The Oyo State Governorship Candidate of the African Peoples Alliance Party (APA), Deacon Tolulope Adedoyin has accused the Oyo State Branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) of working, campaigning and beautifying their offices across the 33 local government with APC candidates’ posters. This was contained in a
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Ogbu Sunday, Abakaliki The member representing Ohaozara, Onicha and Ivo federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Linus Okorie yesterday said he remained a strong member of the people’s Democratic Party(PDP). He noted that as founding member of the party, he cannot abandon it especially now that his political ally and
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Associated Press President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged he's partially responsible for the anger that has fueled weeks of protests in France, an unusual admission for the leader elected last year. In a televised address to the nation, Macron said: "We probably have not been able for a year-and-a-half to bring quick enough
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The Nigerian Senate has formally declared open the public hearing on vote-buying and improving electoral processes in the country. This was contained in a tweet on the verified Twitter handle of the Nigerian Senate @NGRSenate@ @NGRSenate “I call on all Nigerians to rise and condemn all practices of Vote Buying as it
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The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has warned that the negative impact of not assenting to amendments to Nigeria’s Electoral Act as contained in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill (2018) before next year’s general elections will endanger the deepening of the country’s democracy. In its reaction to rejection of the
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Enugu North Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Eugene Odo, has condemned Ohanaeze Ndigbo, pan Igbo cultural group, for endorsing candidates for the 2019 general elections. NAN reports that Odo, a two-time Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, said this in Nsukka on Sunday at the
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Ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo has denied reports that he is not backing any particular candidate in the upcoming 2019 presidential elections. Obasanjo, in a statement on Sunday, through his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, expressly stated that he wasn’t in support of President Buhari. The statement read; “While Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is in Cairo to
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The Sultan of Sokoto and president general, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Sa’ad Abubakar III yesterday, appealed to politicians to ensure that the forth-coming general election is peaceful. Sultan, who spoke in Sokoto at the official launching of a book, “Election Coverage, A Journalists Guide” also admonished journalists to
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PoliticsNGR has been furnished with Photographs from the Burial of Late Mrs. Gold-coast Dickson, Mother of Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State at Toru-Angiama, Patani LGA, Delta State. See Below;
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The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization, PPCO, has condemned the alleged stoppage of transactions on all accounts belonging to party’s Vice presidential candidate in the 2019 elections Mr. Peter Obi, wife, his family members and their business concerns. Mr Peter Obi and PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku The party said since
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