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No fewer than seven members of the Peoples Democratic Party have reportedly indicated interest in contesting in a by-election to fill the Lagos East Senatorial District seat at the Senate. It was also learnt that some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress had also thrown their hats in the ring,
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Information reaching InsideMainland has it that former gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State, Babatunde Gbadamosi, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly contravening lockdown order declared by the State Government to curtail coronavirus spread. According to Guardian, Gbadamosi was detained after being spotted in a viral video attending a birthday party organised by Nollywood actress,
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The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to explain to Lagosians the reason for the delay in inaugurating his cabinet. The Lagos State chapter of the party, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, said the governor was uncoordinated, “hence the apparent total stagnancy in the governance of the
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Jimi Agbaje who was the People’s Democratic Party governorship candidate in Lagos during the 2019 general elections, has come out to debunk reports about his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Agbaje, who was reacting to an alleged statement by a former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Bode George, described the reported
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The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Saturday said he defeated and retired four political godfathers in Kaduna State, saying the feat could be replicated anywhere, including Lagos State. El-Rufai, who argued that godfathers existed only on paper or in the minds of the people, said the key to defeating them was
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A chieftain of the PDP, Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, said on Friday that he was set to dump the opposition party for the ruling APC. Ogunlewe, a former Minister of Works, confirmed the development in an interview with a political correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He was reacting to the recent defection of
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Hon. Dipo Olorunrinu, the lone Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member in the Lagos State House of Assembly, has defected to the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC). Olorunrinu, who represented Amuwo-Odofin Constituency I, lost his re-election bid to Mrs. Mojisola Alli-Macaulay, APC candidate, in March 9 house of assembly election with just 278 votes. He, however, vowed
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The last may be yet to be heard in the camp of the PDP regarding the fallout of Lagos State governorship election. Mr. Jimi Agbaje in a wordy statement reacted to allegations of mismanagement of funds and running a non-inclusive campaign. According to him, recent vituperations in the press and social media against
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Following reports that the Lagos State gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has dumped the party, he has debunked the reports vowing that no one would force him out of the party. He attributed insinuations that he had dumped PDP to mischief-makers determined to soil his reputation, provoke crisis within
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Three-time governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has left the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) days after the conclusion of the highly anticipated elections in the state. Agbaje, who lost to Babtunde Raji Fashola in 2007, Akinwunmi Ambode in 2015 and Babajide Sanwo-Olu on March 9, 2019, says he is leaving due to differences with
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