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Aiyedatiwa Woos Opposition Parties, Candidates

Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has extended hands of fellowship to opposition political parties and the candidates that contested the November 16 governorship election with him. In his inaugural speech as the seventh elected governor of the state on Monday, February 24, Aiyedatiwa described the election that brought him in as the governor as credible,...
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Our Suspension Is A Contempt Of Court-Suspended NNPP Lawmakers

The National Assembly Members suspended by the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), in Kano State have described the move as not only a contempt of Court but unfounded and misguided. Speaking on behalf of others, Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, the member representing Rano, Kibiya, and Bunkure Federal Constituency, said, “Our purported suspension is nothing but laughable...
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NNPP Suspends Senator, 3 Other Members

Barely 24 hours after the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Umar Abdullahi Ganduje welcomed the opposition National Assembly members from Kano back to the Party, the New Nigeria’s People Party (NNPP) suspended Senator Kawu Sumaila, a House of Representatives member Alhassan Rirum and two others from the Party. Announcing the suspension, the...
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El-Rufai Mocks Critics Over Tinubu’s Birthday Message

The immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, on Sunday said President Bola Tinubu’s message on his birthday shamed his critics. New Telegraph recalls that El-Rufai stirred controversy in the All Progressive Congress (APC) when he accused the party of lacking internal democracy under Tinubu. El-Rufai claimed that APC’s organs had failed to meet...
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June 12: Babangida’s Reopens Old Wound

FELIX NWANERI writes on General Ibrahim Babangida’s autobiography, which has rekindled debate on the June 12,1993 presidential election won by Chief MKO Abiola but was annulled by the then military junta Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, needs little or no introduction. Undeniably, his name rings a deafening bell across Nigeria. Popularly known as IBB,...
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Gov Abiodun Congratulates Aiyedatiwa On His Swearing-In

The Southern Governors Forum (SGF) Chairman and Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, congratulated Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on his inauguration as the seventh democratically elected governor of Ondo State. Governor Abiodun, who described the inauguration as a new chapter in a glorious dawn for the people of the Sunshine State, said the Ondo State...
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