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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday apologised to former President Olusegun Obasanjo for ‘‘bad conduct and mistreatment,’’ Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo’s Media Aide, has said. Akinyemi made the disclosure in a statement issued on Saturday in Abeokuta and made available to newsmen. He said the party’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus, who led a 21-member delegation of the party’s National Working …

Voting in some polling units have been concluded as voters await the sorting and counting of the ballot papers. Areas such as Oye, Ilupeju Ekiti and majority of polling units in Ire Ekiti have concluded voting. Vanguard observed that voters are still loitering around their polling units to prevent any form of irregularities. Senator Arise alleges multiple voting A chieftain …

Members of the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) led by the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, will meet with the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta today. The PDP team which included the PDP Board of Trustee Chairman, Senator Walid Jubrin, Chief Bode George, former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara among other national leaders arrived …

Ado Ekiti– Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state Saturday accused the police of complicity in the Ekiti election. Fayose spoke after voting at his Afao ward unit 001 Saturday at 1:25pm. While commending INEC for the Ekiti election process, Fayose said ” INEC meant well but the process has been hijacked by police. It is a national disaster. I raised …

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Ekiti State Governorship Election, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has been declared the winner in his polling unit of Isan Ward 11 Unit 9. The results, as released by the polling agents, are as follow: APC- 186 PDP – 2 APA – 1 Unused papers – 145 Total registered voters – 345

Nigeria’s embattled finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, has been elected chairperson of the board of the African Export-Import Bank amid a certificate scandal she has faced in the last one week. Mrs Adeosun was elected during the annual general meeting of AFREXIMBANK in Abuja. The bank, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, has been meeting in Abuja . Mrs Adeosun will …

Voting process was disrupted briefly in polling unit 012 of Igbemo Ward in Irepodun-Ifelodun Local Government Area when a non-uniformed party agent stormed the venue to campaign for his party. The man who was simply identified as Kazeem stormed the polling unit at about 9 a.m. when voting was already underway. Mr Kazeem speaking in local dialect charged the electorates …

… lists gains of Technical, Vocational education, Edo Innovation Hub Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged world leaders to pay more attention to skills-based education to raise a global army of highly skilled youth, who can proffer technology-based solutions to the myriad of developmental challenges across the world. Obaseki who made the case on the occasion of the …

The candidates of the Alliance for Democracy, Independent Democrats (ID), Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party and Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance were on Thursday divided over the adoption of state police as part of the restructuring of the country. The candidates, namely Agboola Olaniyi, Tosin Ajibade, Afe Babatunde, and Temitope Adebayo respectively, were at opposing points as they answered questions at the …

A total of 35 governorship candidates representing 35 political parties will take part in Saturday’s election in Ekiti State. Among the candidates, two are considered the front runners. They are ex-governor Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress and the current deputy governor, Olusola Eleka of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). John Olukayode Fayemi (APC) Mr Fayemi enters the race …