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Supreme Court fixes July 5 for Osun guber ruling

The Supreme Court on Monday fixed July 5 to deliver its judgment on the dispute arising from the September 2018 governorship election in Osun State. The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the said election, Ademola Adeleke, had filed four separate appeals before the apex court to challenge the Abuja Division Court of Appeal’s…

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Ajimobi to sacked Oyo council bosses: ‘I’m not silent over your matter’ (read details)

The immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has broken silence over the controversies trailing the legitimacy of the sacked Council bosses in all the 33 local governments and 35 local council development areas of the state. The former governor has however assured the embattled council chairmen that the law is in their…

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Atiku vs Buhari: INEC server exists – ICIR provides proof, damning revelations

The International Center For Investigative Reporting, ICIR, has released some fresh revelations about the controversy whether the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, actually has a server or not. ICIR released an unconfirmed document, which claimed that the electoral body has budgetary provisions for Servers, e-collation and e-tracking of election results in 2019 INEC election budget…

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JUNE 12TH, DEMOCRACY DAY AND NIGERIA’S DANCE OF DEATH||FEMI Fani-Kayode

Today is June 12th, our nation’s Democracy Day and I have some home truths to tell. The struggle for June 12th was indeed a noble, worthy, cataclysmic and monumental one. It was also something of a nightmare which littered our fields with many corpses and soaked the very foundation of our nation with blood, sweat…

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INEC server dispute: Atiku expresses opinion on open protest

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has expressed his stance on attempt to lead open protest. Atiku has however distanced himself from a statement threatening to disrupt the peace of the country. The former vice president of Nigeria said in a tweet on Sunday morning that he has nothing to…

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Makinde will not renege on agreement with ADC, ZLP other supporting parties, says Oyo PDP Chair

The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Oyo State, Alhaji Kunmi Mustapha, has assured that Governor Seyi Makinde would not renege on pre-election agreements he had with the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Zenith Labour Party, ZLP and Social Democratic Party, SDP in the state. It will be recalled that the governorship candidates of…

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June 12: Fayose praises Buhari, says MKO Abiola’s honour is to Obasanjo’s shame

The immediate former Governor of Ekiti State, Peter Ayodele Fayose has commended President Mohammadu Buhari for honouring late MKO Abiola with June 12 celebration as Democracy Day. Former Gov. Fayose stated this on his Twitter page on Thursday. According to him, honouring MKO Abiola by the president is to Obasanjo’s shame. He said: “honouring MKO…

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Buhari to Nigerians: we’ll bring 100million people out of poverty

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday promised that the APC government will take 100 million Nigerians from poverty to prosperity in the next 10 years. Buhari disclosed this in his opening speech at the inaugural June 12, Democracy Day celebration on Wednesday in Abuja. The President said that his administration would ensure rapid and positive growth…

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Buhari names Abuja stadium after MKO Abiola

President Mohammadu Buhari Wednesday renamed the Abuja National Stadium after acclaimed winner of 1993 General Election Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola. The honour is coming 26 years after that historical election adjudged to be the fairest since the country’s independent in 1960. The President had earlier signed into the law the recognition of June 12 as…

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June 12: How I escaped Sergeant Rogers’ bullets twice because of Abiola – Osoba

Former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, on Wednesday recalled some of the ugly memories he has about the June 12 struggle. He said the late Moshood Abiola, by his struggle and death in the course of holding on to his mandate, paid the price of the 20-year-uninterrupted democracy Nigeria enjoys today. Osoba spoke…

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