Oyo State Governor, ’Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, restated the commitment of his administration to keep Oyo State safe and secured. The governor, while receiving the Association of Retired Officers of the Department of State Services of Nigeria (Oyo State Chapter), led by its Chairman, Alhaji Lateef Akinola, said that he will continue to strengthen the...
Author: Lekan Dada
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PDP Presidential Ticket: consensus talks as aspirants head for primaries
As the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, inches closer to its Presidential convention, there are indications that ongoing consensus talks would yield little dividends given the insistence of some aspirants to head to the primaries to face party delegates. This is even as the consensus arrangement initiated by former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to settle for a...
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WHY I STEPPED DOWN FOR HON. STANLEY ODIDIOMO- BIBIRE
A House of Representatives aspirant for Ibadan South-West and North-West federal constituency, under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abayomi Fagbenro known as Bibire has given reasons for stepping down for the incumbent lawmaker, Honourable Stanley Odidiomo. Bibire in a press release signed by him said that he decided to step down for Odidiomo...
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2023: PDP Further Extends Sales Of Nomination Forms
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday extended the deadline for the submission of forms for a fourth time. However, impeccable sources in the PDP told The PUNCH that the party decided to extend the sale of forms in order to accommodate defectors from the All Progressives Congress across the 36 states. The last day...
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Guide for transfer of registered voters
Eligibility for Transfer: A person who has relocated to another place, outside the unit in which he/she registered cannot vote in his/her new location unless he/she transfers his/her registration. Procedure for Transfer: Step 1: The person who intends to transfer his/her registration will apply to INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner of the state where he/she...
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2022 RAMADAN LECTURE: Makinde Donates Bus To Guest Lecturer, Give Hajj Slots To Others
Oyo State Governor,’ Seyi Makinde on Tuesday, reaffirmed the commitment of his administration to sustaining religious harmony and peaceful coexistence in the state. The Governor, who stated this while delivering a keynote address at the 8th annual Omi tuntun Ramadan lecture, held at the Government House Arcade, Agodi, Ibadan, explained that nobody can divide Oyo...
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Oyo PDP gains another prominent member as Owolabi dumps APC for PDP
Another prominent member of the Oyo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sumbo Owolabi, the former Commissioner for Water Resources in the administration of late former governor Abiola Ajimobi has joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This is coming just days after Joseph Tegbe, a former governorship aspirant in the Oyo State chapter...
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2023 Presidency: PDP Under Pressure
WITH a few weeks to its presidential convention, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is faced with adopting a seamless process that will produce a candidate for 2023 presidential election from an array of contestants from the North and the South. ALL key stakeholders in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are laterally on the edge....
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Tegbe’s defection to PDP justifies Makinde’s style of politics
The defection of Chief Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, a leading All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in the 2019 general elections in Oyo State to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been described as a testament to Governor Seyi Makinde’s attractive style of politics. A socio-political group in Oyo State, the Oyo Kajola Group (OKG), stated...
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Rights and Responsibilities of the Voter
A voter is a person who has a right to participate in an election by an elector. In Nigeria, a voter is a citizen who is 18 years old and above and is duly registered whose names and details are in the register of voter. In effect, anyone who can exercise the right to vote...