Tag: Running Mate
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Doyin Okupe emerges Peter Obi’s running mate as party insists it is a tactical move
Former presidential aide and Director-General of Peter Obi Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has been picked as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports the sudden emergence of another southerner as Obi’s running mate could lead to electoral failures but spokesman of the party Dr Yinusa…
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Running Mate as Albatross: Tinubu’s Choice – By Azu Ishiekwene
That the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is exactly where the party’s last presidential candidate President Muhammadu Buhari was when he got the ticket eight years ago, shows just how our politics has stagnated, if not regressed. After Buhari won the APC ticket in December 2014, the next major hurdle…
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2023: Ohaneze attacks PDP over Okowa, says Igbos will not vote for them
Igbo apex socio-political group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has criticized the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over it’s choice of Okowa as the vice presidential candidate. TheNewsGuru.com reports that PDP has announced Delta state Governor as the running mate to presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
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Why Okowa qualified as Atiku’s running mate – Screening Committee
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential Candidate Screening Committee has disclosed its decision to select Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as running mate to the party’s 2023 Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar. TheNewsGuru reports that Chief Tom Ikimi, the Chairman of the Committee on Thursday in Abuja revealed the reason for Okowa’s selection.
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PDP running mate: Untold story of how Atiku used Ayu to shove Wike aside
From day one, the winner of the PDP presidential primaries, Atiku Abubakar never wanted Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike as his running mate, this was a clear directive that he gave his former campaign manager, Iyorchia Ayu. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports multiple sources confirmed that despite the outcome of the party’s committee report that endorsed Wike, Ayu…
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BREAKING: Atiku picks Delta Gov, Okowa as running mate
T he presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has announced Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate ahead of the 2023 elections. Atiku made the announcement at a meeting attended by PDP executives at the party’s headquarters in Abuja.
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PDP denies announcing Wike as Atiku’s running mate, says NWC still consulting
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has denied report it has announced Nyesom Wike as the running mate to the presidential flagbearer Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Media reports had it that Wike has been announced as Atiku’s running mate, but the PDP has deneid settling for him yet.
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Running Mate : PDP forms committee to screen Wike, Okowa
In an effort to meet up with the June 17th deadline for submission of party’s flagbearer and running mate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the formation of a committee to screen Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, his Delta State counterpart, Ifeanyi Okowa and others as possible…
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2023: Religion should not be factor in determining running mate – Uzodinma
Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has advised Nigerians to shun religious politics and avoid fanning the embers of ethnicity ahead of the 2023 general elections. The governor gave the advice when he addressed State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday.