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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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The Peoples’ Democratic Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, has attributed his defeat at the poll to the suppression of votes in areas where he was strong. Agbaje said this shortly after result of the governorship election was announced. The PDP candidate also lamented the low voter turnout in Lagos State which was
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The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, has lambasted his All Progressives Congress counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for giving rice gifts to civil servants on the premises of the government secretariat ahead of next Saturday’s governorship election. A stampede occurred during the struggle for rice at the government secretariat on Thursday
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The candidate of the People Democratic Party for the Ikeja Federal Constituency, Honourable Muri Okunola has collapsed after losing his election bid to represent the Ikeja Constituency at the National Assembly. Okunola collapsed immediately the result was announced at the Ikeja Collation Centre that Honourable James Faleke of the All Progressives Congress has been
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Former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, yesterday, Tuesday, February 19, was in Lagos to present the PDP governorship candidate, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, to the Kwankwashiyya Movement and the Arewa Community in the state. The senator, who is a known influential figure in the People’s Democratic Party sought, the support of
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