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UK Prime Minister: Nigeria-born Kemi Badenoch, Seven Others Pass First Stage In Race To Succeed Boris Johnson. Also, other candidates who received at least 20 nominations to become the UK Prime Minister include Suella Braverman, Jeremy Hunt, Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak, Tom Tugendhat, Liz Truss and Nadhim Zahawi Nigeria-born woman, Kemi Badenoch, and seven other candidates have passed the first stage in the race to succeed the resigned British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Also, other candidates who received at least 20 nominations to become the UK Prime Minister include Suella Braverman,...
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Osun: Police declare war on vote-buyers, and deploy detectives. • Over 23,100 security officials deployed as Osun prepares for gov poll Ahead of the Saturday governorship election in Osun State, the police and other security agencies, including the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, have declared war on vote-buyers and mapped out strategies to checkmate their activities. To curb the malpractices during the poll, the security agencies have deployed detectives, including undercover operatives, to monitor the election and apprehend vote-buyers. The deployment of police personnel...
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Osun election result will be announced within 12 hours –Osun REC, Prof Raji. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Osun State, Professor Abdulganiy Olayinka Raji, has assured that the results of the Osun gubernatorial election will be announced within 12 hours. Prof. Raji made this known during his welcome address at the INEC Osun election stakeholders meeting on the governorship election on Monday in Osogbo. Raji, while unveiling steps taken by the Commission to ensure a free, fair, inclusive, and conclusive election on Saturday,...
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They will labour to death:’ Tinubu knocks PDP, LP at APC rally in Osun. Bola Tinubu said oppositions of the APC in the July 16 Governorship election in Osun will labor in vain till they die. The presidential candidate of the APC stated this during the party’s mega rally in Osun on Tuesday. He urged the people of Osun to come out massively and vote for APC. Tinubu said: “I ask you to please do the same thing you did in Ekiti. Come out with your PVCs and vote massively for APC. “The voting is now in your hand. Be very...
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Why we can no longer campaign for Tinubu’s presidential bid – Northern APC Christians. CHRISTIANS of Northern extraction in the All Progressive Congress (APC) have said they can no longer campaign for the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, because of his choice of a Muslim running mate. They made this position known in a communiqué issued to journalists, on Tuesday, following an emergency meeting of the group in Abuja where the issue of the religious coloration of the APC’s presidential ticket and its implication for the nation was on...
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Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has said the decision by the APC to present a Muslim-Muslim ticket was a teamwork based on calculation of what would work for the party. In a statement he personally signed on Monday, Kukah said the decision by Bola Tinubu to pick Kashim Shettima as his running mate should not be a thing to worry about, while those angered by the development should support other candidates they feel are better. The statement reads: “This is what you call team selection and everybody will choose depending on what they think...
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IPOB’s Biafra Agitations In South-East Have Slowed Down Due To Peter Obi’s Presidential Bid – Sheikh Gumi In a statement he posted on his Facebook page, the cleric said the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB’s support for Obi had indicated that the Biafran agitation was political. Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said that the emergence of former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, as the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections has brought relative peace to the South-East region. In a statement he posted on his Facebook page,...
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Shettima: Actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, Resigns Membership Of APC. Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress over the choice of Kashim Shettima as the running mate of the party's presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. He revealed this in a letter shared on his Instagram page on Monday. Part of the letter read, “Recall that joined APC because of its Constitutional vow, as true Progressives and Patriots, to eliminate all forms of discrimination and social injustice in Nigeria… “Those ideals are now alien to the...
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Muslim- Muslim Ticket: Senator Abbo resigns from Tinubu’s support group. * Says his Conscience will not allow him to Campaign for the APC Presidential Candidate and his Running Mate * Says Choice of Muslim-Muslim ticket is irresponsible, insensitive and ignorant of the Nation’s political system FOLLOWING the nomination of Senator Kassim Shettima, Borno Central, a Muslim as the running mate to the party’s Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, also a Muslim ahead of the 2023 general elections, Senator Ishaku Abbo, APC, Adamawa North has dumped the Tinubu...
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APC governors endorse Tinubu-Shettima ticket after meeting Buhari. The All Progressives Congress (APC) governors on Monday paid a Sallah homage to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State. Governors on the trip to Daura were Aminu Masari (Katsina), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Abubakar Bello (Niger), Hope Uzodinma (Imo), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Simon Lalong (Plateau) and Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna). At the end of a closed-door meeting with the President, the governors expressed happiness with the choice of the former Borno State governor,...
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Gbajabiamila endorses Shettima, says Tinubu biggest talent hunter. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described as a wise decision, the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Gbajabiamila, who said Tinubu settled for “one of the best hands for the job of Nigeria’s Vice President,” described the former Governor of Lagos State as “the biggest talent hunter in the country.” The Speaker said Shettima had over the years proven...
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VP Candidate: My Respect For Both Faiths Is Absolute – Tinubu The Presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has expressed his absolute respect and regard for both the Christian and Muslim faiths in the country. Tinubu, whilst announcing Sen. Kashim Shettima, a Muslim, two-term Governor of Borno State as his running mate, stated by his selection, he is not oblivious of the religious and ethnic sensitivities of the nation, but made the choice in the overriding interest of the country. ” I am mindful of the energetic...
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