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Oyebanji Urges Supporters To Embrace All APC Member

Ahead of the anticipated June 20, 2026, Ekiti State governorship election, the Governor of the State, Biodun Oyebanji,  has called on all his supporters to tow the path of peace and embrace members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Governor, who spoke in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, October 16, at an event attended by...
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Festus Daumiebi Commends Diri For Dumping PDP

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Barrister Festus Daumiebi Sunday, has commended Governor Douye Diri for his decision to resign from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing it as a courageous and visionary move for the state’s political future. Speaking with journalists on Thursday in Yenagoa, Daumiebi, who was an...
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Senate Grills New INEC Chairman, Amupitan

The Senate has commenced the grilling of the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, at the National Assembly complex. New Telegraph had earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu had formally written to the Senate, seeking the confirmation of Amupitan as the new INEC chairman. In the request read on the...
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Mbah’s Defection To APC: Nothing To Fear About

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Mazi Ejimofor Opara, has dismissed speculations that Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State may defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) following the recent defection of Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, to the ruling party. Speaking with reporters in Awka on Thursday, Opara described such...
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Nnamdi Kanu: Wabara Backs Sowore’s Campaign

Human rights activist and 2023 African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has declared that the former Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara, on Wednesday, threw his weight behind the October 20 protest for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. In a solidarity message personally signed...
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Soludo Urges Anambra Voters To Uphold Zoning Tradition

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has appealed to voters not to disrupt the state’s long-standing zoning arrangement during the forthcoming governorship election scheduled for November 8, 2025. Speaking at a political rally in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area on Wednesday, Soludo warned that electing a candidate outside the Anambra South Senatorial District,...
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INEC Justifies Abure’s Invitation To Quarterly Meeting

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has justified the invitation of embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Barr. Julius Abure to its meeting, citing a valid court order recognising him as the party’s leader. The Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu, made this clarification on Wednesday during INEC’s regular quarterly meeting...
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Keyamo Lauds Ben Murray-Bruce’s Defection To APC

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has congratulated former Bayelsa East Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, on his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). New Telegraph had earlier reported that Murray-Bruce announced his resignation from the PDP and subsequent move to the APC in a statement...
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Declare Diri’s Seat Vacant, Okonkwo Urges INEC

Following the resignation of the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday, a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare his seat vacant. New Telegraph had earlier reported that Diri resigned from the...
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Abandoned Projects: Jonathan Berates Successors 

Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has berated his successors over the abandonment of key projects initiated while he was serving as Bayelsa State Governor. Jonathan, who spoke on Wednesday at the inauguration of the Best Western Plus Hotel in Yenagoa, the state capital, cast aspersions on the successive administrations for failing to sustain his development blueprint....
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