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Wike’s choice, Fubara wins  

Wike’s choice, Fubara wins  

IMMEDIATE past Accountant General of Rivers state, Siminaliayi Fubara has clinched the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket to contest the 2023 governorship election. Fubara, widely acknowledged as Wike’s first choice aspirant emerged winner at the primary concluded Wednesday night at the Obi Wale Cultural Center, Port Harcourt with majority delegates swayed by the governor’s...

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PDP presidential primary to hold as court adjourns suit 

PDP presidential primary to hold as court adjourns suit 

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned till June 1 a case challenging the forthcoming presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party scheduled for May 28. One of the presidential aspirants of the PDP, Ndukwe Chukwudi, had on April 28, asked Justice Donatus Okorowo to stop the presidential primary for contravening its zoning agreement and not agreeing...

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Education colleges decry IPPIS crisis, lecturers plan strike  

Education colleges decry IPPIS crisis, lecturers plan strike  

Lecturers of Colleges of Education across the country, on the platform of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, have given the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum to meet their demands or be ready for an indefinite strike. This was just as the Mobilisation Coordinator of the Education Rights Campaign, Michael Lenin, blamed the Federal...

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Buhari’s men wooing Jonathan to join APC – Source 

Buhari’s men wooing Jonathan to join APC – Source 

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, again met with former President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the presidential primary of the APC billed for Sunday, UGAMATV  has learnt. The meeting, it was learnt, preceded a discussion between Jonathan and Mamman Daura, the influential nephew of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)....

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Soludo declares curfew in Anambra 

Soludo declares curfew in Anambra 

The Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has declared curfew in Anambra State. Soludo made this declaration in a state broadcast on Wednesday evening in Awka. The curfew, according to the governor, will commence on Thursday from 6:00pm to 6:00am. He said, “With effect from tomorrow, Thursday, 26th May, 2022, a 6pm to 6am curfew...

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Why I quit PDP, presidential primary –Peter Obi 

Why I quit PDP, presidential primary –Peter Obi 

Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has explained that “recent developments” within the Peoples Democratic Party were responsible for his resignation from the opposition party and withdrawal from its presidential primary slated for end of May. Obi was one of the 15 PDP presidential aspirants cleared by the Senator David Mark-led Presidential Screening Committee...

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Shock as Peter Obi dumps PDP, protests mar gov primaries 

Shock as Peter Obi dumps PDP, protests mar gov primaries 

Governorship primaries of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in  Enugu,  Abia, Borno, Taraba and Ogun states were on Wednesday characterised by violence,  protests and  withdrawal of aspirants. UGAMATV REPORTS Prominent governorship aspirants including a former President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu; former Senator representing Enugu East Senatorial District, Senator Gilbert Nnaji; the Senate Minority Leader;...

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Breaking: Peter Obi dumps PDP, withdraws from Presidential race 

Breaking: Peter Obi dumps PDP, withdraws from Presidential race 

Former governor of Anambra state, Mr. Peter Obi has dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. ALSO READ BREAKING: SENATOR EKWEREMADU WON’T PARTICIPATE IN ENUGU PDP GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARY ELECTION Obi announced his resignation in a letter dated 20, addressed to the National Chairman of the party. In the letter sighted by UGAMATV, Obi gave reasons...

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Pictorial: Families of abducted train passengers protest in Kaduna

Pictorial: Families of abducted train passengers protest in Kaduna

The families of passengers kidnapped from the bombed Abuja-Kaduna took to the streets of Kaduna on Wednesday to call for the rescue of their loved ones from the kidnappers’ den. With placards, the protesters called on the Federal Government to ensure the safe release of their family members. Terrorists had attacked the train on March...