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Lagos 2015: Ambode’s Winning Edge
By Ayo Oyoze Baje As the two-horse race for the political jewel of Alausa Government House, Lagos, intensifies between the…
Kano State: Ganduje says APC will defeat PDP by wide margin
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Dr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, and Deputy Governor of Kano state,…
APC postpones governorship primary election
The All Progressives Congress has postponed its governorship primary election from 15 November to 2 December. The party did not…
I’ll Clinch APC Gov. Ticket – Hamzat
Lagos State Commissioner for Works and 2015 governorship aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Obafemi Hamzat,…
Adamawa Election: Seven contest APC guber slot
Reverend Phineas Padio, the Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa, said the Sunday’s primary elections of the party…
Diamond Bank boss dismisses governorship ambition
Henry Ojelu The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Bank Plc, Dr Alex Otti has tactically dismissed…
Osun Agog For APC Mega Rally
Osun State was agog today as the All Progressives Congress, APC, organised a mega rally ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.…
FRSC Deploys I,550 To Osun For Aug. 9 Election
The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Osun, Mr Muhmmad Husaini, says the commission will deploy 1,550 officers…
Aregbesola Requested For Security Presence In Osun —PDP
The PDP said that Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun formally requested for deployment of security forces to the state for…
All Eyes On Osun State
Six days to the 9 August governorship election in Osun State, the political atmosphere is charged and tension is sky…
FG terrorising Osun ahead of guber election – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised alarm that the PDP-led federal government has started terrorising and intimidating the peaceful…
Omisore Can’t Win Osun Election —Uncle
Eromosele Ebhomele A Lagos lawmaker and uncle to Iyoola Omisore, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the…
‘My Problem With The Supreme Court’
On 26 May 2014, the Supreme Court in Abuja awarded N8 million as cost against Dr. Dickson Osuala, lawyer to…
Amaechi: What Happened In Ekiti Can’t Occur In Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has stated that what happened…
Fashola: Don’t Sweep Fayose’s Case Under Carpet
Kazeem Ugbodaga In the aftermath of Ekiti State governorship poll, Governor Babatunde Fashola has alerted the public that the governor-elect,…
Ekiti 2014: APC May Sue Over Abuse Of Human Rights
Eromosele Ebhomele National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday morning clashed with the chairman…
Osun Gov Election: Aregbesola, Omisore At War
As the 9 August governorship election in Osun State draws near, the leading governorship candidates, incumbent Governor, Rauf Aregbesola of…
PDP Can Never Win Rivers —APC
Okafor ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has dismissed as a fluke, last Saturday’s dislodgement of…
‘Ekiti Poll Raises Bar For 2015 Elections’
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), an NGO, on Monday said that the just-concluded governorship election in Ekiti State had raise…
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All Set For Ekiti Election, 30 U.S. Observers For Polls
Gbenro Adesina, Simon Ateba & Nkrumah Bankong-Obi/Ado-Ekiti All is set for the governorship election in Ekiti State, western Nigeria, on…
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Ekiti Election: Candidates In Last-Minute Campaign Battle
Barely 48 hours to the governorship election in Ekiti State, western Nigeria, the leading candidates are locked in a last…
7,941 ad hoc staff for Ekiti poll
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has engaged 7, 941 ad hoc staff to conduct the 21 June governorship election in…
Ekiti election: Fayose avoids TV debate
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose has declined participation in the Live television…
Caution As Ekiti Guber Election Nears
The race for the governorship election in Ekiti State is getting to the peak. All political parties contesting the elections…
Omisore emerges Osun PDP governorship candidate
Senator Iyiola Omisore on Saturday emerged the torch bearer of the PDP for the 9 August governorship election in the…
PDP confirms Fayose governorship candidate
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP, on Wednesday approved the election of Mr Ayo Fayose as the party`s…
Bamidele pledges one-term in office
The governorship candidate of Labour Party in Ekiti State, Mr Opeyemi Bamidele, has promised to spend one term in office…
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Fayose to slug it out with Fayemi in Ekiti
A former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, was on Satuday declared winner of the PDP governorship primaries in…
Fayose, Olubolade, Adeyeye cleared for Ekiti governorship primary
Nigeria ruling Peoples Democratic Party on Monday cleared 13 aspirants to contest the primary of Ekiti State gubernatorial election scheduled…