The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the Feb 25 election, Peter Obi, has cancelled his campaign trip to states ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.The Labour Party candidate in a statement on Wednesday said he had initially made plans to commence a “whistle-stop campaign”.Obi, however, said he will be heading to
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Aisha Yesufu, a diehard supporter of Peter Obi, has disagreed with the Party and presidential candidate over who becomes the next Governor of Enugu State.The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, had in a tweet called on the Obidients to come out en masse to cast their
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Southern and Middle Belt Alliance, a pro-democracy group, has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and heads of security agencies responsible for the conduct of free, fair and credible elections to resign if they cannot conduct free, fair and credible elections.In a
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Chatham House, a British Policy institute, has condemned the performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the conduct of the last presidential and National Assembly elections.Recall that the now President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, had on December 5, 2022, appeared at Chatham House to defend his manifesto. His counterparts
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has finalised arrangements to honour President Muhammadu Buhari with an award in recognition of his achievements in the defence and promotion of democracy as a system of government throughout the subregion.ECOWAS Chairman, Guinea Bissau’s Umaro Sissoco Embalo, made this known on Tuesday
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The Supreme Court Tuesday in Abuja, upheld the nomination of Obong Akan Udofia as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Akwa Ibom State.In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun in the suit marked SC/CV/158/2023, the apex court dismissed Senator Ita Enang’s appeal against the decision
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the upgrade of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, Kogi State, to a Teaching Hospital.The Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Lokoja, Prof. Akinwumi Olayemi, on Tuesday, disclosed this in a joint press conference at the Adankolo campus of the institution in Lokoja.Olayemi said the President made the
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Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), have also approached the Court, to seek an order to inspect materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the February 25 presidential election.INEC earlier asked the Court to vary the request, which was earlier
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Counsel to Labour Party and Peter Obi, its presidential candidate, Onyechi Ikpeazu SAN, has urged the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division to dismiss an application by the Independent National Electoral Commission, seeking to vary its earlier order granted the LP and Peoples Democratic Party to access and conduct physical inspection
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Senator Victor Umeh, Senator-elect for Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, yesterday asked Prof.Chukwuma Soludo-and his All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA-led administration in Anambra state to apologize to the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, Ndigbo and Nigerians for working against the election of Peter Obi.Senator Umeh who described the action
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