The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has postponed its governorship primary election earlier scheduled to hold on Sunday till Monday. It was gathered that both primaries were shifted in both states for logistic reasons. The National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole said this in Abuja on Saturday while inaugurating the 21-member National Convention Committee headed by the Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi.
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Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have adopted Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the candidate they will support in the coming governorship primaries of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a statement by the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Honourable (Princess) Adefunmilayo Tejuoso, the decision was taken at a Parliamentary meeting of the lawmakers which took place at Lateef Jakande auditorium on Saturday, a day before the governorship primaries of the party. The meeting was presided over by…
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Kunle ADELABU Mr Mutairu Bidemi Balogun, an aspirant for the Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency I seat at the Lagos State House of Assembly and a former Head of the Mass Communication department, Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu Main Campus, has sought the supports of his constituents to emerge as the flag bearer of the All Progresives Congress (APC) in the October 4 primary election. An Alumnus of Anwar-ul-Islam College, Agege and the prestigious University of Lagos (UNILAG), Lagos, where he bagged Bachelor of Science (B.sc.) and Masters (Msc. Mass Comm), has also…
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Kunle ADELABU Just like during the previous election periods, politicians jostling for party tickets have been engaging in poster war ahead of party primaries and 2019 general elections. The poster campaign is an effective political propaganda used to persuade, motivate and convince electorate to buy into aspirants’ ideals, programmes with the ultimate aim of making them vote for them. However, to achieve this task, politicians deliberately choose symbol and philosophy which they display in their respective posters and paste them in strategic locations where they can have the…
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Kunle ADELABU Prince Lanre Sanusi on Tuesday,September 25,2018, declared his interest to represent the people of Amuwo-Odofin Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019. He also made a public presentation of his legislative agenda and also sought for the support of the party leaders and members in voting for him at the primary election slated for October 3. The leadership and members of the party in the Federal Constituency, at the programme which held at the Tasty Fried…
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Kunle ADELABU -Says second term needed for stability of State’s economy The die is cast in the Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday, declared his intention to run for second term in office as the governor of Lagos State. The Governor, with this declaration, has put paid to the rumours making the round that he will not be stepping down from the primary race despite the opposition from a section of the party. He has also shown his readiness…
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Kunle ADELABU In the absence of any opposition, the incumbent member of the Federal House of Representatives representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Hon. Babajimi Benson, would be going to the primary election unopposed. The other aspirants, according to the report gathered by THE IMPACT, have dropped their aspirations for the sole position due to some factors. Hon. Oyebola Ologijo was reported to have stepped down for the young and performing federal lawmaker after the intervention of a chieftain of the party, Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Basorun, who called the two…
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Kunle ADELABU The Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Sen. Oluggbega Bareehu Ashafa, has challenged the All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates to consider the track records of each of the aspirants when picking who to represent them at the Upper Chamber in the forthcoming primary election of the party. The two term senator made the call at a press conference to brief constituents of Lagos East on his achievements and his aspiration towards the 2019 General Elections held at the Mercy hall along Centre…
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Kunle ADELABU Former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikorodu Local Government Area, Alhaji Rilwan Ishola Jinadu and the Inaugural Chairman, Ikorodu North Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Kunle Ogunbela, has described the actions of some political leaders as unfair to some of the aspirants contesting for the Ikorodu Constituency I seat at the Lagos State House of Assembly. They described the situation where some leaders of the party are meeting with seven of the nine aspirants and leaving out the other two as unjust and unfair. …
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has approved both the direct and indirect mode of primaries for its governorship election scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 29, in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was contained in a statement issued by Mr Yekini Nabena, the APC National Publicity Secretary, on Tuesday in Abuja. Nabena, however, said that the party’s NWC banned its Adamawa State Working Committee from participating either as delegates or to superintendent over the governorship primaries in the state. He said this was…
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