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Presidential Poll: Tinubu constitutes legal team against Atiku, Obi

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Tinubu . •To file cross petition challenging Obi’s 6.1m votes •Says, both are bad losers, chasing after a mirage •BVAS should be celebrated, not condemned Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has constituted his legal team to take on his opponents, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party PDP and Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, both of who had vowed to challenge his victory in court. This was as Tinubu said he would also file a cross-petition against Mr Obi who polled over 6.1 million votes in the election, saying the LP candidate invented the political rigging machine which gave him such a figure. Minister of State, Labour and Employment, and chief spokesperson of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council PCC, Mr Festus Keyamo SAN disclosed this at a news conference Friday in Abuja. “We have constituted our legal team and I am part of it. We have volunteers who are SANs. We are going to file a cross-petition to

Maryland Mayor Charged For Child Porn

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(Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) Former mayor of College Park, Maryland, Patrick Wojahn, has been charged with 40 counts of possession of child exploitative material and 16 counts of distribution of child exploitative material. The 47-year-old resigned on Wednesday night ahead of being arrested by Prince George’s County police on Thursday on child pornography charges. “On February 28, 2023, a search warrant was executed on my residence as part of an ongoing police investigation,” he wrote. “I have cooperated fully, and will continue to cooperate, with law enforcement. While this investigation does not involve any official city business of any kind, it is in the best interests of our community that I step aside and not serve as a distraction.” The City of College Park released a  statement following the resignation. “The City of College Park thanks Mayor Wojahn for his many years of dedicated service,” the city said. “Effective immediately, Mayor Pro Tem Denise Mitchell

Senior Trump Advisor: Trump Campaign Will Be In Force At CPAC

45th President Donald J. Trump returns to CPAC this Saturday to give a speech that will be shown live here on OAN. One America’s Neil W. McCabe spoke to a senior Trump campaign advisor about want to expect from the president.

Exit of veteran lawmakers

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In this piece,  LEKE BAIYEWU  examines how the National Assembly elections held on Saturday marked the end of the law-making career of some ranking members of the National Assembly. When the ninth National Assembly winds down in June, several members would exit the federal parliament either for failing to secure tickets of their respective political parties or losing to their opponents during the Senate and House membership elections that held on February 25, 2023. Here are some of the ranking lawmakers who won’t be returning to the chambers after June, 2023. Gaya loses fifth term bid Senator Kabiru Gaya was the governor of Kano State in the Third Republic (from 1992 to 1993) on the platform of the National Republican Convention. He has been in the Senate since 2007, representing the Kano South Senatorial District. In the last election, Gaya of the APC lost his seat to a former Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives