By Banji Ayoola The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described as baseless allegation by candidate of the Peoples Demcratic Party, PDP, in the last governorship election in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede,SAN, that his life is being threatened. In a statement entitled “Eyitayo Jegede’s Purported Threat To Life A Ploy To Cause Political Upheaval In […]
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People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has inaugurated a disciplinary committee in line with Section 57(1) and 57(2) of its Constitution (2017 as Amended) . A statement by the party’s State Publicity Secretary, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, said that the ceremony “which held at the newly renovated hall at the State Secretariat premises was […]
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Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has boasted that the achievements of his administration have killed All Progressives Congress (APC) and other parties in the state. Wike, who spoke during the reception organised by the Rivers chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to welcome thousands of APC members back to PDP, said his party had performed […]
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Resumption of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) will resume in the first quarter of 2021, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. The commission’s Acting Chairman, AVM Ahmed Mu’azu (retd.), announced this yesterday during the virtual meeting with leadership of political parties at INEC national headquarters in Abuja. Praising the parties for their role […]
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Pending the determination of his nomination for reappointment as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu on Monday named an Acting Chairman for the Commission. He handed over to AVM Ahmed Mu’azu (rtd), as Acting Chairman, pending his clearance by the Senate. Yakubu’s five-year tenure ended Monday. He was appointed […]
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Northern leaders favour one term presidency for South Associates of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in the south are tinkering with the idea of pushing his candidacy in the 2023 presidential race. Their calculation is that the presidency can return to the North in 2027 since Jonathan, if he wins in 2023, will be ineligible […]
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There are indications that a similar political gambit that upstaged Nigeria’s First and Second Republics in 1966 and 1983, as well as, aborted the Third Republic in 1993, is playing out also in the current Fourth Republic. It seems one of the national leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is in the […]
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Re-elected Governor. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State (left); his wife Betty; Deputy Governor-Elect, Lucky Aiyedatiwa and his wife, Oluwaseun displaying their Certificates-of-Return, presented to them by the State’s Independent National Electoral Commission Resident Electoral Commissioner, Ambassador Rufus Akeju in Akure…yesterday. Photo: Oluwaseun Akingboye Lessons from Mimiko’s missed second chance When the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
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APC, PDP, ZLP hail exercise An election monitoring group, YIAGA Africa, has faulted Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s use of members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, to distribute sensitive materials. It said the partisan background of some members of the union was worrisome. The body said politicians could use the partisan […]
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INEC Chairman By Banji Ayoola The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has refuted the allegation that it appointed the Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, a kinsman of the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, as the returning officer for the Saturday Governorship Election in […]
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