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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Senator Ademola Adeleke, Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, the winner of the Osun governorship election. Adeleke scored 403,371 votes to beat the incumbent, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of All Peoples Congress, who got a total of 375,027 votes. Consequently, Adeleke beats Oyetola with 28,344 votes. In addition, out of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to meet all presidential aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) latest on Sunday. A top government official told Punch on condition of anonymity that the President would return to the country later in the day. “The President is expected to travel to Ghana tomorrow (today). After that, he […]
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Former Anambra State’s governor and a presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, resigned from the party on Tuesday. Obi stated that recent developments in the PDP made it practically impossible for him to go ahead with his ambition in the party. According to BusinessDay, he may be planning to join the […]
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President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, has advised Rev Mathew Kukah to join politics (247 News). Most Rev Mathew Kukah is the Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, who criticized Buhari’s government on Sunday. He was delivering his Easter Sunday homily at the Holy Family Cathedral Sokoto. In […]
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Sokoto Diocese Catholic Archbishop, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah, has released his Easter message. In the message, he compared Nigeria to an emergency hospital that is filled to the brim. The sermon was delivered at the Holy Family Cathedral Sokoto in the early hours of today. The bishop, who is well-known for speaking truth to […]
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Professor Wole Soyinka has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for his incapability of coming up with pragmatic ideas that will move the country forward. Soyinka spoke at a media session with the title “Forget the past, forfeit the future: A nation seceding from humanity” on Thursday. He said that President Buhari makes erratic moves on strategic […]
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One of the daughters of Late Chief MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the 1993 presidential election, Tundun, has lambasted her half-sister, Hafsat Abiola-Costello. Hafsat alleged offence was that she was using their father’s name to campaign for Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, who is contesting the 2023 presidential election. Last Saturday, Governor Bello […]
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Former special assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has reacted to a recent World Bank report that claimed that poverty increased since President Buhari took over the administration of the country. Reno, who took to his social media handle to bare his mind said that Nigerians should apologize to Jonathan, perhaps for voting […]
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The horse-trading for who becomes the new chairman for All Peoples Congress ended yesterday when Senator Abdullahi Adamu emerged as the chairman of the party. Adamu came from the nPDP block that formed the party in the buildup to the 2015 general elections. The five blocks that formed the party were ACN, CPC, ANPP, APGA, […]
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Senator Abdullahi Adamu has been declared the new APC chairman, late Saturday night. He emerged as the consensus candidate of the party at the 2022 National Convention of the party held in Abuja. Six other contestants stepped down for him, and after a voice vote, he was declared the winner. The convention had in attendance […]
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