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Enugu guber: Obidients in fierce battle with PDP warhorses

PDP has dominated the state since the country’s return to democracy. In 1999, Chimaroke Nnamani was elected under the platform of the PDP and governed the state for eight years. He handed over to a fellow party man, Sullivan Chime, who governed the state from 2007 to 2015.

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Religion, ethnicity, revenge take centre stage in Kaduna guber polls

In the Nigerian political system, governors pick their successors who will follow in their footsteps and protect them when out of power. Opposition governors often expose the previous governments of different political parties and sometimes lie about, belittle or deride their achievements, according to analysts.

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Voters tip Tinubu, Obi as most popular candidates at grassroots

In partnership with DEAN Initiative, we polled 1,356 Nigerians across the 36 states and the FCT using a simple random sampling method. A few facts about the data are noteworthy: first, the data do not measure respondents’ probable voting choice, rather it measures their perception of candidates, parties and election readiness, generally.