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Former Governor of Ogun State Aremo Olusegun Osoba in the early hours of Sunday stunned many at the National convention of the All Progressive Congress by bringing out former Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu to accept the consensus arrangement over the slot of the National Secretary of the party. Shittu had insisted on going ahead with the election which also had as contenders Engr Ife Oyedele and an impeached Deputy Governor of Osun, Iyiola Omisore. Osoba had brought Shittu to the stage to say that Leaders of the Yoruba would like to apologize to him over the consensus arrangement to…

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President Muhammadu Buhari has departed from the National convention grounds Eagle Square Abuja . The President left the venue exactly at 11:50pm at the peak of the event where aspirants are being called upon to indicate their withdrawal from the race before the commencement of the voting exercise. This was also after the new chairman of the party Senator Abdulahi Adamu had been presented to the members of the party. Adamu was declared unopposed at the convention ground Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State announced Adamu as the winner of the contest after he was endorsed by party members and…

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A popular Fuji musician Alhaji Isiaka Iyanda Sawaba has reportedly slumped in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Saturday. Sawaba was said to have been rushed to the University Teaching Hospital (UCH). However, NPO Reports could not confirm the allegation that officials decline to commence treatment over issues bordering on payment. A source within the hospital informed the NPO Reports that some family members of the musician were creating scene within the hospital over allegation that the hospital would not attend to the patient unless a certain amount of money was paid. It could not be ascertained at press time…

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As the National convention of the All Progressive Congress got underway on Saturday, all the chairmanship aspirants have stepped down for the former Governor of Nasarawa State Senator Abdulahi Adamu. This was just as uncertainties still hung in the air at the Eagles Square venue of the convention as at Saturday morning. Former Governor of Benue State George Akume in a letter on behalf of other seven aspirants, said they have all stepped down for the preferred candidate of the President. This followed the meeting of President with all the Chairmaship Contenders Friday night. The letter reads partly: FORWARDING…

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Former Vice President and a presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has congratulated the Super Eagles for holding their host the Black Stars of Ghana to a goalless draw. Atiku, in his immediate response to the encounter between Nigeria and Ghana on Friday, said the Nigerian side has a second chance to beat the Ghanaians. Atiku wrote. “Well done, Super Eagles. You have a second chance on Tuesday to make Nigeria’s participation in Qatar 2022 a reality. As one, we can surmount any challenges.“ Nigerians look forward to Tuesday’s encounter between the two teams for a second leg.

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The Nigerian Super Eagles has held the Ghana’s Black Stars to a goalless draw in Accra. The match, one of the World Cup qualifiers matches, saw the Nigerian team forcefully approaching the match. At the 77th minute of the encounter, a Nigerian player had been brought down while he committed foul in the goal area of the Ghanaian side. However the reference ruler against a penalty much to the anger of the Nigerian team. The Black Stars started the first half on the front foot as they piled pressure on the Nigerian defence marshalled by captain William Trost-Ekong. The best…

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants met on Thursday in Abuja to work out the possibility of producing a consensus candidate ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this is in continuation of the Bauchi meeting. The immediate past Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and governors of Sokoto and Bauchi states, Aminu Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed, met in Abuja over the matter. Saraki, who addressed journalists at the end of the meeting, said “we are in this country today and it’s important as stakeholders that key leaders of this party (PDP) are…

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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said it won’t take any action on a court judgement sacking Dave Umahi as Governor of Ebonyi State over his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress in 2020. The Commission made this known in a statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye. INEC said, 12 court processes have been received on the defection of Umahi; his deputy, Kelechi Igwe, and 16 members of the state House of Assembly. INEC, therefore, said it would stay action on the matter because of…

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President Muhammadu Buhari has met with founding fathers of the All Progressive Congress in Abuja. Others in attendance included the first Interim Chairman of Party, Chief Bisi Akande, Dr Ogbomnaya Onu, Rochas Okorocha, Ibrahim Shekarau and Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko. Others are Governors Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, Aminu Masari of Katsina, and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. The Chairman, Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the party, Mai Mala Buni, and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, also attended the dinner. Though the details of the meeting were not made public, it was gathered that the president…

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