Tag: Votes
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2019: YPP presidential candidate, Moghalu opens up on how his votes were ‘stolen, suppressed and diverted’
The presidential candidate of the Youth Progressive Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu, has said the party’s votes were “stolen, suppressed and diverted” on February 23. In his first major post-election press interview, Moghalu told The Interview that his party had “many credible indications” of the electoral fraud. He said he was targeted by those who felt…
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Bauchi Governor meets Buhari, vows to challenge INEC’s decision to resume counting of votes
Governor of Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi state on Tuesday has said he will use legal means to challenge the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on its position to regenerate and count the votes from Tafawa Balewa local government in the March 9 governorship election. Recall that the State Returning Officer, Mohammed Kyari,…
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Protect your votes during, after elections, Wike tells Nigerians
▪Abua/Odual Leaders declare support for Governor Wike’s Second Term Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that Nigerians are under obligation to protect their votes to stop the desperate APC Federal Government from rigging the 2019 General Elections. Governor Wike said that the APC Federal Government is now in a panic mode and they…
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Elections: Buhari seeking other tribes’ votes but does not trust them for appointments – Obasanjo
…says officials of President Buhari’s government will go to hell if they are exposed Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said President Muhammadu Buhari is quick to beg Nigerians from other tribes for votes for his reelection but does not trust them to be appointed into sensitive positions in his government. The former president also said…
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#2019Debate: Drama as Osinbajo, Obi, three others appeal Nigerians for votes
The vice-presidential candidates debate for the 2019 general elections kicked off at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, on Friday, with five candidates slugging it out. Featuring were Ganiyu Galadima of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN); Khadija Abdullahi-Iya of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN); and incumbent Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of the All…
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Buhari’s TraderMoni is sophisticated votes buying – Saraki
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of using the Trader Moni programme as a ‘sophisticated vote-buying’ plot to win the 2019 presidential election. Trader Moni is one of the government’s initiative under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), a programme targeted towards awarding collateral-free loans to two…
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PDP votes were deliberately voided, witness tells Ekiti election tribunal
A petitioner’s witness on Tuesday told the Ekiti State governorship election tribunal, that votes for the Peoples Democratic Party were deliberately voided by staff of INEC during the July 14 governorship election. The witness, Omobuljo Bankole, specifically said that the PDP votes were voided in Unit 009, Ward 4 of Ido -Osi Local Government Area.…
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Ekiti PDP Primary: Fayose’s deputy, senator, others battle for delegates’ votes today
No fewer than 2,132 delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will participate in Tuesday’s governorship primary election for the July 14 election in Ekiti State. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, made this known when he briefed newsmen on preparations for the primary in Abuja on Monday. Ologbondiyan said the number…