Group pushes for Dogara as Tinubu’s running mate

A group known as “Coalition for Peace and Progress,” has declared that, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, is the most suitable to be the running mate of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Addressing a press conference on Saturday in Kaduna, the coordinator of the…

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PDP asks Obasanjo to clarify statement on regrets about choosing running mate in 1999

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo, to clarify his recent comments, regretting picking a running mate for the Presidency in 1999. Obasanjo, had while addressing a leadership mentoring session with selected students in Abeokuta, Ogun state on Saturday, said picking a running mate when he wanted to become Nigeria’s president…

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My imprisonment was politically motivated – Dariye

Former governor of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye, has said that his imprisonment for N1.126bn fraud was politically motivated. Dariye governed Plateau for eight years – from 1999 and 2007. He was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2007, over allegations of diverting N1.126 billion from the state government’s ecological fund. After…

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