Tag: governorship candidate
Rivers: Tinubu’s supporters vow to vote for PDP governorship candidate
Tony Okocha, a former Chief of Staff to former Governor Chibuike Amaechi said this while speaking on behalf the APC,…
Battle for Akwa Ibom APC governorship ticket: Appeal Court reserves judgment
A Federal High Court (FHC) sitting in Uyo had, on Nov. 14, nullified the nomination of Mr Udofia as the…
I will eradicate poverty if elected governor – Musa
Governorship candidate of the Advanced National Democratic Party (ANDP) in Lagos State, Dr. Olusegun Musa has vowed to eradicate poverty…
10 Nasarawa APC aspirants pledge support for governorship candidate
Ten All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants who lost the party’s primary have pledged to rally round the winner to…
Zamfara PDP adopts ex-Reps member as Governorship candidate
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adopted a former member of the House of Representives, Alhaji Bello Matawallen-Maradun as its…
Ogun West elders want governorship ticket ceded to their zone
Ogun West Elders Council on Monday expressed displeasure over the inability of the zone to produce a governor for the…
Anambra polls: APGA picks Obiano as candidate
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Tuesday elected Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra as its candidate for that state’s…
State Police Command summons gov’ship candidate over crisis
The Benue Police Command on Wednesday summoned Mr Terhemen Tarzoor, PDP candidate in the 2015 governorship race, over the July…
Abia Guber: Why Appeal Court declared Alex Otti winner
There was jubilation in Abia State when the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, on December 31, 2015, declared the…
Audu’s son nominated as APC governorship candidate
Leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kogi East Senatorial District have nominated Mr Mohammed, 43, first son of Late…
Maku now APGA governorship candidate in Nasarawa
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Saturday presented the former Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, as its governorship…
In Pictures: Ambode visits Lagos House Speaker
Akinwunmi Ambode, the governorship candidate of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress continues his fence-mending, bridge building visits to fellow party members…
INEC hands governorship candidates new submission deadline
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had shifted the deadline for the submission of governorship and house of…
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Tambuwal emerges APC governorship candidate
Haladu Abubakar/Sokoto Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has been declared the governorship candidate of the All…
Anambra State: Third PDP candidate emerges in court
A Nigerian Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Tuesday, disqualified Tony Nwoye, as the PDP governorship candidate…
Court orders PDP to recognise Andy Uba as candidate
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Justice H. A. Nganjiwa of the Nigerian Federal High Court in Port Harcourt today ordered the Peoples…
Andy Uba: Court to listen to parties Wednesday
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Justice H.A Nganjiwa of the Nigerian Federal High Court in Port-harcourt will tomorrow 11 September hear a…
APGA faction picks torchbearer for Anambra poll
The Maxi Okwu-led faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Monday in Awka, capital of the eastern Nigerian…
Lagos PDP denies endorsing Obanikoro
Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State on Sunday denied endorsing, Senator Musliu Obanikoro, as its governorship candidate for…
Marwa: ‘I’m still in CPC’
The governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Adamawa state, north eastern Nigeria, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa,…
Mimiko Retains Olanusi as deputy, Dumps Agunloye
Jamiu Yisa Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria, who got the ruling Labour Party, LP, return ticket Saturday…
Accord Party Expels Ladoja
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of Accord Party has expelled its governorship candidate in the April 2011 governorship election in…
Speaker, Others Eulogise Dipo Dina
Tears flowed freely today as the late governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the 2007 election,…
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Action Congress Slams Police Over Arrest Of Candidate
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condemned the arrest and detention at the police headquarters in Abuja of its…
Liberation Party Rejects Gov Candidate
The leadership of the African Liberation Party (ALP) in Lagos State has distanced itself from the purported declaration of Barrister…
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Celebrations Galore In Amosun’s Residence
Hundreds of Action Congress of Nigeria supporters this morning stormed the Layi Balogun Street, Housing Estate, Abeokuta residence of the…
Ogun CPC Guber Candidate Steps Down
The Ogun State governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Alhaji Abdul Ganiyu Tunde Enilari has stepped down…
Mass Arrest Of ACN Officials
Nigerian authorities have arrested scores of opposition members in the southeastern state of Akwa Ibom in a campaign of intimidation…
Court Orders Police To Release Persecuted Governorship Candidate
AÂ Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday directed the Inspector General of Police; Mr Hafiz Ringim, to release the…
ACN Condemns Police Manhandling Of Akpanudoedehe
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as barbaric and strongly condemnable the manhandling of its governorship candidate in…