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I’m still in the race – Jigawa NNPP gubernatorial candidate

NewsDeskNgMar 4, 2023March 4, 20230

The gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in Jigawa State, Malam Aminu Ibrahim Ringim, has debunked the rumour of his withdrawal from the race ahead of the 11th March poll. He described the rumour as the work of political desperados to achieve their political interests. Three gubernatorial...

APC leaders meeting Tinubu fallacious – Osun APC, Chairman, Lawal

NewsDeskNgMar 4, 2023March 4, 20230

The Osun All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclosed that the story credited to the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, lampooning the Osun APC leaders over the results of the February 25, 2023 elections, was a mere fabrication. The party in a statement by its chairman in the state, Tajudeen Lawal...

NNPP governorship candidate warns against money politics in Kaduna

NewsDeskNgMar 4, 2023March 4, 20230

Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in Kaduna State, has advised residents of the state to reject voting for any politician that will try to buy their conscience in the forthcoming governorship election. Speaking to newsmen in Kaduna on Saturday on what he termed,...

Atiku: Reasons why I want presidential election cancelled

NewsDeskNgMar 4, 2023March 4, 20230

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said the President-elect, Bola Tinubu’s campaign team admitted they rigged last Saturday’s presidential election. Atiku said he was seeking the cancellation of Saturday’s presidential election because Tinubu’s campaign team admitted the poll was rigged. He noted that Tinubu’s presidential campaign...

Work with Tinubu to move Nigeria forward – APC chieftain tells Atiku, Obi, others

NewsDeskNgMar 3, 2023March 3, 20230

A member of the Security and Intelligence Committee of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has urged opposition candidates to accept the olive branch the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is extending to them. The 2011 gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) in...

PDP loses two Senate, six Rep seats in Cross River

NewsDeskNgMar 3, 2023March 3, 20230

The Cross River chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) failed in its bid to retain two Senate and six House of Representatives seats in the recently concluded National Assembly (NASS) elections. The opposition party in the state lost the Cross River Central and Cross River South to the ruling...

Labour Party bought votes with dollars, Atiku shared N200 – SDP’s Adebayo Adewole alleges

NewsDeskNgMar 3, 2023March 3, 20230

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Adebayo Adewole, has accused the Labour Party, LP; the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; and the All Progressives Congress, APC; of cheating during the last presidential and National Assembly election. According to him, all the political parties, even those complaining after the election,...

Orji Kalu’s reelection will of people of Abia North – APC’s Daniel Eke

NewsDeskNgMar 1, 2023March 1, 20230

Party chieftain and former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in Abia State, Chief Daniel Eke, on Tuesday, applauded the re-election of former governor of the state, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, for a second term in office. Newsmen gathered Kalu garnered a total of 30,805 votes to defeat his...

Delta governorship poll: Ayirimi Emami calls for synergy between APC, LP

NewsDeskNgMar 1, 2023March 1, 20230

Ahead of the March 11 governorship and House of Assembly polls, a leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State and the Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Ayirimi Emami, has called for collaboration between supporters of the APC and Labour Party, LP to enable Delta State’s APC governorship...

APC’s Thomas wins Delta South Senatorial seat

NewsDeskNgMar 1, 2023March 1, 20230

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas winner of the Delta South Senatorial District in the Feb. 25 National Assembly elections. Prof. Peretimina Anthony, the Returning Officer (RO) for the election, on Tuesday declared Thomas winner of the contest. The result was announced at Oleh, headquarters...