Category: Politics

Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun West Senatorial District by-election, has defeated  the All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Mudashiru Hussain, with total votes of  97, 480. Adeleke won nine out of the 10 local government areas. Hussain, who was Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s anointed candidate got 66,116 votes. In Iwo Local Government Area, Adeleke had 12,547 votes as against Hussain’s 12,205. While in Ejigbo Local Government Area, Hussain’s stronghold, the PDP candidate with 9,723 votes trailed his opponent who polled 12,229 votes. Again, the former APC…

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Despite a lawsuit instituted by Senator Dino Melaye to stop INEC from proceeding with the process, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday released a timetable for the recall of the Senator from the Senate. According to the timetable, the process will begin on July 10 with notice of verification of constituents to be posted at INEC’s Lokoja office and end on August 19 with the conduct and announcement of the outcome of the verification of the constituents who want the senator out of the Senate. The constituents of the…

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Dr. Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, saying the party has no future in Nigeria. The Ex-Jonathan’s aide who announced his resignation from the party via his Facebook page said the time has come to bid PDP good bye. He said his reasons for dumping the party is because of the internal crisis and other problems rocking it. The statement reads: “It is time to say GOODBYE TO PDP. ?It is with deep regret that I…

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Ayodele Fayose, the Ekiti State Governor, in Ado-Ekiti, declared his intention to run as next Nigerian President. The governor – a member of the Peoples Democratic Party – boasted that he and his party have the attributes to wrest power from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress in 2019. He also boasted that former governors Segun Oni and Kayode Fayemi would fail if they contest the 2018 governorship election in the state. According to him, neither of the two performed to an admirable level that would make the residents…

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An audio conversation circulating on social media purporting to be a phone call between the Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun and his Borno State counterpart, Kashim Shettima has been disowned by Amosun. The 20-minute audio is alleged to contain the voices of the two governors, as they spoke on the current agitation for Biafra. Both governors allegedly said that different sections of the country, including the South East and South West, and north, should be free to go their separate ways. But in his reaction Monday, Mr. Amosun denied the…

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Donald Duke, the former governor of Cross River State, has revealed that he would still take another shot at the presidency, if the opportunity presented itself. Duke spoke at a programme, “The Nigerian Symposium for Emerging Leaders,” held in Lagos. He said though he once aspired to the position but did not emerge the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he would still contest for the highest office in the country at the appropriate time. Duke explained that it was because of his preference for the presidency that he…

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Uche Onyeaguocha, a member of the Imo State Development Council (SDC), Obinze Ward, has resigned his appointment, stating a nine point-grouse, including the inability of the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, to follow due process, slashing pensions of the retirees by 50 per cent, impoverishing his appointees while he eats fat, among others. In a letter to the governor, the former Adviser to Okorocha said he was emboldened to tender his resignation also because the governor wanted to impose his son-in-law, who is the Chief of Staff, Uche Nwosu, as his…

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Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo State governor, has denied asking workers to forgo the payment of two of the six months salary arrears owed them by the immediate past administration. This was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Segun Ajiboye in Akure. Ajiboye said that the governor has consistently vowed to do everything possible to offset the salary arrears owed workers in the state. He said: “The governor has also matched words with action to make the welfare of workers in the state his priority…

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Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Chukwuma Soludo,​has observed that Nigeria as at “today has never been more divided than any time in our history.” The former CBN governor, who made the remark in Enugu, also noted that Nigeria is at the verge of breakup. He said only big ideas can save the country from an impending doom. He said: “‎Ideas rule the world. Ideas constitute about 60 or 70 percent of the input needed to get any project done. “Nigeria is a project, it is work…

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The Chairman of the committee, screening councillorship and chairmanship aspirants on the platform of All Progressive Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Prof. Tunde Samuel, is facing criticism from some party members. Ahead of  the councils primaries of APC in the state tentatively scheduled for Saturday and next Thursday, crisis looms in Agege and Orile-Agege chapters of the party as some stakeholders are alleging that Prof. Samuel, former SA on Education to ex-Lagos governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is colluding with some leaders of the party in the areas to perpetrate electoral fraud. Financial…

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