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Presidential race: Atiku’s bumpy road to lose millions of votes over rift with PDP G-5 governors
Quadri Yahya It is often said that one should put one’s house in order before leaving home. But the opposite is what we can call what the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar is doing as he goes to the February 25th poll. It is just a few days to the poll…
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PRESS RELEASE: Ọrọdata launches MyCandidate Nigeria platform
As general election day is right on our doorsteps, Nigerians are waiting to make an informed choice on who will be at the helm of power for the next four years, but the news space has been dominated by the leading presidential candidates and they are not the only ones coming to the ballot.While it…
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PVC Collection More Than An Online Trend? Let’s Look At The Numbers
As Nigeria gears up for what would seem to be one of the most interesting elections since the era of the ‘Change’ slogan that ushered in the APC administration, Nigeria’s population of young people have decided to push what many labelled “futile online trends” from just their smartphones to physical actions. The official vote collating…
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Profiling All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu
With over 29 years of experience decorating his political career, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, popularly known as Jagaban, would be lifting the All Progressives Congress’ flag to contend for the presidential seat in the coming elections. Bola Tinubu was born in Lagos, Nigeria, to the illustrious Tinubu Family. He attended St. John’s Primary School, Aroloya,…
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Profiling NNPP’s Presidential Candidate, Rabiu Kwankwanso
Born on the 21st of October 1956, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso comes from a village located at Madobi, to a Sunni Muslim Fulani family. He attended Kwankwaso Primary School, Gwarzo Boarding Senior Primary School, Wudil Craft School and Kano Technical College after which he proceeded to Kaduna Polytechnic for his National Diploma, and Higher National Diploma.…
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Profiling AAC’s Presidential Candidate, Omoyele Sowore
Born on the 16th of February 1971, Omoyele Sowore is a Nigerian human rights activist, pro-democracy campaigner, and founder of an online news agency Sahara Reporters. Sowore , who is from Ese-Odo, Ondo State in South West Nigeria, was also raised in a polygamous home with sixteen children. He studied Geography and Planning at the…
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Profiling Labour Party’s Presidential, Peter Obi
Known for his eloquence, prudence and credibility, Peter Obi, the businessman turned Presidential candidate, to many Nigerians would seem to be the long-awaited messiah and the answer to all of Nigeria’s economic and financial woes. Born on July 19, 1961, in Onitsha, Peter Gregory Obi attended Christ the King College, where he completed his secondary school…
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Profiling PDP’s Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar
Atiku Abubakar was born on 25 November 1946 in Jada, a village which was then under the administration of the British Cameroons before becoming part of Nigeria. He was enrolled in a traditional school system, while growing up due to his father’s opposition for western education. This ideology made his father, Mr Abubakar, spend a…