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A faction of Afenifere, the Yoruba Socio-cultural group, yesterday affirmed their support for the re-election of President Muhammad Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The group, led by Senator Ayo Fasanmi, urged the Yoruba to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates, noting that the region’s interests will be better…
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ALL Progressives Congress (APC) governors yesterday expressed commitment to ensure peacefully polls on February 16 and March 2. Two of the governors – Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi State) and Gboyega Oyetola (Osun State) spoke with reporters at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. They were in the State House for a meeting…
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THE candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Osun Central Senatorial District in the forthcoming National Assembly election, Dr Ajibola Basiru, on Thursday said the defection of some chieftains of the party to the opposition parties would not affect its electoral fortune at the polls. He said APC remains…
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has asked young Nigerians to re-elect President Muhammadu Buhari if they got new jobs and a better life in the last four years. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications, Phrank Shuaibu, the former Vice-President urged Nigerians…
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Presidential candidate for the PDP says he has a plan to turbo-charge Nigeria’s economy and generate millions of jobs. I have been in politics for some time and I have never hidden my ambition to be president. My motivation is simple: I believe I have the experience and ideas to…
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The Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola has implored citizens in the state to turn out en masse in order to receive President Muhammadu Buhari today in Osogbo, the state capital. He said the call is necessary to reciprocate the good gestures of President Buhari to the people of Osun and…
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, by President Muhammadu Buhari, as an act of dictatorship. To this end, the former vice-president said that he rejected in its entirety and called…
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THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Osun East Senatorial District, Prince Ade Fadahunsi on Friday promised to support restructuring and equitable distribution of resources if elected into the Senate. Speaking at the PDP rally for Ijesa North Federal Constituency held at Ijebu-Jesa, he contended that no meaningful development can…
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The Osun State chapter of the Accord Party (AP) has adopted the Osun West Senatorial flag bearer of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Omooba Dotun Babayemi, as its consensus candidate in the forthcoming general elections. The AP led by its state chairman, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Opawuyi, senatorial leader, Alhaji Ayoola Fatai,…
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With less than 26 days to the general elections, Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, expressed doubt about the credibility and competence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to conduct fair, free and credible elections. He noted that the outcome of the governorship election in Osun State…
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