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Police have paraded a 43-year-old man who sent anonymous text messages to the former Vice President Abubakar Atiku,threatening to blow up his plane and rape his wife and daughters. Augustus Akpan,From Edemaya village, Ikot Abasi LGA of Akwa Ibom State,was arrested at the Lagos-Ibadan toll gate while attempting to travel out of the country,according to a statement issued by the …

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Tayo Olanipekun Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said there will be consequences if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) succumbs to pressures from those he described as planted PDP Presidential Aspirants. In a statement from the Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, Wike said the so-called planted aspirants want to move the party’s …

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Tayo Olanipekun The Missions of the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (U.K.) and the United States (U.S.) to Nigeria have urged electorates in the upcoming re-run of the governorship election in Osun State to remain peaceful during the exercise. In a joint statement issued by the three Missions on Tuesday through the U.S. Embassy on the September 22 election …

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the Osun State governorship election is “inconclusive”. Announcing the results on Sunday afternoon,INEC’s Returning Officer, Joseph Afuwape, said Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled 254,699, while his closest challenger, Isiaka Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had 254,345 votes. Iyiola Omisore of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) …

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An aide to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Wednesday, said the alleged suspension of the governor’s second term bid is as a hoax. The aide, who does not want to be named, debunked the news that Ambode had shelved his ambition of a second term return to office. According to reports being circulated, the governor decided, “after due …

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Folake Sokoya Alhaji Faruk Malami Yabo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in an online poll that attracted 2,243 votes, has defeated other aspirants within the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) eyeing the exalted position of the Sokoto State Governor. Aspirants in the poll include former Deputy Governor and Water Resources Minister, Mukhtar Shehu Shagari, serving Senator Ibrahim …

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Folake Sokoya Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, said he would not defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) anymore, even if he failed to secure the party’s presidential ticket. Atiku stated this in Minna while addressing party supporters at the PDP headquarters. He, however, expressed optimism of winning the presidential ticket of the party if a level-playing ground …

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Dayo Emmanuel Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has stated that his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), does not have a reward system. Akpabio, who resigned from his position as the Minority Leader in the Nigerian Senate before defecting to the All Progressive Congress (APC), Wednesday, told Channels Television that the National Assembly belongs to …

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By Tunde Abatan Contrary to what many believe concerning the rupture in the ruling party -the APC’s Tuesday’s defection of 14 senators to the PDP to me is good for democracy. Before now, the party has been at war with itself and the unraveling in the National Assembly (NASS) is akin to separating the chaff from the wheat. There is …

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the street protest by police officers on duty in troubled Borno state, over unpaid allowances as unfortunate and an ugly epitaph of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration. The party says the development has confirmed that the Buhari Presidency has not been committed to providing security for the troubled states, …

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