jerry Gana, a former Nigerian Minister of Information, as the presidential candidate of the SDP. Duke had been declared as…
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Fayose threatens to dump PDP over emergence of Atiku as presidential candidate
Outgoing Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose on Friday threatened to quit the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over the outcome of the national convention. He is believed to be unhappy with the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the PDP presidential flag bearer at the primary held at Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt,…