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Newspaper Headlines: Replicate Oyo rescue in Kaduna, Borno, Kwara, northerners tell FG
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (48+ words) TheCable Newspaper Headlines: Replicate Oyo rescue in Kaduna, Borno, Kwara, northerners tell FG Reports on the security operation that led to the release of abducted school pupils and tutors in Oyo state permeate the front pages....
Soludo, Bianca Ojukwu seek passage of reserved seats bill to tackle gender imbalance
14+ hour, 58+ min ago (397+ words) Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, and Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, minister of foreign affairs, have backed the reserved seats bill, saying it would increase women’s representation in parliament. The constitutional amendment bill seeks to create special seats for women in the national…...
Oshiomhole: If Akpabio has his way, he'd lock me out of senate
3+ week, 5+ day ago (496+ words) Adams Oshiomhole, senator representing Edo north, says Senate President Godswill Akpabio is biased against him and would shut him out of the red chamber if given the opportunity. Oshiomhole spoke in an interview on Seun Okinbaloye’s podcast aired on Sunday....
Yilwatda: APC will push for more women in elective, appointive positions
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (570+ words) He spoke on Tuesday while receiving Mary Alile, the APC national women leader, alongside zonal and state women leaders at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Yilwatda said women have remained central to the party’s growth and electoral success and…...
PHOTOS: Hamzat, wife present Lagos APC guber primary results to Tinubu
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (163+ words) Hamzat disclosed this in a Facebook post on Saturday following his emergence as the governorship candidate of the APC for the 2027 Lagos governorship election. According to him, the visit was also an opportunity to express gratitude for the confidence reposed…...
Wadada calls for reconciliation after Nasarawa APC guber primary victory
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (290+ words) In a statement issued by his media team after the APC governorship primary election, Wadada described his victory as a collective mandate and urged all aspirants and their supporters to unite for the development of the state. Wadada thanked members…...
Two wards declared inconclusive as Olotu wins Lagos APC ticket for Ifako-Ijaiye II
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (297+ words) Olotu defeated Rasheed Makinde, his closest rival, in the party’s primary held earlier this week. The lawmaker polled 1,440 votes to defeat Makinde, who recorded 1,286 votes, according to the results. In a statement issued on Friday, Olotu described the outcome of…...
Dauda Lawal secures Zamfara APC governorship ticket as Alia wins Benue primary
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (265+ words) A statement issued by Sulaiman Idris, media aide to the governor, said Lawal secured 301,893 votes in the affirmation exercise conducted across the 14 LGAs of the state. Babagana Uba, chairman of the APC governorship primaries in Zamfara state, announced the result…...
APC primaries: Kwara speaker Salihu Danladi wins as ex-Yobe SSG secures governorship ticket
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (159+ words) Danladi secured 94,990 votes to defeat Abdulfatai Seriki, who polled 41,700 votes. Bashir Bolarinwa, former Kwara APC chairman, came third in the poll with 22,118 votes. Other aspirants in the contest included Femi Sanni, who scored 5,990 votes, former senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, with 3,910 votes,…...
APC shifts governorship primaries in Bauchi, Kwara to Friday
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (120+ words) TheCable In a statement issued on Thursday, Felix Morka, APC national publicity secretary, said the governorship primaries in the two states would now be held on Friday. Morka also announced that the state house of assembly primary elections for Maradun…...