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The dream of Senator Dino Melaye becoming the governor of Kogi State has been shattered as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, submitted the name of Engr. Musa Wada to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as its flagbearer for the November 16, 2019 governorship poll..... Read...

Segun Adewale is a factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State. In this interview with OLAJIDE OMOJOLOMOJU, he speaks on why the PDP has not been able to win governorship election in Lagos, among other salient issues. There is this belief that you are … Read...

National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, said no amount of fabrications, attempt at set-up, veiled and open threats by the.... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/2G7bn4g Get More Nigeria Political News

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may disqualify 43 candidates for failing to meet the minimum age requirements specified in the 1999 Constitution (as amended) for candidates seeking elective offices. The breakdown of the figure includes one presidential and three vice...

“That’s him, that’s him,” the two old women, wrinkled and bent with age, exclaimed. You could see wonderment and fulfillment in their eyes. And as if on cue, they both began to cry. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2Ex1lLn Get More Nigeria Political News

Three members of the House of Representatives, Kayode Oladele, Aliyu Magaji Dau and Mohammed Sani Zorro, have expressed divergent views on President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill. The post APC Reps disagree over Buhari’s refusal to … Read more via The...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will publish names of all ... Read more via Leadership Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2RSDZlZ Get More Nigeria Political News

A former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has congratulated former vice president Atiku Abubakar who on Sunday morning won the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Jonathan described Mr Abubakar as a man who has the capacity to take the country to greater heights. “I...

The Osun State Governor-elect, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, has received the certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission. He was given the certificate of return at the INEC office in... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2DRQBI7 Get More Nigeria...

The governorship candidate of the PDP in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has written ... Read more via OluFamous.Com – https://ift.tt/2QcvnWr Get More Nigeria Political News

Despite being invited by the Police over one of his recent articles, Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, he will continue to “hit harder”. He stated this after honouring the Police invitation on Tuesday. Fani-Kayode said he was invited by the Police because of his essay entitled: …...

Former National caretaker chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and presidential … Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2BVArwc Get More Nigeria Political News

Aminu Tambuwal, Governor of Sokoto state, has said that “everything is wrong with our nation and we must as a matter of urgency rise to the challenges”. Tambuwal said this known in Sokoto on Saturday while opening the National Executive Council meeting of the Nigeria Union of Journalist...