Photo: Gettyimages How parties’ primaries fuel discontents ahead of Nov. 6 Saraki, Elumelu, Obaze congratulate Ozigbo, appeal to stakeholders Ngige, Moghalu, others kick, declare Uba’s emergence a nullity It was a weekend of suspense in Anambra State when leading opposition parties, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) conducted primaries to pick candidates […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission will today (Monday), resume the Continuous Voter Registration ahead of the 2023 general elections. The commission had created 56, 872 additional polling units across the country. It had also accredited 31 organisations to observe the CVR, while 20 more applications were being processed. According to the commission, the registration, which […]
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Power blocs within the All Progressives Congress have started the scramble for the control of the party’s structures, a few days after the approval and release of new dates for its ward, local government and state congresses. It was gathered in Abuja, on Sunday that with Friday’s decision by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari […]
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Immediate past President and Group CEO of Transcorp Plc, Valentine Ozigbo, on Saturday, emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the Anambra State governorship election on November 6. He was elected at the party’s primary held at the Prof Dora Akunyili Women’s Development Center, Awka, the state capital. Announcing the results, the head of […]
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American, British, Nigerian, Chinese manufacturers, others eye supply contract With less than two years to the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has proposed to buy about 200,000 electronic voting machines to cater for the 176,846 Polling Units in the country. As such, the agency’s Electronic Voting Implementation Committee has been reconstituted and […]
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Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress have begun a search for a consensus candidate for the position of National Chairman. It was gathered in Abuja, on Friday, that members of the party leadership and some stakeholders agreed to commence the search in order to keep the “tradition of smooth leadership transition.” The party source, who […]
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Some residents of Somolu Local Government Area of Lagos State on Thursday protested to Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja over alleged imposition of the incumbent Chairman of Somolu Local Government, Hon. Abdul Ahmed Salawu, as the party’s candidate of the party in the forthcoming local government election in the state. Leader of the protesters, Hon. […]
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Governors Dave Umahi (Ebonyi) (left); Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe); Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi); Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo); Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti). Second row L-R: Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos); Yahaya Bello (Kogi); Adegboyega Oyetola (Osun); Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano); Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Mai Mala Buni (Yobe) during a briefing of the Progressives Governors’ Forum after a meeting in Abuja…yesterday. […]
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As part of efforts to deliver credible, transparent elections and enhance voters’ participation, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, disclosed that 176,846 polling units (PUs) would be available for the 2023 general elections, a 56,872 increase or approximately 41 per cent boost over the previous 119,974 units. A breakdown of the distribution, as announced […]
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Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma has called for the creation of an additional state in the South East. He made this known yesterday at a public hearing on the review of the constitution held at Imo Concorde Hotel, Owerri. The hearing was chaired by Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Ahmed Idris Wase. The […]
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