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Former Gov Audu’s son picks APC nomination form

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2019

Mustapha Audu, son of late Kogi governor Prince Abubakar Audu, has picked the nomination and expression of interest form of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He picked the form at the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja to give Governor Yahaya Bello a big fight at the August 18

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Family rejects adoption of Senator Adeleke as PDP guber candidate in 2022

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2019

The elder brother of Senator Ademola Adeleke, Deji, has rejected the purported adoption of the former as the governorship candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) come 2022 in the state. Deji, who spoke on behalf of the family in a statement issued, copy of which was made available to INDEPENDENT, admonished the PDP leadership to […]

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Kogi Guber: Group warns APC against fielding Yahaya Bello

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2019

Kogi-based political group, Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) has warned the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), not to fall into the prank of the incumbent Governor, Yahaya Bello, describing him as “an impending danger if allowed to be the party’s flag bearer in the forthcoming Kogi gubernatorial election”. The group gave the warning […]

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Jigawa electoral commission bars PDP from LG election, gives reason

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2019

The Jigawa state Independent Election Commission, JISIEC, has disclosed that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will not participate in the forthcoming local government election slated to hold on the 29th of June 2019, as a result of the failure of its members to purchase election forms. JISIEC chairman, Alhaji Muhammad Ahmad, through the commission’s Public […]

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NASS leadership: We have not zoned DSP position to South-South – APC

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2019

Ahead of the inauguration of the Ninth National Assembly and election of presiding officers on Tuesday, the concerned caucus of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), on Wednesday said that the party was yet to zone the position of Deputy Senate President to the South-South geo- political zone. The group in a statement by Segun Bello […]

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Don’t drag us into your own demons – PDP tells APC

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2019

Following Tuesday’s directive by the All Progressives Congress, APC to its aggrieved members to feel free to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); the major opposition party has counselled the ruling party to deal with its own demons rather than dragging it into its internal affairs. The PDP said the APC, by choosing to fight […]