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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governorship Candidate in the 2019 election, Senator Jeremiah Useni, has said Nigeria is not yet mature politically to jettison the zoning arrangement that has been producing leaderships at different levels of society and from diverse communities.
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UNTIL last week, the belief in many quarters in Kwara State following the outcome of the last general elections was that the dynasty of Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki popularly known as “Oloye” has gone into oblivion. This is on account of the loss suffered by all the candidates of the immediate past Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the All Progressives Congress, APC, recorded a clean sweep of elective positions.
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Pioneer National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun is a man of great accomplishments. He became a federal permanent secretary at a relatively young age and later became the Governor of his home state, Edo. During the Gen. Sani Abacha regime, he teamed up with other pro-democracy activists under the platform of NADECO to force a return to civil rule.
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THE struggles and contributions of our nationalists towards the attainment of the country’s independence cannot be quantified or measured.
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The pioneer chairman, Association of Local Government Supervisors of Nigeria, ALGS, Delta State, Mr. Elvis Okpako Eboh says politics is coming back to the grassroots, adding that awareness of eligible voters in the grassroots is growing, “because they can now choose who become their leader, without fear or favour”.
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The International Republican Institute, IRI has lamented poor political involvement of women in policy formulation and governance in Bauchi State.
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With respect to the presidential electoral campaigns, ethnic associations vociferously expressed support for their preferred candidates. However, the support of the associations featured contradictory positions taken by either factions within some ethnic associations or by competing associations in the name of the same ethnic group. Thus, for example, in the South-west (predominantly Yoruba), Afenifere (“authentic”) supported Atiku while the branches of the association in Lagos and Ekiti states supported Buhari. Similarly, in the South-east (predominantly Igbo), the national executive of Ohaneze Ndigbo supported Atiku while the national secretary of the association and some prominent members supported Buhar
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I recently saw a documentary exploring the rise of Alexandria Occasio-Cortez (a 28 year old congresswoman) as well as other candidates who ran for Senate or House of Representatives positions during the 2018 United States elections.
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The Edo State Government has said Governor Godwin Obaseki cannot be distracted by divisive politics and falsehood being propagated by a section of political actors in the state, but is focused on strengthening the pillars of economic prosperity to drive development.
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THE recently concluded Easter season witnessed unusual developments in the highly charged political atmosphere of Rivers State when the two main political “warlords” lifted what appeared as olive branches for the peaceful coexistence and development of the state. On Wednesday, April 12, 2019, Governor Nyesom Wike and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in
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