February poll: Corp members won't be deployed to volatile areas in Anambra - NYSC
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February poll: Corp members won’t be deployed to volatile areas in Anambra – NYSC

…says corps members wont be deployed without assurances of their security and welfare National Youths Service Corps, (NYSC) in Anambra State weekend said it would not allow corps member in the state to be  deployed to insecurity prone areas during forthcoming general elections. State Coordinator, Mrs Ekene Iruma made the disclosure during the cultural carnival

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2023: Youths, Women group, take over Dozie Nwankwo's campaigns
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2023: Youths, Women group, take over Dozie Nwankwo’s campaigns

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)candidate for the Anambra Central Senatorial District in the fast approaching February 25,2023 general election, Hon Ferdinand Dozie Nwankwo has been adjudged the face and hope of the youths in governance in the country. Making this assertion yesterday during a campaign rally at Ukpo market Square, headquarters of the Njikoka Local Government

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2023 Election: Stop wasting your calling for my resignation, INEC'REC tells Atiku
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2023 Election: Stop wasting your time calling for my resignation, INEC’REC tells Atiku

…says call for his resignation a waste of time The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos State, Mr Olusegun Agbaje has described the call for his resignation by the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as a waste of time. Atiku who spoke through his Special Assistant on Public Communications, Phrank

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YPP House of Reps candidate wants CBN to mobilize staffers to Ihiala for Naira swap  HoR Election: Maduakolam appreciates constituents, urges them to vote en-masse for YPP
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HoR Election: Maduakolam appreciates constituents, urges them to vote en-masse for YPP

…Maduakolam noted that he is encouraged by the level of support received from the good people of the constituency By: Ifeoma Ejiofor The Young Progressives Party (YPP) candidate for Ihiala federal constituency in the February 25th National Assembly election, Barr Johnmary Akachukwu Maduakolam, has appreciated Ndị-Ihiala for their unflinching support towards his candidacy. Speaking with stakeholders in

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2023 Election: BIVAS cannot be manipulated, INEC insists
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2023 Election: BIVAS cannot be manipulated, INEC insists

…says a BiVAS can be deactivated from the back-end if snatched As the 2023 general elections draw closer, the Independent National Electoral Commission has given assurance that the Bimodal Voter Authentication System, BiVAS cannot be manipulated. The Deputy Director of Information and Communications Technology, INEC, Lawrence Bayode, spoke on Channels Television’s special election programme, The

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2023 Presidency: Gov Wike grants access to APC to use stadium free of charge
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2023 Presidency: Gov Wike grants access to APC to use stadium free of charge

APC announced that Wike, out of his benevolence, approved the use of the stadium without collecting the required N5m fee Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has approved the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Elekahia, Port Harcourt, for the campaign of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) Bola Tinubu, slated on February 15, 2023. The

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February poll: women can do more than singing, dancing for politicians - INEC
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February poll: Women can do more than singing, dancing for politicians – INEC

…reassures of its committment to active participation of women in electoral process The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra State has reassured its committment to active participation of women in electoral process, particularly during the forthcoming general elections. Deputy Director in charge of Civil Society Organizations Division, INEC headquarters, Ndidi Okafor, gave the assurance

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2023 Presidency: PDP flag bearer Atiku says oil well discovered in North will not be abandoned
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2023 Presidency: PDP flag bearer Atiku says oil well discovered in North will not be abandoned

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says he would ensure that the oil wells recently discovered in the north are not closed but are explored to develop the region if he is elected president. He made the pledge while canvassing for votes at his campaign rally, which was held

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2023 elections: Exhibit professionalism, shun high-handedness - NSCDC boss tells officers
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2023 elections: Exhibit professionalism, shun high-handedness – NSCDC boss tells officers

…holds training for officers on intricacies of election conduct, general knowledge of what constitutes electoral offences The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC) Anambra State Command has charged officers to be extremely apolitical, avoid high- handedness ahead of the forthcoming general elections. State Commandant, Mr. Isidore Chikere who gave the warning during the

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PM Shehbaz invites Imran Khan to APC
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PM Shehbaz invites Imran Khan to APC

…As Shehbaz seeks to bring heads of all political parties on the table  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday invited Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to an all-parties conference (APC) aimed at finding solutions to surmount the daunting economic and political crises. The prime minister seeks to bring heads of all political parties

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2023: Vote your conscience, religious leaders tell Nigerians
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2023: Vote your conscience, religious leaders tell Nigerians

Religious leaders have advised Nigerians to get their Permanent Voter Cards and be ready to vote according to their conscience in the February 25 presidential election. The clerics spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at the 5th Annual Peace Conference and General Assembly of the Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace with the theme ‘Religion and ethnicity: Safeguarding the

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Soludo removes Chidoka, Atiku, Okowa campaign billboards in Anambra 
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APGA removes Chidoka, Atiku, Okowa campaign billboards in Anambra

…as Chidoka urges Gov Soludo to call his men to order and as a matter of urgency restore the billboards, insisting that the action is unacceptable The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA led government in Anambra State has removed the campaign billboards belonging to a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate in the forthcoming general election.

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Why I'll work with Soludo if elected President - Tinubu 
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Why I’ll work with Soludo if elected President – Tinubu 

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Tuesday promised to work with the Governor of the state, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo if he becomes President of the country. He also promised to check erosion menace in Anambra State same way he handled that of Atlantic ocean in Lagos State. Addressing

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Indifference to February polls will worsen Anambra workers' problems - NLC boss
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Indifference to February polls will worsen Anambra workers’ problems – NLC boss

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Anambra State has called on workers in the state to take advantage of extension of deadline for collection of Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, to collect theirs to participate in the forthcoming general elections. The Chairman, Comrade Chinwe Orizu who gave the advice in chat with reporters on Tuesday argued

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